The Eyes Are The Windows To The Soul...

The topic of "Eyes" is the subject of the challenge at Collage Obsession this week. This is my submission. (Click to better see detail.)

Very, VERY Late...

Dearest Friends of The Tearoom,
I do so hope you remember The Midnight Carnival you attended here in October. Well, a few days later, this poor thing wandered into the festivities quite late. However, he was forgiven because of his cuteness. We now have a VERY tardy participant, Monsieur Bruno, the Amazing Neon Tattoo-ed Man! He had wandered this way because of Mr. Rick, one of the new contributors to Kirsi's extra fun collage challenge, Collage Obsession. M. Bruno is my submission to The Carnivale Pazzo (Crazy Carnival), Rick's first challenge for us.

In the future, I will be expecting a bit of promptness and decorum when it comes to the events held at The Tearoom!

Very naughty indeed.

(I do believe he already has eyes for Mademoiselle Absynthia, who sells beautiful treats at The Carnival! But his heart is still mending from a torrid affair with our very own Mademoiselle Lina, as you can still see the tattoo he bears of her lovely face! Such scandal!)

Images for Monsieur Bruno: Original image from Rick from Collage Obsession, black roses from Kirsi of Itkupilli, Lina from Keeper of the Nest, top hat from Karen of The Graphics Fairy and "Blue Moon" and backgrounds from Marsha of Tumblefish Studios.

Long Awaited...

Dearest Friends,
Do any of you remember this post from early this year when Mr. V and I were in the process of moving? I created a collage for my friend Kirsi's Collage Obsession challenge blog. I was beyond honored when another friend Anya, who is a very talented modiste (someone who designs and makes hats!) from Couture Millinery Atelier left this comment for me:

"I absolutely love this fabulous collage - I simply can not get over tea cup on the head.So much so that I decided to create a hat inspired by you!:-)"

And guess what?...


Isn't this just such a spectacular hat? I just love everything about it, the colors, the black and white stripes, the black lace trim, just everything!!


This is another view of the hat that she has included in her super eye-catching "Alice in Wonderland" window display for her Atelier in New York. How could you possibly walk past this without stopping to admire?

I am so honored, Dear Anya, that my collage in some small way inspired you in one of your wonderful creations!

Won't you please visit Anya's Atelier and be amazed by more of her beautiful, colorful and creative hats?

(P.S. It is late...Please forgive me, Dear Anya!)
The photos of Anya's hat is used with her very kind permission!

The Pear of Pairs!

Greetings to you, Dearest Friends!
I open my doors again to The Gossamer Tearoom with a silly collage I have made! It is a rather late submission to Itkupilli's and Elegia's Challenge Blog, Collage Obsession! The challenge word this week was "a pair". Now you know being a food-obsessed individual, I hear the word "pair" and my brain hears the word "pear"!!! So, why not have fun with both words! So, I turned their picture into a pair of pears, or just because it's funny to me, a pear of pairs!!!

I am so very happy to be back with you, my dear blogging friends!! Thanks so to all who had such nice thoughts for us during our move! I am planning a special virtual tea party here in The Tearoom, to celebrate my return, just for us! I think it will have to have something to do with Valentine's Day, considering we are so close! And please ponder this...what person, imaginary or real, dead or alive, someone you know or someone you don't, would you invite to come along with you to this party?

Wishing you all a very lovely evening and a wonderful weekend!

Betty

First Entry

Dear Friends,
This is my first entry in Itkupilli's and Elegia's brand new challenge blog "Collage Obsession"! Their first topic is "Worn Out", so using the image they have provided, I created a collage which seems to illustrate my current state of mind! This is our last week in Washington. After organizing endless amounts of stuff and herding dust buffaloes out the door everyday (there is just too much dust to call it "bunnies"!), I am just dropping into bed everynight!