Mary Lou got a new hat

The eccentric Mrs. Mary Lou Daniels loves that her new hat matches the wallpaper in her living room.

This week at Take a Word the theme is HATS.

I cutout and colored Mary Lou. Thanks to Jamie Miller, Miss Snoopy25 and Parée.

Geneviéve

This week the theme at Take a Word is OLD FASHIONED. I have chosen the 1900s. Besides, feathered hats and real fur are really old fashioned these days. Geneviéve Lantelme - photographed for Les Modes, January 1910 issue - looks gorgeous though. 

I edited, cut and colored Geneviéve's photo (found here); background: Holliewood Studio; texture/overlay: Paree and Buzillo Stock.

So late so soon

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. 

December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. 

How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

The challenge in The Three Muses for this week is to create art based on a QUOTE about TIME. Don't ask why but I relate the quote above to the aging process and to how it comes faster than one can assimilate. Me at least.  I don't know how Robin Williams came to the equation, maybe just because I like him, maybe because I keep asking myself why.

Texture by poisongirl815 (dA).

The Pointy Hat Book Club

Hi, fellows! This week The Three Muses challenge is The Age of Steam and I decided to try something cozier and more intimate than machines and trains. I do like the idea of old friends gathering together for a nice cup of tea and chatting over books and life.

Background: Tumblefish Studio; texture: Kim Klassen.

Don't forget your hat, professor!

Watch out! Professor McGonagall doesn't suffer fools gladly!

Hi! The theme is HAT in Take a Word and I went for witch hats again...

The background is a photo I took in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Island of Adventures - Orlando/FL) and depicts their version of Hogwarts Castle. I added a starry night and a big full Moon. My witch is Professor McGonagall impersonated by great Dame Maggie Smith. I gave her a glittered hat. Texture by Pareeerica.

Butterflies

Butterflies for Audrey

This week the theme in Take a Word is BUTTERFLIES. I guess we'll never have enough of them. They can add joy to almost everything. 

In this collage lovely Audrey is wearing a Philip Treacy hat for Alexander Mcqueen (Spring 2008). The background is my own. There's texture by Princess of Shadows.

I did other two pieces for Digitalmania which work perfectly for this challenge. The theme is Nick Bantock.

Letter to Zenaida

As you can see it's the same background with different filters. It's a faux mail to my mother-in-law who lives in Cuba.

Sending Butterflies

The last one is a letter to DH. 

Background: Kim Klassen (altered);

Sky: my photo; 

Butterflies: Dover; 

Flowers: Redouté.

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. 

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” 

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Hello! The theme is ZETTI in Take a Word and this my attempt. I wish it was more whimsical, but my muse had her own plans...

Thanks to pareeerica for the background and the texture. The graffiti is a photo of mine.

Olá! O tema é ZETTI no Take a Word e esta é minha tentativa. Gostaria que tivesse ficado mais divertido, mas minha musa tinha outros planos...

The dog, his owners, their girlfriend and her daughter

- But mom, they don't have wings! What is that? A propeller?And look at that dog! So weird.

- When you get used to the idea you'll see they are the kindest men you ever met. 

- They? Are you dating both?!?

The challenge in The Three Muses is hats, crowns, wings and things and I came up with this little fantasy.   I've just realized I missed the "things" part... Anyway, I hope you like it. 

Thanks to Beth Rimmer, Crowabout Studio, Tumble Fish Studios, Finecrafted Designs, MC Designs, ML Stock and Indigo Flames.

The fanciest couple

The Westons visiting the Paris Salon

Emma and George Weston were very fond of their elegance and when they went out they always took a time choosing the perfect outfit for the event. Back in those days, they were considered quite eccentric, especially when it took to hats, but, as wealthy as they were, nobody cared.


I had fun doing this digital collage to this week Take a Word theme: HATS.


Background is a photo of the Salon de Paris in 1869. His hat, their brooches and the texture by Finecrafted Designs. Lady on left is a Dover sample. Lady on right was provided by Art Creation Friday in one of their challenges. Her fancy hat came from a plate of a 1900 magazine . I can't remember where the gourgeous couple came from.

Hats? Hats!

Marion loves hats, but as good Libra, have a tough time choosing them. Right now, her problem is to choose one for a costume party. Yes! She first chooses the hat and then the clothes that fit them. If you were her, which hat would you choose?

This is my contribution for this week Three Muses challenge.

All Hepburn photos at Doctor Macro.

This is Phyllis, a collage a la Suzanne Sbarge for Digitalmania. As she has a flower-hat, I think she qualifies for the challenge too.

Phyllis: Graphics Fairy Flower: Redouté (Dover) Fishes: Dover

Ah! Don't forget you can leave your hat on!
Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on

Hattie, the wicked witch

Poor Hansel and Gretel! Hattie is chasing them all over the pumpkin field.

How much fun can you have when you mix Halloween and Fairy Tales?
I've done this for Sunday Postcard Art Challenge: Witches.
It also fits in The Three Muses Challenge: Hats. Isn't hers fabulous?

Hansel: Carl Offterdinger (1829 - 1889) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.
Gretel: Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805 – 1874) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.
Witch: Michael Hage (1948) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.