tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46213145823921865952024-03-13T00:17:39.350-04:00Crushed Velvet & RosesCuriously Strange. Strangely Curious.The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-59847148620718594942015-09-23T19:50:00.000-04:002015-09-23T23:50:39.102-04:00One of those quiet dandies......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oPWUn33Feyw/Ty8jcWdK2UI/AAAAAAAAAUk/ZhLAqh8_4zU/s1600/baudelaire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oPWUn33Feyw/Ty8jcWdK2UI/AAAAAAAAAUk/ZhLAqh8_4zU/s400/baudelaire.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'goudy old style', 'minion pro', 'bell mt', serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 32px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 0px;">Charles Baudelaire was one of those quiet dandies who have their clothes rubbed with emery paper in order to take off the Sunday and brand-new gloss so dear to Philistines and so unbearable to well-bred men.</div><div class="source" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'goudy old style', 'minion pro', 'bell mt', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 0px;">—Théophile Gautier</div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-66612534311185521332012-02-04T10:37:00.000-05:002012-02-04T10:37:54.974-05:00La Beauté by Charles Baudelaire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xds0aCr1LHo/Ty1OlxchoTI/AAAAAAAAAUc/a8hc5J9m8XY/s1600/vintagebeauty7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xds0aCr1LHo/Ty1OlxchoTI/AAAAAAAAAUc/a8hc5J9m8XY/s400/vintagebeauty7.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br />
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Et mon sein, où chacun s'est meurtri tour à tour,<br />
Est fait pour inspirer au poète un amour<br />
Eternel et muet ainsi que la matière.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;">Je trône dans l'azur comme un sphinx incompris;<br />
J'unis un coeur de neige à la blancheur des cygnes;<br />
Je hais le mouvement qui déplace les lignes,<br />
Et jamais je ne pleure et jamais je ne ris.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
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Que j'ai l'air d'emprunter aux plus fiers monuments,<br />
Consumeront leurs jours en d'austères études;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
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De purs miroirs qui font toutes choses plus belles:<br />
Mes yeux, mes larges yeux aux clartés éternelles!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 1.25em;">—</span><span style="line-height: 1.25em;"> </span><i style="line-height: 1.25em;">Charles Baudelaire</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><b><br />
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And my breast where each one in turn has bruised himself<br />
Is made to inspire in the poet a love<br />
As eternal and silent as matter.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
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I join a heart of snow to the whiteness of swans;<br />
I hate movement for it displaces lines,<br />
And never do I weep and never do I laugh.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
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Which I seem to assume from the proudest statues,<br />
Will consume their lives in austere study;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;">For I have, to enchant those submissive lovers,<br />
Pure mirrors that make all things more beautiful:<br />
My eyes, my large, wide eyes of eternal brightness!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-55554706210284656972012-02-03T13:56:00.000-05:002012-02-03T13:56:01.528-05:00Is it really so strange.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fltvJvCG_XI/TywtOpE-HVI/AAAAAAAAAUU/cRI6In0EVi4/s1600/weirdvicpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fltvJvCG_XI/TywtOpE-HVI/AAAAAAAAAUU/cRI6In0EVi4/s320/weirdvicpic.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That I have a Pinterest board named </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Things I'd Sell My Mother For"?</div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-45370173726028931792012-02-01T21:23:00.000-05:002012-02-01T21:23:21.005-05:00The Blue Bird by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877-1958)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6gajE5e6F_8/TynypZtkYpI/AAAAAAAAAUM/E68E47-YLR0/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+8.49.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6gajE5e6F_8/TynypZtkYpI/AAAAAAAAAUM/E68E47-YLR0/s400/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+8.49.56+PM.png" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Oooh to be this calm, without anxiety or stress would be. . . . hmm. Not sure what it's like to be that way anymore.