Oops... Yes, I Did It Again...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eg2HNP6_bXA8iyc2HpwXvJxPvS34nDxULvMThFi5NuqggN85p7hp54U5iwTQCgKUUQ7irgYPBJZ0F0_36V4QvVTfU0ntS2OEFNIyTgurYJQdnqvgFV031sGoIWXcOD8OnL1rFskglwQ/s1600/il_570xN_547806306_t5t3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eg2HNP6_bXA8iyc2HpwXvJxPvS34nDxULvMThFi5NuqggN85p7hp54U5iwTQCgKUUQ7irgYPBJZ0F0_36V4QvVTfU0ntS2OEFNIyTgurYJQdnqvgFV031sGoIWXcOD8OnL1rFskglwQ/s1600/il_570xN_547806306_t5t3.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em> Source: <strong><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Etsy ~ Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez</span></a></strong></em></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Oops... yes, I did it again!!!   There was only one thing to do to make it so... I Sold my Vintage Pachinko Machine to be able to Purchase another one of  Donna Lucy Ramirez' Gorgeous Creations from</em> <strong><em><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Luv Lucy Art To Wear</span></a></em></strong> <em>on Etsy.  I had been torn between the first one I bought and this one... and I REALLY wanted them both... so the only thing to do was to Sell something from my Collections to fund the Wardrobe Update!  *LOL*  Hey, where there's a Will there's a way, right?!?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIxJgnclm0NWs1WgGJ6X8OU9YHiEyo_v7Di90ZJN1z80-1i7uPB2acti-sZGmBm-FLBrI4j9xcRisHMZULfsrnzhW4p57jomYUpe6iROaKXH7lsUKYkMgrczdBsYD2tvkKsfR7Y3dtzA/s1600/il_570xN_547806064_m4gk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIxJgnclm0NWs1WgGJ6X8OU9YHiEyo_v7Di90ZJN1z80-1i7uPB2acti-sZGmBm-FLBrI4j9xcRisHMZULfsrnzhW4p57jomYUpe6iROaKXH7lsUKYkMgrczdBsYD2tvkKsfR7Y3dtzA/s1600/il_570xN_547806064_m4gk.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em> Source</em> <strong><em>Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #e69138;">Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez</span></a></em></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><em>I'd had an Offer on the Machine from a very interested Buyer, so all I had to do was Accept and it was a Done Deal... this Fab piece of Wearable Art would then be MINE!  *Smiles*  So, as soon as the Machine Sold I couldn't wait to head to Etsy to ensure this OOAK piece ended up in MY Closet and not someone else's!  *Winks*   Isn't it Divine?   And it too is in Real Woman Size, I'm so Thankful there is a Fabric Artist that 'Gets' that not everyone is a Size 6 and accommodates us BMW's so that we can be Fashionable too and not have to settle for ugly unflattering Wardrobe!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZhPqWUkn09ffUDB02siJHeITRrnGA2irPRJXg-PFp0VpaAneJ_vJ8HFXHhnET_6pHVYXvrUrl4s1lYixe_knY2S7mSa20ps0bSXMEocDA_ydhPFcCcFmBBsbdB3E9xhaEJRt7YMWP9g/s1600/il_570xN_547895511_4ibp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZhPqWUkn09ffUDB02siJHeITRrnGA2irPRJXg-PFp0VpaAneJ_vJ8HFXHhnET_6pHVYXvrUrl4s1lYixe_knY2S7mSa20ps0bSXMEocDA_ydhPFcCcFmBBsbdB3E9xhaEJRt7YMWP9g/s1600/il_570xN_547895511_4ibp.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <strong><em>Source: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #e69138;">Etsy ~ Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez</span></a></em></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><em>And my Favorite part about this Piece is that even though the Front is Absolutely Gorgeous...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc_Vp9Pq1t5ukij3__LlkU1IRSTXXwBGKGMmAhtjH9Ke8vxRdsohYo-i6-w24abyAgggVBzG0SF3jPvP8_mM2KgNumJGs8pgLwd4Q6k-fBVab3BREQqiTAkUbGrUiLN6_4K1UQHF3CRg/s1600/il_570xN_547806198_k56t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc_Vp9Pq1t5ukij3__LlkU1IRSTXXwBGKGMmAhtjH9Ke8vxRdsohYo-i6-w24abyAgggVBzG0SF3jPvP8_mM2KgNumJGs8pgLwd4Q6k-fBVab3BREQqiTAkUbGrUiLN6_4K1UQHF3CRg/s1600/il_570xN_547806198_k56t.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <strong><em>Source: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Etsy ~ Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez</span></a></em></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><em>So is the Back... so actually it is reversable and could be worn either way because both sides are equally Divine.  Therefore making this a very versatile piece that can look like more than one outfit just by turning it around... giving you even more bang for your bucks.  And the Color... a Lovely Tea Stained Sepia, is of coarse one of my Favorite Hues... especially for Wardrobe and Decorating.  I think I could very easily become one of this Etsy Artist's Best Customers!  *LOL*  If you pop on over to her Etsy Shop on the Links provided on this Post, you'll certainly see why... every Creation is Beautiful and the Price Point is very reasonable for Gypsy Couture Wardrobe of this Quality and Craftsmanship.  I'll be standing by my Mailbox with bated breath 'til mine Arrive... *Smiles* </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_bNQAIriYrSbAQAgz-JT9mbxVqMa73vcYn56oswVSeXIdFXPG9rL2YvCZvTLdbz18IdPahjUG-4CSEHGzbQHm5E_KjjGaZHHO8Z3sIwNAlp5Vj6C0KngRgW-e2xW6zbLl5lC2_-21oE/s1600/il_570xN_547806198_k56t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_bNQAIriYrSbAQAgz-JT9mbxVqMa73vcYn56oswVSeXIdFXPG9rL2YvCZvTLdbz18IdPahjUG-4CSEHGzbQHm5E_KjjGaZHHO8Z3sIwNAlp5Vj6C0KngRgW-e2xW6zbLl5lC2_-21oE/s1600/il_570xN_547806198_k56t.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong><em>Source: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"><span style="color: #783f04;">Etsy ~ Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez</span></a></em></strong><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuvLucyArtToWear?ref=search_shop_redirect"></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Oops... Yes, I Did It Again...

 Source: Etsy ~ Luv Lucy Art To Wear by Donna Lucy Ramirez Oops... yes, I did it again!!!   There was only one thing to do to make it so... ...

