Miss Anne's Vintage Art

Cyber Sale at Moonlight Journey!!

2011-11-26T15:13:00.001-05:00

Monday and Tuesday Only!

This is the sale you have dreamed of!

For Monday November 28th

and Tuesday November 29th

ONLY

If you buy one of anything on this website

you can get one of anything that is the

same or lesser value FOR FREE!

That is right!

This is a "no-brainer..."

If you spend $3, you get up to $3 in free stuff.

If you spend $50, you get up to $50 in free stuff.

Just place the thing(s) you want to buy into your cart…

here is the tricky part so
READ THIS CAREFULLY!

DO NOT put the free things in your cart!

Please send the name of the free items to

Lynne

Please don't send your request for the free things

to Becky (even though she may handle some of the

requests later.) Since we live in different time zones,

it just makes the sending part harder for us.

DON'T FORGET...

ANYTHING ON THE ENTIRE SITE

WILL GET YOU FREE STUFF!!

That includes:

Collage Sheets

Craft Projects

Digital Packs

Single Images

and Classes.

MAKE SURE YOUR INBOX IS EMPTY!

Some of these files are huge so you

need room in your e-mail to receive them.

If the files begin to bounce back to us

we will not be happy campers, so please

make room for your purchases!

Thank you,

Kymberly

What I Know Now!

2011-09-20T13:24:00.001-04:00

MONDAY MADNESS This is my first post for the Monday Madess Blog Hop and if you'd like to join us to inspire and strengthen others with your stories of encouragement, inspiration, and education please click on the Monday Madness Button at the top of the post ! ***This post can also be found in one of the discussion sections in the Creative Souls Group! I have been wanting to share my story with you for quite awhile and hope that you will find something in what I have written that will inspire you as much as I was inspired and filled with hope when I read your March Madness Post! Emotional issues and disorders are not easy to talk about and I so admire your courage in taking this step to seek out who have been through the worst and inspite of the persoanl trials and struggles they sufferd became stronger as their faith and hope inceased and they were blessed with a future of brighter days ahead!

What If...I'd Only Known...What I know Now!

I do not have Bi-Polar Disorder but I very well aquainted with how the manic/depressive part of this disorder feels due to having been hyperthyroid most of my younger years when doctors weren't as concerned about trying to diagnose and properly treat thyroid problems as they are today!

I found my first "cold nodule" in my throat when I was 21 years old and after having it scanned, was told that is it was not cancerous and would go away on it's own! I also had many TSH blood tests done as well but because they were read as " borderline" hyperthyroidism, I was not accepted as an "actual " thyroid patient, even though I was 5' 11" tall and only weighed about 117 pounds with bulging eyes and shaky hands! And yes, inspite of all of the other visible syptoms, I was told I was a patient with a severe anxiety disorder and was given tranquilizers and told to accept my life as it was and seek a psychiatrist to learn to live with the "panic attacks" that some days left me completely exhausted and terribly frightened, always waiting for the next wave to take over what ever activity I was involved at that moment, leaving me with less and less control of my life!

I went through my twenties and mid-thirties living days in a very delicate state of peace, keeping my fingers crossed, thinking that maybe the panic might be gone only to face the disappointment when the attacks would come back with a fury and flip my world inside out and upside down! I was always on the move, always busy, always nervous, too much nervous energy, my mind going in a million different directions with no cease of thoughts, only lists and lists of things that had to be accomplished because if I stopped and stood still for any longer than was neccessary, I feared I would explode into a million pieces, so I never stopped!

I married later in my life and after a year of trying to get pregnant, I began seeing one infertility doctor after another until I finally became pregnant at age 34! And still, even though I mentioned my thryoid problems, not one of those specialists thought to test my overractive thryoid that would have easily explained why I couldn't get pregant in the first place.

After my son was born , I quickly forgot about anything to do with myself and filled every second of my day with the beautfiul miracle I had just been blessed with! But when my son turned four months old, I found that the nodule I had at age 21 was back and twice the size it had been before!

So to make a long story short-- I had my thyroid "killed" with 2 capsules of radioactive iodine and was looking forward to what I thought finally bring to me a normal emotional state of health! I was glad to finally come to the end of the long, unsolved mystery of how I felt, not knowing that all of those years of not getting the right diagnosis had caused permanent changes in the chemical part of my brain that regulated my emotional responses! After my thyroid began it's slow, quiet death, I learned very quickly that my brain would never again be able to produce the right amount of serotonin that I needed to feel "whole" and at peace within myself and the world around me! The perfect peace and emotional balance that I was sure other people had been able to feel since birth!

By the time my thyroid became completely inactive (1 year in total) I had already experienced months of a very intense, dark depression that I had never in my whole life ever felt before! My endocronologist explained that while my thyroid was going in maximium overdrive, for all of those years, (probably since my birth) without any medical intervention, also caused the chemicals in my brain to go into maximium overdrive too, leaving the part that controls how we feel emotionally to go in only one other direction: from extreme anxiety to extreme depression!

That was 11 years ago and it's been a road of many ups and downs with a few hard lessons to be learned along the way! My whole lifestyle changed as I had to slow down and begin taking better care of myself physically as well as mentally! I was used to going MACH 1 with my hair on fire and then to abruptly go from that to slow down and stop! A lot of my energy was spent trying to control every aspect of my life, thinking that if I had control over everything in my surroudings then I could stop the stress that would increase the depression! Trying to control everything quickly depleted the precious energy that I needed to work toward the process of getting better! I was like a baby learning to walk---a lot of falling down and getting back up again before I was going to fully understand what I was up against!

Changing meds, changing doctors, days in bed, crying out in frustration, crying out in pain, feeling nothing but deep discouragement, and yet I would not allow myself to embrace defeat! How? I have no idea except maybe by the Grace of God, my family, especailly the sweet, unconditional love of my precious chldren, four in total now, sustains me, reminds me of the goodness that life has to give just in their laughter, thier love, thier hugs and kisses, helps me to some how stay on track! Makes life worth living just to hear their laughter, see them smile, hug them, holding them so tight!

What Have I learned through all of this?