</span></div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-52143752176389004982011-07-17T11:38:00.002-04:002011-07-19T11:50:06.200-04:00Alpha Stamps on Facebook!C'mon over and find us <b><u><i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpha-Stamps/133455986738894">HERE</a></i></u></b>!The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-16882958605805051862011-07-02T01:57:00.001-04:002011-07-02T02:00:04.819-04:00I'm shocked!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p9DdlcneoZk/Tg6y_c-kTxI/AAAAAAAAATg/4CKvmJ30MLQ/s1600/shockedlucy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p9DdlcneoZk/Tg6y_c-kTxI/AAAAAAAAATg/4CKvmJ30MLQ/s320/shockedlucy.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow! I haven't posted a thing since the end of May. Not to blame the little darlins but those Oompa Loompas of mine have kept me REALLY busy since they've gotten out of school! I suppose I could also blame the most Eeehhhvahhll Queen for keeping me busy as well but then I may have to face her wrath and she'd give me even more work. Just to you know. Be evil!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Posts will be periodic until they're all back in school :D</div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-14387122811288533382011-05-30T10:21:00.000-04:002011-05-30T10:21:09.787-04:00Remember the Fallen<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As well as those who are still serving, and those who </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">have come home that still struggle. </span></div><br />
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Tsk, tsk. It seems that one of the Residents of Mockingbird Manor has taken to grinding up naughty children. I do hope that it's not our cook, although now that I think about it she has been making some devilishly good seasoned soups lately.<br />
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We are not exactly sure WHO it is that is doing such a dastardly thing - but believe me. Once we find out who it is you will be the first to know!The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-79563331988881242272011-04-15T08:39:00.000-04:002011-04-15T08:39:54.319-04:00A Busy Little Girl's Art Apron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQnSPZeQs30/Tag6jYiN28I/AAAAAAAAATQ/yoNHxuO6QhM/s1600/IMAG0573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQnSPZeQs30/Tag6jYiN28I/AAAAAAAAATQ/yoNHxuO6QhM/s200/IMAG0573.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> This cute little apron has a long panel sewn behind the vintage hankie pocket sewn into compartments for crayons, pencils, and other stash items that your budding artist may have lifted from your art supplies! (Believe me, I speak from experience on this....lol) I'm still finding hidden things that the kidlets have 'borrowed' from me what has to be 3 or 4 years ago!<br />
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The vintage hankie is a big open pocket to put things that won't fit inside the smaller pockets. <br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dcynCArlEIE/Tag6jQaRYdI/AAAAAAAAATM/uBW-mvimifI/s1600/IMAG0570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dcynCArlEIE/Tag6jQaRYdI/AAAAAAAAATM/uBW-mvimifI/s1600/IMAG0570.jpg" /></a>Apron is made out of red ticking. Sorry for the bad pics - the apron was hard to take a pic of and this was the best I could come up with, but you get the idea ;) <br />
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This little fairy must have been very important to someone, who took the time to create a shrine for her tucked away in the Mockingbird Manor Forest.<br />
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Mockingbird Manor is chock full of fairies so I'm really not surprised that I have come upon this. What sort of fairies, you ask? We have naughty fairies who like to play trixies on everyone, nice fairies who leave surprises for the kidlets in the most interesting places, and old-bat-Southern-grouchy-lady fairies who love to try to make everyone just as irritable as they are. Let me tell you......when the naughty fairies hang out with the Ghosts from the Old Cemetery who enjoy partying at the Manor and those crazy old-bat-Southern-grouchy-lady fairies start drinking - watch out because that's when things disappear from my studio and horrendous messes are made from one end of the house to the other! Those ghosts are a *bad* influence.<br />
