Iron man

My entry for Three Muses Steampunk challenge is this armored adventurer. I always struggle with steampunk, I cannot get enough of looking at steampunk designs, but when I have to make one I find it extremely hard! Well, here goes - let me know what you think :)

Shades of Blue

Blue Monday? . . . . . . . not really :) -  my entry for Take a Word  Blue challenge. Have a great Monday!

Friday freebie - Calendar January

My idea of being organised is having multiple colored post-it notes all over the place, if you are nothing like me and need a calendar to start planning for next year, here is January - I will make the rest as time goes on. I placed two on the printable PDF so you can share with a friend, have a fantastic weekend!

Admit one

"The world's run on tricks. Everyone plays" ~ Water for Elephants. My entry for Three Muses That's Entertainment challenge

Le secret

Beautiful words from the French composer Gabriel Faure's 'Le Secret', you can listen to Irène Joachim's rendition of the song here in the original French.

Friday freebie - carte postale tags

Hope you like these 'frenchy' tags, this muted green postcard image from Graphics Fairy is one of my favourites. Click here for the pdf. Have a great weekend!

A bird in hand

"I'm a bird in your hand so take me as I am, you know what you are to me, don't make me say it over and over again . . . . "

Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle is the French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.

Friday freebie - moth tags

You can use these as gift tags or small journal cards - the moths are from the Graphics Fairy - the original images are actually very colourful, I decided to tone them down a little. Cllick here for the pdf to print. Have a great weekend!

Window to the soul

"They say that the eye is the window to the soul. But it is the soul that is the window." ~ Andrew Hamilton. My entry for the windows challenge at Three Muses

Rose ampersand

This is so interesting - from Wikepedia, the ampersand can be traced back to the 1st century A.D. and the Old Roman cursive, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature. Traditionally, in English-speaking schools when reciting the alphabet, any letter that could also be used as a word in itself ("A", "I", and, at one point, "O") was preceded by the Latin expression per se (Latin for "by itself"). Also, it was common practice to add at the end of the alphabet the "&" sign as the 27th letter, pronounced and. Thus, the recitation of the alphabet would end in: "X, Y, Z and per se and". This last phrase was routinely slurred to "ampersand" and the term crept into common English usage by around 1837.

Friday freebie - NOEL bunting flag

Better late than never . . .  I had quite a busy day, nearly forgot about my freebie! Here it is, another bunting flag - I thought I'd get a head start on Christmas decorations, hope you like it!

Purple in Paris

Oh how I love purple, oh how I love Paris, oh how I love vintage . . . . . my entry for Three Muses Vintage Collage/Memories challenge.