How do I react when the dark days threaten to steal my joy and creativity?

When I have over extended my body with those "extra realities of life" that can throw a good day into a twisted "Funk", I will also neglect my diet, get less sleep , and skip my exercise routine until my body forces me to stop and my only course is to reast and recharge my internal batteries! The days I absolutely cannot create are the days that my body sends me those red warning signs that say "STOP"! If I don't listen to my body and ignore the symptoms of a stressed out mind and body, then I have two choices: rest and regroup or suffer the consequences of those long, dark days of break-through depression where nothing gets accomplished and art is the least of it! It was a long struggle to train and discipline myself to listen to my body after years of going non-stop, nothing getting in my way or ever having to slow down! And actually I am finding out as I get older that it is ok to rest, to nap, to take an entire evening (and without guilt) try to find nothing to do but the simplest of things that will soothe me, give me hope, encourage me, inspires me, and comfort me!

And then there are those "really dark" days that no matter how hard your resolve, nothing and I mean nothing can keep the dark from creeping in and surrounding you, trapping you in it's pitch black grasp! Those are the days that I take those horrid feelings and infuse them into the colors and images that totally describe what I cannot express in any other way!! And when the art I have created through this emotional turmoil is finished, I feel renewed, cleansed, and free in the knowledge that the fragile tenderness of my life, that bruised tenderness that gives me such pain also gives me the strength and courage I need to to embrace this life I have been given!

I hope you have found something in this post that will

comfort you and guide you along life's unpredictable path!

HaVe A bEaUtIFuL dAy !!

Moonlight Journey Digital Art

2011-08-06T07:56:00.001-04:00

This is the art work that I created

from one of the new collage sheets

that you can purchase from

Moonlight Journey

!to make your own

"Doorway To Faeries"

art work for yoruself or someone else

you know who is very

" fond of the friendly, faerie folk"!

Thank you for stopping by to take a

peek at my "Doorway To Faeries" art work!

Have a great day!

Kym

My Ceative Soul!

2011-08-06T07:39:00.002-04:00

I wanted to share with you some

of the digital art work that I created

and recently posted on My Page at the

Creative Souls Digital Art Group!

I am so glad I became a member

of Creative Souls and have been

so motivated and inspired by the

beautiful talent and lovely art work that

is posted dailyby the members in this group!

Now, I want to be more diligent in my

digital endeavors to add more techniques

that will inprove my abilities as a digital artist!

I am not as overwhlemed by the aspect

of learning how each individual tool

works and so hope one day I can create

with confidence the art of my dreams that,

until now, I thought I couldn't create!

I am in total amazement when I stop to

consider how this technical world of ours

never stops teaching us new ways to digitally

process our most imaginative quests!

Life is good...

Art is good...

learning and growing,

without fear,

to discover my true self

is even better!

Have a great weekend creating and composing

the things that fill you with peace and joy!

Hugs, Kymberly

I leave you with this...

I found these quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

and thought I would pass them on to you!

Good words to live by!

Life must be lived

and curiosity kept alive.

One must never,

for whatever reason,

turn his back on life.

The future belongs to those

who believe in the

beauty of their dreams.

You must do the things

you think you cannot do.

...Eleanor Roosevelt

The 4th Edition of the Altered Bits Art Zine Is Published!

2011-07-29T13:46:00.001-04:00

I Am Published!

Yes, it's true, and all of my thanks goes to

Alicia Caudle at Altered Bits for making it

possible for my art work to be published!

Alicia Caudle is a remarkable woman and a

wonderful inspiration to the artist community through

her incredible web site, newsletters, and tutorials!

Her sells her amazing art work along with the
delightful collage sheets she personally designs.

She is well known for her
altered art books,

altered journals,
and her
"Frozen Charlottes"
assemblage!

Here is a Quote taken
from her Altered Bits Shop:

"Once upon a time...

in the mildly rainy Northwest,
a web designer girl/mixed media artist
named Alicia realized that her studio was
overflowing with an abundance of found objects
and altered art supplies so great that she
would never in 943 years be able
to use it all herself.
Rather than coveting it, she decided
to share some of her treasures with the
rest of the world and so was born Altered Bits."

Alicia is truly a very creative
and talented woman who has also been
published in several Somerset Studio magazines
and her art is featured in the new publication of

"Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams:

Mixed Media Projects in Epoxy Clay

Author--Kerin Gale

Alisha holds a yearly challenge that
she opens to give artists the wonderful
opportunity to enter their art work for possible
publication in her digital Altered Bits E-Zine!

She has already published 3 Altered Bits E-Zines

that are jam packed with outstanding examples of

mixed media art from artists who entered the challenge!

Last Fall, when she sent out the
announcement for artists to enter the
Altered BitsE-Zine Challenge,

she also added that the 4th Edition
would be sold in print!

I have always loved Alicia's
amazing art work and her
incredible web site and
was immediately inspired
by the themes she had listed

for the challenge entries!

1. Black and White

2. Notorious

3. Letters and Symbols

I choose the theme "Notorious" and with
my two favorite Hollywood Divas in mind,

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford,
I created an altered art book with
images from the movie,

"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane"!

I sent my entry to Alicia with
my fingers crossed
and went completely
out-of-my-mind
thrilled when she sent
the e-mail letting me know that
my altered art book would be
published in the Altered Bits Zine!

To find out where to purchase the
Altered Bits Art Zine,
check out these links:

ORDER FROM AMAZON:

ORDER FROM LULU:

Do you want to find out more
about the incredible Alicia Caudle?
Would you like to see all of
her amazing art workor go
shopping at her Altered Bits Store??
Go ahead and treat yourself
and go visit these links:

http://www.alterdbits.com/

Thank You ~Alica!

I also want to send out a special thanks to

another very creative and talented woman!
Jo Gabriel,
who is a very gifted singer/songwriter and pianist!
If it had not been for Jo's website,
The Last Drive In,
I wouldn't have been inspired to create
my altered art book for the challenge!

When I saw all of the incredible images
that she had posted from the movie
"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?",
the "sparks of inspiration" began to flow
and I knew that I had found the images I needed
to create my definition of the theme "Notorious"!