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An awful lot of care was taken to make this fairy <u><b><a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsgame.html#fractured">doll</a></b></u><b> </b>shrine out of a teeny, tiny little <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsmasonite.html#Coffin" linkindex="32"><u><b>coffin</b></u></a>. Just look how the <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsribbonsolid.html#leaf" linkindex="33"><u><b>stitched leaf ribbon</b></u></a> has grown around it, her <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsglitter.html#nustickles" linkindex="34"><u><b>sparkly glitter</b></u></a> wings and just a glimmer of <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsbeads.html#3mm" linkindex="35"><u><b>fire polished Czech beads</b></u></a> at her feet. I do believe that much of this came from my studio! There is that gorgeous <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsfindings.html#tulip" linkindex="36"><u><b>tulip bead cap</b></u></a> and <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsflowers.html#lilies" linkindex="37"><u><b>mini lily</b></u></a> that I was missing - and those clever fairies used my <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/collageitemsfringe.html#seaweedfiber" linkindex="38"><u><b>seaweed fiber set</b></u></a> for the grass!<br />
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Ah well. I can't complain too much about the lifting of my supplies. At least it was all used to make something unique and left for me to find!<br />
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If you'd like to leave a comment you will be entered to win <i>2</i> sheets of <i>GINORMOUS</i> Antique French Ledger Sheets from the 1860s. Each sheet is 18"x12" - they're HUGE and have stunning writing on both sides. I don't part easily with these sheets (as in NEVER! LOL) so now's your chance!<br />
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Vintage necklace piecing, antique doll leg, from my collection. Dragonfly, brass findings and chain available from <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/" linkindex="21"><u><b>Alpha Stamps</b></u></a>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-65114401208768959802011-03-06T11:47:00.001-05:002011-03-08T00:34:09.253-05:00Skelly Goil Cameo Necklace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PkeY657C7uQ/TXO534eqj-I/AAAAAAAAAQI/lYS4kQMNh0I/s1600/bella_skelly_necklace1.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="21" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PkeY657C7uQ/TXO534eqj-I/AAAAAAAAAQI/lYS4kQMNh0I/s400/bella_skelly_necklace1.jpg" width="206" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DpjduWOa03U/TXO6FTqJVtI/AAAAAAAAAQM/ZMahUFf8Izw/s1600/skelly_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="22" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DpjduWOa03U/TXO6FTqJVtI/AAAAAAAAAQM/ZMahUFf8Izw/s320/skelly_detail.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Everything EXCEPT the vintage bling piece can be found at <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/" linkindex="23">Alpha Stamps</a>.The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-63179817110383446752011-02-19T10:27:00.000-05:002011-02-19T10:27:30.337-05:00Naughty Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RbKXqwhR1jk/TV_hPSkorNI/AAAAAAAAAQA/RU9OdSfiA-I/s1600/IMAG0213.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="19" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RbKXqwhR1jk/TV_hPSkorNI/AAAAAAAAAQA/RU9OdSfiA-I/s320/IMAG0213.jpg" width="304" /></a></div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-1229652266584980772011-01-25T15:58:00.000-05:002011-01-25T15:58:12.900-05:00Just laying around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TgUWu-0_b2k/TT85JbN3B-I/AAAAAAAAAPc/EESaXOiYU3I/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-25+at+12.57.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" linkindex="19" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TgUWu-0_b2k/TT85JbN3B-I/AAAAAAAAAPc/EESaXOiYU3I/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-25+at+12.57.00+PM.png" width="250" /></a></div>The Mistress of the Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774569536665548097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621314582392186595.post-56963014675788301852011-01-23T16:11:00.000-05:002011-01-23T16:11:48.947-05:00Another Doll Finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TgUWu-0_b2k/TTyY1DzTVFI/AAAAAAAAAPY/WIuwSywNGyY/s1600/IMAG0225.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="28" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TgUWu-0_b2k/TTyY1DzTVFI/AAAAAAAAAPY/WIuwSywNGyY/s320/IMAG0225.jpg" width="205" /></a></div>Her name and story haven't come to me yet - but here she is! She sits on an antique wooden spool from a closed GA cotton mill, is dressed in upcycled clothes and her arms are vintage perm rods (or vintage rollers.)<br />
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