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Is There A Class You've Been Meaning To Take?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQWmz0IiCaIgApW3tZfnn6svzwg5WDPqUnbPtDqll3rZjqr4ZVIOTLWplpp9bV5sGRVB04Xb94gahbBtbosxOfQJnzwFxWgnUjqB-n1SNvTk21Y2LNCGJjGu-Vbu54bQDADzVln5vueXc/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQWmz0IiCaIgApW3tZfnn6svzwg5WDPqUnbPtDqll3rZjqr4ZVIOTLWplpp9bV5sGRVB04Xb94gahbBtbosxOfQJnzwFxWgnUjqB-n1SNvTk21Y2LNCGJjGu-Vbu54bQDADzVln5vueXc/s640/077.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Every time we enter our Friend Wendy's Amazing Shop, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelroseVintage"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">MELROSE VINTAGE</span></strong></a>, I am reminded of all the Artistic Classes I've been meaning to take and haven't yet had the Time or Resources to get around to yet!   Is there a Class you've been meaning to take my Friends?  What has stood in the way and been a barrier for you being able to get around to it?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry8jHfIWv6APLxQobFXBJH1LW9kf_Kgcu3qUHynE0Lmjd5_ptUaxzM3rNwnf5B53qaHeh7auvrEAYB1mSRqp6wV2kKNseVkFiSr2IDe04B3xafDixWtXg6zVugD9qPKR6-srwpiy_A7xo/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry8jHfIWv6APLxQobFXBJH1LW9kf_Kgcu3qUHynE0Lmjd5_ptUaxzM3rNwnf5B53qaHeh7auvrEAYB1mSRqp6wV2kKNseVkFiSr2IDe04B3xafDixWtXg6zVugD9qPKR6-srwpiy_A7xo/s640/078.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>You see, if you are an Artistic Soul and it's a strong Instinctive Urge for you to Create, you'd like to be doing it ALL of the time and learning as many new Creative Methods and Skills as you can possibly absorb and be Exposed to in this Lifetime!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksMt6VxW0mjVYP3-lHsGZLaCqm_S2dh7J4mdcoKH9CEEHFOcwofxheYari3Cr2T-ZKBYHgqYSjoXOSb0oAWEU1I7-aWbwBxFSZ4LhqHgwdkQiiygCSYAQOFVDbsm67zYgYBEgn4H75hyphenhyphenx/s1600/076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksMt6VxW0mjVYP3-lHsGZLaCqm_S2dh7J4mdcoKH9CEEHFOcwofxheYari3Cr2T-ZKBYHgqYSjoXOSb0oAWEU1I7-aWbwBxFSZ4LhqHgwdkQiiygCSYAQOFVDbsm67zYgYBEgn4H75hyphenhyphenx/s640/076.JPG" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even if you don't yet know what you'd actually DO with all of your Creations and you wouldn't be Attached to the Outcome, the Satisfaction, Joy and Inspiration you Receive from doing it is such a Rush that you don't usually even think that far ahead... you get Lost in the Creative Process and bringing New Creations to Life.  I never have to be firm on an ulterior Motive to Create something... I have never really cared if anyone actually digs, 'gets' or buys my Creations, it has never prevented me from Creating them and getting total and absolute Joy out of the Process. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBxUV4gMAnpNbEIpT1OUkzwFijU9DMlSCp6UEmTIheOZAm8f-A0z9T4wXobmcWMqPPz_dIjGnfM_G2tEsMVwHoo_5iyhs3iVfK2GCGUmime6sadg03t__p-0iT7qOfobh5Xi_uH3jS8mo/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBxUV4gMAnpNbEIpT1OUkzwFijU9DMlSCp6UEmTIheOZAm8f-A0z9T4wXobmcWMqPPz_dIjGnfM_G2tEsMVwHoo_5iyhs3iVfK2GCGUmime6sadg03t__p-0iT7qOfobh5Xi_uH3jS8mo/s640/075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sometimes an Art Form will just Appeal to me enough that I just want to learn how it's done and try my hand at it... like these Lovely Altered Art Circular Fans Wendy has all over the Shop.  I've been meaning to take the Class for this Art Form for a long time... and one day I shall find the Time and Resources to actually get around to it because I've never lost the Appeal it has had upon me.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqckAMyilcdKw7mgfB6p7y0KFFKN1T0RF8TAD3HsO1T3uqzqd3AW2BKvHiY-3YB7Sz2HezWJ18b-F-c1AGjFePkqB6mvnj5ZSxdEVFhBG49Fb2RGMPkwApQDfjvWx392t8C5ZvA4ba8J6t/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqckAMyilcdKw7mgfB6p7y0KFFKN1T0RF8TAD3HsO1T3uqzqd3AW2BKvHiY-3YB7Sz2HezWJ18b-F-c1AGjFePkqB6mvnj5ZSxdEVFhBG49Fb2RGMPkwApQDfjvWx392t8C5ZvA4ba8J6t/s640/079.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sometimes I perculate and wait on something before Acting upon it because if it 'passes' and I don't feel the Desire anymore after a period of Time, then it probably wasn't anything I was Purposed or meant to do and it was a fleeting whim or fancy.  But when something gets into my Creative Spirit strongly, then it is somewhat torturous to have to Wait until the Right Time comes along and everything lines up so that I can learn now it's done and try my hand at it!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-Wwwv2r2xA8cXk9wdenEv5aQ4Paje_tUYylqsxIdV_W2ph1pUZiIPAGKLrbw5Wfkiww_uVYrDH1hW59R9ZH0B8KOjs9CR9u0U2Sn3-WXdQbxDDadb60yirodTybYsnv0YXiY-mJHccgf/s1600/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-Wwwv2r2xA8cXk9wdenEv5aQ4Paje_tUYylqsxIdV_W2ph1pUZiIPAGKLrbw5Wfkiww_uVYrDH1hW59R9ZH0B8KOjs9CR9u0U2Sn3-WXdQbxDDadb60yirodTybYsnv0YXiY-mJHccgf/s640/072.JPG" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I have a difficult enough Time getting some Freedom for a Girl's Day Out Shopping once a Month without other commitments and personal obligations getting in the way or having an Entourage of wee ones in tow.  So taking a Class would be a Rare Luxury that I yearn to be able to do... and as often as I possibly could actually.  I can Justify any Expense and Outlay it would Cost because I consider it an Investment... the Creative Process has always Blessed our Family Financially in the long run... so its more a matter of finding and having the Free Time to do it that is my greatest barrier from following through with the Desires.