Click the link below to see all of the
incredible images from
"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?"
plus many more Hollywood greats!

THE LAST DRIVE IN:

Jo has posted an incredible amount of
images from the old Hollywood Era of those
exciting, thriller /chiller motion pictures that
made everyone crazy to go the drive in
to watch their favorite stars appear on

that enormous outdoor picture screen!

But there's more...
Jo's music is beautiful,
simply put and said...
magestically beautiful!

A Quote taken from
Hunting Down The Ceremony review
from Delusions of Adequacy

July 22, 2010

" Joey has just released her
re-issuing of the classic all
instrumental album, originally available
thru Faithstrange, now exclusively
through her own Ephemera.
It’s a haunting journey,
and as Joey describes it,
part of her elemental series,
this being her air album.
For those of you who have already
been fans of this work,
or would like to introduce yourself
to something very special
out of Joey’s repertoire,
this album is an elegant,
stark and ethereal listen
that you won’t regret."

To find out more about Jo Gabriel,
please click the links below to
hear her beautiful music,
what she is working on now,
and where to purchse her CD's!

Jo's web site:
http://jogabriel.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/jo+gabriel

http://www.jogabriel.com/contact/

Quote From Jo Gabriel's YouTube Profile:

"Jo Gabriel is best known for her

intuitive control of the piano,

her ethereal voice and the

unique depth of her songwriting.

Often assumed to be classically trained,

Jo is completely self taught.

Her music stands in the genre of

ambient gothic/neo-classical and is

often compared to the likes of

Kate Bush, Harold Budd, Tori Amos,

Joni Mitchell, the Cocteau Twins,

Tim Story, Laura Nyro, Lisa Germano,

Eric Satie and Hannah Fury."

Here is a sample of Jo's amazing

musical talent and incredible voice!

Please listen to her beautiful music before you leave!

http://www.youtube.com/jogabriel88

Thank You ~ Jo!!

P.S.

I didn't mention where my art work

is showcased in the Altered Bits Art Zine

so you will have to buy the book

to see which page I am on!!

Help Send Donations to the Victims of the Tragic Oklahoma Tornadoes!

2011-06-13T15:19:00.005-04:00

I received this important e-mail

from Lynne at Moonlight Journey!

Hi Ladies...In case you haven’t

visited our site lately,

we have a fund-raising campaign

going to help the

tornado victims in Becky’s area.

When a person makes a purchase at

http://moonlightjourney.com

we donate a dollar to the

Red Cross of Central Oklahoma.

This doesn’t cost the customer

anything extra – we’re kicking in

the dollar from our profit.

We’d appreciate it if you would

put the logo on your blog.

Link it to our site –

that’s it!

The campaign will be going

until the end of June.

Thanks for being so wonderful to us!!

-Lynne

Add this button and the link to your site:

http://moonlightjourney.com

Becky and Lynne are the Owners and the

Artistic Genius behind the designs of the

Spectacular Collage Sheets

they sell at Moonlight Journey!

Becky lives in Oklahoma and saw
first hand what this
devasvtating storm did to others !

A quote from her blog post on May 30, 2011!

"Terrible tornados touched down near

her home (in Calumet, Oklahoma)

causing great devastation for 60 miles,

nearly ½ mile to 1 mile wide

through that whole area."

Here is a picture of the destruction

that took place in Oklahoma!

To read more click here:

http://whymsicalmusings.blogspot.com

So My Dear Friends,

Please take this opportunity to stop

by Moonlight Journey today and buy

a couple of collage sheets to help aide

the victims of this terrible tragedy!

Remember...Every collage sheet you buy,

you will be donating $1.00 to help

a victim recover from the Tornadoes that

ravished so many people's lives in Oklahoma!

Where are the donations being sent to?

Moonlight Journey is sending all the
donations they have received for the
Victims of the Oklahoma Tornadoes
directly to the:

American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma
Dept. No.96-0397
Oklahoma City, OK 73196

For more information---

please click these links to read more

about what you can do to help !

http://moonlightjourney.com

http://whymsicalmusings.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for all of your help!

With love,

Kymberly Decker

Elizabeth Taylor...Gone But Not Forgotten!

2011-04-15T04:29:00.001-04:00

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011

"When people say, 'She's got everything',

I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow."

I will always remember

Elizabeth Taylor

as being the most beautiful
and talented actress of her time!

She was the epitome of what
"Old Hollywood Glamour"
stood for in that golden era

of classic screen movies we
love to watch over and over again!!

I loved her soft violet eyes, her beautiful smile,

and her lovely charm that sweetly "oozed"

a combination of womanly intelligence
mixed with a brillence of coy innocence that
created that famous femme-fatale
she was known to play---and play she did!

Women wanted to be her in every way!
They wanted to look like her,
talk like her, be her!
Women everywhere wanted to capture
that special sex appeal she had that was
known to captivate so many men!
They copied her impeccable style and
matched it with the feminine roles that she
portrayed on the movie screen.

Social critic Camille Paglia,
similarly describe Taylor as
"the greatest actress in film history,"
partly as a result of the
"liquid realm of emotion"
she expressed on screen.

Paglia describes the effect Taylor
had in some of her films:

"An electric, erotic charge vibrates the

space between her face and the lens."

"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."

Elizabeth brought her vibrant love for life

in every role she played, putting so much of her

own true self into the many characters that she played,

wonderful characters that I will never forget!

I will miss you Elizabeth
and will always
remember your smile,
your beauty, your passion!!

May you shine eternally among the brightest
stars that fill the sky illustrious sky at night!

Elizabeth's Glamorous Life

Elizabeth Taylor was born in England
to parents, Francis and Sara Taylor.
She began making screen movies at a
very early age for MGM Studios.

A dual citizen of the United Kingdom
and the United States, she was
born a British subject through
her birth on British soil and an
American citizen through her parents.
Soon after settling in Los Angeles, SaraTayor

Shortly before the beginning
of World War II, her parents
decided to return to the
United States to avoid hostilities.
Her mother took the children first,
arriving in New York in April 1939,
while her father remained in London
to wrap up matters in his art business,
arriving in November.

