Circles, Squares and Glasses

"Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses" ~ Dorothy Parker

"Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams."

 ~ Ann Landers

Hello! The challenge is CIRCLES AND SQUARES in The Three Muses and it reminded me of glasses. They are a curse with which I have lived from 9 to 13 years old. Contact lenses replaced them until I was 26. So I had the surgery and up to 39 I was just having fun with sunglasses. By 40 the curse has struck again... 

A Friend in the dark

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” ― Helen Keller

Hi! Take a Word asked for DARK and it occurred to me I could did a darker version of this collage.

Thanks to Last Door Down the Hall, Zeldona at Mellowmint, Omnigenius and Shadowhouse Creations.

Bela Rosa

“I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.” 

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

This week we have a color challenge in Take a Word. It's PINK (and shades of pink or even mauve). I was in a nostalgic mood and did this. Thanks for passing by.

Note: I'm not taking part in the challenges as actively as I wanted because I just haven't had time (too much work and a lot of trouble!). I hope things come back on track soon...

Girl: Collage Obsession; background: MC Designs; Elements: MC Designs, Eenas Creation, Angie Young and Mariella Corugati.

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.

True Happiness

Hello! Take a Word asked for TRUE HAPPINESS. The day of the wedding, the birth of the first child or the long awaited trip to Paris are exhilarating moments of immense joy. However, for me, true happiness is being at peace with myself and have serenity. Happiness is something that is within us and can not depend on others. With this collage I tried to transmit this feeling of peace and serenity. I hope I have succeeded.

This collage was also inspired by artist Catrin Welz-Stein which is the current challenge in the group Digitalmania on Flickr.

Lilian Gish (colored and altered) is a cortesy of Doctor Macro; Texture by Kim Klassen, Butterflies from Dover; the sea and the sky are my own photos.

June Bride and Groom

Hello! The Three Muses asked for JUNE BRIDE. As bride's month in Brazil is May, I thought I could make of my vintage sweethearts (colored and altered) a typical Festa Junina's couple. The Festa Junina (June Festivals) occurs throughout my country. It celebrates Saint Anthony, Saint John The Baptist and Saint Peter with typical food, music and dance (quadrilha) and it differs from region to region. In common the celebration of rural simple life of the past. In the quadrilha there is always a mocking wedding with bride and groom properly dressed. If you would like to know more about the festivities go here.

Once upon a time there was two princesses that loved plants

Hi! Take a Word asked for BOTANICAL. I took a princess I drawed yesterday for the group Drawing a Fine Line in Flickr (another lovely idea of Marie) and gave her a red-haired sister. Then, I gave them lovely floral dresses made of a photo I took a few months ago. They deserved, of course, beautiful jewelry and perfect flower bouquets. 

Background has my photo, then several botanical plates (Last Door Down The Hall) and finnaly a texture by Kim Klassen.

I'd rather be an odd bird...

... 'cause it's the beautiful bird which gets caged :)

The Three Muses asked for BIRDS and I wasn't in the mood for Birds of Paradise and other beauties like this... Then I was wondering what if a Eclectus Parrot met a  Bolivian Squirrel Monkey?

The background and wings are Beth Rimmer's. The quote is a Chinese Proverb.

Lighthouses on my way

Take a Word asked for COOL COLORS and I decided to take a look at  that old trunk of photographs.  Everything including texture came from my own photos. Thanks for passing by.