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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'Pickin' and 'Scavenging' for Found Treasures... which I can Include Friends and Family in so that they can be a part of my World that I can get so Lost in.  *Winks*  So though the Family and Close Friends don't mind the other Passion... with my Art, there has been some Competitiveness towards the Time I would or could spend doing it because they know once I'm into it... nothing else exists until I come out the other side!  *Smiles*  And if anyone has Witnessed me Lost in doing Photography... they can get a glimpse of what I'm talkin' about!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlUKLFcFXfypg5I7pSED_2rJmQNoV4F7x0yXApXF16Fe23d6mdGG1lMapFrkhypj3dEut6rxZLyn3PGTCvsAwz1RYKb8_51KZP8JffF63mmqkrpjvLX7rvWmjnwHpGOHI4c_ZSrezUj-E/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlUKLFcFXfypg5I7pSED_2rJmQNoV4F7x0yXApXF16Fe23d6mdGG1lMapFrkhypj3dEut6rxZLyn3PGTCvsAwz1RYKb8_51KZP8JffF63mmqkrpjvLX7rvWmjnwHpGOHI4c_ZSrezUj-E/s640/019.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Though my Family and Friends have Admired my Artistic Creations and been Proud of what I have Created... there have at times been obvious pangs of Jealousy towards the Process because they know how much Time it would take away from them all Relationally... and so I totally 'Get It' and try to be Sensitive to it.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS2MD8zy7aEnuiFUWipQTVXNp2ei7umapgZ-FDcPcG5G9M6WJufhgFBg9qbiLRTzHMy8Qvn9VUe6SspciCmePDJhQYchx8YTatTrTvw4Y469Rf52y48_ZJum-LEsgyzjzCQn77DGJmcrU/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS2MD8zy7aEnuiFUWipQTVXNp2ei7umapgZ-FDcPcG5G9M6WJufhgFBg9qbiLRTzHMy8Qvn9VUe6SspciCmePDJhQYchx8YTatTrTvw4Y469Rf52y48_ZJum-LEsgyzjzCQn77DGJmcrU/s640/038.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I know that if I only had myself to worry about... I'd be totally Selfish and Create the majority of the time.  Because I Love Doing it so much that I would Live and Breathe it Daily... and it has always been a strong compulsion to Create something Beautiful, usually with my hands.   Be it a Garden, Art, capturing Beauty through the Eye of the Lens, Fashion, Styling... and any other Art Form I can pick up and learn in this Lifetime!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDLj3XDBfJLjunr3rzA4mFhBamrFmvaT3ZkdmD6LgQxWOJurZYx1OYC8APqNaaTWPE5pnEjRADW1Oi4aM8IBRSd_YC9iBO0nuDK4EKBbyIW8D-0ZXy4t4UL3Y9gNG9inyZZAnxx56XhlT/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDLj3XDBfJLjunr3rzA4mFhBamrFmvaT3ZkdmD6LgQxWOJurZYx1OYC8APqNaaTWPE5pnEjRADW1Oi4aM8IBRSd_YC9iBO0nuDK4EKBbyIW8D-0ZXy4t4UL3Y9gNG9inyZZAnxx56XhlT/s640/041.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I've actually already got more Ideas in my head than I could ever get out in several Lifetimes... and enough Projects I'm dying to do to keep me busy for all of Eternity!  And I don't mind that one bit.  What I do mind however is that I have to so often put it all aside... or shelved... until the Time is right... and Patience isn't exactly one of my Virtues... and the Waiting... well, sometimes that can be excruciating and intensely Sacrificial!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdO0Rviu48Wp7kO_ExUqlLrHAFg2Q8DgtcHoj2Iwv0371Wv7i-dbAQ_qrqj_3nDJcJ_9oejaDYKv2eviHNHaRkqQsw4FfbNSYpP8GxlyDiMVe6ZqjOsZyBI7ic-EHYUjUjv3bxVXl1f7a1/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdO0Rviu48Wp7kO_ExUqlLrHAFg2Q8DgtcHoj2Iwv0371Wv7i-dbAQ_qrqj_3nDJcJ_9oejaDYKv2eviHNHaRkqQsw4FfbNSYpP8GxlyDiMVe6ZqjOsZyBI7ic-EHYUjUjv3bxVXl1f7a1/s640/063.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>After all... there's so much to Create... and so many Classes that I've been meaning to take to be able to expand the Creative Process even more... because Creation knows no Limits... and so much Beauty is just waiting to be brought to Life by those of us pregnant with the Seed and Vision of them!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh-N5ncG31F88v1arIyZckgsB_eKQ4Z6ZkJfz4I_JK88MuHrLspK89cwaY4rM0NyaGuawa2u5kCtRbJVT3225OIPcyAzkpkMUJ2XL1BtvxNmga6BAZ6cY4_N_y6nDbgFXChdhyouLTBqI/s1600/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh-N5ncG31F88v1arIyZckgsB_eKQ4Z6ZkJfz4I_JK88MuHrLspK89cwaY4rM0NyaGuawa2u5kCtRbJVT3225OIPcyAzkpkMUJ2XL1BtvxNmga6BAZ6cY4_N_y6nDbgFXChdhyouLTBqI/s640/117.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And may each of us have the Time to at least Create one Beautiful Thing or Beautiful Act each Day of our Lives!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #a64d79;">W. Somerset Maugham ~<br /> Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #e06666;">David Hume ("Of the Standard of Taste" Four Dissertations)<br /> Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them</span></em></strong>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVlMBM0LtD5zKXFqLA-reHegYQNCBSu_9KgwR68ZAIwifsxvQ_OzYZ12Oirq4KJWYeKtSoOxQ28ySDQU-Z-ck9pKDBUY3sEDCt2BazmJ_p-XhTFKbCG_4CwM70Y7sWX9jLxcXJEZGxeFV/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVlMBM0LtD5zKXFqLA-reHegYQNCBSu_9KgwR68ZAIwifsxvQ_OzYZ12Oirq4KJWYeKtSoOxQ28ySDQU-Z-ck9pKDBUY3sEDCt2BazmJ_p-XhTFKbCG_4CwM70Y7sWX9jLxcXJEZGxeFV/s640/001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Meet my newest acquisition... an Intriguing piece of Steam Punk Style Art called "Thinking", I just Love Abstract Altered Art and especially Steam Punk Style.  