Butterfly Princess of Great Potential

Here is my collage for this week's challenge 

for Collage Obsession, 

where the inspiration this week is Maps!

I call it "Butterfly Princess of Great Potential".  

I had so much fun with this!  

I altered a vintage photo of Louise Brooks

(who is so lovely, but was looking a little serious

in this picture for this project!)

I added the face of another lovely actress

 and Ziegfield dancer of yesteryear,

Drucilla Strain and then added wings made from a

vintage map of Paris!

Her crown is the little directional thingy

that is on most maps, her brooch is the Palais de Louvre,

and there are strips of the map all through her

glittery dress!

This collage is serving two purposes.

One, as my submission for this challenge, 

but I also designed it as a 

"Good Luck and Happy Retirement"card

for our friend Dawn, who is retiring from her job

at our teeny tiny post office, here in our teeny tiny town.

We will miss Our Miss Dawn!

She was always so sweet.

(I added lots of Black Diamond, Platinum and

Cinnamon Stickles to her card to make it

extra festive!!!)

I hope The Butterfly Princess brings many years

of doing the things she would like to do with

her life!