Prismacolor pencils

I have been spoiled by Santa,

so I must have been a good girl..... ~~:-)

I got the 132 pcs Prismacolor pencil set ! I am speechless !

Cookies and trees

I baked some cookies for friends and hung a little handmade tag on the bags.

then delivered all but one, when I realised I had made no photos yet !

So this is the last one before being gifted.

Corpse Bride - Tim Burton

Don't you just LOVE the Holiday-programmings on TV ?

I DO ! and late last night they screened

"Corpse Bride" by Tim Burton.

Ohhhhhhh I just LOVE those images !!!!

Here's the poster with a link to the official site....

and yes....I couldn't control my knucklebones and my coloured pencils....

so I am making something

Tim Burtonesque for myself at the moment, hehe.

I'll share with you all when it's done ;-)

by the way,

check out the latest trailer for his upcoming masterpiece..

Alice in Wonderland !!! ..(just click)

starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter,

Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover...

Street Art

I found this photo when rummaging through my older images....

my kids doing Christmas Street Art with chalk

on Christmas Day

(and yes, the sun shines here at Christmas) HoHoHO !

White Angel

All is white ♫

♫ All is bright

This Angel brings Light

♫♪♫

Maddy

PQRSTUV

Patina-Quite Rusty-Shiny Things-Ultimate Verdigris

or: The Ol' weathered & rusty look ;-)

Christmas Houses

These are some fabric houses I made, the roofs come off

and they can be used as little containers for some Christmas trinkets; little gifts or cookies.

The small ones I made instead of Christmas cards two years ago,

the big ones I filled with home baked cookies as a present.

They give me that Christmas feeling

and

I want to make more of those now that I found the photos again.

Christmas Angel Sisters

'All I want for Christmas is Peace'

'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing'

Petit Angel - Imagine

Dream Goddess

Icicles ~ Christmas ornaments ~ Mail Art

Robot

I am trying out this Vintage metal work

or Patina; Quite Rusty, Shiny Things

& Ultimate Verdigris.

I used some bits of a rusty corrigated iron panel and goldleaf and brass and wire.

Faux paint effects to create the verdigris,

loads of fun and still trying more new things.

This one is called "Robot"

Sinterklaas ~ St. Nicholas ~ A Dutch Tradition

So we "Dutchies" have an extra sort of Santa Claus that visits early in December.
He usually arrives somwehere in November from Spain on a big boat with his faithfull helpers.
This children's Feast has songs and goodies and yummie stuff and ....Oh, the memories !!
If you like to know more read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas
or this:
http://www.thehollandring.com/sinterklaas.shtml

Now, children of Dutch immigrants that live overseas enjoy the best of both worlds really.....they get the Sinterklaas tradition because their parents and grandparents try very hard to teach those kids about this wonderful Feast AND they get Santa with Christmas.
So yeah, my kids are amongst those lucky ones..... and my parents are sending the Sinterklaas treats to us every year faithfully and we LOVE them so !!!
(treats AND grandparents both, hehe)
To watch some videos of the 2009 arrival of Sinterklaas follow this link:
http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/intocht-sinterklaas-2009-in-schiedam-sinterklaas-en-hoofdpiet-op-de-pakjesboot-12/1299437011

Guardian Angel

" Pay attention to the whispers in your heart...

They could be your Angel speaking to you

and only those of us who will listen quietly with our hearts can hear them "

♥

" Angels are Messengers,

but sometimes we misunderstand their Language "

L. Solegato

"We all have a Story" ~ Revisited

I sold her... and it feels weard

not having her around anymore,

she was dear to me.
But she'll go to Melbourne~Australia now

and she'll be well looked after I am sure.....

"Dream" - an entry in my Moleskine Journal

"Hold fast to dreams,

for if dreams die,

life is like a broken-winged bird

that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams,

for when dreams go,

life is a barren field

frozen with snow"

Hinemoa and Madame Butterfly Chunkies

Things with Wings ATC

Whimsical Cats - ATC's

The Frog Prince

The first of the Fairy Tales

Sue's Salon

commission for my friend - a terrific hairdresser

BOO !

Mixed media 8x23 inch

THE CLOWNS

Mini Goddesses ATC swap

they lure me into too many of those....

Send in the Clowns

a little preview, but still in progress

Anime/Manga Girls ATC swap

Skellies, Skullies & Bones - ATC swap

Fleur de Lis

- Old Stone Wall - work studies -

Mixed Media on Canvas

100x300

We all have a Story

Mixed Media on Pine 8x12 inch

The gold framed quote/text in her hair reads:

"...some ideas come from flamboyant

and subconscious places,

others are quite literal..."

Domino

Mixed Media 8x12 inch on pine

Faux Tin Type - Mixed Media ATCs

ATCs made for a swap at ATCsforall

Les 2 Courtisanes et Le Roi

.....Two pale-powdered Courtisanes are awaiting their Royal visitor.....

(He was hiding in the secret pocket behind the blond girl's curtain)

Earth Goddess / Mother Earth

8x12 inch pine (20x30cm)

'Oh Earth what changes hast Thou seen ?'

[Alfred Tennyson - British Poet 1809-1892]

...I breathe the forest in, to the rejuvenation of my weary soul...