Ralph Waldo Emerson to laugh often and much...............

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." 

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Smooches ...... caitie

ETSY "Begin at the beginning

Etsy front page number EIGHT-- my lovely little Opera glasses- tres fabu!!!!

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ETSY FRONT PAGE ITEM NUMBER LUCKY SEVEN....WOW SO COOL

My sweet little vintage cow.......... on the front page

I am so proud of her!!!

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dominoes......................

Dominoes July 13th................ by caitie

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free clip art..... the fortune telling postcard.... tres bien

Free vintage clipart.......... bookplate.................

she didnt like her fortune................ free clip art

She was depressed about what the fortune teller had told her. She was told she would never find a lover unless she waxed her moustache. Death to all she cried, those who do not love a fine moustashe-ieo,,,,,,,,,,, and dribbles of plum jam left over from lunch

You decide who you are and who you want to be and you hold on to that and ride it out, like an old west sheriff.

Alice in Wonderland...........

"You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness."

— Lewis Carroll

(Alice in Wonderland)

Vanguard Studios 1970 Wall Sculpture woman .......vanathane

Still deciding whether she is the the ugliest or the coolest.............. marked on back with brass tag Vanguard Studios 1970......... made out of vanathane

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”

Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)

 

This is a page from one of my favorite antique french books, a charming book with three fairy tales--- this is one of the pages of text-- please feel free to use this as  clip art in your projects - a lovely little bit of french paper ephemera-- and more will be coming--- smooches and happy crafting--- caitie

free mermaid clip art and writing prompt.........

Tom Robbins sets us straight .......................

"So you think that you're a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What's wrong with that? In the first place, if you've any sense at all you must have learned by now that we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free."

— Tom Robbins

Snow Day

Knife painting

by caitie

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unauthorized biography.....................

"I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography." — Steven Wright

tee hee i think that some days I am clearly doing this...... tee hee some day are better than others... but a good day writing is better than anything else, even a bad day writing is better than anything else..........
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Writers sometimes spend alot of time looking out of windows, you think they are just daydreaming but sometimes they are just trying to make sense of the world.

Cowgirl Caitie, Caitie and Charlie on Etsy Loves Dad Featured Article

I have the great fortune to have an article published on the Etsy Storque blog!!!

Smooches to all of you who have been so kind in the comments and congratulations-- My dad and I are thrilled!

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/etsy-loves-dads-collecting-oddities-making-memories-8628/