Marie's on the Move

Month of Daily Downloads No. 10

Those of you who know me are familiar with my moaning about my lack of organizational skills. In my search for Paris street scenes, it dawned on me that I should look in my "already listed" files. You know, maybe what I'm looking for is right in front of me!:) I have almost 1,000 photos listed in Zibbet. Even I haven't seen some of those listings since initially imported from Etsy  in November 2010! And the transfer process didn't include expired listings. Hence, certain postcard scans could get "lost." Well, look at what I "found"! But hold your horses. Don't make your reservations just yet. You see, Hotel St. Marie has moved. On the back of my postcard, the address is 83 rue de Rivoli, one of the most famous streets in Paris. But if you go there today, here's what you'll see: (Google you never cease to amaze me!)

I learned that Hotel St. Marie moved a couple of kilometers down the road, not too far from Place de la Republic, where we were yesterday.

The revues on Trip Advisor don't sell me on the place, especially for 70 euros a night. And the repeated use of the word "hate" in the review titles also dissuade me! However, let's go back to the turn of the century and imagine our Marie in all her glorious splender!

Now totally changing the subject, I have to show you something. I think I impressed myself. Look at the before and after treatment of this sculpture postcard by the Italian sculptor Mastroianni:

Just goes to show what a little paint, powder and Pixlr can do!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an order for some scans from Japan...

Washi Tape Flower Cards by Di'

Oh,wait a minute. Speaking of Japan, have you heard of washi tape? When visiting Debbie in the Netherlands on her blog Daqadoodles, she shared a link about decorating with washi tape, which took me somewhere else -- I don't know -- but among the links in that link I met Di', an Indonesian mother of three who lives here in the US in Connecticut. On her blog Emaurian, Di gives a supply list, instructions and photos on how to make some great cards/collages/ATC using washi tape! While you are there, check out her superb photography (birds!), drawings and other crafts.