AJC 2011 Itinerary 15: Simply Started: MY ATTENTION

Spring Cleaning vs Spring Greening

My Attention (these days) is torn between
The ‘shoulds’ of Spring Cleaning
Or the Woods of Spring Green --
And it’s towards that Greening I’m leaning.….
LN © 2011 Spring

Credits and Kits:
Vacuum photo: annoying advertising flyer (recycled)
Gateway, teapot, teacups, wagon: Lori Davison – Falling Leaves Autumn Tea
Vintage Books: Mzimm
Tag on vacuum: Tangie: What I Love To Do
Font: Tangie’s Tweedledee
Background photo: St Peter’s Church grounds – grape hyacinth and oak.

AJC 2011 Itinerary 14: Simply Started: (Naturally) WE HAD to...

…visit Ye Very Expensive And Exclusive Hatte Shoppe and buy Sophie a Very Special Chapeu.

She has been invited to a Royal Wedding Party in honour of the Upcoming Nuptials of Wills and Kate and wanted to look her best.
Here she is in her new outfit: Rose lace, pink bejeweled stockings and amethyst encrusted toe slippers.
Of course Her Hat is La Work Of Art: Satin Roses with pink sequined netting and a dark burgundy Fleur De Lis to top it all off!

(Thanks to Billizetti for the Inspiration – btw it’s all your fault, Sophie looked at your Royal Wedding Party site and those Hats and the rest is l’histoire!)

Background composite: Louvre Palace (Book of Hours) and Royal Ball (the 12 Princesses) c/r free – Dover
Illuminated Letter: Tangie-Decrow – Medieval Faire
Sophie’s Hat: Coiled satin roses, and black corner element (bejeweled and pinked by me): Parcel 15 Tangie-Decrow – Silhouettes
Fleur De Lis – Tangie-Decrow – Medieval Faire

AJC 2011 Itinerary 14: Verb: KNOW

Having shared tea and scones with HG Wells and receiving gracious permission from him to use his Time Machine anytime we liked, Sophie wanted to see the Library of Alexandria.
I set the Dials to 283BC, and off we went.
While we were there, (since we had plenty of Time) Sophie not only finished her Degree in Advanced Camelology (or How To Deal With Humans) but successfully defended her Thesis and had it published as ‘Sophie’s Book of Wisdom.’
One of her most famous quotes is reproduced here and can be found on page 47.

Credits and Kits:
Background: Tangie Holliewood QOC2 (Queen of Cupcakes)
Vintage Volumes: CU Mzimm
Sophie’s Degree Key: Silhouettes Tangie-Decrow
Quote: Sophie’s own
Font on Book Cover: Stone Temple
Font on Page: Tangie’s DirectorBold

AJC 2011 Itinerary 13: Verb: HOPE

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.
- Emily Dickinson –
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“Hope lies across the sea.”
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Through a hole which has gradually been scraped and worn in the Brick Wall of the Years, the view of the Lower Mainland can be seen.
This is where the Diamond Health Care Centre is located and where indeed ‘our hope lies’.
My husband Mr Bear is on the waitlist for a kidney.
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We don’t (as a rule) have the Midwest Bluebird of Happiness, (unless it was blown off course on its way to Mexico!) but as a surefire substitute, nothing can beat our Midnight Turquoise Blue Stellar Jay!
Their noisy raucous cries may not strike the ear as melodious, but they can still lift the heart in the morning, as their weighty bodies swing merrily back and forth on my bird feeder attempting to get the Very Last Sunflower Seed that they can reach.
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I chose to put Dark Green ribbon ties on the Light Green Button as these two colours are the Colours of Hope for the Organ Donor and Transplant program in Canada.
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Credits and Kits:
Seaview Background Paper: AJC11 Beginnings Parcel
Vari-coloured Pink Orange Background paper (representing all the various coloured Ribbons of Hope out there): Dance Like Everyone’s Watching Papers
Green Brick Wall Paper: Dance Like Everyone’s Watching Papers
Green Button: AJC11 Parcel13 – Hope
Ribbon tie: AJC 11 Parcel 13 Hope (recoloured dark green by me)
Stellars Jay: c/r free the net
Font: Tangie’s MadHatter (spray painted graffiti’d by me)

AJC 2011 Itinerary 13: Simply Started: ONCE THERE

“Once there, Sophie discovered that being a Bouncy Weightless camel, not only was FUN, but definitely had its UPS and Downs.” – pg.91 –
- Sophie: First Camel On The Moon - H.G. Wells.

Backstory:
A few weeks ago, a rather large wooden crate was delivered to our door addressed to Sophie in a rather flourishing script. It was from none other than H.G.Wells in England!
With a great deal of crowbar’ing and hammering, we managed to get the crate open and inside, was the most amazing apparatus with this note attached to one of the side panels.
“To Sophie, thank you for sharing tea and scones with me the other day and for being my inspiration! Here is my latest volume, I hope you like it. Use my Time Machine to come visit me again” Sincerely H.G. Wells.

Addendum: I have recently heard that an undiscovered book by H.G. Wells mysteriously appeared in the Library of Congress bookshelves and has caused great consternation among the Archive staff who swore that it was not there yesterday.

Credits and Kits:
Earthrise Photo: NASA
H.G.Wells: c/r free photo
Sophie’s Space Suit: Deviantscrap: SteamTown Detectives
Sophie’s Bubble: Bkerr: Bubble kit
Vintage Book: CU Mzimm
Font: Antique Type