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 Bradley, Alan. (2010) The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag. (The Flavia de Luce Series) Bantam, division of Random House. ISBN 978-0385343459. Litland recommends ages 14-100!

 Publisher’s description:  Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What about Porson’s charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head? (Bantam Books)

 Our thoughts:

 Flavia De Luce is back and in full force! Still precocious. Still brilliant. Still holding an unfortunate fascination with poisons…

 As with the first book of the series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, we begin with a seemingly urgent, if not sheer emergency, situation that once again turns out to be Flavia’s form of play.  We also see the depth of her sister’s cruelty as they emotionally badger their little sister, and Flavia’s immediate plan for the most cruel of poisoned deaths as revenge. Readers will find themselves chuckling throughout the book!

 And while the family does not present the best of role models (smile), our little heroine does demonstrate good character here and there as she progresses through this adventure. As explained in my first review on this series, the protagonist may be 11 but that doesn’t mean the book was written for 11-year olds :>) For readers who are parents, however (myself included), we shudder to wonder what might have happened if we had bought that chemistry kit for our own kids!

 Alas, the story has much more to it than mere chemistry. The author’s writing style is incredibly rich and entertaining, with too many amusing moments to even give example of here. From page 1 the reader is engaged and intrigued, and our imagination is easily transported into  the 1950’s Post WWII England village. In this edition of the series, we have more perspective of Flavia as filled in by what the neighbors know and think of her. Quite the manipulative character as she flits  around Bishop’s Lacy on her mother’s old bike, Flavia may think she goes unnoticed but begins to learn not all are fooled…

 The interesting treatment of perceptions around German prisoners of war from WWII add historical perspective, and Flavia’s critical view of villagers, such as the Vicar’s mean wife and their sad relationship, fill in character profiles with deep colors. Coupled with her attention to detail that helps her unveil the little white lies told by antagonists, not a word is wasted in this story.

 I admit to being enviou

Italian postage stamps designed by E. Consolazione, R. Cuzzani, and A. de Stefani in 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Giro d’Italia cycling championship.

Ciclisti in volata - Racing cyclists in the general classification of the Giro. The overall winner of the Giro d’Italia wears the maglia rosa (”pink jersey”)

Ciclisti in salita - Cyclists climbing uphill in the mountains classification of the Giro. The best climber in the mountain stages wears the maglia verde (”green jersey”).

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Fresh stamps from our good friend Wes, this time from Cuba commemorating the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan.

Towards better understanding

To the better enjoyment of life

Planning a more satisfying life

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i whipped some halloween garland using my new spooky stamps. i've also included a tutorial so you can make some too. they are quick, easy and fun. enjoy!!(click tutorial to enlarge)

The July collection for The Chicken Girl Design Digistamps is now available. The design team is coming up with some fun stuff, check out:

Christy Loretta Lori Tammy Carlie Michele Laura Judy Kate

In related news, I will be off to the CHA trade show thats coming up in Chicago at the end of July, and will finally meet some of these ladies in real life. Also looking forward to educating myself in whats out there in the craft world. Its an unfamiliar world to me, and I'm hoping to know it a little bit better so I can come up with better stamps. Also a great excuse to go to Chicago!

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija) stamp -1961

A little stamp love to start off the week.

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How nice to get a letter in the mail. So many times all that's in the mailbox is junk mail and, even worse, bills. It's doubly nice to receive a letter from a stamp museum. These letters are from Mr Henry Lukas is the education director at the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History where I did an author visit a couple of weeks ago. I love how he stuff the corner of the envelopes with all sorts of stamps. It like a little art museum on every letter.

Also during my visit I met lots of new friends including my buddy Nicholas who sent me this wonderful picture of a tarantula. Thank you Nicholas!!



BTW, if you are in the Boston area, the Spellman Museum is having another family day on July 4th.

Chicken Girl Design Digistamps May Collection now available at I {heart} Papers. They are 300 DPI line art, Greyscale, PNG files you can download for $2.50 each or $8.50 for the whole collection.

Need ideas as to how to use these stamps? Check out these Design Team members' links:
Laura
Carlie
Michele
Tammy
Lori
Loretta
Christy
Cathleen
Carolyn
Gretchen
Kate

I'm off to the other side of the ocean to get inspired! Stay tuned!

The Spellman Museum in Weston, MA is hosting Letter Writing Day on May 16th from 2:00 to 4:00pm.

Please join me at the event as I will be reading my new children's book, Please Write Back! I will be doing a drawing demo and will also have activities on hand for the kids.