They settled in Los Angeles, California,
whereher father established a
new art gallery, which included many
paintings he shipped from England.
The gallery would soon attract numerous
Hollywood celebrities who appreciated
its modern European paintings.
The gallery opened many doors
for the Taylors, leading them directly
into the society of money and prestige
within Hollywood's movie colony.

Sara Taylor discovered that
Hollywood people
"habitually saw a movie future
for every pretty face."

MGM, was considered a
"glamorous studio,"

boasting that it had
"more stars than there are in heaven."

Before Sara would sign the contract,

she sought certainty that Elizabeth
actually had a "God-given talent"
to become an actress.

Incidently....
Sara Taylor was a former actress
whose stage name was "Sara Sothern".
Miss "Sothern" retired from the stage
in 1926 when she married
Francis Taylor in New York City.

Sara Taylor wanted a final sign of revelation...

Was there a divine plan for her?

Mrs. Taylor took her old script
for The Fool, in which she had played
the scene of the girlwhose faith is
answered by a miracle cure.

She asked Elizabeth to read
her own part, while she read the
lines of the leading man.

She confessed to weeping openly.

She later remarked...
"There sat my daughter playing
perfectly the part of the child as I,
a grown woman, had tried to do it.

It seemed that she must have been in
my head all those years I was acting".

Elizabeth Taylor appeared in her first
motion picture at the age of nine in
There's One Born Every Minute (1942).
This film was the only one
she was to make for Universal.
After less than a year,
the studio fired Taylor for unknown reasons.
Sara Taylor intuition told her that Elizabeth
" wasn't really welcome at Universal."
She learned, for instance, that her
casting director complained,
"The kid has nothing," after a test.
Even her beautiful eyes, a deep blue
that appeared violet with a mutation
that gave her double eyelashes,
and stunned those who met her in person,
did not impress the casting director
who would later remark,
"Her eyes are too old,
she doesn't have the face of a child."

"Some of my best leading men

have been dogs and horses."

Some that knew Elizabeth as a child have said,
"There was something slightly odd
about Elizabeth's looks, even at this age -
an expression that sometimes made people
think she was older than she was."
She already had her mother's air of concentration.
Later on, it would prove an invaluable asset.

Sara Taylor, when she was a child in England,
remembered adults describing
her as having an "old soul," because,
as she says,
"I was totally direct."
She also recognized similar traits
in her baby daughter:
"I saw my daughter as a baby, before she
was a year old, look at people, steadily,
with those eyes of hers,
and see people start to fidget,
and drop things out of their pockets
and finally, unable to stand the heat,
get out of the room."

By the time she had reached young adulthood,

she had becme one of the most popular
screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age,
and one of the most famous film stars in the world.

"Liz" was most recognized for her glamorous

lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet eyes.

Unlike other child actors, Taylor made an

easy transition to adult roles.

"I think I'm finally growing up - and about time."

TIME Magazine called her a

"a jewel of great price, a true star sapphire".

"So much to do, so little done, such things to be."

Elizabeth has been called the

"greatest movie star of all,"

starring in a string of successful films,

many of which are today considered "classics."

Her resulting celebrity made her into a
Hollywood icon, as she set the "gold standard"
for Hollywood fame, creating the
perfect model for stardom.

And yet, with such a successful movie career

and glamorous lifestyle, her life was not

without it's heartache and personal woes.

She suffered from many physical and

mental ailments throughout her life but didn't

allow them to conflict with her stubborn

conviction to become the great actress

she believed she could be.

She was hospitalized more than 70 times

and had at least 20 major operations.

Many times newspaper headlines erroneously

announced that Taylor was close to death but she

claimed only to have almost died on four occasions.

"I feel very adventurous.

There are so many doors to be opened,

and I'm not afraid to look behind them. "

Elizabeth broke her back five times,

had both of her hips replaced,

had a hysterectomy,

suffered from dysentery and phlebitis,

punctured her esophagus.

survived a benign brain tumor,

survived skin cancer,

She faced life-threatening bouts

with pneumonia twice, one in 1961

requiring an emergency tracheotomy.

The mutation that gave Elizabeth her

striking double eyelashes may also have

contributed to her history of heart trouble.

"I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

She was to learn in her early adulthood that

great success was to come at an even greater price.

She faced each struggle in her life with diginity,

patience, and endurance that earned a special place

for her in many hearts around the world.

"It's not the having, it's the getting."

It was no great coincidence that during some of

the biggest roles she played, she would also

struggle through some of her worst physical

ailments to triumphantly win an award for her

outstanding acting abilties while making of those films.

"Everything makes me nervous - except making films."

Elizabeth would not ever give up...
not on love...not on life!

She lost the true love of her life,

Mike Todd, to a terrible airplane crash.
She later called Todd one of the three loves
of her life, with Richard Burton and jewelry.

"I loved Michael with all my soul and
I can't imagine life without him.
We had so much in common and
we had such loving fun together."

She would love again...
finding a another true love in her life!

"I really don't remember much about Cleopatra.

There were a lot of other things going on."

"Marriage is a great institution."

Elizabeth's passion for life, love and acting

helped her overcome the obstacles that her

ailments placed before her. She achieved

greater stardom for her invaluable courage

that helped her to rise above her frailities and

embrace the success she worked so hard to achieve!

"I'm a survivor - a living example of what
a person can survive."

As she approached her older years in Hollywood,

she appeared less frequently in film but in the

1970's made occasional appearances

in television and theatre.

"I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."

Elizabeth won two Academy Awards for

Best Actress for her performance in

Butterfield 8 in 1960, and for

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966.

Additionally, she received the

Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Academy Award

in 1992 for her work fighting AIDS.

She also won a Life Achievement Award

from the American Film Institute,

who named her seventh on their list

of the "Greatest American Screen Legends".

"It is strange that the years teach us patience;
that the shorter our time,
the greater our capacity for waiting."

In November 2004, she announced a diagnosis
of congestive heart failure, and in 2009
sheunderwent cardiac surgery to replace
a leaky valve.In February 2011,
new symptoms related to congestive
heart failure causedher to be admitted into
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
for treatment, where she remained until
her deathat age 79 on March 23, 2011,
surrounded by her four children.

