What Is Going On Here?

Is this a herd of chickens?

The Fraternal Order of Party Chicks?

No, it's simply the Spring Chicken Easter Parade,

my newest digital collage sheet

from Velvet Revived!

They would so love to come marching

through your Springtime and Easter projects!

Creative Visualization...

Hello Dear Friends,
I have always been a big believer in creative visualization.  So, maybe if I keep thinking about spring, it will materialize a bit more quickly. We have good things coming our way, but they are just not here yet. Patience is essential!  Here in The Land of The Tearoom, the mountains of snow do not appear to want to go away any time soon. We know that the arrival of spring will bring with it not only warmer weather, but also a new chapter in our lives!  More on all of that later...

I'm very grateful that Colleen featured my new Printable Floral Bunting Collage Sheet this week on her blog Butterfly in the Attic! Thank you, Colleen!  Because Mr. Linky was not playing nice, I was only able to post one submission for her Linky Party last week, so this week, I'm posting my other new sheet, Secret Garden Party Printable Invitations.  They match the bunting from last week!

Keep your eyes open for several new Springtime/Easter-themed sheets in Velvet Revived!

And who is this?  

I guess you'll have to come back to find out!

CloudArchitecture

My submission for The Three Muses Collage Challenge for this week:

(Please click to see the details up close!)

Our prompt this week was "Architecture".

I've always thought it would be fun to have a house made

from a cloud!

This one has balconies,

a rose arbor of sunset-colored roses,

trailing purple morning glories...

I will wave as I float over your house in mine!!

Images used in this collage from:

Tumble Fish Studios

The Graphics Fairy

My personal collection

Is it Summertime Yet?

Update:  I'm participating in the Linky Party at Butterfly in the Attic and I see that Colleen has had the same ideas about distracting ourselves from the snow as I have!

Just as we expect still more snow, here in The Land of The Tearoom, I am dreaming of Spring and Summer...

My newest digital collage sheets from Velvet Revived on Etsy, a printable invitation, perfect for a Secret Garden Party and a matching bunting, in sweet shades of lilac and lavender, spring green and butter yellow!

Secret Garden Party Printable Invitation

Printable Floral Bunting

And to remind myself of warmer days ahead,

I created a new board on Pinterest called

"Lovely Summertime".

The Garden Parasol (c. 1910), detail

Fredrick Carl Frieseke

And my next project includes tulips -

absolutely armloads of them...!

Can't wait to show you!

Down the Rabbit Hole Once Again...

Hello Dear Friends!
Since I'm still recovering from having had a bad cold for a couple of weeks now, I've been keeping myself busy in quiet ways!  My comfy chair is surrounded with half-done projects and sketches of things I'm working on.  I am planning on doing some rubberstamping later on today, so you should keep up your visits to The Tearoom for the unveiling of more of my hand-stamped prints!

In the meanwhile, I have still been hard at work on another new collage sheet!  Since my Alice in Wonderland sheets are so popular (a big Thank You hug goes out to everyone who bought my "Victorienne in Wonderland" sheet so far!!), I decided that I'd make some gift tags you could use for your next Mad Tea Party!

"Alice in Wonderland Tags" are available now

in Velvet Revived on Etsy!

As always, Dear Friends, thank you for your visit to The Tearoom today!

Betty

Love...

This is my collage submission for The Three Muses Collage Challenge this week.  The prompt was "Love", done in art journal style.

And, even though in The Land of The Tearoom, everyday is Valentine's Day, Mr. Calendar tells us it is getting to be that time of year once again...

(This collage was made up of images from Tumble Fish Studios, The Graphics Fairy, Cemerony and my own personal collection.)

February Begins at The Gossamer Tearoom. . .

After having had a bad cold for a couple of weeks last

month, I'm getting back to my projects!

Once again, this year, I have sent some handmade Valentines

to the Brooklyn offices of Etsy.  They will be handing them out

to recipients of Meals-On-Wheels in the New York City area.

These are the Valentines we made this year.

(Mr. V helped me!)

I used square Stardream Silver envelopes,

rubberstamped with Brilliance ink in "Victorian Violet".

Mr. V hand-lettered the labels with a Gelly Roll pen

in "Metallic Sepia".

I printed out some of the valentines I made for my

Print and Cut Valentines Collage sheet,

backed them with violet paper and added

dark red organza ribbon to them so they can

be hung as an ornament!

We then signed the backs of them all,

put them in their envelopes and sent them away!

We hope they make some people's days brighter!

And, it just isn't enough that

Our Dear Valentine Sweetheart Victorienne

is making a journey to New York City,

she is also dressed up as her favorite

characters from one of her favorite stories,

Alice in Wonderland,

here, in my newest collage sheet,

Victorienne in Wonderland!

Here is our little girl,

dressed as the bottle of liquid

labelled "Drink Me" that made

Alice small enough to begin

her adventures!!

Keep checking back

because Valentine's Day and February

are special times to celebrate,

here in The Gossamer Tearoom!