" GRAND LADY AWAKE "

 

A dream is worth a thousand words. At the moment, the castle mistress lays sleeping, waiting for Prince Charming to awaken her with a Kiss ... WAKE UP, WAKE  UP !!!  It could take another century to find him...z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z. In the meantime ....  PLEASE COME IN  !!! 

Today's the Day .... The sun is shining and the "Grand Lady " is opening her doors to you and to the cyberspace world. She needs to  dust off her  dresses, tidy her  boudoir, re-apply her make-up and fix her hair, after all, it has been 112 years since the old girl has seen the light of day.

Please sit down, have  a cup of tea and a friendly  chat with me. The Grand Lady will be  a weekly blog, that is filled with everything Victorian, for you to create, make, bake and chat about. It will be a  gathering of ...  THEE ...  Grandest,  Cyberspace  Ladies, who ...  heaven forbid ... dare  to chit chat,  read tea leaves, gossip and share their inner most secrets ...

Here, I will post my most intimate creations and dreams and sprinkle it with  just enough hearsay, to  start the gossip going .... How very naughty of me !!!  ( Tee Hee)

Would you like two  or three lumps of sugar in your tea?  By the way... Do you  like to create ATC's ? What are they, you say? ... Well, my dears ...  Here are a few of my teatime creations and a small tutorial to guide you, in your creative endeavours.

Collage work dates right back to the late 1800's when  Victorians saved pictures, cards and drawings to enhance their  rooms and homes ...  Most, everything was created by hand .

Did you know  that Scrapbooking is a present day version of the scrapbooks used by Victorians, to keep and display their card collections. The cards that we now call ATC's or Artist Trading cards were shown for pure enjoyment and bragging rights of the gracious hostess. They were a valued past-time and a conversation piece for envious guests ... Why don't you try making a few of your own!!!

ATC DIRECTIONS:
Use a cereal box or water color paper
Cut into 2.5 x 3.5  pieces or cards
Find some magazine pictures or card images that you like
Gather some  ribbons, feathers or other odds and ends of pretty papers
Recycle, recycle, recycle your broken beads.
Arrange your treasures on the card.
Add a little glue and a little glitter.
Apply some words with a ink stamp.
You can be as creative as you want.

It's easy , its fun and it's Victorian. If you have any questions  or comments  don't hesitate to ask or to jot them down for me... after all ladies ... What are friends for ? Hmmmmmmmmm .     Leave a comment to enter and  WIN an ATC package from the Grand Lady... February 28th /2011..... Won't you please come again !!! xoxoxo