This Doll's Face reminded me of that Cult Classic 70's Movie "A Clockwork Orange"!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx6XhhyphenhyphenK-kvVDZpjk1xEfuPXVxbcC3S6xQT6UfI9LzlqjLd4BYmyWKlySBu0lBTSYhlPQRrzsWyYLF3hIxn-7bfcUyuqCOeNyrOup_dFGmUR8X-Q7upBsAf2AtS9CBLovJRuFoGZYKwLt/s1600/085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx6XhhyphenhyphenK-kvVDZpjk1xEfuPXVxbcC3S6xQT6UfI9LzlqjLd4BYmyWKlySBu0lBTSYhlPQRrzsWyYLF3hIxn-7bfcUyuqCOeNyrOup_dFGmUR8X-Q7upBsAf2AtS9CBLovJRuFoGZYKwLt/s640/085.JPG" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I made an offer on the piece and the Dealer accepted, I was Delighted to take it Home... this is so very ME and I Loved everything about it, it Intrigued me!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYphqQmzIEkA1Ko6n2Q3Maysc-bS3omS-nvvQkLa13xLLNQtu-ZKGcFHKIa0pYfoxis169ARgp-87Gqu2bt6DlBucgVwRADusZF1YMg2W8vkwjTuGlvqpb4ckSLfL74mwj2acWniHdbkxM/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYphqQmzIEkA1Ko6n2Q3Maysc-bS3omS-nvvQkLa13xLLNQtu-ZKGcFHKIa0pYfoxis169ARgp-87Gqu2bt6DlBucgVwRADusZF1YMg2W8vkwjTuGlvqpb4ckSLfL74mwj2acWniHdbkxM/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Yes, 'Thinking' was an appropriate Name for this Piece since it got us to Thinking about all of the Possibilities of Creating our own little Private Museum of Abstract Altered Art.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeSBvfs5A5SFivqzWeLeFFpN8GlfST30HsR5OlNPawNzfNxkY6b4nrjcGWe46M5K4we6fyRYZHW2n2BytADQ8k8Jh-xZIOJSNdjs9L5ia_-SX3z0SWRqTdGbpHJHCcoVIxhH3O0pOGUwd/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeSBvfs5A5SFivqzWeLeFFpN8GlfST30HsR5OlNPawNzfNxkY6b4nrjcGWe46M5K4we6fyRYZHW2n2BytADQ8k8Jh-xZIOJSNdjs9L5ia_-SX3z0SWRqTdGbpHJHCcoVIxhH3O0pOGUwd/s640/002.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And after we get the Wall behind it patched and painted, we're Thinking of moving our Collection of Oddities and Curiosities over to the New Mantle's Shelves... and making a Dia de los Muertos Style Altar of Sorts in the Firebox... for the Ideal Cabinet Of Curiosities!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxc61AdX-Gdw5rGj_X9A0ZnT3mOoKZU4uQwj8KUC-zt7c0xEsd8p3TyIFc46aPLr9zyQONMDez3PnEsozzonqkDML0NXYK0JPkT__CwOO1OqSSdfaFG09965fVdqZjlVpt9Issef-c8IA/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxc61AdX-Gdw5rGj_X9A0ZnT3mOoKZU4uQwj8KUC-zt7c0xEsd8p3TyIFc46aPLr9zyQONMDez3PnEsozzonqkDML0NXYK0JPkT__CwOO1OqSSdfaFG09965fVdqZjlVpt9Issef-c8IA/s640/005.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And as you can see... I decided to Keep the Harem Guy Brass Lamp after all, since I also found the Perfect Lampshade for him on another recent 'Pick'!  I realized I would have regret Selling him.  There will probably be Gypsy Pom-Poms and Antique European Trim added to the Shade eventually to give it my own Touch.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z69IZ73KeBWBcNCeX3dDhqJa6ZCBpfh5NWct-oeFcbmxPWD9x_GQ_bY6VbujfCnMspiALBDm6Gde__ehmbbPMnL11QtCkRoxv0UjINyqCmTuG4vUdJm85cnIq_9WsiwoAIbx3jhzf3Ay/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z69IZ73KeBWBcNCeX3dDhqJa6ZCBpfh5NWct-oeFcbmxPWD9x_GQ_bY6VbujfCnMspiALBDm6Gde__ehmbbPMnL11QtCkRoxv0UjINyqCmTuG4vUdJm85cnIq_9WsiwoAIbx3jhzf3Ay/s640/004.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I'm Excited to begin the Room's Makeover!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><br /> </div>

Steam Punk Style Abstract Altered Art

    Meet my newest acquisition... an Intriguing piece of Steam Punk Style Art called "Thinking", I just Love Abstract Altered Art ...

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Focusing On Photography... And Connecting Relationally

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8teGf4BwlWjL_Eefpr9aQbV34H3uLUgubClPPBMIjBX3jToF2Y-QU7ybpR6e4hPvVKJi1BsCtQwR5iVBA3y_qdNdOijX3CDy5BKgO4IqCuQ9O6R0gLA5FdBL0-6fijcNBU7UwHEfMIAxf/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8teGf4BwlWjL_Eefpr9aQbV34H3uLUgubClPPBMIjBX3jToF2Y-QU7ybpR6e4hPvVKJi1BsCtQwR5iVBA3y_qdNdOijX3CDy5BKgO4IqCuQ9O6R0gLA5FdBL0-6fijcNBU7UwHEfMIAxf/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Though I do Love to Write and always have a lot to say, my Favorite part of Blogging and Visiting the Blogs of others is the Imagery... the Beautiful Photography that is Shared amongst us!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsf4iGU2Nq_2pLX7zTv3V8E3p6bhFWczuvT5nsGnrMX4OPEwL26l6V383bvDvBWOz_hok4tCCdYl39Btp7b-KrX0oBBvVNkgOtbWh5JQzZGHlh20ZJkl7Bu05Ri7_7QWHzTLFkykVQaa/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsf4iGU2Nq_2pLX7zTv3V8E3p6bhFWczuvT5nsGnrMX4OPEwL26l6V383bvDvBWOz_hok4tCCdYl39Btp7b-KrX0oBBvVNkgOtbWh5JQzZGHlh20ZJkl7Bu05Ri7_7QWHzTLFkykVQaa/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I really have been focusing on Photography and the Quality of my Images and the Essence of what I Capture through the Eye of my Lens a lot more since I began Blogging.  It is now one of my Favorite Forms of Artistic Expression!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbSnAVVRpfHYSRxqJZoh6tXb59FOIRE64imyI0CPrT4UZYZBgZFbWcaWVxV_xlIOWIVyiTtk4p9ni14eedmKCP5b1P4UETgP-C0hijJfg2RMuAresveogeqNKSVkxPu5kws3ujOP-gzCv/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbSnAVVRpfHYSRxqJZoh6tXb59FOIRE64imyI0CPrT4UZYZBgZFbWcaWVxV_xlIOWIVyiTtk4p9ni14eedmKCP5b1P4UETgP-C0hijJfg2RMuAresveogeqNKSVkxPu5kws3ujOP-gzCv/s640/077.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It has caused me to really pay more Attention to the World around me and Appreciate the Visuals in more Detail and Depth than I ever have before.