Three Muses--Little Green

One of my all time favorite Joni Mitchell songs,

Little Green
Born with the moon in Cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who've made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer

He went to California
Hearing that everything's warmer there
So you write him a letter and say, "Her eyes are blue."
He sends you a poem and she's lost to you
Little green, he's a non-conformer

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow

Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed
Little green, have a happy ending

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow


With thanks to The Feathered Nest, Dover, Scrapbook Flair and, from T4L, Rubyblossom, and PlayingwithBrushes

SPA--Art Nouveau

Here is my entry for Sunday Postcard Art's challenge--Art Nouveau, a period when art drew from natural forms in an incredibly stylized way. It is both sleek and opulent at the same time. There's never been anything else like it, and it affected not only "art", as painting and sculpture, but everything from furniture and home decor to architecture and advertising.
With thanks to Shadowhouse, Dover, the fabulous I. Forget for the postcard overlay and stamps, and to Alfonse Mucha, for the beauty.

Just for fun--Rainbow bees

I came across a wonderful texture-y photo of a honeycomb, by Freebees, on a Flickr site, Almost Totally Free to Use Images, and knew right away I had to explore it. (WHOA, lot of commas in that sentence!) I also have this great bee illustration from DoubleM at Totally Free Collage Images, another Flickr group. I've used it before as a background element but never starred it.
A couple of texture pieces from T4L, yet another Flickr group--I LOVE the talented people here who enthusiastically share their art--these pieces are by JFreznel and LeslieNicole, along with a rainbow gradient from ScrapbookFlair and a photoshop text brush made it complete

4 x 4 Friday--Sparks

The 4x4 Friday theme this week is "Eclectic" I take this to mean anything goes. This piece is based on an ATC I made a while ago for a Paris swap.
The cat is from a photo of a garden sculpture by btacey (the photo, not the sculpture) that was a freebie somewhere. Background textures by Termin8er and TKSwayze at T4L, and from a free set called Aqueous Suntextures, that I think is on Bittbox. The Eiffel Tower is from the Graphics Fairy and the wings are from Collage Images Flickr Group.
The Lightning is a brush set by Stephanie Shimerda.

ACF # 77--Isabel

This week we were given a pretty image of a little girl and her dog having a "time-out." Since she looked as if she REALLY didn't want to be there, I made sure she could not escape her fate, at least until the time-out was over. I'll let her out soon, I promise.
With thanks to Cottage Arts, Scrapbook Flair, Ms Jordan at DigiScrap Station, Dover and Google

Three Muses Challenge-Time

Here is my piece for the Time challenge. When I first saw the theme, the words of the song, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" by Sandy Denny came into my head--and wouldn't leave. I knew I had my theme.
Thanks to Norma Frances from T4L for the background and Google for the clock images. I don't remember where I found the lady or the rose.