just flying around

This week at Take a Word the theme is FISH. 

Boy (cutout, altered, colored): Jamie Miller; background: Rein + Pareeerica; overlay: Pareeerica. 

Let's party!

This week at Take a Word the challenge theme is BEAUTY. This is my attempt.

I photographed the kids last year at a wedding party. Before the adults took over the dance floor, children enjoyed it a lot! Background/overlay: Pareeerica; illustration at the background: Dover.

Sewing Love

The theme in Take a Word is SEWING and here it is my try.

All elements by Angie Young; font is Ahoy in Stiches.

My kind of angel

Take a Word asked for ANGELS and here it is my own version of them: a lovely kid with butterfly wings.

I was searching for a meaningful quote on angels and stumbled with something better, quotes from children about angels:

"Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it." - Olive, age 9

"It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, and then there's still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes." - Matthew, age 9

"Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The main subject is where you went wrong before you got dead." - Daniel, age 9

"My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science." - Henry, age 8

"What I don't get about angels is why, when someone is in love, they shoot arrows at them." - Sarah, age 7

"Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good carpenter." - Jared, age 8

"I hear funny angels all the time in my dreams. And I'm sticking with that no matter how many people tell me I'm crazy". - Molly, age 8

Butterfly wings: Createwings Designs; texture: Shadowhouse Creations; papers: Zeldona Mellowmint and fredthecow stock; quotes are here.

Haunted

The theme in The Three Muses is TAKE FRIGHT and this is my interpretation. My twisted mind always have fun with this theme.

Background: thefairygoodmother; texture: Shadowhouse Creations; ghost on the wall: Kia Kotsani; girl on the back: Falln Stock; girl on the front: from the poster of Brazilian movie "The famous and the dead"; skull: uncredited - from a local online newspaper.

Kindertotenlieder

In this weather, in this gale, in this windy storm,

they rest as if in their mother's house:

frightened by no storm,

sheltered by the Hand of God.

Take a Word asked for CHILDHOOD and my twisted mind made ​​me wonder that losing a child is the most unbearable pain. It seems that in some way these children remain as kids forever, trapped in an eternal childhood. Then I was taken to Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) composed by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert. The original Kindertotenlieder were a group of 428 poems written by Rückert in reaction to the illness and death of two of his children. Mahler selected five of Rückert's poems. It's very beautiful. You can listen to it here.

Background is a photo of mine; texture by Shadowhouse Creations; kids by Hidden Vintage.

Twins

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven

 into the midst of our rough earthliness.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Hi there! These lovely twins enjoying Springtime (it's Spring around here) are my

contribution to Take a Word which theme this week is CHILDHOOD.

Background: free wallpaper; texture: Kim Klassen; twins: Art-e-ology. You can check the original picture bellow:

Little Red Hood first photo

Hi! The theme in Take a Word is AUTUMN and like Marie, in my part of the world seasonal changes aren't dramatic at all. We could summarize them in the rainy period / period of drought. As my country is very large, rainfall and drought occur at different times depending on the region. In Brasilia we are about to enter - Thank God! - in the rainy season. So whenever the theme is AUTUMN, I seek a beautiful photo of an Autumn I've never seen to be the background of the scene I imagine!

I'm also submitting this to Digitalmania which theme is free this week as long as we use a vintage picture altering its background.

Background by Emerald Depths (dA); leaves by Maureen Older (dA); baby by Jamie Miller; texture by Natalya Semenchuk.

Bubble babies

Hi! After a vacation visiting my husband who is living in Miami, I came back somewhat melancholic. In addition, work has drained my energy lately. Never mind, I'm very happy because I'm back doing my digital collages and eager to see your beautiful work.

I did my bubble babies for Take a Word which theme is BUBBLES.

Postcard to Cláudia

Hi! This week Take a Word asked for Mail Art and I grabbed the chance to say happy birthday to my dearest friend who lives in the most beautiful city in the world, unfortunately very far from me...

Postcard and texture by Jerry Jones (Shadowhouse Creations); Girls: illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith.

Small People

Uma pessoa é uma pessoa, não importa quão pequena seja.

Hello! The Three Muses asked for Children. I found these cuties and couldn't resist. I colored them, then applied texture and filters.

Kids: Graphics Fairy; Texture: Shadowhouse Creation; Quote by Dr. Seuss.