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8CSNNEmDHhf94_TvQFoDwxBNjVsb567dObN6aMi2jkEznnrIlmlnHtlBW5ojnJRspTjpyvo0n2unSQTJbLubxzDqJtmWxcyofUpZ8SRUrqmBGPamdxXm3pPrxKPuoRvF7RI-QuvKPHfa/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8CSNNEmDHhf94_TvQFoDwxBNjVsb567dObN6aMi2jkEznnrIlmlnHtlBW5ojnJRspTjpyvo0n2unSQTJbLubxzDqJtmWxcyofUpZ8SRUrqmBGPamdxXm3pPrxKPuoRvF7RI-QuvKPHfa/s640/034.JPG" width="548" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I hardly ever don't have a Camera with me now... and on the rare occassion when I forget... I am always still seeing things that I Wish I could have Photographed and Preserved the Imagery of.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium6p18EciTYaDtIQVstUmFyTOeLPQBqerefLpEoVMjGIhXa2PIkbZsiLxPVgByUCTndz2rzBFCoaln6E9ss6yv7pPFm8aqfWdeDqZ4UzszUQUzluQWmmSt7IfRbh_YHS70mc1idMkwJar/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium6p18EciTYaDtIQVstUmFyTOeLPQBqerefLpEoVMjGIhXa2PIkbZsiLxPVgByUCTndz2rzBFCoaln6E9ss6yv7pPFm8aqfWdeDqZ4UzszUQUzluQWmmSt7IfRbh_YHS70mc1idMkwJar/s640/071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Like a Good Book... Lovely Photographs are something that I can spend all day with.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_KtU9JE8gDDJStnbKUUIYqiwXrkkWrP4arR-XBV2QnL7PNMT_zuzTVGUrXKnakO5QNByLHbeMUPxNZIK5wmpHXRqpYqRuIE5qXDmga3qgSiHrQBskYHBs1nogDeVChatNH5HKBqmdvvD/s1600/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_KtU9JE8gDDJStnbKUUIYqiwXrkkWrP4arR-XBV2QnL7PNMT_zuzTVGUrXKnakO5QNByLHbeMUPxNZIK5wmpHXRqpYqRuIE5qXDmga3qgSiHrQBskYHBs1nogDeVChatNH5HKBqmdvvD/s640/072.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And when a Good Book also has Lovely Images, it matters not what Language it is in to me... the Images speak 1,000 Words to my Soul!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSryyNs1tje7-qz_Lox23e6ZkI9flSUrSbrRXivXmAYHSdL7T6sh8ff2IojhVXvJk-4kv6ATe5_fohITi3JhZ5kLqPkNMp7JjAenk__jHn7COA6kIJz8qRiDb6kC9UH4ISqwbFiU89Dyrt/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSryyNs1tje7-qz_Lox23e6ZkI9flSUrSbrRXivXmAYHSdL7T6sh8ff2IojhVXvJk-4kv6ATe5_fohITi3JhZ5kLqPkNMp7JjAenk__jHn7COA6kIJz8qRiDb6kC9UH4ISqwbFiU89Dyrt/s640/074.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So it is with Blogging... a Good Blog transcends any Language Barriers and often I don't even need to hit the Translate button to Enjoy a Blog in another Language because the Images Shared speak volumes in any and every Language!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDZGy80ukH69r0JYxfV7W82sPtBgmOqoPwjqd749QvD-2XA3PgpZIuyYUCSc6XoHxPeTZtXe8JcENTtmYkEemzaGRDnTLrHkie7co-y9yFbKBWB-19z1ON3VRB6SBfqArUOXKjyVgkWTo/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDZGy80ukH69r0JYxfV7W82sPtBgmOqoPwjqd749QvD-2XA3PgpZIuyYUCSc6XoHxPeTZtXe8JcENTtmYkEemzaGRDnTLrHkie7co-y9yFbKBWB-19z1ON3VRB6SBfqArUOXKjyVgkWTo/s640/073.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Many of my Favorite Blogs are International ones in a Language and Culture other than my own in fact, I Adore seeing the World and Lifestyles being Shared via the Land of Blog.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLcHMYbCIc8gPt0Nl-6Cj-erEva9wR13u3hOSzUcSMEeDJhL-gmLvYDQ5WtfgpFT8y5SW3EA6LNbUs__92HnBPzNbQoEFtk67hA4D4sLyLQKy0LGp3tbP0rHs5WD1FRg4_qTDCvQuCF4n/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLcHMYbCIc8gPt0Nl-6Cj-erEva9wR13u3hOSzUcSMEeDJhL-gmLvYDQ5WtfgpFT8y5SW3EA6LNbUs__92HnBPzNbQoEFtk67hA4D4sLyLQKy0LGp3tbP0rHs5WD1FRg4_qTDCvQuCF4n/s640/075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It really does Unify us doesn't it?  In a Special kind of way that all of us can Appreciate regardless of our Differences... because the Focus is more on our Similarities, our Passions, what we Love and want to Share with each other... and what a Blessing that is!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-REjfnkYMqAYVHjI41Jv7kxftRnjepAHaSaR3m3fbTrqJbxjeCEKJIHUDphpVpOZLpPh8tTj5D19Q65CUWCX8Vov0GO81VHii14OxbHDajeYJKhubJfkx-9e32VZhCicp3WawICprx8-J/s1600/076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-REjfnkYMqAYVHjI41Jv7kxftRnjepAHaSaR3m3fbTrqJbxjeCEKJIHUDphpVpOZLpPh8tTj5D19Q65CUWCX8Vov0GO81VHii14OxbHDajeYJKhubJfkx-9e32VZhCicp3WawICprx8-J/s640/076.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>We might start out as a Blank Canvas here in our Blogs... but soon it is filled in with all kinds of Details, New Friendships and Shared Stories of our Lives... building a Community like no other I've ever Experienced.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0uku9AQqk0raZAqrgN9q7ogoy-tZ99KLkPWPcwPOc6s3ikvcduC1hQqJe3L_MDpO1ESptPBtgyi0pt-UVpOLMyRUuLj5XbbPDCM4ZKF5k1W7JyPeTgZtOe0c_a3OT9FP-lajdOATdPou/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0uku9AQqk0raZAqrgN9q7ogoy-tZ99KLkPWPcwPOc6s3ikvcduC1hQqJe3L_MDpO1ESptPBtgyi0pt-UVpOLMyRUuLj5XbbPDCM4ZKF5k1W7JyPeTgZtOe0c_a3OT9FP-lajdOATdPou/s640/035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Friends and Family that don't Blog or Visit Blogs and Connect with this Community don't always 'Get' the Appeal and Joy that it brings to those of us who have become an intricate part of it and made it a part of our Lives.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYsBaLbBDSm7Z-jugkGN6WFJGsw2-nd95BVrbc81wTYxxJeomWQVvMExtY4Jk1Qcn0ElRzJistc3lAqKb1NJDMhQQHF0OAb3SXHBIi2upJAFngVDO9Ig8wIhFq0TRj_7kSyMnedPWi4IV/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYsBaLbBDSm7Z-jugkGN6WFJGsw2-nd95BVrbc81wTYxxJeomWQVvMExtY4Jk1Qcn0ElRzJistc3lAqKb1NJDMhQQHF0OAb3SXHBIi2upJAFngVDO9Ig8wIhFq0TRj_7kSyMnedPWi4IV/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Even those that we have a Close Relationship with in Real Life can't always fathom how a place in Cyberspace can become as Dear and Special to us as what we're also doing in Real Life.