I am the best!

This poem is my story. You have to go and read it. I please ask you to read it.

This is the story of wiser and loving mermaid me ;-)

This poem tells of the moment I did dare to take my heart in my hands and take action.
It is the voice of my spiritual reality and a desire for meaning, for a life of passion and creativity, for a sense of belonging, for wisdom, and ... for love.

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,...

Yes, I knew it and began...

Back in December, I knew that very sad afternoon that I had to do the only thing I could do and open my eyes, hold my broken heart carefully, and slowly and painfully, I did realize that It was almost time to start walking alone.
For several years, I was walking with someone, unfortunately the personality of this person was deviated from love, outside factors, none of which I could control and those wounds, his wounds were in a lead for a different direction than mine and that's fine. Moving, going or growing in different directions in our life is ok but then you NEED to say it, to be honest and move out and on. Our actions can cause impact. Good or bad.

The important thing to me NOW it is to stand by my truth and feel contented with it. And I am!

I am glad to know that the whole time I knew and perceive it all along. My intuition was right. My questions and doubts were NOT a result of my imagination or overthinking.
And I am glad to say that the pain is ALMOST behind.
The past will be part of me...for good, it has to be good reason for all of this for me.
My dedication and love for that relationship was totally complete and pure. I deeply loved him...but the anxiety and worry over him was way too much.
That December day marked the end.
Enough was Enough...

It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones

Life has mysterious ways and I had to wait until that moment to be ready and to call it by its true name.

But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.

Yes, it was painful and sad...
There were lots of tears of loss...
I felt lonely...
frustrated...
I apologize... you are learning of my frail human heart.
I try my best to be gracious about this.
Unfortunately sometimes pain and loss prepares the ways.
And sometimes, as you know the way is easy or difficult.
It ALL depends
on how you adjust yourself to life.
And my attitude to life is 100% positive so that helps.

Please know that now I can see clearly.
My relationship was based in a pretending game.
Now I know who he really was and I can accept I was not in love with him.
I was in love with who he pretended to be. And useless to say that it wasn't neccesary to have secrets or whatever, I would have loved him anyways if he would have been honest to me...He was my everything...I really loved him...

Do you want to know something?
I pray constantly for his happiness, everyday!
I wish him only the best. And with my big hope that he is responsibly taking charge of his life and reorganize it. And that's all and everything I wish for him because I care and have forgiven him.

Meditation and praying has helped me to unfold my miracles.
It has helped me to forgive his wounded life and move on.
To be ready.
To begin.
Or to begin again, if neccesary.
And choose
And I have chosen to open my heart again to Love.
Slowly my return to love has started.
Or maybe love has always been there with me?
for sure I know I am blessed.
Thanks to all of this happening to me I am in a new quest.
(Yes, I am very grateful for what I had to endure.)
I have met new persons ;-)
And this is good.
They are so cool, kind and nice to me.
They make me laugh and make me feel so alive with their talks, interests and passions.
And Yes! that's what I wanted so bad.
To talk.
To share.
To LAUGH.
Feel joy and excitement.
and leave the past behind.
And follow my bliss ;-)
I am standing by the truth of my life and live it as fully and passionately as I am able.
The unknown? yes, there was fear. Fear is there still! but if you could see or I could write what I have accomplished these past days, you will smile BIG, very big.....

But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own

I am good, I am the best!
I am such a strong woman.
I am a beautiful gracious survivor...
I am standing for my own life and my daughter's
I am the greatest ;-)
and I am real, authentic, and am not coming from another planet...
I am just simply me, a mermaid spirit forever.
... with tears of happiness...
love and light to you,
Carmen

as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.

Miracles

Every moment is a great opportunity for a potential miracle.
Take a deep breath, and just be.
Yes, right in THIS moment.
Just BE...
Let go of the past.
Forgive...
Forget.
Open your heart!
Open your eyes!
do you see it? it is love.
Be love...
and then watch the miracle unfold ;-)
mmmm...(sighs!)

Do you want to know how many miracles were part of my life this past weekend?
Too many!

Here it is one, and one more and then this!

Please make room for miracles to replace any clouds of grievances.
Be light and love.
I'm certainly doing my best ;-)
loving life, enjoying it and learning, and ABSOLUTELY being beautiful perfect me right in THIS moment...
mmmm.....
Peace tastes good ;-)
mermaid me

Today

Today I want:


~ to lay down in the grass and watch it grow and the clouds go by

~ to see her smile and being silly like this forever

~ to listen to bachata (it's a form of latin music) click here to listen to it or to my favorite one here

~ to break some rules (always!!!!) LOL

~ to do this for fun sometime real soon, ohhh... there is this place in Encinitas...

