Caught in a Web

Happy Barf Day to Me.

Mz. Gobsmack knows my pain. Another year has gone by. Big whoop. The woman in the mirror is yelling "Hey get with the program". Now if I only knew what the program was.

I got Gobbed

Mz. Gobsmack

Is feeling a bit fiesty today. Perhaps she is having a bit of a Gaga moment.

Going Nowhere

Wheel of Mis-Fortune

Not far from the truth these days. It costs a fortune to go anywhere. With the sky high gas prices lately, I don't even want to know what an airline ticket costs. Most of us in the last year have had more Wheel of Misfortunes than fortunes.

Hierophant

Hierophant

Sometimes nobody wants to listen to what you have to say. But have you ever thought that it could be because maybe just maybe you are just down right boring?

Actually I did this card because I like crows.

Alice in LaLa Land

Page of Cups

I like her. She is a dreamer who lives in fantasy land. If only I could live there all day long. Reality sucks. It consists of buying groceries and paying your bills. And to think we all could not wait to grow up just for that!!

Whatever!!

Have you ever started something and then got side tracked and something completely different gets done? I clean my house like this. I start in one room and before it is all said and done my whole house is tore up. You start in one room find something that needs to be put away and then you open the drawer to put it away and start cleaning out that drawer. Find something in that drawer that doesn't belong and well pretty soon all the drawers are empty and you are in a big pile of mess on the floor asking yourself what in the hell happened? I have found a great way to avoid this mess and it works great!! Don't clean. (Just kidding.) Actually I have to ground myself to only one room. If something doesn't belong it is put at the edge of the door. Not allowed to leave the room to put something away. Works for me.

So basically my house cleaning and card making end up in the same boat. I start one card and before it is all said and done I have eight half finished cards. And that is how this card happened. It kind of threw up out of my brain on complete accident. Maybe that is why she is standing in fire. Secretly I want to torch this card.

Loven my Tarot Cards

I am in complete awe in the beauty of tarot and oracle cards. I love the artwork. I love the way people are able to capture and interpret with their own art into meaning. I love collecting these little pieces of art more than anything. It has become an addiction (passion is a better justification word though). Luckily they do not take up a lot of room or I would once again be in big trouble with my clutter issues. I don't buy every deck I see. The art has to personally speak to me first. But with all the decks being created these days it is not hard to find one (or twenty) you like. I justify it by knowing there are others worse than I am and have hundreds of decks. I am not there yet.

These deck creators have inspired me to play around with designing cards. It really is very enjoyble to see what you can come with. I am limited due to the fact I have no drawing abilities. Which might be a good thing because I probably would drive myself nuts drawing all the time. The most fun for me is dreaming up a card. I can do this anywhere (like at work). Sometimes trying to interpret it into an actual card is a whole different ballgame. (Or should I say card game.) Sometimes they just flat out bomb. I have a lot of those in my digital collections. Half finished stinkers that really never made it off the ground. Hoping for some inspirations to help me do better with them. Not everything is a success. I am alright with that.

Bohemian Gothic Tarot is a darker deck. I have no opinion on what I like more, the darker decks or the fun whimsical decks. They are all amazing to me.

Legacy of the Divine belongs to Ciro Marchetti. His art makes me swoon. What can I say, big tarot crush on his deck. Love love love his work. His new oracle deck soon to be released is on my list. You can even download two of his tarot apps on Itunes. Worth it!!

Deviant Moon. Kind of a naughty, reflecting humorous deep deck. Well loved and explored by many chat rooms. Patrick believes is you want a deck to read for yourself this is the one. The story behind this deck is fascinating. If you would like to know more about Patrick listen to Blogtalk Radio's Tarot Tribe/Beyond World's on March 5th. He was on discussing his deck and how it evolved. Fascinating show. Well actually all her shows are pretty darn fantastic. You just need to listen to Donnaleigh every week in my opinion.

Tarot of the Trees is a pretty deck. Beautiful imaginative cards.

Hezico Tarot from the UK is a terrificly drawn deck. I really love this deck. Again Mary was on Beyond Worlds/Tarot Tribe. A fun listen to learn more about this deck. I am not sure but this deck might be sold out. She self published and I ended up buying another deck from her just in case.

This is just a teeny tiny smattering of my decks. Yep this is my new clutter crazy love. I will share more cards from different decks in the coming weeks. Including some of my beautiful Fairy Oracle Decks. Love them!!

Happy Birthday Daughter!!



Happy Birthday to You!!

It wouldn't be right if you couldn't have a tiered cake!!

Your first tiered cake. Your baby shower was after you were born.



Your first birthday tiered cake.

I loved picking out your cakes.

You get the idea.




 

Mardi Gras

A few more flyers to share.

I Would Like You to Meet Her

Please meet my latest altar ego and newest addition to Faux Tarot, Mz. Gobsmack.  She is going to start popping up on a weekly basis putting in her two cents worth. She will never look the same and sometimes she won't even take human form. Please be aware that Mz. Gobsmack can be opinionated and gives as good as she gets.  One of these days Mz. Gobsmack might even meet Happy Wabbit. Hopefully she will be nice but not likely.

Gearing up for Mardi Gras

My daughter asked me to come up with some flyer ideas for her Mardi Gras party. Well she didn't have to ask me twice. I came up with all kinds of flyers. I am showing you a few throughout the week. They do not have the party information she asked me to add for her privacy sake but I can at least show you some of my nutty ideas.

That is probably enough for today. Don't want to bore you to death.