Also at the event, author Lois Barry will talk about her adult book, Always First Class - The Pleasure of Writing Letters. I'm looking forward to meeting Lois and picking up a copy of her book.

There will also be free stamps and prizes for the kids. So if you are in the Boston area, please stop by. It should be a lot of fun. I think I'll go dust off my old stamp collection.

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This is a couple of pages from my travel Moleskine. Its become a dumping ground for all sorts of odds and sods; stickers, stamps, tickets, labels. I'm not sure that I've finished with it. It lacks something. Something that I can't put my finger on. Yet. Some of the pieces on the pin board are movable, they lift up or across. I was trying to create a pop up, of sorts, but it seems I can't get my head around the kind of paper engineering that that would call for. That's mainly because, for the most of the time, my head is filled with thoughts of fluffy bunny tails and kittens in bonnets.

I don't know whether I've mentioned this before but I actually have a Masters Degree from the University of Cute Overload. I spent four years, of hard work, to gain that qualification. And I ain't going to let it go to waste.
In these two versions of this pin board I can demonstrate, and share with you, some of the skills I picked up during that time. In the drawing above you might notice a photo of a very cute little boy - it's next to his cute letter. Now, watch as with one small move I turn a cute image into something a million percent cuter. Check out the drawing below.

He's only holding a bloody chick!!!

Beautiful stamps from Uruguay via Mike at So Much Pileup.

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Unbelievably, people sometimes ask how I me how I make my drawings. Here's a little insight. Actually, not so little. Yes, this is the biggest blog post in the worldiverse.

So, as you can see, with this one I started by mapping a little bit of the drawing on the page. Not too much, just somewhere to start, because I like the rest to unfold. I like the drawing to reveal itself to me.

Contrary, to popular belief, I actually am rather inpatient and usually want to jump right in. So already I've started drawing the bits and pieces. For this spread I am treating each card as an idividual drawing. I'm mostly using colour ballpoints and colour pencil. Ah, Bangladesh Airlines. Now that was an interesting airline. And, an interesting flight. It was cheap, though. VERY cheap.

Actually, it was the red and yellow of the Bangladeshi baggage label that first appealed to me when it came to turning this collage into a Moleskine drawing. I love the pop art colours. Ooooooh, British Columbia and Alberta. Probably, still, after all this time, my most favourite place I've been lucky enough to visit.

I know, drawing wise, this kind of subject matter isn't much of a departure for me, but this drawing in itself was certainly challenging. Emotionally speaking, that is. I do believe this was one of the most emotional drawings I've ever created.

Obviously it took quite some time to complete, and it was spending all that time with all these memories. All the places and people I've left behind. All the things I've done. Some joyous and others not always easy to be with.

And there are times and places and people I'd never have remembered if I hadn't made this drawi

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moreidlethoughts said, on 4/21/2010 3:59:00 PM

And even after you've taken us through it, explaining it...I STILL wonder how the heck you can do this!
You are so talented and so generous.

. said, on 4/21/2010 4:03:00 PM

Thats amazing, would never think that you are the type who "wants to jump in and do them all at once" I thought for sure this was again a month long project... Im a jump in head first kind of artist (wish I wasnt, and I know so bad how I have to calm down and do one step at a time. Im so glad you did it this way and show it to all of us, very intersting... And as always I love your work. The picture of your parents is lovely.

nanke's stuff said, on 4/21/2010 5:34:00 PM

I just don't know how you do it - it's totally amazing to me. It's spectacular! nancy

Alex said, on 4/21/2010 7:01:00 PM

Fantastic walk-through! Eventhough you described yourself as an impatient person, it shows in your arts and techniques that you have a great deal of patience. I've seen how people do photorealistic drawings, and those people have unbelievable amount of patience!!
But it's really nice to see how it's done, and it's a good learning experience for a lot of your admirers I am sure(me being one of them fans!)

debra morris said, on 4/21/2010 7:01:00 PM

Great work as always Andrea...thanks for taking us on the journey of its creation.

Sharly said, on 4/21/2010 9:07:00 PM

i SO wish i was that patient...... amazing :)

ox
Sharly

Hel6 said, on 4/21/2010 11:40:00 PM

Lovely work and lovely walk through!! Your work is gorgeous.

suzie said, on 4/22/2010 12:22:00 AM

one of my fave things to do is to flick through someone else's sketchbook. Even better is to see their processes and progression, watching the work unfold and evolve. Thank you so much for sharing this, it was very generous of you.

Sam said, on 4/22/2010 6:12:00 AM

nice to see the step by step work of yours... You have a great hand with dry colours

Caroline B said, on 4/22/2010 8:42:00 AM

Thank you for that - I love to see how other people work, it is always fascinating.