~ to dress up (heyyyy!!! I got new sexy dancing shoes!!!) which reminds me gotta take a picture of them!!!!

~ to go out and dance

~ to stay up late and talk to _ _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _ _ _ (both are such a fun persons)

~ to enjoy a ride in this again (tomorrow) giggles ;-)

~ to doodle for hours

~ and to create and play with collages and jewelry for my etsy shop

~to decorate my home with digital frames, I want one! they are on my Christmas wishlist, already ;-)

~ to dye my hair in an unique way ;-)

~to read poems or even better someone else reading them for me ;-)

~ to travel...

~ to love...

~ to embrace.....


Light and love to you all!
My weekend is going to be good, real good ;-)
Have a pleasant weekend! Enjoy life!
mermaid me

Hand in my pocket

And the other one is giving the peace sign ;-)
(Yes, go to flickr, and check it out, had lots of fun being silly, LOL)

"What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine

What it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet"

LOL, yes that's my honest true! LOL ;-)

This past weekend, I got a phone call from a friend and told me that while listening to this album, he connected each song title to me and somehow every song was related to the way I am, specially this song you heard playing in the video (and Yes! I am brave but I am a chicken too at times, LOL)
Do you want to know what else he said on the phone? he said "a yearning for Carmen" (giggles, me happy knowing that, LOL) Shhhh! don't tell him or anyone, LOL

This actually is one of my all time favorite albums.
Alanis Morissette rocks!
This is a very positive song.
You have to find the positive in things, on any situation! You have to!!!
I think another of my favorite songs by her is "you learn" (I recommend what the lyrics ask you to do, I certainly do!!! LOL)

Also, I would like to share another video. There is this young lady who reads my blog every time she gets a chance, she lives in Netherlands and isn't a blogger and is a little shy to comment. But she emails me often to let me know her thoughts on my writing or whatever I share here in my blog. Well, when I was trying to figure it out my life a couple of months ago. She made this video for me. She was so sweet to me... She was so sad when I close my blog and that touched me deeply. Thank YOU Mari!!!
Please check it out. Click the link.
Last week, she wrote to me again and these are her beautiful words:

Well let me tell you I loooove the pictures. Also where you are at the beach you look STUNNING. BTW your journal is looking great as ever, I need to sign up so i can leave you comments! You are doing great and always remind me that all is well and we can start all over again ;-)

I am blessed or what??? LOL
Thank you Mari, again and forever!!!

And before I go back to work, I want to say Thank you very much to Julie for all the books and goodies and my new Purple Mermaid you sent me.
I opened my package yesterday and couldn't stop all the oh oh's and uh uh's. Everything was so good and yummy to my mermaid eyes, specially The Tori Amos book, you know how much I have been trying to get my eyes and hands in that book, I love Tori amos! Thank you so much for your thoughtful and kindness towards mermaid me and yes!!! for my new mermaid, and yes! Julie she is loving my home, my little soul and heart collage home. Everybody always does! A hopeful dreamer lives in there ;-)

Love you ALL!!!
very much!
mermaid me

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Play time

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.
~Maya Angelou

I love to play with things, I play with thoughts, too, with ideas, words, and lots of dreams as well, But, I think my strengths tend to side this way, altered things, go whimsical, reuse them, reinvent them...
And this what I love about myself (and love to see and discover it in other persons, too), this very gift quality of me ---PLAY.
This sense of play is very strong with me. But, it is not frivolous play. It is a play of exploration and discovery.
I think what I created playing in this slideshow reveals this very much.

PLAY.
think.
Observe.
Imagination.
CREATE.
handmade and heartfelt.
strengths and dreams.
BE YOU.
Always imagining the possibilities...

I can't put this all in words.
This is in my intuition speaking to me.
But, I have a very VERY strong sense that if I keep gardening my heart and soul then I will allow my dreams and "buds" of talents to unfurl, grow, and blossom.

Please check my slide show, This is what I have been playing for the past weeks. What you will see are some pages from an altered book, some greeting cards, Artist trading cards ATC's.
All of these images are for Suzie's dreamboard project
Please have fun and enjoy. Have a great weekend!
Stay safe and healthy!
love and light, mermaid me

We have a choice:to plow new ground or to let the weeds grow.
~ Jonathan Westover

Rainbow dreams

I have been tagged a couple of times by two lovelies: Pixiedust a while back ago and by Maryellen last week.
Today I have the answers to just one of those meme's. I apologize it took me so long. Today I am game!!!

