A Valentine for you (and me)
I purchased this valentine last year at the Queen of Tarte Sale, and it is one of my favorite things. It is large--about 12 inches high and 10 inches across. It is a mixture of paper, trims and fabric.
When I went to the Tarte sale this year, I saw another very similar valentine in the space occupied by Karen Otto. I realized that she was the creator of the wonderful collage. My Stars partners and I have known Karen for over 20 years as she participated in the lifestyle show called The Magic of Christmas that we produced at that time. Karen has a wonderful blog called A'Musements and has been featured in the beautiful Stampington publication called Artful Blogging. It was fun to visit with Karen and see other creations she had crafted.
I started out trying to be a craftsperson when I was a young mother. I actually did sell my works at various sales (to be honest I was not the most talented of artists). But after years of being around really talented craftspeople, I came to realize that I could recognize true talent. And that ain't so bad!!!
I keep saying to all of you that I am humbled and in awe of the creativity that I see in so many ladies--their work, their photography, their blogs, their collecting, their home decorating--even the way many of them dress and present themselves to the world.
Because of those shows we produced years ago and owning and working in the Stars malls, attending other craft and art and antique shows, I have been blessed by being surrounded by these hardworking, imaginative ladies. (There are men too, but I am mostly talking today about the ladies).
I do think it is important to keep working on "right-brain" activity" and I have kept up with my painting classes all this winter. Our exceptional teacher, Jude Siegel, always has something positive to say about our work. One of our classes in January was drawing and painting a face card. Some of the more accomplished students ended up with whole pages of cards. I had only one, but it occured to me that my little page of the Queen of Hearts would make a valentine. So I share, once again a page with you.
My Queen has a banner surrounding her and it reads:
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast", said the Queen to Alice.
--lewis carroll
I agree with the Queen.....it is really fun to think about impossible things.....and sometimes they really do happen. I know.
signing off....
Gayle@starsantique.com