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNjJ55hZm_j2FApWu1rXuEdQ77FfuurYo1e2CxHKAaZn4DpwkFYpJEE0fB3EHGW8_Y1j3LSrOOueXrOZ9kiy8TrSzl13xIulGzXdXPOOvMkVDpfcmx3ZvrlBxTPHYeKaHlHt2fcmv4J7N/s1600/082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNjJ55hZm_j2FApWu1rXuEdQ77FfuurYo1e2CxHKAaZn4DpwkFYpJEE0fB3EHGW8_Y1j3LSrOOueXrOZ9kiy8TrSzl13xIulGzXdXPOOvMkVDpfcmx3ZvrlBxTPHYeKaHlHt2fcmv4J7N/s640/082.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I can Relate to that too... because until I began the Journey to begin Blogging I didn't Expect or Anticipate the Appeal and Lure it would have on me either.  I didn't Imagine I could or would Connect to so many Kindred Spirits and make so many New Friends who would Relate to me as well!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV1gamrgGdqtuRMZvpeoDUxTQE_buzNbR-YAMU9Q7BwB1o1RTrlek77E6iNxIcC4TCE5nGrrcjixaMsvdDPYu-f-7pAC5U-NSnKTXWQQdI0cSiM7GHLLU0m1YfG3JACmaRhCx1vhGrS-e/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV1gamrgGdqtuRMZvpeoDUxTQE_buzNbR-YAMU9Q7BwB1o1RTrlek77E6iNxIcC4TCE5nGrrcjixaMsvdDPYu-f-7pAC5U-NSnKTXWQQdI0cSiM7GHLLU0m1YfG3JACmaRhCx1vhGrS-e/s640/079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I began my Blog Journey more than halfway thru 2010... it hasn't even been three years yet and I've already Connected with more Kindred Spirits here in the Land of Blog than I have since the beginning of my Life... WOW!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mV7x-HMtggJ0vkiJRYxI5zsyQl8T0yPZm8K1VAgE9smtQMolDa4pSytODAL6fJDM6mzSTnV0ypGdtN7c9bThMOpNuZvlUXbDyFyNvZspjb-hQzuYASfN78gHwWoWb4exwXYXggPNFJ6B/s1600/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mV7x-HMtggJ0vkiJRYxI5zsyQl8T0yPZm8K1VAgE9smtQMolDa4pSytODAL6fJDM6mzSTnV0ypGdtN7c9bThMOpNuZvlUXbDyFyNvZspjb-hQzuYASfN78gHwWoWb4exwXYXggPNFJ6B/s640/069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it's not as if I haven't met or Cultivated Relationships and strong Friendships with a great many Wonderful People during my Lifetime since I am and always have been a very Social Person.  But to Connect with Kindred Spirits, those that are SO LIKE YOU... well, it can be more of a Rarity in Real Life.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Focusing On Photography... And Connecting Relationally

    Though I do Love to Write and always have a lot to say, my Favorite part of Blogging and Visiting the Blogs of others is the Imagery... ...

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The Paper Collage's Grand Opening!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MgOl_nonapme9FiHWyFRLdT3TEy_nVpJBKHULb6q7QPsU0Gojv7QQwgTWyYs3K_ZMj4-m_wUmIHzjmBlHgsr0YbAENQcFPqXHR9DPNV5gI5Oyj_SYxsq47ICY63AHjG2czcZiUEZTjw/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MgOl_nonapme9FiHWyFRLdT3TEy_nVpJBKHULb6q7QPsU0Gojv7QQwgTWyYs3K_ZMj4-m_wUmIHzjmBlHgsr0YbAENQcFPqXHR9DPNV5gI5Oyj_SYxsq47ICY63AHjG2czcZiUEZTjw/s640/058.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>On Good Friday my Friend Pamela's new Shop <strong><a href="http://thepapercollage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: orange;">THE PAPER COLLAGE</span></a></strong> had it's Grand Opening!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMrGbTPuiAOiXBc5eTGQ_OLwZgafKO8KD9GdRbL7Dz5RaidWA5F6-fUo0_dDJGwokdI-CV_J0E-o8A6-rfcLdDBzrCOV-nvj0GfjiwAFb-XXDPMfKJImSZ68AI5uxE_Fe42V3dxY4seM/s1600/paper+collage+blog+banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMrGbTPuiAOiXBc5eTGQ_OLwZgafKO8KD9GdRbL7Dz5RaidWA5F6-fUo0_dDJGwokdI-CV_J0E-o8A6-rfcLdDBzrCOV-nvj0GfjiwAFb-XXDPMfKJImSZ68AI5uxE_Fe42V3dxY4seM/s640/paper+collage+blog+banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-CnN4Nj25H5NJTVlYidCf0ZajBUv0tZD7_rim4doxlHLw6JmBCHXzjSZFQi-Yt7D4vxzqXDxp45U0Kv30rOGTouwf6rBlKs8UzTfZk19cQ072I8W8ibUKcdfG5ecUXPpAgaNROi0zvE/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-CnN4Nj25H5NJTVlYidCf0ZajBUv0tZD7_rim4doxlHLw6JmBCHXzjSZFQi-Yt7D4vxzqXDxp45U0Kv30rOGTouwf6rBlKs8UzTfZk19cQ072I8W8ibUKcdfG5ecUXPpAgaNROi0zvE/s640/053.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Pamela with her Lovely Daughter Casey.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislVAJpckp8kVSuc3FoHxw0Wy88wUl8lUPrd-ovRzqFtoKYMZCBIgA5fTMtpd4bR7z8VmomrbTaeCWsDATeS9PyH0eBhOclfmgzjE0ZMU4nbcuGyeNR9SRYL-K49qVqWfEr4KB7_pkTI0/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislVAJpckp8kVSuc3FoHxw0Wy88wUl8lUPrd-ovRzqFtoKYMZCBIgA5fTMtpd4bR7z8VmomrbTaeCWsDATeS9PyH0eBhOclfmgzjE0ZMU4nbcuGyeNR9SRYL-K49qVqWfEr4KB7_pkTI0/s640/030.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Talented Artistic Friends came to help, assist Customers and to Celebrate... Maggie...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48TtMN_8RA4J1RW8hdvntkAOTo2y67aXjRBq4463Q-oazS2gzoQDMH36edd9GIhCUAxqA0ela-LEfJzIdDVrKiGJIJ6wycQDnGutUNM4z02u8Q3ASxo6Paj_NaCY69d4LfcdfusWSmPA/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48TtMN_8RA4J1RW8hdvntkAOTo2y67aXjRBq4463Q-oazS2gzoQDMH36edd9GIhCUAxqA0ela-LEfJzIdDVrKiGJIJ6wycQDnGutUNM4z02u8Q3ASxo6Paj_NaCY69d4LfcdfusWSmPA/s640/043.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And Deborah...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMaH66mtq4Y94_E-um9nQ2L15S0BGVX6YktpKvBWHsNS2bB21eFX2355OtXnsB_beK_uWyoI1wEHa6sHTA5ZkjP_HlArY-LEcSOYNJEFG_8qgK9oKFhw-p_MtYylPCHU2JnuPvw3lmZg/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMaH66mtq4Y94_E-um9nQ2L15S0BGVX6YktpKvBWHsNS2bB21eFX2355OtXnsB_beK_uWyoI1wEHa6sHTA5ZkjP_HlArY-LEcSOYNJEFG_8qgK9oKFhw-p_MtYylPCHU2JnuPvw3lmZg/s640/039.