Moish said, on 4/22/2010 9:36:00 AM

thank you for sharing!
after seeing this I'd say you can feel comfortable drawing in public and drawing people.

Stephen Hall said, on 4/22/2010 12:36:00 PM

Bloody brilliant! BTW Keep hearing Paul Weller on t'radio and who springs into my mind?? Hm?

Kiri said, on 4/22/2010 3:22:00 PM

thanks for sharing. i always enjoy reading your posts and your drawings are amazing.

rrARTz said, on 4/23/2010 7:37:00 AM

beautiful as always and i loved all the stories that went with it! thanks so much for sharing.

raena said, on 4/23/2010 12:35:00 PM

Thank you!! It's wonderful!

Ramona Davidson said, on 4/24/2010 12:10:00 PM

Wow!!! Good work. Lots of patience and talent.

G. said, on 4/24/2010 1:10:00 PM

hi andrea. G

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21. Karl Oskar Blase

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By: Dave, on 4/12/2010
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Deutsche Bundespost: Internationales Jahr Des Kindes stamp c1979  Karl Oskar Blase’s son is the boy in the image.

Karl Oskar Blase was born in the German city of Cologne (Koln) in 1925. At the age of 25 he attended the Wuppertal School of Industrial Art to study painting and graphic design. Around the same time he formed a design studio with Felix Muller. One of the studio’s more significant projects was to develop the layout for form magazine. Karl would go on to design almost all the covers through 1968. Karl also taught at the Kassel school of Industrial Art and designed many stamps for the Deutsche Bundespost.

Amerikahaus Essen (Blasorchester) poster c1954

Deutsche Bundespost c1968

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22. April Digistamps

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By: Jannie Ho, on 4/10/2010
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This month's Chicken Girl Design Digistamp Collection is now available at I {heart} Papers. Its been wonderful seeing how the design team uses them. I'm very inspired by their pick of fresh color combinations. (Alot of "oh wow, how come I never thought of using those colors?") Check them out:

Christy Tammy Judy Lori Loretta Shelly Kate

I will be rolling out a new collection every month, and what a great learning experience its been so far. Being more aware of the holidays/seasons and the way crafters think.

Happy Stamping!

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Lisa M Griffin said, on 4/10/2010 12:28:00 PM

So cool! What a great way to explore another use for your art. LOVE the gal raccoon, so cute.
Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.

Danielle McDonald said, on 4/11/2010 2:42:00 PM

How gorgeous! Very clever of you to show some links to how people have used them - very interesting! I've just bought the print and pattern book and your work looks wonderful! Well done!

Valerie Krist said, on 4/11/2010 6:07:00 PM

Cute stuff!! So, is a digistamp a vector image they can fill in with color? Can they alter your image if it's a vector?

Jannie aka Chickengirl said, on 4/12/2010 7:16:00 AM

Thank you Lisa and Danielle!

Thanks Valerie- the digistamps are downloaded as transparent PNG files, not vector. Can still fill in with color or pattern very easily :-)

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23. Blooming Tuesday : Mini Tulip

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By: Laurel Gaylord, on 3/30/2010
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I've been busy painting these little miniatures and listing them in my Etsy shop.

I think spring in New England has hit me!

And you can see I'm making use of many stamps that have come on my mail this past year. Fun!

Anyway, first time doing Blooming Tuesday!

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Marthann's Musings said, on 3/30/2010 5:52:00 AM

Oh, your little tulip is so pretty. I put a picture of some tulips on mine today. Go check it out.
Have a good day.

Robin said, on 3/30/2010 7:27:00 AM

I L♥ve "Blooming Tuesday"! And, you KNOW I love the mini-tulip!
The colour (of course), but also the flower - tulips always make me smile and are such a harbinger of Spring! (Although it is raining here in SF..... sigh...)

Love,

♥ Robin ♥

marianne said, on 3/30/2010 12:05:00 PM

Such a cute little painting!
Love those colors! Reminds me of the bouquet I got Goedele last week.

Have a a wonderful spring day!
♥♥♥
>M<

Julie said, on 3/30/2010 1:13:00 PM

How pretty! Love the addition of the stamp!

soulbrush said, on 3/30/2010 2:21:00 PM

so lovey, just like you, welcome to blooming tuesday, which i didn't even do today.

Laura said, on 3/30/2010 2:28:00 PM

So pretty Laurel and very much with Spring in mind, I miss my yard back home with all my plantings. And I love using stamps in my art too, especially ATC's.

