EYES with the 3 muses.....

"I have looked into your eyes with my eyes.

 I have put my heart near your heart”

Pope John XXIII

It has been awhile since I have blogged; it has been awhile  since I have done a piece for

    The Three Muses.....

The theme is EYES and I do believe that the eyes can tell all....

39 years............

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

                                                                        ~Emily Brontë

The Country Empress

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My country empress art kit  has been published in Somerset Life magazine
spring 2010 and I am as happy as can be....

It sat on their to be considered shelf for 20 months ..

but at last made it in...

If you would like to see more pictures and read the story
of the Country Empress travel box
please go

Through The Pink Gate

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The Spring Ice princess

Of Penguins

(Invitation that I am working on)

Yes I know we have had enough of ice and snow but for whatever reason my granddaughter who will be six in May wants a penguin party.

We talked about a Fancy Nancy party and she loved that idea and then she saw a pink poodle cake in the Family Fun magazine and thought for a moment about that idea as well. But as we talked more there was a word I kept hearing and that word was PENGUINS….I finally looked at her and said “Sage, do you want a Penguin party?” Her little eyes lit up like stars in the sky….

So I spent a day looking online and for the life of me could not find any penguin party supplies.

 Jan Brett has this cute penguin holding the ice cube packages on her site and from that I came up with this inspiration board….

I sent an email to my granddaughter with this Inspiration board attached and added that her job as Ice Princess is to teach all the new penguins how to waddle…. I got a big thumbs up….

The party plates have a silver hologram design that will give the table an icy feel and a white table cloth will work for a snowy look.

A parade of tissue paper penguins will march in the center of the table with a few silver shiny packages scattered in their path. White paper pom pom flowers like the one from  Martha Stewart's seen above and silver snowflakes will hang overhead.  Snowflake balloons will round out the look. And if time allows I will make a window snowflakes curtain like seen  on Bugs and Fishes by Lupin, take a look HERE...

or maybe a snowstorm from HERE...

And just because I need to feel like it is spring and warm I added penguin beach balls to the mix ...

gift giving....

I have a fascination for Pierrots and mimes….

So when planning my gift giving packaging for this year, this

little guy looked me right in the eye and said it is about time.

I find it a challenge to come up with ideas to hold monetary gifts, sticking green in a card is just not my style.

A nest of curled shredded music sheets is in the bottom of the box.

In the lid I put some polka dotted paper, a die cut letter x and bubblegum pink ribbon.

A small gold Dresden paper cone topped with vintage English lace beading and black silk ribbon hangs from the pink ribbon. The money is rolled very tight and placed in the middle of the black silk ribbon and lace. A tiny paper crown around the money tops off the gift.

Next week when I can get better pictures I will post my Pierrot cone gift box.

think spring.....

I am back..........

I was not planning on going into hibernation and away from blogging, it just kind of happened.

 Constance of Rochambeau sent me a wonderful surprise that lured me

out of my winter time cave.

Who would not emerge from hibernation for such wonderful sweet treats?

Thank you Constance for this thoughtful gift and yes it was a Happy Day!

Winter is getting ever so tiresome here with the cold and snow.

But as I look at the calendar I see that we are more than half way through the month.

I am delighted that February has only 28 days and not 30 or 31.

I look forward to March and a few wonderful things….

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland opens on March 5th; our tickets have been purchased for the 6th at an IMAX theater that is about an hour and half away from us. Not only am I excited to see yet another Wonderland story I am also a fan of…… Mia Wasikowska………who plays the part of Alice.

Jenny Doh’s  Crescendoh  will make its appearance in March; I am intrigued and can’t wait to see what this is all about.

I am also thinking about Easter, my very favorite of all the holidays. I am not sure what my theme will be this year but if you have a few seconds hop on over  to the  Fairy's Gate  to see a few ideas ...

I am also busy working on a large presentation box for dear little Esme,

I just love her sweet little face.

(Color that I will be using for this project….)

Think Spring....

Laugh ….

“A laugh is a smile that bursts.”
Mary H. Waldrip
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My New Year's resolution this year is to LAUGH more.
I did not make this resolution because I didn’t laugh before but because I
find that if I am aware of laughter I laugh more.
Laughter is good for both the body and the soul.
I plan to seek out things to make me laugh just like I seek out beauty and inspiration.
I want to take more time for silly things, silly movies, I wish I was clever enough to say
things to make others laugh.

I have found that some of the strongest people I know are those that face life’s ups and downs with a smile on their face.
I don’t think it is because their heart hurts less, I think it is because their
choose a different path to get through the bumpy parts.

( My daughter Allie (on the right) and her friend Amanda enjoying

life in Boston.)

"A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes

from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows,

and bubbles all around" Carolyn Birmingham

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. "

Victor Hugo

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