Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Three Muses Challenge - Word Salad

Thanks to Bev for her beautiful and very funny inspirational piece for this week's challenge.
The two images in my picture are from Flickr free and the background is by Madame Mim.
The quote is from an old Irish saying. I love old Irish sayings as my heritage is 100% Irish and the old people really did come up with such pearls of wisdom - some which didn't make a lick of sense and some that were funny and had a ring of truth.

34 comments:

  1. ...and this one has a real ring of truth, Marie. I love your puckish humour. That's SOME grandpa to live up to!

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  2. You always come up with a real gem, Marie, great work!

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  3. What a great piece and a wonderful saying.
    I too come from an Irish background and often heard old saying
    that were insightful and sometimes odd.

    Louise

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  4. That's some greatcoat the man has..you've just put a bee in my bonnet about the tongue-in-cheek sayings of Irish Grandfather"s!

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  5. Wow Marie love the vintage style. This is wonderful. Fabulous work.

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  6. Wonderful piece and old Irish saying- clever and creative work!Great images Marie!

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  7. Superb - I must look for those images some time; the man is amazing!
    Ali xx

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  8. I wish I had your imagination...this is fantastic. What a wonderful art piece...awesome!

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  9. stunning love that quote and as for the images so apt.

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  10. The little fellow has a lot of growing to do. Great sense of humour with the images to go with it.

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  11. Ohhhhhhh thats amazing Marie. what an incredibly powerful piece of work and i just adore that man in the coat.
    SUPERB !!!
    Hugs June x

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  12. You crack me up with this one Marie, what a hoot and what a sense of humour, and yes the saying is pure Irish.

    Brilliant.

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  13. Fantastic artwork, Marie! Your image and words make a perfect match, and the whole work is very impressive, and fun, too.

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  14. Gosh, Marie, this is a great piece...from the saying to his long coat! Brings a smile...wonderful work, as always! LynnF

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  15. Marie, your work is just amazing. I love looking at your creations. Great idea.

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  16. Love how it all works together. Grandpa and his coat are really tall-exactly how we remember our grandparents when we're little. Love the vintage style too.

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  17. Love this one,especailly the quote.It fits so well with the images.Adorable.

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  18. Fantastic quote and images to go along with it...you did the challenge proud! Michelle

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  19. Both gentlemen look so aloof, it just kills me. Too funny. This is great, Marie!

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  20. What a gorgeous collage ! And that text is just fantastic, makes you think :D

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  21. Marie - this is brilliant - such fun! =)

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  22. Brilliant Marie,that little lad certainly has a lot of growing to do,lol.

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  23. This is wonderful with the vintage look! When Irish eyes are smiling... :-)

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  24. This is such a delight Marie! I didn't know your family heritage was Irish, so I've learned something new about you. ~Lori

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  25. What a wonderful idea to this challenge! That Irish saying is funny, not much sense on it, but it fits to your image perfect! I love this!

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  26. Such a great quote - and perfect images to convey it.
    Ros

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  27. Love this! I had to laugh at your word salad! Somehow these quirky quotes seem to make sense, don't they? Maybe that could be a theme one day..."quirky quotes" ! Thanks for the kind words on my blog :)

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  28. This looks great, Marie! The words made me chuckle. And the details are wonderful.

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  29. This has to be one of my all time favorites! I love the crisp graphic style, the humor, the idea and of course your wonderful style! Fantastic piece!

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