The rule is to name five things I would like to be when I grow up – five things that I’ve always dreamed about...

OMG!!!
If there is something I am real good at is dreaming.
And for sure, I do my best to act on them to make them come true.
I have been fascinated by the dream world since I can remember.
I dream vividly in color and remember a lot of what I dream.
Dreams are my thing! Dreams empower me.
Daydreaming is a very big part of who I am, too.

Here they are some of my dreams:

1)
I wanted to be a gardener. And proudly, I am!!!
I smile there and am very happy. And I dream there, too, all the time!!!
I dream of a field of lavenders and trees, and roses, fucsias and bugambilias.
I dream of the persons in my life. And wish them well.
I wish they could be with me and share with them the joy of a garden.
I dream of being with my grandmother again...
When I think of the things that have formed my person, A garden is the answer.
With gardening, I have developed my sense of observation, awakened my curiosity, and make comfortable with solitude.
I was introduced to nature in my grandmother's garden, at the same time, this introduced me to art, to appreciate colors and shapes, to feed and develop my inner vision and then to express with courage the intense need for my own personal journey and for developing my soul and spirit.
I think that's my biggest gift ever received from nature: the sense of wonder and nowadays, of healing...

2)
I wanted to live in the country.
This is related to my first dream. And since I was a little girl, a five year old all I have dreamed is of living in the country side, of buying a little house with a lot of space for my dogs to run, to grow everything I want and for a big studio for me to play with my arts supplies and imagination.
I also wanted to have a real love partner to walk around my property in the end of the day, and talk and discussed all kind of stuff. Also, I see my daughter lying down next to me and reading with me or just chatting silly stuff.
Yes, little house in the prairie kind of thing.
I enjoy the simplicity of life, surrounded by nature and if possible, making a living out of whatever I (or WE) can produce or create.

3)
When I was 7 yrs old, I decided that I wanted to be a Doctor, not the one with a nice office, no...I wanted to be a missionary doctor and go away to areas of this world that needed me as a doctor and friend. Don't know why I had that thought of being a friend at the young age. All I can think now is that I always wish to help from the heart.
I did go to medical school and didn't finish, though.
I am not so sure, I still want to be a doctor but I believe I am a healer and friend.

4)
And speaking of the world, I wanted to travel, yes, I wanted to be a world traveler, to see the real world. I am not for sure your typical tourist. I am the one who likes to walk, to get inside or at least get a close peak into other's style of life and if I can spend my time and eat what they cook or do what they do, That's even better. Every time I have had the chance, I have enjoyed deeply the experience. Lately, I have noticed that when I travel I have also this strong need to return home. I still want to travel but now I do wish to come back to my home and my dogs and my things...

5)
This last dream, I noticed everyone had it listed in their answers. It could be that it is a very woman thing, involving our sometimes fragile feminine and mystique of what it should be, and/or a longing to be unique and perhaps, loved?
Yes, when I was almost 6 years old I dreamed of being beautiful one day.
There is a long story behind this innocent crying out loud dream...
It feels strange to tell you all about this part of my life.
Please, please know that I am going to be the most honest I can be and also please know that it did affect me BUT in a good way. I develop my talents and gifts ;-)
This is my story. I am the oldest. My brother and sister are taller than me and with blond golden hair and small frames type of bodies. Our background is Portuguese so there are so many things in our blood, and residing in Mexico, both my brother and sister were considered Beautiful and with "exotic looks". We don't look alike at all. I mean, If you compared me with them physically.
And because of this I was called the "Ugly duckling" by everybody until my 20's. You can see my pictures, I am dark hair and eyes with a not perfect body. I never developed any elegant or exuberant curves or breast. My face is still full of freckles and big rosy cheeks.
Back then, I did believe I was ugly and never care about popularity, the standards of external beauty in people, the right clothes or boys. That's why I probably only have had three men in my life.
My sister became a model when she was only 14 yrs old and was on tv, and everyone was following her everywhere and wanted to be her friends. I, on the contrary, was a kid lost in books, in the garden with my grandma, and my imagination, trying to develop my person. I was so much into this that I became one of the smartest in my classes and got into several known contests like the spelling bee and I got to start traveling which was great since it opened a good amount of opportunities and got me eventually into the socializing thing and finally, I become a swan. A very interesting one ;-)
Still, I am not the type that specifically a man would find beautiful but I am the one who they always want to spend a good amount of time talking with me. I mean, I am so confident of what I am and do and am such a good listener and supportive.
About a week ago, I was having a cup of tea and then I saw someone I know, he sit and then after a while we realize that we spent a little over two hours just talking and after that, he even invited me for dinner which I didn't accept since I am not ready for anything like that yet. But can you see what I mean? I am beautiful
I AM beautiful. I have a unique beauty and I have a strong, courageous and noticeable personality ;-)
I think this dream already came true ;-)