"Elizabeth's legacy will live on in many

people around the world whose lives

will be longer and better because of

her work and the ongoing efforts

of those she inspired."

"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."

She will remain in our hearts,

always be remembered

as a beautiful, glamorous actress and a

loving humanitarian, whose passion for life

and tender devotion to others would

set a precedence of honor for

those who knew her simply as "Liz"!

My Favorite "LIZ" Movies:

National Velvet (1944)

Little Women (1949)

Father of the Bride (1950)

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

A Place In The Sun (
Giant (1956)

Raintree County (1957)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Cleopatra (1963)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

With Love, Goodbye~

My First Writing Assignment

2011-01-11T17:08:00.008-05:00

I have been expressing myself through writing since

I was old enough to put pencil to paper!

I found this workshop when I met Holly Lefevre

when she became my 101st Follower!

When I read Holly's Writer Workshop posts,

I was inspired to join this group of talented

people and do some writing of my own!

It's so amazing to me how my little blog has lead

lead me to so many inspirational people!

Individuals, Angels Unaware, who daily influence

and encourage my creativity to flow in way

I would never have thought possible!
Last year was one of the hardest years I have
ever experienced and so many times I just
wanted to give up and resign to defeat!
Some mornings I would wake up miserable,
trudge down to my computer and immediately
find a cheerful message, a new follower, or a
special email that would make my whole day brighter!
I drew so much strength and encouragment from
all of those lovely people that were reaching
out to me because they cared!

So with these warm thoughts in mind,
I choose this Writing Prompt for this week's
Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop!
With these words, maybe I can give something
back to those who gave so much more to me!

A list of 20 ideas to make
this your best year yet.

1. Start each day in Reflection!

Find one encouraging quote, poem, story,
theme, etc. that will inspire and also invoke the
need to honestly examine my life in depth to
conquer any damaging habits I have developed
that could be blocking my path to go forth
and create the life I desire to live!

This will be My Source of Encouragement

I am often reminded that my life is but
a journey down a road made up of
the mysterious and the miraculous!

The crazy little twists and turns I encounter
everyday can either plunge me into the depths
of frustration and disappointment or elevate
me to the heights of the greatest joy!

It's up to me to determine how I will react to

the best/worst days of my own journey!

Do I realize the potential of success in every situation?

Even if I cannot see the invisible factors that

contribute to so many small miracles in my life,

I must learn to believe and trust in the good

that is being accomplished !

Do I have the faith and patience to understand

that a Divine Intervention works all things in the best

possible ways to lead me to a life blessed

with purpose and rich fulfillment!

My answer to these questions fills me with remorse!

So many days are spent dwelling on the negative
and I have become distracted and unaware of the
tiny seeds of possibility that are planted in my name,
nurtured by love, and grown to perfection in every tiny bud
the potential to turn my heartfelt dreams into reality!

2. I will not dismiss the need to take excellent care of myself!
All things need to be replenished to survive!
I have changed or recharged every battery in my house !
I will learn how to effectively recharge my own!
Nothing can be accomplished with a
dead battery or a burned out soul!!

3. REMEMBER!
EACH DAY IS A GIFT
UNTIE THE RIBBONS!

4.  Create something everyday!
Forget about size--small or large--just create!
It's ALL good!

5. Take nothing for granted! Nothing!

6. TRY!
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT!
START SMALL!
JUST TRY!!
THAT'S ALL THAT IS EXPECTED OF ME!

7. Be patient with myself!
Mistakes happen!
Even Einstein flunked math!

8. Accept Rejection,
Hurt,
Frustration,
Disappointment,
Depression,
Dismay!
All are ingredients of a normal life
and are there for a reason!
Actually befriend the negative !
It is usually what keeps us from giving up!

9. Defeat is always possible but the
fear of defeat is really the determining factor!
Fear is the greatest contributor to courage!
And yes, there is courage in defeat!
No one wins every time at everything!

10. LAUGH as often and as loud as you can!!

11. LOVE as often and as hard as you can!

           12.  FORGIVE as often and as completely as you can!

13.  GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!
Look at the world around you as if you have never seen it before!

14.  The prescription for those days when
creativity, motivation, or enthusiasm cannot be found!
Color one or more pages from one of my children's
coloring books with the least familiar crayons in the box!
Color the images in the most unusual, unexpected combination of colors!
          For Example: A Purple and green polka dotted sky

15. PRAY ALWAYS AND OFTEN!!

16. Humility and fragility is not a weakness!
Even animals lick their wounds!
It's the only way they can heal!

17. Accept only if there is no other way and then question that!

18. Change is Growth,
   Growth is Good,
Good is Wise,
      Wise is Wonderful!
        Wonderful is Peace.
   Peace is Good!

19. Watch, listen and pay attention!

20.  FLY!
     SOAR!
NOT IF---BUT WHEN!
       NOW GO!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by and remember to
come back really soon to visit me again!

Collage Obession Challenge

2010-12-31T13:21:00.002-05:00

This is my fun entry for this week's challenge!

Have you ever wanted to just jump up

and run away for maybe just one day?

Then come join with me!

Let's go back in time and visit

"The Vintage Circus of YesterYear"!

Thank you so much for coming over

to have a peek at my art work today!

And...

I'm also wishing you a very

Happy New Year!

Have a wonderful day,

everyday,

all throughout the whole year!!

Happy Halloween!!

2010-10-31T14:54:00.001-04:00

Today, I am entering the

Small World of Inchies and Twinchies Challenge

with a Twinchie that

goes along with the theme:

Funny Halloweeen!

Here is my "funny"entry:

I hope everyone has a

wonderfully spooky Halloween

filled with goodies, surprises,

and plenty of fun chills and thrills.

Thank you for flying over

to take a peek at my

little piece of Halloween Art!

Happy Halloween!!

La' legende de l'amour!

2010-10-21T15:56:00.000-04:00

This is a piece of digital art that I

created with my favorite theme in mind:

Romantic /Art Nouveou

Thank you for visiting my site and I hope

you enjoyed looking at my art work!

