tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667045064692463962024-03-04T23:03:52.220-05:00Frozen Charlotte's Curiosa CabinetFROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-46692705452938838642012-08-31T13:42:00.000-04:002012-08-31T13:46:33.397-04:00Norman's Ghost Show<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;">This fascinating photo has been reblogged left and right on the internet, with virtually zero information attached to it... I have also seen it titled as "Norman's Ghost Hole", it is attributed to 1900, and called a traveling show. Can you imagine taking apart this ornate facade and rebuilding it over and over? Surely it is too intricate to be a traveling show. Is there a space behind it, like a walk-through funhouse? Or is it just a very elaborate stage... where perhaps the lady or gentleman pictured performed psychic readings, fell into trances, and pulled fluffy cotton ectoplasm out of their ears for an astonished Victorian crowd?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thankfully a clever girl named <a href="http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Mlle Ghoul</a> did some sleuthing and shared links to the manufacturers in the comment section of a blog that reposted the photo. They were an English company named </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">George Orton Sons & Spooner Ltd-- "</span><span style="font-size: small;">Orton and Spooner were major ride-builders and
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Here is a link with a brief look at their <a href="http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/newsite/learn/people-ortons.html" target="_blank">company history,</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> and another <a href="http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/miscellaneous_articles/article19e.html" target="_blank">photo collection</a> of their beautiful show fronts and facades. Googling "Orton and Spooner" also yields pages of delightful images, and it's nice to see that many of their creations have been preserved and restored. A paperback book called </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"Men
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<span style="font-size: small;">I really wish I could make out what the signs say on Norman's Ghost Show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And... who were you, Norman?</span></div>
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<br />FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-91392079332982302092012-02-07T12:04:00.000-05:002012-08-31T14:05:31.277-04:00Muppet / Wicker Man Comic!Muppet Wicker Man-- This is charming and disturbing at the same time! The full online comic can be viewed on the <a href="http://issuu.com/soundofdrowning/docs/muppetwickerman?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=000000&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">artist's page at isuu.com</a> ... he's taken some very amusing liberties with the Wicker Man storyline (Miss Piggy plays Willow, but her name is changed to "Wallow")! Below is the YouTube trailer, complete with a folk song from the film. <br />
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I slightly disapprove of casting Gonzo as Lord Summerisle. What must the esteemed Christopher Lee think of this choice? :)<br />
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The artist has many interesting pieces for viewing and for sale at <a href="http://www.soundofdrowning.com/index.html" target="_blank">www.soundofdrowning.com</a>.FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-50807019962522010912012-02-01T14:24:00.000-05:002012-08-31T14:06:20.398-04:00Photo Tour of a Crumbling Leper Colony, and Quarantine Home of Typhoid Mary.<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm posting this article so I can keep it handy to enjoy again... I'm a wistful fan of "Urban Exploration".... but not so much a fan of risking a trespassing arrest anymore. This reminds me fondly of the day I gave myself an illicit tour of an abandoned TB hospital near Annapolis, MD.</span></div>
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FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-20946195773270756312012-01-16T15:24:00.000-05:002012-01-16T15:24:57.039-05:00Lovecraft-themed Horror Short FilmSince I'm on a Lovecraft bender... this 6 minute story is: "The new short film from writer/director Joseph Nanni (The Necronomicon, Elder Sign)." <br />
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"Jacques Cowan is what the French call "a runner of the woods." He may be a foreigner in the new world but Jacques quickly learned the ways of the native people, their language, their routes, and their skills. But he didn't leave his life in another land for adventure, freedom, and wealth - he had much more in mind than trading pelts and cheating death. Jacques had listened intently to the stories that had crossed the ocean, extraordinary tales of mystical creatures and unknown forces. Black Goat finds Jacques mid hunt, as he closes in on what others thought was a legend. What he doesn't realize is that the legend is on a hunt of its own." <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860182/">--IMDB</a><i> </i>FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-68511564188209399302012-01-02T19:41:00.002-05:002012-01-02T19:44:32.842-05:00Accessories for Living in Perpetual Autumn<span style="font-size: small;">Accessories for Living in Perpetual Autumn-- this is a mental category I file things in when I come across items that evoke the magic and mystery of Autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Real (or resin option) <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80460129/real-or-resin-option-antler-hairband">antler hairband</a>, custom made to order" from Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MySweetDelirium?ref=seller_info">MySweetDelerium</a>. The item info text </span>says they are "ideal for wiccan ceremonies, weddings, stage and event wear." It's a delightful idea that appears to be well executed, and I love the presentation!<br />