When I listen to the James Blunt song, (video is in the end of this post and you HAVE TO CLICK the arrow to play it) tears from my heart and eyes run...
I know it is a very sad song but I think I cry when I hear the part when he says:
"You are beautiful"
"It's true!"
Because it is true!!!


Ok, these are some of my dreams, I am not tagging anyone but if you wish you can tag yourself in your blog or share your dreams here with a comment in my blog. You know that will make me feel great and loved ;-)

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face.

The Unseen

The title for this post was chosen after someone email me regarding my taste in movies ;-)

You know when you blog, you are public, and somehow, exposed to anything, but I haven't had any problems with this at all, on the contrary, it has been full of good things, and great friends. Even my daughter's grandmother in her father side follows me here (thank YOU!), and people from work knows about my blogging, too, and if I could I would like to share this blog with everyone I know or who is part of my life, but unfortunately sometimes it can't be, and I am absolutely ok with that. I understand.

Just for fun. The other day, One of my friends asked me about reading my blog and I was happy learning of the interest so I said sure, google me, and we laughed, LOL;-)
Yes, I shared the url. I was just giving a hard time ;-)

Here in my blog, I try to be the most honest I can be in this internet world.
Please know that I keep some areas of my life a little bit more private, specifically, stuff related to my daughter and some other persons who I know they aren't sure about this blog world.
I know some of you couldn't view some pictures on flickr. Some are public and for the private ones, You need to sign in as my family and friends

For me, I mean, blogging is one of my best decisions I have ever done.
When I found my lovelies Lori-lyn, Marilyn and Jill's blogs, I knew right away I wanted one of my own. Back then, I was sharing my life with someone and together, we researched and did figure it out the whole thing and after about three months or so, Strawberries and Champagne was born.

The attachment to that blog is so dear, so pure, enchanting, beautiful.
Come on!!! That was my very first blog so yes, lots of emotional attachment!
I couldn't close it, In fact, I got so many emails asking me not to...
You know what? let me admit that I totally enjoyed this attention I received.
And made me feel great when I needed it badly. THANK YOU!!!

My friends who blog are very important to me. I consider them my best friends. Why? We share so much, besides our life journeys and artistic or creative interest, I mean, you may not know but besides reading our almost daily posts, we email each other our news, or just sharing the junk chain emails is fun and because of this communication, we have been creating a very strong bond and I am so very glad we have crossed paths. I try my best to keep in touch with them, that's for sure. And I certainly know they do the same in return.

Now, the reason, I am writing this post is when a stranger approach you through your blog and contacts you. Like example, There are several ladies who read my blog and don't have a blog but they keep following and write emails in regards to something I mentioned in my blog, like I mentioned before, when I closed my strawberries blog, some were so nice and asked me to reconsider my action. And like I said, That made me feel so good. And I think that in the bottom of my heart I knew I wanted to keep doing this.

Now, that's why, strawberries blog is still viewable to the public, I love social networking and love to get in touch with more like minded people. Another example and this one really got my attention and make me reflect on my public blog about two weeks ago, and actually this came from a person who is into photo and film production (I think that's why he paid attention to the movies posted in my profile as my favorites, and since he may be reading this post, please know again that I thank you for your email and for sharing your point of view, it was fun)

This is what he wrote to me (I am omitting some stuff for respect of privacy):

You write well and in a unique style.

Wonderful films. I've seen over half of them. Wings of Desire is pretty obscure. loved it. Many of them share the common element of trust in something "unseen". Most of them are also a little off to the side--but it's a good "off-to-the-side".

Also my collages got a "review":

"I like to analyze art. It's fun and gives one insight into the creator and to broader things.
Your art is positive, darling, uplifting, and whimsical
Yes indeed you're a rare and perceptive woman.
Magic-- the unseen--sometimes i review my day and if i stop and think of each thing that happened i see that it's full of good coincidences. After doing this for a while I begin to expect the good. In the past I expected the negative--now the good is more likely. i just didn't notice it before...

