Maude and the Lucky Bug . . .

Well, here it goes! Here's my first attempt at a Art Creations Friday challenge using a lovely image of Maude from Jamie's Art-e-ology. (You can see the original image on either site.)


copyright by Marsha Jorgensen 1/23/09
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a vintage image from Art-e-ology reprinted, carefully trimmed, and hand-colored and arranged with wings from greatmusings.etsy.com, a ladybug from the public domain, vintage papers, original trim, and stamped numbers.

I did finally get my bills paid AND mailed, budget done for next month, and my desks cleared off and hung out with my daughter awhile and that's about it. Laundry and cleaning tomorrow. Oh! You might remember that last week my daughter's cell phone got stolen from her open backpack pocket as she was walking to class (picked her backpack pocket). Today, we got our phone bill. In the hour that she didn't realize it was gone, the evil culprits downloaded $188 worth of who knows what. Thank goodness she had enough sense to call me immediately from the school office so I could suspend her service. And, thank goodness we contacted Verizon and they are deleting the charges from our bill. I tell you this so you make sure to tell your kids to call your right away should they be missing their phone so you can suspend service and be sure to note times - it really helped.