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First I took a photograph of some beautiful red hollyhocks in my garden, and then I played around with the photo on Photoshop, adding swirls and whirls, until I created this design.
It would make a lovely present for a lovely lady, don't you think? ......Worth thinking about, anyway.
Actually, you can go on Zazzle and design your own items, from T-Shirts to posters, and everything you can think of in between, using your own pictures and designs - it's quite fun, once you've got the hang of it.
Do follow the link above, and have a look.
A fun page with Gothic #Halloween, #skulls and hearts, a Poll, posters,T-shirts and other products
Gothic Skulls and Hearts - Very Trendy!
I
used to have a little white skeleton dangling from a key-ring when I
was a teenager, in the 1950s. I loved that skeleton, and even had a name
for him - Skelly. I took him everywhere.
Of course, although I didn't know it at the time, that was the precursor of Gothic style as we know it today.
People thought I was ghoulish or just plain weird, a little girl
carrying round horrid things like that. Not that I cared - I always
liked to be different, and still do. I would be a bit sad if people
thought of me as ordinary, or normal - not that I make a point nowadays
of standing out in a crowd, but I don't necessarily conform to what
other people think I should be, and prefer to choose what I think I
should be.
I'd like to show you a great selection of Gothic style here - including Jewelry, Cards, and Artwork
Skulls
are trendy this season. When they are connected with romantic hearts
you have weird somewhat tongue-in-cheek symbolism, of the loving you to
death or loving for eternity genre
What's this all about? Gothic things, of course!
You might want to buy these items for Valentine's Day or Halloween , but they can be used all-year-round
I'm going to show you a few Gothic posters, some jewelry, and cards all featuring skulls and/or hearts. There are also lots of Ghoulish pictures to keep your attention
A Gothic Poster - Spiral Assassin - This fellow looks dangerous!
See Below for My Zazzle Skull Designs - I've done quite a few:
Glorious Confusion on Zazzle
My Zazzle Skeleton and Skull Designs - Is there anything you like?
You
Can Get this Skeleton Design on an Apron, Card, or iPad Cover, on
Zazzle. You can even insert your own wording, or choose the colour and
style of your items. Zazzle is just such a pleasure to play about with:
(A jolly little piece which is currently doing the rounds on the Internet)
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is
beating down and the streets are deserted.
Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives
on credit.
On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving
through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a €100 note on the desk,
telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick
one to spend the night.
The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor
has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and runs next door to pay
his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the €100 note and runs down the street to
repay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the €100 note and heads off to pay his
bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to
pay his drinks bill at the taverna.
The publican slips the money along to the local prostitute
drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer
him "services" on credit.
The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room
bill to the hotel owner with the €100 note.
The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on the
counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up
the €100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything.
No one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to
the future with a lot more optimism.