I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better my friend! xoxo

Cris, Artist in Oregon said, on 3/30/2010 4:10:00 PM

This is very pretty. Perfect for blooming tuesday or any other day. :)

Teri C said, on 3/30/2010 4:28:00 PM

Hey, welcome to BT, about time. Such a beauty!!

❀♥❀

PAK ART said, on 3/30/2010 6:28:00 PM

This is really pretty. Is it acrylics or oil? I really like the stamp added but would never have thought to put it on. I'm learning to be more creative! The GG really helped me to expand my way of "doing art".

Lisa at Greenbow said, on 3/30/2010 7:09:00 PM

This little tulip is a winner. Happy Blooming Tuesday.

Melissa B. said, on 3/30/2010 9:06:00 PM

Oh, I do love these! Wish I had some artistic talent...

Sonia ;) said, on 3/31/2010 9:23:00 AM

HI Laurel...Will totally check out that book out. Thank you. I try anything and everything. Crossing fingers...How have you been, back on the east coast?

xoxoxox Been watching all the postcards and paintings you have been doing. So beautiful as always.

Have great week xoxo

theartofpuro said, on 3/31/2010 11:40:00 AM

Adorable and sweet!

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24. tell me have you ever seen me

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By: andrea joseph, on 3/27/2010
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I was looking through some old stuff yesterday. Throughout my life I've always made books. Books of stuff. Books about nothing much. Just about life, I guess. I found this one which is about 15 years old. It's jam packed with drawings, photos, thoughts and ideas. I hadn't looked through it for years.

This page, particularly, made me smile. Not just because it looks like one of my drawings. And not just because Weller and Young can all be found amongst the stamps and other bits and pieces from places I've visited. But mostly because this is, without a doubt, my favourite photo of my mam and dad. Looking fabulous. Looking like a couple of young Mods.

I'm getting this urge. A feeling that I might just draw this entire page in one of my Moleskines.

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Tim said, on 3/27/2010 9:01:00 AM

It does look like one of your drawings and you should draw it in your Moleskine.

lene said, on 3/27/2010 9:33:00 AM

yes. it would be nice to see it in drawing.
i can't wait to see it. :)

Margaret Ann said, on 3/27/2010 10:24:00 AM

Amazing... I too thought it a page from one of you sketchbook...Sweet memories...Lovely photo of your parents! :)

moreidlethoughts said, on 3/27/2010 8:05:00 PM

What Tim and Lene and Margaret said -I say ditto.
Please? Pretty please. with sugar?

"JeanneG" said, on 3/27/2010 8:40:00 PM

If anyone can do it, you can.

Claire M said, on 3/27/2010 9:09:00 PM

What a cool photo to have of your Mom and Dad. I think sketching this page is a great idea!!

Tim said, on 3/28/2010 3:55:00 AM

That looks great! Such a cool layout (and Stephen is there too) but your folks steal the page, although I can't think when I last read 'Surathani' - what a place!

Print and publish!

Tracy said, on 3/28/2010 6:23:00 AM

i love an old photo and this one is wonderful especially sitting among all those bits and pieces. a little scrapbook.
oh i cannot wait to see your drawing.

Dan Kent said, on 3/28/2010 6:41:00 AM

Do it! Do it! Do it!

K Spoering said, on 3/28/2010 12:51:00 PM

Love the rat-tail comb in your Mom's hand! brings back the days....

Anonymous said, on 3/28/2010 7:28:00 PM

Hello, Im trying to have a daily sketchbook ,organizer ,journal,all in one book. Im just starting to learn all this scrapbooking and journaling daily. can you please show some of your pages and explain how to do these books.It would mean alot.
Thank you,
Linda

Nikira said, on 3/28/2010 7:42:00 PM

Beautiful combination, especially photo looks so emotional. Drawing would be amazing in your style.

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 3/29/2010 9:17:00 AM

Thanks, folks.

It's a lovely photo isn't it? It's a lovely spread actually. I think I'm going to attempt drawing this, but I don't know how I'll tackle the photo. Hmmmmm.

Did you spot the monkey (my mother is holding it)? It seemed that throughout my childhood if you were having a photo taken you had a monkey thrust in your hands? That doesn't seem to happen anymore. Which can only be a good thing.

Linda, I don't really do any scrapbooking. Or journalling. For me it's all drawing - there are the odd exceptions, but they are few and far between. I'd say the best thing is to join the Everyday Matters group (if you haven't already). You'll find a lot of help there.

Cheers, my dears.

Kathleen said, on 3/29/2010 5:08:00 PM

You have such cool parents! I hope my children can think something similar of me in the years to come! :)

Jenea said, on 3/30/2010 8:27:00 AM

Great photo! :)

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25. Six Word Saturday # 8

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By: Laurel Gaylord, on 3/27/2010
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Spring

gives me wings.