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I know I rushed right over when I arrived to 'Score' some of these Wooden Letter Blocks...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GYdM0tqjOD8y_MKopwa4b5boVyzZCONr-qtXkVBHYEFBU0D3-rcUANRFNtKFuRShkCNfhdevx7DFEp_6q_VUksrB5EoecTfX1uujsTFVyDwW1V1fR4l-SZsARPyNj-keqCupEvh_Lzc/s1600/MEuntitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GYdM0tqjOD8y_MKopwa4b5boVyzZCONr-qtXkVBHYEFBU0D3-rcUANRFNtKFuRShkCNfhdevx7DFEp_6q_VUksrB5EoecTfX1uujsTFVyDwW1V1fR4l-SZsARPyNj-keqCupEvh_Lzc/s640/MEuntitled.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: Pamela's Facebook Page</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Caught in the act of 'Scoring' said Wooden Letter Blocks.  Ahem... Dawn... shouldn't you be PHOTOGRAPHING something?!?  *Winks*  Sorry, got so caught up in 'Scoring' some of my own Treasures right away and Scouting the Wonderful Selection of Inventory I hadn't seen yet, that I almost forgot what my Primary Mission shouldda been!!!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB8Thn2wiuiXWvGBYfBP7vDHmZftnEd4G7Fe8r589tQDJUabWJBPP7DpM7AdzEZipD-IkIPLDBn5E7ndpoisVeIS_26Py2Gs_q6M2swZwfrLz6hgLEGnDTiYXdbiarG8r9UawHeTEr6I/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB8Thn2wiuiXWvGBYfBP7vDHmZftnEd4G7Fe8r589tQDJUabWJBPP7DpM7AdzEZipD-IkIPLDBn5E7ndpoisVeIS_26Py2Gs_q6M2swZwfrLz6hgLEGnDTiYXdbiarG8r9UawHeTEr6I/s640/040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>After all... when you have so many Letters to spell out what you want... you can't malinger, especially when you need lotsa vowels... and all I'm missing is one 'A'... darn... so the next 'A' coming into Inventory is MINE Pamela!  So okay... I cheated for the Photo Op and Shameless Plug... and tossed in a Scrabble Tile...  *Smiles*  I felt like a Contestant on Wheel Of Fortune... Vanna... I'll take an 'A'!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfkqwk_50AYhQRnvEj7cBLPtDddat1JKqcH01xO-X-TnUvAq4tFd54JT2M-R9c66mvf3i5z0GQZixIX-9BED3VHj5Xl3d2mLAnzuAWFi5pbXcjEE8X00ggMCVxv9Itu01t80xwhypnts/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfkqwk_50AYhQRnvEj7cBLPtDddat1JKqcH01xO-X-TnUvAq4tFd54JT2M-R9c66mvf3i5z0GQZixIX-9BED3VHj5Xl3d2mLAnzuAWFi5pbXcjEE8X00ggMCVxv9Itu01t80xwhypnts/s640/044.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Pamela has plenty of those Scrabble Tiles to spell out darn near anything you might desire!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF78kFWCBRIb4RkGsb9woVvOq0lSr_wAwUp1MwuUfCKMoTKVBukIkd9fxZczdTFASuaecEqcwrEY5v-9PYw367Fx6H9xk2jJh00IwHuLvKMU4edS49ULLwm1BQEswCg3KmzLxKL89RTM/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF78kFWCBRIb4RkGsb9woVvOq0lSr_wAwUp1MwuUfCKMoTKVBukIkd9fxZczdTFASuaecEqcwrEY5v-9PYw367Fx6H9xk2jJh00IwHuLvKMU4edS49ULLwm1BQEswCg3KmzLxKL89RTM/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And there was lots of Shopping and mingling going on all day...</em> <em>it was a great turnout and very well received.  Everyone in the Far West Valley who Enjoys Artistic outlets, Scrapbooking and Crafting now has a Shop close by to obtain their supplies and attend Workshops, plus you can place orders Online.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDks-5BKBfVuRU9c182K85zvcPT49MCpnfB40RWsuRJgPKLCUM182aWHM_NqKcDQoLgxrLYjnLNlJIvF_dezd6d44xXsCHAflVmaoyCDLHyljLs6TODwzkwPI35uvt16jm22fBhlyFP4/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDks-5BKBfVuRU9c182K85zvcPT49MCpnfB40RWsuRJgPKLCUM182aWHM_NqKcDQoLgxrLYjnLNlJIvF_dezd6d44xXsCHAflVmaoyCDLHyljLs6TODwzkwPI35uvt16jm22fBhlyFP4/s640/049.JPG" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And Naturally... being an Incurable Collector of such things means that I always want MORE, right?  And so I picked up this packet of Awesome Old Sears and Roebuck Catalog Pages with Cool Graphics... LOVING the page that had these Mandolins... I think the Average Price of a Mandolin back then was about Three Dollars!!!  AND they threw in a bunch of Free Stuff with each Purchase!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF46U7SzNc9GD8gSJY7iiGWR-Kf05SGvJKKJz7PBQMhxL0DMUj7T7J_S4WgnHx6VwjCHa99xlLIcdLmHHIxT8UpxhnuX5rTcvtx7Jal3gKL69qHptY1_jZUwEeV2DXKoGagF5lYvmN3gE/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF46U7SzNc9GD8gSJY7iiGWR-Kf05SGvJKKJz7PBQMhxL0DMUj7T7J_S4WgnHx6VwjCHa99xlLIcdLmHHIxT8UpxhnuX5rTcvtx7Jal3gKL69qHptY1_jZUwEeV2DXKoGagF5lYvmN3gE/s640/037.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  But hey, I paid less than that all these Years later for these Great Pages of Vintage Ephemera and Pamela threw in  Free Stuff with each Purchase too during the Grand Opening Celebration!  You're giving Sears a run for their money my Friend!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtqYzPgV3lNrCnCpTvpKvzlpwd1neciiKxiN5MyYcSHG51pRUiDbl6iW0u8s0jOPtUyWDceXUPSWXUkF7H_3Ad9p5YVfkrBM5_q1GyykRn-8iID7S-TfIXRIgp4aePmDxkKbET-UHhFo/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtqYzPgV3lNrCnCpTvpKvzlpwd1neciiKxiN5MyYcSHG51pRUiDbl6iW0u8s0jOPtUyWDceXUPSWXUkF7H_3Ad9p5YVfkrBM5_q1GyykRn-8iID7S-TfIXRIgp4aePmDxkKbET-UHhFo/s640/038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And for the Francophiles... there is a whole section dedicated to the Love of all things French!