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re of my old plan and now know that their are cultural anthropologists that do that sort of thing for a living without all the clandestine cloak dagger disguising business of course i never did get to join a carnival family or live in appalachia for that matter but i continue to be fascinated with those kinds of small fringe subcultures and i did have an encounter with real gypsies several years ago when i was visiting florence well not an encounter per se but i did see them encounter just sounded more interesting there was a whole gypsy clan men women and children spanning an entire sidewalk while we were shopping one day sitting on several blankets strewn about the women kind of looked how you would expect a gypsy to look they weren t wearing bandanas on their heads large gold hoop earrings and handkerchief hem skirts like i used to wear when i would dress up as a gypsy for a halloween no not how you would expect in that way but rather they were wearing lots of layers of clothing they had dark features complexion and hair one of the shop owners told my friend and i that they were from romania i remember that they had several chihuahuas with them and i was disappointed that one of them was on a cell phone in my fantasy gypsies do not use cell phones they had the children begging for money from all the tourists shopping it was actually very sad a more exotic version of our country s homeless population definitely not the romanticized vision i had as a child but despite this knowledge there s still a part of me that s intrigued by their nomadic spirit enchanted by the seemingly simple nature of their lifestyle not being constrained by physical possessions homes mortgages car payments etc and having the ability to go wherever the spirit moves them i guess in that way i ll always have a bit of wanderlust in my bones posted by dollface design at 10 00 am 11 comments labels art art print carnie carnival carny circus collage cultural anthropology digital collage sheet dollface design dollfacedesign etsy gypsy wanderlust wednesday march 30 2011 me clipping masks true love a giveaway for you ps that means free she dreamt of running with wolves untitled ok so i m no quick draw mcgraw but believe or not i just discovered the beauty of clipping masks a few months ago despite using photoshop for years completely self taught i ve somehow let this little wonder tool escape my radar now that me and clipping masks have been formally introduced it s been love at first sight and we are currently involved in a pretty racy affair i mean i use them every night just about i can t get enough of them do you guys know what clipping masks are the answer is probably yes you ve probably all known since like kindergarten but for those of you like myself let me explain the clipping mask tool in photoshop is this fabulous little function that allows you to literally clip select layers to a base layer in doing so any layer that you clip to your base layer will stay contained within the shape of that base layer for instance if your base layer is a heart shape and the layer above your base layer is a scanned piece of antique lace you simply click the lace layer to the heart shape and it becomes a lacy heart amazing i tell you did that make any sense i m not always the best tutorialist i m pretty sure i just made that word up but i like it so i m going with it in essence the lace layer will only be visible within the confine s of the heart s shape and it s very simple to do i m not sure how it works on a pc but on a mac you simply highlight the layer you want to clip and press the option key while left clicking on your mouse when you do that you will see a little icon appear that looks like two interlocked circles and voila you ve clipped two layers together very simple in theory and process but the possibilities in using this function are truly endless allowing you to create little worlds within the shape of your base layer the two designs featured above this post were created using multiple clipping masks and clipping several layers to the base layer of the silhouette can you tell what is making up the profile of the 2nd design most people i ve asked have a hard time at first and really need to look at it a few times before they get it post your comments on what you think it is and the 1st person to get the correct answer will receive one free dollface design digital download of their choice from my etsy shop yippee is that bribing you for comments i m pretty sure it is and i m ok with that there s no shame in my game posted by dollface design at 10 00 am 6 comments labels art clipping mask collage contes dollface design etsy free give away photoshop photoshop tutorial surreal tutorial wednesday march 16 2011 20 off everything in my etsy shop ok it s now march 16th 2011 or at least i think it s march 16th 2011 if it s not i m sure i m only off about a day or so but that means i have officially not blogged in over a month super sad i know i may be just about the worst blogger in the blogosphere or at least the worst blogger in town either way i m up there but i think i m safe because i m pretty sure no one is reading this anyway so i guess i can be an irresponsible blogger without consequences it s kind of liberating i was just about to make some potentially false promises about being a better blogger blah blah blah but decided against it in the nick of time that way i can keep on being a slacker and if i actually do get my act together my one reader hi mom will actually be surprised i like to keep you guys on your toes i actually do have some important information today i bet you were wondering if all this rambling would eventually go somewhere and it will lucky you in honor of my cultural heritage i m offering 20 off everything in my shop to celebrate st patrick s day whoopee take a stroll over to my etsy shop make a purchase fingers crossed and simply enter coupon code eringobraless20 upon checkout and you will receive 20 of your entire order why because i love you oh yeah and i was lying about my heritage i m actually portuguese and italian not even a tiny bit irish although i do love leprechauns and rainbows which should count for something so that was a lie but there really is a coupon code i swear happy march 16th i think xoxo posted by dollface design at 9 10 am no comments labels art collage coupon digital collage sheet digital download dollface design dollfacedesign etsy gothic victorian graphic design printable sale victorian vintage ephemera monday february 14 2011 dollface design s valentines digital download delights that will make your heart swoon love is in the air over at dollface design and i ve got a bevy of valentine treats that can t be beat over at my etsy shop including a whole bunch of valentine digital downloads that you can download and print lickety split and if you re a bit of a procrastinator such as i am just ordered my husband s valentine s day present last night yikes then these digital downloads are the perfect antidote why subject yourself to getting bumped and bamboozled in the card aisle of your local big box store with all the other last minute lucys when you can get an original handmade valentine from the cozy comfort of your casa perfect for the non traditonal valentine enthusiast each design is lovingly collaged and created by me for you and you can be sure that you re sweet will be getting a valentine just as unique and original as they are