I'm soaring!

For more six words, click here please!

(The stamps in the piece are from Caroline in Malaysia, my cousin in New Brunswick, Canada, and Jossie in London!)

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Lisa at Greenbow said, on 3/27/2010 5:17:00 AM

It is good to see you soaring far and wide.

sukipoet said, on 3/27/2010 5:19:00 AM

thats the wonderful thing about spring. Let's sour w/raven.

Cat said, on 3/27/2010 5:55:00 AM

I love crows/ravens too, this is beautiful! I'm a lover of postage stamps also, what a great way to show off some of them! I have been waiting for just the right moment to use some of mine!

happy 6ws!
xoxo

croleyc69 said, on 3/27/2010 6:04:00 AM

I love this so true. There's just something about spring.
Happy 6WS
Caroline

Joanie M said, on 3/27/2010 6:17:00 AM

Wouldn't it be cool to be able to fly like a bird?

faerwillow said, on 3/27/2010 6:22:00 AM

~may you soar on the wings of possibilities...fly high my dear...so sweet is your art! brightest blessings~

Jeanie said, on 3/27/2010 6:22:00 AM

Still waiting for Spring here, but watching the snow melt is giving me a lift at least.

kj said, on 3/27/2010 6:38:00 AM

oh, soaring indeed. the movement is right there on the page.

do you wish you could fly? i would like one day of flying free in warm weather. i imagine it sometimes.

well done, and very international.

♥

Annie said, on 3/27/2010 7:28:00 AM

This is beautiful, lolo!
xoxo

Robin said, on 3/27/2010 7:33:00 AM

Raven soaring high, bringing Springtime joy.

Lo, how lovely your work is....
I enjoy everything you do...because you make me "feel" a myriad of emotions....

Love,

♥ Robin ♥

Amanda said, on 3/27/2010 7:37:00 AM

Spring gives me wings too. I think it's my favourite time of the year.
Happy SWS

Teri C said, on 3/27/2010 8:18:00 AM

Oh Lolo, this is perfect!!!

Caroline said, on 3/27/2010 8:24:00 AM

Any piece of art with your beloved Ravens has got to be a hit! Love that you've managed to include the stamps here! I've been collecting lots and lots over the past months - you never know when they might come in useful! Need more, let me know !? x love C xx

Marthann's Musings said, on 3/27/2010 8:33:00 AM

Raining here in KC, Mo, but at least it is not like last Sat. when we got 8 inches of snow.
Love your Six Word Saturday. I am new to all of this. How do you get into all these different groups
Love your work,it is always fascinating

Sh@KiR@ CK said, on 3/27/2010 10:10:00 AM

what an inspiring and befitting six words for Spring!

Happy Saturday! Have a truly blessed weekend! Mine is here hugs shakira

PAK ART said, on 3/27/2010 10:14:00 AM

beautiful raven. I can fly in my dreams sometimes. It is the most exhilerating feeling. Too bad I have to wake up!

Ebony Haywood said, on 3/27/2010 11:47:00 AM

so lovely. love the artwork. :)

Linda said, on 3/27/2010 12:15:00 PM

Spring is awesome! I love the fresh feelings it evokes and all the pretty flowers and trees it brings to life. But it also makes me give credit and praise to God...our awesome Creator! (:>

Linda @ Truthful Tidbits)

~Babs said, on 3/27/2010 2:11:00 PM

Excellent work!

Margaret Ann said, on 3/27/2010 5:08:00 PM

So thrilled to see you soar! Beautiful piece!

Lynn said, on 3/27/2010 6:28:00 PM

Wonderful words and great terrific card you painted with all the stamps from friends and family.

ArtistUnplugged said, on 3/27/2010 7:07:00 PM

Love, love, love it!!!!! Okay, you're soaring, I'm mired in the muck! I'm going to grab onto to you and go up to! :) I like the new header too!

Robyn said, on 3/27/2010 7:16:00 PM

this is beatuiful :)

Julie said, on 3/27/2010 7:59:00 PM

Gorgeous, and so YOU!!! You are giving me an idea to use some of my double World Stamps in my ATC's. I seem to forget to pull them out and do something with them!

marianne said, on 3/28/2010 4:05:00 AM

Gosh.......so beautiful, but I think you already know I love this one!
It has a lot of symbolic meaning to me.

Have a wonderful weekend!
♥♥♥
>M<

Mick said, on 3/28/2010 4:50:00 AM

This is delightful! Well done!

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