The Hollywood Dream Factory

 Little did everyone know…inside Hollywood there was a real dream factory….

Nominations for Best Supporting Character Actor in a Cameo Role.

A Night at the Oscars

 

Something for now

 

Found collage

Snippets from “The Film Show” Annual…

Theme Of The Week.....................................A Night At The Oscars

Collages based on classic Hollywood films. Have fun!

Card tray

 

Carry On Postcarding (with Kenneth Williams)

CARDS -- Deal a Meal

Title inspired by fitness/diet guru Richard Simmons who created a program by the same name!

 

Who ordered these cards.?

They looked smaller than this on the web site!!

 

Cards...................................Card Tricks

A page from my sketchbook. Slightly wonky.

Theme Of The Week.........................Cards

Playing cards, tarot cards, magic cards, cards games, business cards etc. ATC's etc. Collect the set! Have fun!

Space...............................Space Stamps

A page from my sketchbook.

Space.......................................Aliens On The Moon

This one is slightly too long for the scanner so annoyed it didn't quite fit. Anyway, here it is - the middle bit which I struggled with in more ways than one!

Merz Attacks!

SPACE: Here Comes the Sun

I was on a roll with this theme. Another page from an old astronomy book and two lovely ladies from The Ziegfeld Follies. Gladys Loftus as "Sunlight" from "Midnight Frolics" 1915 and Bernice Ackerman looking on!

SPACE: Moonlight Becomes Her

A rare photo of The Man in the Moon's lady.

(Actually Kay Laurell 1890-1927, Ziegfeld Follies performer.)

 

Space......................................Washing In Space

From the archives .

SPACE -- Cheese Storm on the Moon

 I've made many collages with an outer space theme, but this one is probably my favorite, from the archives. I will get busy and get out those astronomy books this weekend.

Busy in Space.

 With Musk, Bezos, NASA , India and others all sending up space ships Willy nilly…it looks like space is getting rather overcrowded.

Theme Of The Week.................................Space (The Final Frontier)

To celebrate the return of the Artemis crew from their historic moon mission and for sci-fi fans . Anything to do with UFO's , rockets, space travel etc. Have fun!

King-size Optical Delusion Prescription

OVERSIZED & undersized

Little or should I say OVERSIZED gal is from a Lladro figurine catalogue.

Big pants (under crackers)..big slippers and big mugs of tea.

 

Extra notebook idea….

Oversized and Undersized............................................Futball Crazy!

Theme Of The Week...........................Oversized and Undersized

This theme came about when Hazel opened her Miriam Margoyles book "The Little Book Of Miriam" and saw a drawing of a large pair of pants (knickers) on a washing line! Have fun!

An April Fool on the Hill

 

Fool Moon (with Added Goons)

I thought I'd tie in the events of this weekend. Happy Easter Everyone!

April Fools

 Not sure why..but Trump came to mind.

April Fools..................................Retired

Doing this a day early as we are off for Easter. Sorry for the terrible pun!

Theme Of The Week...............................April Fools

This seems appropriate as there are so many fools doing stupid things at the moment. Make a collage of a fool or a foolish act, prank or a visual joke of some kind. Have fun!

Stood still on the pedestal - Gort to hand it to him

PEDESTAL: Two giants of the music industry have pedestals in our home

We both revere Miss Joni Mitchell but my husband worships at the temple of "Ol' Blue Eyes". Our home is always filled with music of some kind, but I especially know when hubby is in a really good mood because it is Frank "All the Way"!

Pedestal.....................................Two For The Price Of One

A "work in progress" from the latest Curios Thing zine coming soon. Killing two pedestals with one stone ( stretching things a bit here! ).

Historical Plinth

                         Ancient manuscript found of four young men on a plinth..who could they be…?

 

Pedestal..............................Homage To Mark Pawson (Postcard)

From the archives.

Theme Of The Week..............................Pedestal

A statue stands on a pedestal or plinth. Someone famous can stand on a pedestal or be knocked from a pedestal if they are out of favour. Who would you put on your pedestal? Have fun!

hair-&-hairstyles: Mulletstein (Work in Progess)

hair-&-hairstyles: "Can I have it just like the picture?"

Here's a cut from the archive.

Hair & Hair Styles: 1960s flower power "do"

 

Hair & Hair Styles -- Status Symbol of the Late 1700s "The High Roll"

The hairstyle could be very tall and make the wearer's head seem twice as high. First, the woman's hair would be combed. Then the woman or her hairdresser would add pomatum to the hair so it could be shaped. The pomatum would have treated fat, oil and perfumes or spices in it. This would add a pleasant scent, kill head lice, and help hold the hair in place. Women would add extra hair collected from cows, horses, other people, or their own collected hair from their hairbrushes for extra volume. Women and hairdressers would place pillows or wire frames inside the hair to hold it up.  The hair would be placed in curlers and left overnight. Some women would make curls along the sides or neck with curlers. The hair was held in place with pins. The hair could be natural color or colored gray, brown or white with powder. The hairstyle could be as high as 2 feet (0.61 meters).

Hair & Hairstyles..................................................Monkey Business

Fancy Hair Do.

 

Hair and Hairstyles

One from the archives.

Theme Of The Week........................................Hair and Hair Styles

Test your barber skills with this one. Will it be a short back and sides or a curly perm? Or maybe something new? Flip your wigs and have fun!

Homunculus...................................The Alchemist

homunculus ATC

When Howard Homunculus showed up at figure drawing class...

 ...the screams could be heard throughout the school. (Poor Howard! It was the size of his feet that shocked 'em.) 

Note: after I made the collage I checked out the images of homunculus I found online and realized he did NOT also have big feet, but that is okay...at least my version looks somewhat balanced! AND yesterday I heard about a recent sighting of BIG FOOT or Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest and I guess I had that creature on my mind!

Homunculus.......................................What Are The Children Laughing At?

Homunculus

 

A creature I have created from creatures from Dr Who…

Homunculous.....................................Jarred Imp

I was lucky enough to find the jar in a childrens book about hobbies recently. It was for a simple aquarium I think but handy for collages about homunculi too!

Theme Of The Week........................Homunculus

During medieval and early modern times, it was thought that a homunculus, an artificial humanlike being, could be created through alchemy. The homunculus first appears by name in alchemical writings attributed to Paracelsus (1493–1541). We love "Small Prophets" TV series and this is the basis for this weeks theme. More info. can be found on You Tube.

Your Can't Park It There Guv!............................Pile Up

You Can't Park It There Guv!....................................Two More Parking Fines

you-can't-park-there-guv! : Motorhead