and if love s not your thing this year i ve even got an anti valentine perfect for those folks in your life that just can t seem to get the hint you know who i m talking about above designs are just a small sampling to whet your whistle but you can bet there s more love where that came from take a peek what are you guys doing for valentine s day me and my bb4l best bud for life aka husband are staying in and he s cooking me my favorite meal shrimp scampi with homemade pasta yum i ll be picking up a delicious desert for us to share i m thinking i ll get this mongo chocolate peanut butter cupcake i saw at whole foods over the weekend and we ll just gorge ourselves on sweet treats and love are you puking yet sickening yes but we are still newlyweds wishing you all a wonderful day full of sweetness and love xoxo layla posted by dollface design at 11 09 am 1 comment labels art collage design digital digital download dollacedesign dollface design ephemera etsy graphic design love valentine valentine s cards valentine s day vintage paper series tuesday february 8 2011 why sometimes i ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast why yes it s true in fact i ve probably believed and dreamed as many as six hundred impossible things before breakfast most as i m lying in bed at night trying to fall asleep albeit unsuccessfully as my mind is awhirl and atwirl with so many ideas i can barely keep them straight but that counts as before breakfast don t you think after a long hiatus too long i m back i seemed to have separated from my art in the last two years wandering down a different path but now that we ve found each other again things seem to be even better i believe that creativity and the process that inevitably follows feeds your imagination and one idea seems to bloom into another and another and another and before you know it your mind is swirling with all the impossibilities you dream of making possible when i truly began making art two years ago i was at a bit of a crossroads with myself it was a time of transition exciting and unsettling all at once fast forward two years later and i seemed to have settled into myself i met the love of my life fell in love moved in together got married and have a fantastically amazing five year old stepson all of a sudden it wasn t just me anymore i had a family and responsibilities to people other than myself i thought it would be difficult to settle into i always thought of myself as a bit selfish sleeping till noon wandering wherever i pleased whenever i pleased without a care but it was a role i fell into easily i guess that s the way it goes when things work out as they re meant to be but all of those experiences led me back to where i am today exactly where i m supposed to be and i ve never felt as settled or as me as i do right now i guess i needed that time and that space uninterrupted by the creative process and the tempest of thoughts and ideas that follow as i tend to be rather obsessive that way to allow myself to believe in something other than the possibility of art and believe in the possibility of love trust and family but in retrospect i realize that it s really not that separate after all it all intertwines and weaves together forming a tiny path that you can only see if you look really hard and and believe in the possibility that it might lead somewhere i m glad i was paying attention posted by dollface design at 9 53 am no comments labels art collage craft dollface design dollfacedesign dreams etsy family life marriage mixed media possibility self self awareness self reflection transformation thursday june 5 2008 this makes me so sad got an email today from a fellow etsy seller flickr friend that someone who sells on ebay uk seller name patina blue to be exact is selling notebooks with my artwork on them currently she he is using two of my designs so sad she he is also selling notebooks with the artwork of another etsy seller who i ve notified as well i contacted the seller and asked her him to immediately remove the listings but i haven t gotten a response and the listings are still there i ve also contacted ebay and am waiting for their response and hopefully some guidance as to how i should proceed i m pretty angry about this the nerve of people never ceases to amaze me i usually am a firm believer in the goodness of others but stuff like this just makes me think that sometimes people really do suck sorry for the rant and sorry for the absence too things have been a wee bit crazy as of late i ll be back i promise until then hope everyone is enjoying some sunshine and feelin fine miss you guys posted by dollface design at 2 24 am 55 comments tuesday april 29 2008 me plotting against the evils of time plotting scheming originally uploaded by ms_mod i ve been away from my little ol blog for about a month now feels like just yesterday i was posting about my big adventure to artfest time has a way of slipping away from me i have this wierd sense of timelessness in my life which is sometimes wonderful and other times frightening i think it s kind of a like a self imposed oblivion created sheerly for the purpose of self preservation because the idea of time passing is so scary to me it s wonderful in the sense that i rarely feel that sense of urgency that things need to be done now it allows me to buoyantly float through life with my own gentle rhythym taking as much or as little time to simply do as i please you may be thinking it sounds like a fancy pants way of saying i m a procrastinator well i m that too but this is different somehow this is almost like a denial of time itself denouncing it s very passage by refusing to move at it s frighteningly quick speed time has no consideration for the moment whatsoever regardless of how magical poignant or important each moment is just like any other and time shows no favoritism quickly moving from one moment to the next this denouncement of time can be a bit peculiar and scary as well my sense of time is so often skewed and warped that sometimes i will find myself in situations or relationships that i tend to languish in long after i should later lamenting why i didn t move on sooner this fact is sometimes just the jolt of fear that i need to start taking time a bit more seriously i never want to be that person that wakes up twenty years from now wondering where the last twenty years went that to me would be something unforgivable i struggle with finding that balance between timelessness and a sense of time s passing balance is something i struggle with in general but that s a different post for a different time i guess i ll continue to buoyantly float occasionally reminding myself to pick up the pace at least to a dog paddle in an effort to both deny and embrace time and find that balance i so desperately crave posted by dollface design at 12 57 am 25 comments labels anxiety art awareness balance dollface design dollfacedesign etsy fear mixed media moi myself portrait self self awareness self portrait time sunday march 30 2008 artfest here i come i ve been such a bad little blogger lately but there have been so many changes afoot that i ve had trouble keeping up with them myself most of them really good and exciting a bit unknown about how it will all turn out but i guess that s all part of the excitement right i feel like i m in for a really big transition in my life a major turning point and i m really welcoming it and looking forward to all the 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