Where are the babies?

Our friends in the northern hemisphere are longing for warmer days and Marie - from Take a Word - asked for something WARM to cheer them up. I hope this works out.

Hushpuppy's wings

Hello, folks! This week Take a Word asked for wings. Maybe I was inspired by the Oscar, maybe it was this amazing little girl, but it occurred to me that Hushpuppy deserved huge golden wings... The movie has just premiered around here and I haven't seen it yet. But I will!

Wings by Thy darkest Hour; texture by Kim Klassen.

Learning to Fly

Aquele que quer aprender a voar algum dia, 

deve primeiro aprender a ficar de pé, caminhar, correr, escalar e dançar.

Hi! This is my contribution to Quotography which theme this week is WALKING. The three brats are my nephews  playing in my parents house. Quote by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Texture by Princess of Shadows (deviantArt).

Olá! Está é minha contribuição para Quotography cujo tema esta semana é ANDAR. As três pestinhas são meus sobrinhos brincando na casa de meus pais. Citação de Nietzche.

It will be happier

Electra hinted us about this new site - My Whisperings - and its interesting challenge (Quotography) created by Kaylene.

We have to use our own photos and a quote we like. A delightful idea. This time the task is to welcome in 2013. 

This sweety is Camille; quote by Lord Alfred Tennyson, frame by Jerry Jones (Shadowhouse Creations).

O site My Whisperings tem um interessante desafio (Quotography). Temos que usar nossa próprias fotos e uma citação da qual gostemos. Uma ideia deliciosa. A tarefa da semana e dar boas-vindas a 2013.

A esperança sorri do limiar do ano que vem, sussurrando 'este será mais feliz'... (Lord Tennyson)

I wish I could give the whole world a hug

Queria poder abraçar o mundo todo!

Hi, everybody! I missed being here and visit your blog and your art! Life got a little complicated, I suffered some losses, but I guess I survived...

I wish you all peace and joy in 2013. By the way, this is my contribution to Take a Word which theme this week is PURPLE AND TURQUOISE.

Olá! Senti saudades do blog e de visitar os blogs dos amigos e sua arte, A vida ficou meio complicada, sofri algumas perdas, mas acho que sobrevivi...

Desejo a todos paz e alegria em 2013. Falando nisso, esta é minha contribuição a Take a Word cujo tema esta semana é Roxo e Turquesa.

Strawberry kids

Hi, fellows! This week The Three Muses challenged us to do something with STRAWBERRIES. Problem is I like them so much I couldn't stop on the first one...  Besides, I found so many lovely kids wearing strawberry dresses and I couldn't squeeze them in only one picture...

I introduce you to... my strawberry bedroom!

Come in baby,  there are plenty of strawberries in here.

Welcome to my birthday party! Can I get you a piece of cake?

Oi, pessoal! Esta semana, as três musas nos desafiaram a fazer algo com morangos. O problema é que eu gosto muito deles eu não consigo parar no primeiro ... Além disso, eu encontrei tantas crianças lindas usando vestidos com estampas de morango! Eu não poderia espremê-las em apenas uma imagem ...

Thanks to Kim Klasssen, chulii_stock, WaterLo Project, MC Designs and Mamrotka.

Lovely insects

Hello! I've been working so much that I couldn't find time and disposition to play with my digital collages... Fortunately, I managed to play this week. The theme is INSECTS in Take a Word. As I'm not a big fan of them I decided that showing you some cute babies dressed as insects wouldn't be out of topic! :) They are so adorable that I doubled the bet!

Wings and cocoon of chrysalide baby by Createwings; texture by Kim Klassen.

Babies by Anne Geddes; texture by Kim Klassen.

Oh happy days!

Hi, guys! This is my entry to The Three Muses. This week the challenge is Warm Colors. I know this is more like autumn than summer, but it still has warm colors... Thanks for passing by.


The kids were googled, everything else by Createwings Designs.

Door to Freedom

Educação: Porta para a Liberdade

Digital Art for The three Muses Challenge: Doors

Girls: this photo appears everywhere, but is somehow related to Greg Mortenson's work in promoting education, especially for girls, in remote regions of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Door: I don't have any idea where this one came from.
Quote by George Washington Carver (1864–1943), American scientist, botanist, educator and inventor.