Wishing

I wish to fly free from what holds me back from creating, drawing, painting.

Magical Things - Photo/Art composite by Sandra Van Winkle

Halloween Wear !

Two selections for Halloween from my cafepress shop   I posted about the design process and Halloween  before.  I love Halloween.  It is one of my favorite holidays because it allows that inner child in us to be whatever we wish to be.  It is imaginative and magical in a way that invites creativity.  If you want to show your Halloween Spirit, please check out my shirts and related accessories.

Granny O'Grimm

Oscar 2010 Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty www.animasyons.com [HQ] from Yakupcan AYATA on Vimeo.

Looking around today for interesting videos for my classes I remembered "Granny" and thought everyone would enjoy watching this great little film.  I love animation.  If I had the time I would go back to school for animation and film.  I don't have the time so I have to be content with enjoying the labors (and creative musings) of such talented people as those above.  I hope you enjoy it.

Sarah and the Search for the Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Once upon a time, as Sarah was sniffing around in the forest, a small creature jumped upon a toadstool in front of Sarah. "Are you going to the Mad Hatter's Tea?" the creature asked.

But before Sarah could inquire about the tea...

...The silly creature disappeared through the hedge. "Well! I must find this tea!" said Sarah

And off she went, past the hedge and began to follow the trail into the forest.

Before long she came to a cottage. "Here love, eat this delicious lemon tart." said the kind lady who lived in there. "It will give you strength as you search for that Hatter and his band of clowns."

Sarah thanked the kind lady and went on her way again.

"Oooo! I shouldn't have eaten that tart! I'm beginning to feel strange. I must find that tea party!"

Suddenly she came upon a strange site!

"What in the world are you?" she asked the strange creature perched upon a most magnificient toadstool.

"Why, I'm the Smiley Cat, of course." the creature purred, but offered no help as to

where the Hatter might be holding the Tea Party.

"Maybe they are through here." Sarah thought and went off into the underbrush to seek the party.

"Hey! I hear somebody coming." Nan said to Billy.

"Wait a minute! Wait just a minute. Where do you think you're going?" Nan asked Sarah.

"I'm off to find the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Do you know where it is?"

"Nah! We don't know nuthin' about any stinkin' Tea party."

"Go on with ya!" and with that Nan dismissed Sarah.

So, Sarah set out again to find the party. She ran into a lot of strange

creatures and friends during her journey.

"Hmmm...Yes. Yes I think it was over...no, no. Ah yes, it is at...no, no, that's not it."

"Shucks, I don't know."

"Well, it is across the ravine, through the forest and into the desert. Wait. No. That's where I used to live. Sorry."

"I really can't say. I've been so busy getting this web finished. Not much time for tea parties and such. Sorry, wish I could help."

"Well, thanks anyway." Sarah told all the creatures and continued on her way. She thought it was getting too late. She feared that she would be very Late for the tea.

When suddenly she came upon a dark passage in the Laurel.

"Do you think this may be the way to the tea?" She quickly went through the opening into the darkness. The tunnel went on for a very long time. Sarah thought she would never get to the other side. "Oh, she thought, I'm never going to make it in time." And then...

...there was the Mad Hatter!

"Welcome, Miss Sarah." the Hatter said. "We have been waiting for you."

And together Sarah and the Mad Hatter walked through the beautiful gardens to...

...Tea! at last! Sarah was so happy that she had finally found the Mad Hatter and his wonderful Tea Party!

She just wished one thing....

That she didn't have to dress up for it!

May you all have marvelous adventures and lovely teas!
Join more tea parties by visiting our magical party planner, the Fabulous Miss Vanessa's blog.

Please click on the invite above to attend more Mad Tea Parties!

Eileen Gittins: Women 2.0 & Blurb

Women 2.0 In Conversation with Eileen Gittins, Founder & CEO of Blurb.com from Women 2.0 on Vimeo.

Templates, Time & Backgrounds to Share

Thought I would try out a new blog look. How I love playing around with technology. Of course all the 1001 other items on my list have been put on the back burner while I attempt to alter my CSS and html. I hope all of you on Spring Break are having a great time. I've had a busy interesting week so far. Still have a lot to do around here.

The new blog background image is a photo-illustration that I created from photos of my sons. I shared a similar image with you in a previous post. Over the years my sons were sweet to pose and dress up for their wacky momma. I love ya guys! Anyway, I may change it. I haven't decided yet whether I like it or not. And I may create an entire new blog. Who knows?

The image above (space scene) is one I made a couple of days ago. I made it for my desktop background and I have included a link to my Picasa album so you can download it for your desktop also. Just click on the image and it should take you there. It was created in Adobe Illustrator CS4. I love this program. It is so very versatile for creating a multitude of projects.

And I would love for you to check out my new FireFox Personas. If you use Mozilla as a browser, it is easy to add Personas to the header and footer of your browser. I have created about six, but they must be behind on the process of getting them listed. Keep checking back.

So much for today. I hope you are enjoying life and wildly creating! Be wickedly creative this week!