Art Creations Friday Challenge

2010-10-06T15:45:00.000-04:00

This week the theme for the

Art Creations Challenge

is this lithograph of

the artist, Alphonse Mucha!

F. Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur

Because Art Nouveau is one of my

favorite types of art to use

when creating mixed media,

I wanted to provide some history

about this exceptionally talented artist!

Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters,

advertisements, and book illustrations,

as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper,

and theatre sets in what was initially called the Mucha Style

but became known as Art Nouveau !

Mucha's works frequently featured

beautiful, strong young women in

flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes,

often surrounded by lush flowers which

sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads.

The Art Nouveau style however,

was one that Mucha attempted to

distance himself from throughout his life;

he always insisted that rather than adhering

to any fashionable stylistic form,

his paintings came purely from within.

He became very frustrated when his fame grew

through the popularity of his commercial art

when he most wanted to concentrate on more

lofty projects that would ennoble art and his birthplace.

Art exists

only to communicate

a spiritual message,

and nothing more!

---Alphonse Mucha

Now...to show you what I created for this challenge!!

This is my interpretation of this theme

and of Mucha's lithograph!!

Thanks for coming by and looking at my entry!

Have a wonderful day!!

***quotes for Alphonse Mucha came from Wikipedia

Soartful Satuday Challenge

2010-10-02T22:45:00.000-04:00

The Theme this Week

for the Soartful Challenge is

"Fall Is In The Air"

Here in Tennessee,

we are having beautiful Fall weather!

It is still quite warm durung the day

but the nights are getting colder!!

I love this time of the year!

There is nothing like the

heady fragrance of an Autumn day!

Here is my entry for this challenge:

Can you imagine this little boy's anticipation

as his mother watches him while

she is working in her Fall garden!

She has had enough of his shenanigans

for one day and now he must sit

still and ponder his behavior before

he can go back outside to play!

Still, inspite of his naughty behavior,

he has one foot on the floor,

waiting until his mother thinks

he has learned his lesson!!

Thanks for stopping by to take

a little peek at my art work!

Please have a wonderful day!

Get out in the wonderful sunshine,

take a walk, smell the air,

think about how good your life is,

smile as you head back home,

quickly go through your front door,

and hug the one you love!!

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

2010-09-30T22:49:00.003-04:00

This is my entry for the

Spot Prize Challenge!

The theme for this week is

Autumn Colors!

I used images from several different

collage sheets created by Moonlight Journey.

The Background and Cross

came from the sheet:

Places of Dark and Light ATC Backgrounds!

The beautiful Renassaince Lady and the

Fall Pansies came from the sheet:

Vibrant Visions ATC!!

The Fall Leaf Frame came from my

freebie collection from

Dover Publishing company!

Thank you for visiting my site and

taking a peek at my art work!

SoArtful Saturday Challenge

2010-09-30T20:46:00.002-04:00

The theme

for this week's

challenge is...

"The Art of Travel"!

My Vintage Lady travels on cottony, white clouds

instead of sensibly riding in her T-Model Ford!

And who could blame her!!

The scenery must be breathtaking from that height!

Thank you for stopping by

to take a look at my art work!

Want to see more!!

Click HERE:

and view all of the lovely art work

created by the talented people

who participated in this challenge!

Who knows,

you might become so inspired,

you'll want to enter your own

art work for the next challenge!

Have a Great Weekend!!

As you go about your daily routine,

remember these three precious things!!!

Very little is needed to make a happy life;

it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;

but often we look so long at the closed door

that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Helen Keller

And My Personal Favorite!!!

Lead the life that will

make you kindly and friendly

to everyone about you,

and you will be surprised

what a happy life you will lead.

Charles M. Schwab

COLLAGE OBSESSION CHALLENGE #26

2010-09-28T14:47:00.003-04:00

The Theme for this Week's

Collage Obesession Challenge

is "Pink"

I created

"Pink Manhattan"

in digital form to capture an

image of a very tall but sophisticated lady

as she leans against The Empire State Building

to watch the busy New York City streets below!

Thank you for visiting my blog site

and taking a look at my art work!

Have a great week!

Click HERE to see more of the amazing entries

in the Collage Obsession Challenge!

Tthe Moonlight Journey Design Team!!

2010-09-26T15:38:00.001-04:00

MOONLIGHT JOURNEY

I am proud to announce

that I was asked to join the

Moonlight Journey Design Team

on July 28, 2010!!

I have been having a ball

creating all kinds of artwork

from thier amazing collection of

collage sheets and digital packs!!

I have posted a few of

my art pieces for you to see

what I have been designing for them!

Little Flower Faerie

Miss Contrary

Time Traveling Tyke

Magnificent Journey

Reaching Back Through Time

JOURNEY

If you'd like to see more of the

art I created for my

Moonlight Journey Art Page,

please click HERE:

Want an Extra Treat?

While you are visiting my Art Page,

please, stop by to see the

Spectacular Art Pages

of the other MEMBERS in the

Designer Art Team!!

Click HERE:

If you are looking for some great

Halloween Collage Sheets

but haven't found the exact ones

you want to create your

"spooky altered art"

then visit

Moonlight Journey!!

Click HERE:

Lynne and Becky

courteous and dependable,

their prices are very reasonable,

and they always have

great sales on their collage sheets!!

They are continously updating

their amazing amount of

Spectacular

Digital Artists Sheets!

Their Halloween Collage Sheets

are very exclusive and perfect

to use for whatever your

imagination will crave during this

frightful, festive holiday!!

The newest design they

have created is the

Halloween

Banner Project!!

Lynne and Becky

also have a beautiful array

of Romantic Artisitic Sheets designed

to add the Renaissance theme

to any altered art project!.

Each page is filled with dark flourishes,

lovely gardens, dark castles, brave knights,

and beautiful damsels in distress,

all ready to decorate

your ATC's and Artisit's Tag Projects!

Click HERE to see more!

2010-09-15T09:34:00.000-04:00

PLEASE READ THIS POST!!!

http://twodressesstudio.blogspot.com/2010/08/butterfly-effect-open-is-calling-you.html

This is a wonderful

Holocaust Memorial Project

hosted by

The Holocaust Museum

in Houston, Texas!

