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.

Indoor cat out of bounds

Definitely an indoor cat...

Hi, folks! This week the challenge in The Three Muses is OUT OF BOUNDS. That reminded me of Fifi my neighbor's kitten that absolutely hates when her owner decides that she needs to be in touch with nature. Fifi is determined to no longer tolerate this out-of-bounds behavior.


Frame/Texture by Pareeerica (dA).

Flowers in my head

Hi, fellows! The word for this week in Take a Word is FLORAL and here is my attempt.

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.

A seventies wedding

Love is you,

you and me.

Love is knowing,

we can be.

Love - John Lennon - 1970

Cherry and Ricky got married in 1970 and that's all I know about them for I really can't imagine where their photo came from. What I know is that I could reimagine their wedding keeping the romance but with a tiny touch of the seventies psychedelia and so I did.


This is my offering to Take a Word; their theme this week is WEDDING.


Background: Smithsonian Castle (Washington, DC) in a 1867 photo; font: Billo.

My bird stamp album page

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

Emily Dickinson

I wasn't going to do anything like this, but I couldn't chose my favorite bird stamp... Then, I decided to post all of them (or at least all those I was able to tuck in my page).  This stamp album page is my contribution to this week challenge in The Three Muses: POSTAGE STAMPS.

Friendship is precious

Original B&W picture by Philippe Halsman. I enlarged, colored and applied filters. 

Quote by Thomas Jefferson.

The theme word for this week at Take a Word is FRIENDS and I'm very honored to be the guest host. The problem was providing a sample good enough.  I made a first attempt, but didn't like the result. So I decided to try a different proposition, I liked. Then I decided to try to improve that first. It was not bad. As I didn't know which one to choose, I sent the two and left the hard work for Marie. She was kind enough to post both. Thanks, dear Marie, for the opportunity.

Original illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and Jessie Willcox Smith. 

Background are cutouts of a gorgeous quilt. Texture by Kim Klassen.

O tema desta semana em Take a Word é AMIGOS e estou muita honrada de ser a anfitriã convidada. O problema foi fornecer uma colagem suficientemente boa. Fiz uma primeira tentativa, mas não gostei do resultado. Então, decidi tentar uma proposta diferente e gostei. Aí, decidi tentar melhorar a primeira tentativa. Não ficou ruim. Como eu não sabia qual escolher, enviei as duas e deixei o trabalho duro para Marie. Ela foi gentil o bastante de postar ambas. Obrigada, querida Marie, pela oportunidade.

Helter Skelter Paradise

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide

Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride

Till I get to the bottom and I see you again
"Helter Skelter" 
(Lennon/McCartney)

I have to confess, for me Helter Skelter was a very noisy Beatles song that was misunderstood by maniac Charles Manson and his followers.

Only today when looking for interesting structures for The Three Muses challenge I found out  what it is! I was amazed, it's so beautiful. We don't have these slides in our parks, only the aquatic version (without the tower). Well, I don't know if it is appropriate for the theme (ARCHITECTURE), but it is man-made and you can go inside...

Texture bu Kim Klassen.

Dream a little dream of me

Stars shining bright above you

Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"

Birds singing in the sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me

I chose this delightful song as an inspiration for my contribution to this week theme in Take a Word: DREAM. Dream a little dream of me came out in 1931, music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt, lyrics by Gus Kahn. Several artists recorded it, including Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Shore. but the version that always come to my mind is the 1968 recording by The Mamas and The Papas.

Background by Createwings Designs.

The key(s) of her heart

He thought he kept the key of her heart, 

but apparently some gentlemen had spare keys...

Hi, guys! This is my contribution to this week challenge in The Three Muses: Lock and Key. 


Thanks to Carol Ann's Boutique, Createwings Designs and The Last Door Down the Hall.