Продолжаем раздел "Рукоделие" и подраздел "Сделай сам" статьёй Сделай генеалогическое дерево сам. В основу статьи

"Light-enchanted sunflower, thou who gazest ever true and tender on the sun's revolving splendour." ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca ~ “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do." ~ Helen Keller ~ Here are the free graphics used in my artwork: *Lilac & Lavender* Sunflower postcard "Antiqued" lined paper *MudBay Images* 1792 Farm sale document *The Graphics Fairy* Round frame *Shabby Blogs* Post divider #7 *Deviant Art ~ Sagawa* Old paper texture *Altered Bits* Grungy texture Here is a birthday postcard from my personal collection, which I used in a few of the above images: Thank you so much for stopping by!

Princess Olympiada Vladimirovna Bariatinskaia, née Sablukova, 1863. Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Art Museum of Estonia. .

Need a simple and affordable way to hang your child's art? These cork board tiles are the best solution! Here's how to hang cork board tiles perfectly.

I am starting the daunting project of making a family tree scrapbook, so I am doing it digitally. I am using the program, Scrapbook Flair. Here is some of the things I have been working on. Click to Enlarge

He was a russian architect, poet, engraver, scientist, engineer, privy counsellor, member of the Russian Academy (1783), honorary member of the Academy of Arts (1786).

Графиня Елизавета Александровна Барятинская. Франц Ксавьер Винтерхальтер

I love paisley (the design) and the history of Kashmir shawls. The interaction between the paisley design and Western fashion is fascinating, with both elements impacting the other in equal fashion. Kashmiri shawls were first introduced to Europe in the late 18th century by English traders who had encountered them in India. In India the shawls were worn by men, but in Europe they were taken up by women as the perfect warm wrap to accompany to new light muslin dresses. The cashmere wool was lighter, softer and warmer than anything available in Europe at the time, and the paisley patterns were deliciously exotic to Western eyes. Kashmiri shawls were also the perfect status symbol – they were extraordinarily rare, and prohibitively expensive. As with anything rare, expensive and incredibly desirable, those who could afford it flaunted it, and those who couldn’t scrambled to find a cheaper alternative. Manufacturers in Europe almost immediately began to replicate paisley designs (the name paisley comes from Paisley in Scotland where many imitation Kashmiri shawls were made) on wool-silk …