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQPhmTQD8A8CNhUBJ7JM58ub7Eaoli7YL5QV5c1FbexDX24TJOlZlYcUrk1I8ElHRiukGHkEPrMV-KLMzVCNAPEdBvUXF09i40HconpeC3g8IhYdfAZ8STP2ymYKBCQRBFP2hGHJwHm8/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQPhmTQD8A8CNhUBJ7JM58ub7Eaoli7YL5QV5c1FbexDX24TJOlZlYcUrk1I8ElHRiukGHkEPrMV-KLMzVCNAPEdBvUXF09i40HconpeC3g8IhYdfAZ8STP2ymYKBCQRBFP2hGHJwHm8/s640/042.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>In fact, my Fav Scrapbook Pages I bought this day were these with the Eiffel Tower on them... Pamela has Scrapbook supplies that you can't get at the Crafting Chain Stores... along with her own Line of Scrapbook and Stamping Supplies.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFtkoYHRp_eEoQS3mG9nnzqZWPG4CJf5mH9CJVrihZK89-XD7P82GsIeJJGVSfoc3uyVZi0hbhSdHP_2XfdHPb5HH1FUAyj5My0KbBP6HiZRUZtW5mP03Un2qnpRCPYfogU60R0bhPKA/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFtkoYHRp_eEoQS3mG9nnzqZWPG4CJf5mH9CJVrihZK89-XD7P82GsIeJJGVSfoc3uyVZi0hbhSdHP_2XfdHPb5HH1FUAyj5My0KbBP6HiZRUZtW5mP03Un2qnpRCPYfogU60R0bhPKA/s640/047.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Are you a Lover of Vintage Photos too?  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNfST-99P5BGN72cqfHsfKg3VoR5hlnAsPGmkmZZK2CS2JElvmjSiXxQsz1NOzU7Z_vdS-1COgTBlmVrHCSNS4r2EWGl-ynVN9NsPDFyJJPDza54j8sen83T3y9StPoLCz27LMyWtEaY/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNfST-99P5BGN72cqfHsfKg3VoR5hlnAsPGmkmZZK2CS2JElvmjSiXxQsz1NOzU7Z_vdS-1COgTBlmVrHCSNS4r2EWGl-ynVN9NsPDFyJJPDza54j8sen83T3y9StPoLCz27LMyWtEaY/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>How about Millinery?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscZpGupDYS4GnjuUVJTs4zTytbgNCqtuOqIX6lTF9GH8DnXf1KeCWubJ3OlJxlI5J9FZ_ASlT9w14itdjcl0N7Mt_yBTek4k34fRKDfXFX-4K9NTJZCYVTRWa8rY27dukEKTTrVy1TXI/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscZpGupDYS4GnjuUVJTs4zTytbgNCqtuOqIX6lTF9GH8DnXf1KeCWubJ3OlJxlI5J9FZ_ASlT9w14itdjcl0N7Mt_yBTek4k34fRKDfXFX-4K9NTJZCYVTRWa8rY27dukEKTTrVy1TXI/s640/048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Paper products, Ink, Paints, Stamps of every imaginable kind?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUzufAnTVcb1-CDRFxE1C3wwOvTD5KkJlN7-tAbUMUApk3Ywqw9cueDScYkuK4JSq1f47y5IjMNTxMknTY53MeqZ3-LFRgcsgCiZtvHUYEy_tO23qEzXrC5u392rXu1kjAhZnOHsYdSI/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUzufAnTVcb1-CDRFxE1C3wwOvTD5KkJlN7-tAbUMUApk3Ywqw9cueDScYkuK4JSq1f47y5IjMNTxMknTY53MeqZ3-LFRgcsgCiZtvHUYEy_tO23qEzXrC5u392rXu1kjAhZnOHsYdSI/s640/041.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And if you were totally Lusting after my Old Sears and Roebuck Catalog Pages, there's more where those came from!!!  So you can get yours too...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMa_bke_qET5_E19tgzMw3rxY7DCFsAkSXEA0bTK8lEgS_vl32M-qXMh7C_NfA2zQEZsVME7QReng5ab1V6sUgoyFUozCetAEnUXtnnK8rmX4dTiMn5BH90vNSrCpy4PIVfR9VCLvat4/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMa_bke_qET5_E19tgzMw3rxY7DCFsAkSXEA0bTK8lEgS_vl32M-qXMh7C_NfA2zQEZsVME7QReng5ab1V6sUgoyFUozCetAEnUXtnnK8rmX4dTiMn5BH90vNSrCpy4PIVfR9VCLvat4/s640/046.JPG" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And if you have your own Small Business she has some great Packaging for your own Shop Inventory and the Purchases your Customers make.  Presentation is after all... so Important and leaves a Favorable lasting Impression.  I know the Indie Shops I frequent have a way of making every Customer feel so Valued and Special in the way they Package your Purchases and add those Special Details and Personal Touches that make it a Unique Shopping Experience.  You won't get that level of Personal Attention and Attention to Detail in the Mega Chain Stores.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgIMZezv6ad6L7k4Jr3YWyAzKMmS8Tf0f2Ndhyphenhyphene1-7MCxn458D6gw3KsR1Ah0LLjY1O-bxhdr_Xx5CiZbSnCh1apKW6ulm4FLl0Gz1zXZImFziwI59P56UNG_Gv6UCyN7dkVOiXm39iY/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgIMZezv6ad6L7k4Jr3YWyAzKMmS8Tf0f2Ndhyphenhyphene1-7MCxn458D6gw3KsR1Ah0LLjY1O-bxhdr_Xx5CiZbSnCh1apKW6ulm4FLl0Gz1zXZImFziwI59P56UNG_Gv6UCyN7dkVOiXm39iY/s640/033.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And after all, this is why we LOVE the Indie Shops isn't it?  The Uniqueness... the Personalization of the Shopping Experience and the Creative Touches that Mega Corporations simply cannot provide.  So I do Hope you will continue to Support your Local Small Businesses and Artists... and those around the Country that offer Online Services!?!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQjWFwOD6k_W4GE37WoGTuhjYAuGUmVX3bWyi_AdFUW84eSB0Jm6rN8YuYC_4-a23dqtNwfeOVutGC8yG68YhHgNoXyKarku6R53PbsCD003ZUiVHPvQWOHATxybqYrs3sPtDcjhkW7o/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQjWFwOD6k_W4GE37WoGTuhjYAuGUmVX3bWyi_AdFUW84eSB0Jm6rN8YuYC_4-a23dqtNwfeOVutGC8yG68YhHgNoXyKarku6R53PbsCD003ZUiVHPvQWOHATxybqYrs3sPtDcjhkW7o/s640/029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Those of us who are Artists, Stylists, Small Biz Owners and do the Show and Event Circuits and Host Workshops pour our Heart and Souls into what we do and it's very Personal to us... and we want to extend that Personal Heartfelt Experience to you, our Friends and Loyal Customers.   And Truly the Customers of Indie Shops often become Friends... how often can you say that about a Mega Store you've ever frequented and see the Staff of on a regular basis?  Yeah, I thought so...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Paper Collage's Grand Opening!

    On Good Friday my Friend Pamela's new Shop THE PAPER COLLAGE had it's Grand Opening!             Pamela with her Lovely Daughte...

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