The Butterfly Project

is about collecting

1.5 million

handmade butterflies

to honor the

memory of the

1.5 million children

who perished

in the Holocaust!

Please join me in this

historical endeaver to

honor the memory of

these precious children!

To get more information about this project:

Go visit Trudi at her blog site:

http://twodressesstudio.blogspot.com/2010/08/butterfly-effect-open-is-calling-you.html

to read more about this

beautiful way to

help people remember

never to forget the

tragedy of the Holocaust!

The Butterfly Project is based on this

heartwrenching but beautiful poem.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

The last, the very last,

So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow

Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing

against a white stone....

Such, such a yellow

Is carried lightly ’way up high.

It went away I’m sure

because it wished

to kiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I’ve lived in here

Penned up inside this ghetto.

But I have found what I love here.

The dandelions call to me

And the white chestnut branches in the court.

Only I never saw another butterfly.

That butterfly was the last one.

Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Written by Pavel Friedman,

June 4, 1942

Born in Prague on Jan. 7, 1921.

Deported to the

Terezin Concentration Camp

on April 26, 1942.

Died in Aushchwitz on Sept. 29, 1944.

Thank you for visiting my blog

and reading this important post!

2010-05-06T11:11:00.001-04:00

I HAVE SOME VERY SAD NEWS!!!

I am going to have to stop posting

for the next few months due to

my husband's health and the

activities my children are involved in!

My husband is having complete knee surgery

and will be out of commission the whole summer!

My sons play football and will be practicing

football and playing baseball until August!

So I am going to be very busy taking care

of my family with no extra time

to spare right now to blog or create art!

Hopefully by August, things will be

back to normal and I can begin

blogging again!

I do want to thank each and

every one of you that came to

visit my sites and left such

sweet, inspiring comments

to brighten my day!

I so appreciate your kindness

and will miss you very much

but I will return in a few months

and we can catch up then!

I will miss you and send

"Big Hugs"

out to all!

Have a great summer!

LOVE, KYMBERLY

A NEW LOOK FOR SPRING !!

2010-04-23T14:19:00.002-04:00

HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW LOOK??

I have been giving my blog

a little makeover with

a lot of help from one of
my sweetest, dearest friends!

You all know that I found this lovely lady

during Christmas and when I first visited her site,

I actually thought that I was Alice and had

fallen into a Paisley Wonderland!

Can you guess who I am talking about?

Yes...the Paisley Cat!!

I was looking for a change and saw this

background on Cathy's site and the two of us

put our heads together...really she did all of

the tough, technical stuff...and Viola!

Lovely Pink!!

Beautiful Sidebar Frames!!

Sweet Blessings button!!

Isn't she amazing?

And just in Time for Tea!!
I think this is the sweetest

background and header
I have ever had!

Cathy is just a remarkably
talented person with a
heart as big as her talent!

From the first exchange of e-mail,
I have been so inspired by all of
the beautiful things she creates!

Her site has become a very
soothing place for me to visit,
especially if I am having a bad day,

which seems to be occuring
more often as of late!

YOU SEE...
that's why God created Special Friends...

He wanted us to know that through
all of the good and bad,

He has made certain that these
people cross our paths from time to time
to remind us of His abiding love
and tender mercies!

He doesn't want us to give up,
He wants us to win!

He knows plenty of wonderful people
to keep us goingwhen we're too
weary to take even one more step!

Cathy is one of these people
and I appreciate everything that
she does, not just for me, but for

everyone she comes in contact with!

She's just one of those
people you can't do without!!

So A Very

"Big Thanks"

goes out

to the

Paisley Cat!

Cathy, since you are always making
so many wonderful things for others,
I made something extra special for you!!

Thanks You Cathy!!

One More Thing...
since I am in the decorating mood...

I did go have a peek at her New Studio...

and...

I..

well....

I...
picked out...
another background and header

for my Trinkets and Treasures site!

YEAH!!
I'll be decorating all weekend!

Can't wait to show you how

gorgeous it's gonna be!

SO...
If you have never had the
opportunity to meet Cathy,
please, go by and visit with her!

Go ahead...

take a peek for yourself...

you might be decorating your

blog site this weekend too,

especially, after you see all of the

beautiful layouts she's made!!

Have a great weekend,

my friends,

and God Bless!!

P.S. Now I can join in on the fun that

everyone has been having on

"PINK SATURDAY"

FRIENDSHIP POSTCARD FRIDAY!!

2010-04-09T09:50:00.004-04:00

Good Morning!

Today Is

"Friendship Postcard Friday"!!

My husband is having
knee surgery this morning!

His second one in fours years--
say a little prayer!

I didn't have time to use
the postcards that I wanted
to share with you today!!

I will try to share them
with you next week!

Here is my Postcard for today:

Miss Penelope Peahen

and her pretty pal,

Mr. Percival Peacock!

You can't help but notice
the stuffed peacock that is standing
next to the lady in the postcard!!

She is attractive in her
lovely peach dress
with the dark orange accents,
sash and beret...

BUT,

I think the most fascinating part
of this postcard is the peacock!

The tail feathers or "fan" looks to be
at least four to five feet tall and

are spread so beautifully against
the back of the wall!

How does the bird support the
weight of the awesome feathers?

The taxidermist must have constructed
the bird with enough weight to keep
the body and feathers in tact--or the
photographer nailed the feathers to the wall!!

(Just Kidding)!!

This is a photo of an
Blue Indian Peacock
courting a Peahen!

Look at his gorgeous
"fan" and tail span!

Some Fascinating Facts:

The tail of the Peacock is 7 feet long and has
at last 80 feathers which take 3 years to
grow completely out from the tail feathers!

The Peacock seen in the postcard is
the Green Peafowl which breeds
from Burma east to Java.

The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as

vulnerable to extinction due to hunting

and a reduction in extent

and quality of habitat.

Have a great Friendship Postcard Day!

It's Easter Today! !

2010-04-04T10:41:00.002-04:00

EASTER GREETINGS

Today, on this special day,

I would like to take the time to

wish all of my dearest friends

and followers a Happy Easter!