Your photo is well done and it looks like you took it.

What lyrics do you like? If all that Dylan had ever done was written Mr.Tambourine Man he'd be accomplished in my book.

Isn't it something?
I mean, I totally enjoyed this email. It was very interesting, respectful, and a good way to be approached.

I love social networking and totally love blogging!!!

I am a living proof, here it is where you can find me, too, by the way, I can't keep up with all of them, but they are all fun to me, a playground ;-)

twitter, Vox, flickr, 43 things, delicious, indiepublic, foodie group,

I am done with my morning musing and I have to go back to work.
Do you have any interesting experience or thing happened to you because of blogging?
I know you do Scarlet and Christine. If you want you can share here or in your blog and I really hope, they all are good positive experiences.
Have a fantastic day!
mermaid me ;-)

Mermaid Weekend

Well...My weekend is going well and lovely, with blue skies, very hot weather of 88 degrees, unfortunately with some Santa Ana winds. Still, it's enjoyable... ok!!! to a certain point, LOL, Today, I had to cut the grass so it was a little uncomfortable, hot and dry. heyyy!!! but I reward myself with a nice cold well known brand name drink ;-) LOL and lunch.
I had several projects in mind and a big wish to accomplish them and I didn't!!! but, BUT... that's ok, instead, I had a chance to stay overnight in this city on Friday and Saturday for the first time to attend an art festival, where I had the chance to meet new interesting persons and artists, and I am so glad that while talking to one of them, I was offered a chance to take their art classes, and I am so excited. And I can afford it, yay!

I also enjoyed this, this, this, and this very unique perfect sunset somewhere in beautiful California and this flower. And look! it's me! this totally made me giggle ;-)

And last and the best of all, I absolutely enjoyed this.
yes, I had a great time and met interesting talented persons, learned some new things and experienced an amazing youthful "kind of teenager" joy.

How was your weekend?
looking forward to hear from you,
have a great start of the week!
mermaid me

Angel wings and mermaid tails

I am growing brand NEW wings to give more power to my tail.

I feel my boots trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart pumping hard.
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
-Mary Oliver

I have wings!
I am afraid of nothing!
and I am beautiful.
lovable.
wiser.
and smarter ;-)
Hugs,
mermaid me

Perfectly Imperfect

Today I feel a little strange... or perhaps it is the anxiety of a restless night causing the heart to think...
I went to bed real late with a worried head, full of ideas about my new project which makes me ecstatic, full of energy and with a healthy ambition but at the same time, I am a little scared and nervous.
I shared this project with a couple of persons these past days, in order to get feedback and some thoughts, and they have agreed, it sounds good and even they have expressed support and admiration.
Still, I am nervous.
And then, the conflict. I feel the need of a direct support at times, and it gets complicated when I read of others life and of the support they get from their spouses specifically, and it kind of saddens my heart not to count on someone's love and support...
See, there are days when I am so not me, and the light in my soul is dimmed, almost off...
The majority of the time, I have no problems accepting my perfectly imperfect self, I enjoy who I am or where I am coming from and, I mean it, that's perfectly fine with me. I love me...
But Today isn't that kind of day.
Funny, yesterday, I was talking to someone who asked me if I have ever been told how honest and joyful I am, and I answered timidly that yes, I have.
I am a spiritual being who counts her blessings and give nothing for granted and my road hasn't been easy at all and that makes me stronger, I mean, I absolutely take pride on being who I am.
And that's when I was told that was the thing about me the way I carry and present and the dual nature in how I express myself: Direct yet Mysterious, Vibrant yet Gentle, Talkative yet Quiet.
Yes, I know I do have this beautiful mixture of strength and vulnerability in my being.
That must be the duality of my life. And that, for sure, is my muse, the totally amazing vitality to create myself AGAIN and AGAiN.
I dream, we all dream of the certainly perfect life, when in reality everything is all about the small moments.
One thing for sure, right now:
After putting my thoughts and musings here, I feel much better.
Makes me realize that my Today darkness is allright.
Part of my soulmaking.
Confronting opposites.
And not being torn by them.
And growing.
I am ok.
Perfectly imperfect and loved.


This poem came via Patti

You Darkness

You darkness from which I come,
I love you more than all the fires
that fence out the world,
for the fire makes a circle
for everyone
so that no one sees you anymore.