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This UK seller has a shop full of wondrous neo-victorian jewelry/fashion creations that walk the line between beautiful and morbid.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This image is courtesy of my favorite eccentric home decor photo blog, <a href="http://cantyshanty.com/_84">Canty Shanty</a>. Picture copywrite credit to whomever they nicked it from first.</div>FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-87641761117966308772011-09-02T01:06:00.000-04:002011-09-02T01:06:22.883-04:00Finnish Fantasy Forest BedI've always wanted a four-poster bed, and wow isn't this one imaginative? I think if I could own it (not likely for poor little ol' me, it costs as much as my car!) I might hang silk fall-colored leaves in reds and yellows from the branches to create my cozy bedroom of Perpetual Autumn. However I'm also really enjoying this setting in shades of white the artist has chosen to showcase the bed. It's very gentle and ethereal.<br />
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Crafted in Finland by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/attiladesign?ref=pr_shop_more">Attiladesign</a>, your material choices are Birch, Ash, and Mahogany, and can be made in single, queen, king size, etc. Check out the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/18999276/under-the-apple-tree-canopy-bed-modern">here</a> and browse the other artsy items in this unique Etsy shop.FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-11007251647990145072011-08-26T01:58:00.001-04:002011-08-26T02:04:14.886-04:00Plague Doctor maskHOW, pray tell, has the amazing image of the "Plague Doctor" escaped me all these years?? The engraving below is from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor">Wikipedia entry</a> on plague doctors, who were employed during outbreaks to treat plague victims. These doctors were "often were second-rate doctors not able to otherwise run a successful medical business or young physicians trying to establish themselves." Some doctors wore these beaky masks which were filled with "aromatic items" in an attempt to protect themselves from the infected, putrid air. I'm willing to bet that wasn't terribly effective... what an odious job to take on! <br />
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Apparently the plague doctor image has been incorporated into Steampunk imagery, and I am fully on board with this-- just Google image search "plague doctor" and some really cool artwork will come up. However right now I just want to collect and present images from one artist in particular, a leather mask maker in Penn Valley CA whose shop I found on (where else?) Etsy. His name is Tom Banwell and everything in his shop is absolutely fantastic! He has a website at <a href="http://tombanwell.com/">tombanwell.com</a> but it looks like most of his sales are made through his<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TomBanwell?ref=pr_shop"> Etsy shop</a>. There's a whole <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TomBanwell?section_id=5537297">steampunk section</a> but I'm going to rifle the "sold" items for additional plague doctor mask images-- the photos are so delightfully spooky!<br />
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These masks are definitely added to my mental list of things to jump on when it magically starts raining money. They are priced in the $300-$400ish range-- very reasonable for such a marvelous hand-wrought wearable work of art. It's a perfect addition to my imaginary Steampunk Victorian library in my imaginary tumbledown haunted country farmhouse. (sigh) ...Last but not least, please allow me to present the dapper (but rather sinister) "Dr. Beulenpest".<br />
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(...More steampunk delights from the artist on <a href="http://tombanwell.deviantart.com/">deviantART</a>.)<br />
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FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-40092920628284719102011-08-23T12:44:00.002-04:002011-08-26T02:04:44.811-04:00Ornament Field Test goes well!Does this little fellow look as if he has been hanging out in the weather unprotected since March? No, he doesn't! I was very surprised when I examined him closely after months of direct exposure to overnight freezes, downpours, hail, 100+ degree temperatures, and sunlight. Evidently the Krylon matte clearcoat spray I use to seal the stain is pretty darn good. Even the waxed hemp cord strung through him seems to be holding up well.<br />