I would like to thank you for

your sweet words and kind hearts!

Your prescence in my life

means the world to me!

Everyday I look forward to

visiting your blog sites

for inspiration and the wonderful

companionship that you so willingly give!

I appreciate the fact,

that in all of this big, wide world ,

our paths have crossed.

I am so lucky to have met you

and can call you...

my friend!

One Solitary Life

Here is a man who was born

in an obscure village,

the child of a peasant woman.

He grew up in another village.

He worked in a carpenter shop

until He was thirty.

Then for three years

He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home.

He never wrote a book.

He never held an office.

He never had a family.

He never went to college.

He never put His foot

inside a big city.

He never traveled

two hundred miles from

the place He was born.

He never did one of the things

that usually accompany greatness.

He had no credentials but Himself...

While still a young man,

the tide of popular opinion

turned against him.

His friends ran away.

One of them denied Him.

He was turned over

to His enemies.

He went through the

mockery of a trial.

He was nailed upon a cross

between two thieves.

While He was dying

His executioners gambled

for the only piece of property

He had on earth – His coat.

When He was dead,

He was laid in a borrowed grave

through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have

come and gone, and today

He is a centerpiece of the

human race and leader

of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark

when I say that all the armies

that ever marched,

all the navies that were ever built;

all the parliaments that ever sat

and all the kings that ever reigned,

put together, have not affected the life

of man upon this earth as

powerfully as has that...

ONE SOLITARY LIFE.

Soartful Saturday Challenge and Free Renaissance Clip Art

2010-04-01T18:27:00.007-04:00

The Challenge this week

at Soartful Saturday

is a frame instead of a theme!

The frame has that

Romantic Renaissance

look that I absolutely adore!

***Isn't he beautiful!!

I found my John William Waterhouse
painting of Tristan and Isolde and
used it along with some clip art that
have stored on Picaso. It took
about 15 minutes to do this

and when I finished, I was
rather shocked and pleased
with the results!

No glue, no paper, only precision

(a bit nerve-racking)and pressing the

right buttons to achieve what I

wanted the art piece to look like!

I don't have Digitial Photoshop!

I have learned to switch back and forth

from one photo editor to another

to get a few digital results.

So a little hint...

if you love that beautiful digital look

that everyone is using these days

to create wonderful art...
but are intimidated by

the photoshop techiniques
and the price...
****

Learn how to use your Picaso,
LunaPics, Paint.net, and the
Paint Editor features that is already
installled in your computer's program!

You can get lots of practice with these
"free editors" before you take the plunge
and purchase a digital photoshop package!

Someday...I do plan to invest in a digital program

and want to learn the awesome digi-art "tricks"

until then, I'm limited but still learning!

A great blog that has a list of the
Free Photo Editors and great tutorials
on how to use them is the

Paisley Cat Scraps
Free Blog Layouts Blog site!!

Everything I know so far about "digi tech",
I learned from the Wonderful Paisley Cat!!

Click here to visit her site for the
free info and a whole lot more:

HERE IS MY ENTRY:

I don't know what it is about the Renaissance Era

but Romance, Chivilry, brave Knights
on white steads, stone castles,
and hearts won and love lost,

immediately comes to mind...

just can't resist the
Romantic Renaissance Era!

Even though I know realistically

(sorry-- to ruin it for you)

that none of us would want to live

in that era for love or money!!

But it's nice to think of the Renaissance

as a lovely romantic world, is it?

Free Renaissance
Clip Art

Rules First!

This is a free gift from me to you and

only to be used for personal
art projects only!

Please do not combine any of these
images in a collage for
commercial purposes or profit!!

Most of this clip art came from

my Dover Free Clips File!

The link is here:

http://www.dovercards.com/

I made these buttons from this clip!

You may use them on for your blog!

Stained Glass Windows

***Courtesy of Dover Free Clip Art

Backgrounds that I have used in my own art work!

I have tinted them in different colors for

various projects that I was working on!

Please feel free to use them for your art work!

I designed these backgrounds all by myself!

I haven't used them yet but you are free to

take them and use them for your projects!

Letters for you to use!

Even Romantic Cards !

Thank you and have a wonderful Easter!

I will be posting Easter clip art

at my other blog site:

http://freetrinketstreasures.blogspot.com/

If you are interested, please go

over and take a peek on

Saturday , April 3

and

Sunday, April 4

to receive the free "pretties"

that I have posted for you!

***Credits***

The image of Tristan and Isolde is

in Public Domain and therefore a free image

for you to use in your art work!.

Courtesy of Wikipedia--the link is here:

http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_william_waterhouse_tristan_and_isolde_with_the_potion.jpg

Theme Thursday

2010-03-31T22:01:00.000-04:00

The Theme this week for

Theme Thursday

"Favorite Letter"

I have two entries today!

Yes, I made two!

I just couldn't stop at one !

I had two images that I wanted to use

and so I decided to use both of them!

D is my favorite letter because

I have always been a DREAMER

and through my DREAMING,

I have DISCOVERED many unique

wonderful things in life that I might

not have known about otherwise!

DARE!

DREAM!

DISCOVER!

Thank you for stopping by and visiting

me to take a look at my art work!

Have a peaceful night dreaming and

a wonderful day tomorrow discovering!

DragonsDream TIO Challenge

2010-03-30T16:45:00.002-04:00

It's time to Dream with the Dragon again!

This week the

THEME

for

TAG IT ON

CHALLENGE

was

"Your Favorite Movie"!

This challenge was a great one to do

BUT

was a tough one to decide!

I have several movie "favorites"!

If I had to really choose just one...

it would have to be

GONE WITH THE WIND!

So here is my entry:

***I did not make two tags but did do

the front and the back of the tag

because I am going to take this theme

a step further and in my own spare time,

I'm going to make a mini-book with more tags!!

Thank you for stopping by

and looking at my art work!

Please have a pleasent evening

with your family and friends!

Spring is here and the sun is shining!!

We are blessed!

Here is the link to the challenge

if you are interested in joining

or looking at the other entries:

http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/