Lady in Red for the Challenge

Don't forget to enter the RED challenge this week! Here is a freebie for you, a pretty fabulous Lady in Red. You'll find more like her on my Victorian Neoclassical Art CD.

"GODDESS" Challenge: Three Days Left

Our "Goddess" theme blog challenge continues until Sunday.  Don't miss out on your chance to win a $10 gift credit at LUNAGIRL.COM where you can find hundreds of digital collage sheets, printable downloads, and fabulous images on CD. 

Remember the winner is chosen by random drawing so everyone has an equal chance of winning!  You can enter up to 3 projects, and if your project uses any Lunagirl images that doubles your chances of winning! Pretty good odds, right?

To help you out, here is a freebie: a beautiful "Spirit of the Summit" goddess from Victorian neo-classical art.  And don't miss all of the gorgeous inspiration from the DT. 

Get creating to express your inner goddess!

Enjoy these images .... we'll be back!

We have been so busy here, scanning and editing new photographs, there hasn't been much time for blogging. But I promise to be back with new CDs and new features on stage beauties of the past. For now, some free images for you to enjoy!

Someone got me thinking about Italy the other day, so here are two beautiful images inspired by ancient times on the Mediterranean.

See more like these on our Victorian Neoclassical Art CD!

And here is one of my favorites ... I love irises and I love the colors in this painting ... enjoy these last days of summer.

Monday Moonday Freebie!

Just something cool for those of you who create jewelry: 2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem (from AP)

By SHAWNA OHM, Associated Press Writer -- JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday.

The discovery dates to the time of Christ, during the Roman period, said Doron Ben-Ami, director of excavation at the site. The piece was found in a Byzantine structure built several centuries after the jeweled earring was made, showing it was likely passed down through generations, he said.

The find is luxurious: A large pearl inlaid in gold with two drop pieces, each with an emerald and pearl set in gold.

"It must have belonged to someone of the elite in Jerusalem," Ben-Ami said. "Such a precious item, it couldn't be one of just ordinary people."... Finds from the Roman period are rare in Jerusalem, Ben-Ami said, because the city was destroyed by the Roman Empire in the first century A.D.

Shimon Gibson, an American archaeologist who was not involved in the dig, said the find was truly amazing, less because of its Roman origins than for its precious nature.

"Jewelry is hardly preserved in archaeological context in Jerusalem," he said, because precious metals were often sold or melted down during the many historic takeovers of the city.

"It adds to the visual history of Jerusalem," Gibson added, saying it brings attention to the life of women in antiquity. ...

Earrings similar to this one have been found at archaeological sites throughout Europe, Ben-Ami said, where the Roman Empire also flourished. The authority said the earring appeared to be crafted using a technique similar to that depicted in portraits from Roman-era Egypt.