But darkness holds it all:
the shape and the flame,
the animal and myself,
how it holds them,
all powers, all sight -

and it is possible: its great strength
is breaking into my body.

I have faith in the night.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Captured Fairy Jar

My soul wants to play

And my imagination is its language.

Trust

I have been taking leaps of faith to learn to trust and receive again, and so far it has been good, I dare to say, I am having a totally fun time, with laughter, and discovery, specifically, self discovery.
I noticed how very confident woman I can be. Please, know that I have been reflecting, visualizing, writing down pretty much all of my thinking and feelings and I really believe that's what has helped me a great deal to move on and feeling this good.
I really wanted to be gracious about my situation, I really wanted to be a better person, with no bitterness or hurt or sadness. I mean, it was ok to cry or feel what I felt but I absolutely knew that I didn't want to be in that situation too long.
Enough of those months filled with anxiety, sadness and/or deception.
I have been the majority of my life someone who acts and trust in myself, in my person and what it has to offer, and that is what it has helped me to trust other people and their environment, trusting myself.
And for sure I know that I can't help it if they want to act different from what I am expecting of them. Only thing I can do is to redirect AWAY from that energy.
I want to let you know that I have let other "new" persons come into my life as friends. I am specifically talking about males.
And only as friends for now.
Please don't judge me.
I want to be honest.
I really need to do this.
I want to trust.
My heart and my soul are ready to play the listening role again when they are talking.
I am trusting carefully and slowly in that kind of environment one more time in my life and to tell you the truth I am doing good.
No denying that at times, I am shy and nervous, that's for sure, like I mentioned, I am taking my leaps of faith.
Learning to trust is my homework.
And don't worry, I am doing fine because I love me very much ;-)
I am letting life happen.
The grief and loss is there BUT also my love and my delight for life are, and, these past days I have been feeling very joyful and hopeful, is happening more often that I could have imagined it.
I am sure there is much much more joy I have never known is coming, yes?;-)
The past is the past.
I have to live my now.
I am surrendering to life, to new beginnings ;-)
I hope you are happy learning of my news and reflections...
love and light to you all,
mermaid me ;-)

Through the Eyes of a Mermaid

My weekend was beautiful, joyful, creative, and fun. How was yours???
light and love to you,
mermaid me ;-)

p.s. Thank you Scarlet!
This mermaid is dancing with joy and hope ;-)

All you need is Love, Love Squared

Everyone:

Here she is!
The Beauti-FULL Art-FULL MASTERPIECE created by lovely talented artist Monica Magness!!!





Love Squared, that's her fantastic name, now takes a journey to Art Doll Quarterly and then eventually she will be auctioned off to benefit the Susan G. Komen For the Cure
We all want a cure, yes!!! so please be ready for that auction.

And please, Promise me you will go and leave your comments to beautiful creative soul Monica instead of me, she is the one!!! Go to her blog and read about her inspiration to help with the research for the cure of breast cancer, and, please express your admiration to her fascinating work, please? yes?
There are more photos on Monica's blog. Go and check them out!

Thank you Monica FOREVER!
I am proud to have been a 2" part of it.
Monica, You want us to dedicate this post and our square to someone who has touched our heart and life UNCONDITIONALLY and say thank you in a profound way...

Monica:
Thank you FOREVER!
You have touched my life deeply!
Checking your blog, learning of the progress of your creativity in this doll and of all your dedication and of your husband's support has been a lovely thing for me to be part of it.
My soul is very contented witnessing it and, my eyes got fill with joy and some tears when I saw the doll wearing my square among all the talented artists...
You are a big inspiration to me, your talents and beautiful soul are totally a big bright light in my life and your emails showed me how incredible caring person you are. I am so glad I follow your link and learned your stories and about your creativity and life journey.
I am so glad you are part of my life now!
so glad to have crossed paths with you!!!
And more I am happy knowing that You believe in me...
Thank YOU!!!
Again and again!

And You said it and I am going to say it, too:

Everybody:

Art On!!!!

I am a Pink Artist

Strawberry love

Little girl:

From now on, we are going to have even more fun together.
Lots of it!
I promise you!

Mommy



Baby don't you cry, gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle. Baby don't be blue, gonna make for you, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle. Gonna make a pie from heaven above, gonna be filled with strawberry love. Baby don't you cry, gonna make a pie, and hold you forever in the middle of my heart.
-Quote from motion picture "Waitress"