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I still would not recommend that everyone who buys one of my ornaments should feel free to leave it hanging out in the elements, but I think this field test shows that an outdoor covered porch environment would suit my Wise Leaves and Cheerful Acorns just fine. I'm so pleased!<br />
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The rest of my little leaf and acorn friends can be viewed in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/frozencharlotte">Etsy shop!</a><br />
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FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-41378057090059521482011-08-02T15:15:00.002-04:002011-08-26T02:05:11.135-04:00New Camera test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aw2kGAtxLvyaooxQcuA0cGI64e6-uvnM0P9cZzBqwNMA3aKhpl-cWVyHi5nTxCFkqTLugRgj9352a0ty0s31vOdmF68qKSYD3U5aouBDMCqomdfYZXcR87klhm5jYmXYEFW2HWyzYiEA/s1600/DSC00656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aw2kGAtxLvyaooxQcuA0cGI64e6-uvnM0P9cZzBqwNMA3aKhpl-cWVyHi5nTxCFkqTLugRgj9352a0ty0s31vOdmF68qKSYD3U5aouBDMCqomdfYZXcR87klhm5jYmXYEFW2HWyzYiEA/s400/DSC00656.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a few pics I snapped of some cheap glowsticks I picked up after a show Saturday nite, to try out the digital camera my brother sent me... they were already losing their brightness by 3am but still looked very pretty in the darkness of my room. I left them collected in a drinking glass sitting on the bureau as a colorful nite-lite. I like the top photo best-- it looks like some sort of sea anemone, glowing away alone in the depths of the dark ocean.</div>FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-30369390034091544072011-07-21T17:33:00.001-04:002011-07-21T17:36:38.877-04:00Easing back into it.Took a break from my blog for a few months to... be depressed?<br />
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Luckily, utter Joy may easily be purchased for the reasonable price of only $35 from a Lithuanian Etsy shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78217511/fox-hat-hand-felted-wool-size?ref=v1_other_1">Vaivanat.</a><br />
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It's a pagan-folk-costume-loving girl's dream come true. As soon as I can manage to afford it, this wonderful hand felted FOX HAT will be mine! Allegedly, it fits the average adult as well.FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-84037867125269647732011-04-30T15:40:00.001-04:002011-04-30T15:41:49.299-04:00Victorian-esque Collage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotvm_hE8rFSDLTEVXm1JE7k7rJh8x7F4cEJiGcpSL3BdacTwllQMB2f-dvLwIVLRK9x6XJq62rmAlcrzcI7wl3OOT8EbqqVYZ2amaOOh0oSd0sM37retWHQmJSKbyDJJDnMAyBhosTTnX/s1600/il_570xN.23847803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotvm_hE8rFSDLTEVXm1JE7k7rJh8x7F4cEJiGcpSL3BdacTwllQMB2f-dvLwIVLRK9x6XJq62rmAlcrzcI7wl3OOT8EbqqVYZ2amaOOh0oSd0sM37retWHQmJSKbyDJJDnMAyBhosTTnX/s400/il_570xN.23847803.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Pretty pretty! This charming print is by Arizona artist Linda Norton and I found it in her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lindanorton">Etsy shop.</a>FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-18016289132537097752011-04-23T16:24:00.002-04:002011-04-23T16:45:44.330-04:00The Carnival is Over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtNFQ7RJbaQ?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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This exquisite Dead Can Dance fan video was created by Slovakian artist, sculptor, and director Ondrej Rudavsky. He posts on Youtube that the Warner Music Group had requested the video be removed for copyright infringement, so he wrote to Brenden Perry and got his personal permission for the video to be available on Youtube again. Not at all surprising, considering the high level of creativity and craftsmanship here! <br />
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"So, here it is again, still not over, this carnival." -<a href="http://www.ondrejrudavsky.com/">Ondrej Rudavsky</a><br />
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Atmosphere is very important, and this space is just loaded with it. Imagine how cozy it would be in a rainstorm!<br />
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I took the photo from a wonderful website comprised of carefully selected borrowed images called Cantyshanty. The sense I get is that the poster simply enjoys collecting ideas for eclectic home decor and upcycling (and he/she probably is addicted to design magazines). It's a real treat to look through! If something doesn't grab you hard-- you aren't paying attention! Check it out at <a href="http://cantyshanty.com/">cantyshanty.com</a>.<br />
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Here is another image I particularly fancied. As the website owner states "Images are copyright of their respective owners. I just don't know who they are." ...Enjoy!FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-87606982576018785062011-03-30T22:58:00.001-04:002011-03-31T13:41:07.786-04:00Ornament Durability Field TestI have placed two Wise Leaf ornaments and one Cheerful Acorn outside my mom's house to see how they stand up to the weather. Two weeks ago my friend got a leaf and asked if it was safe to put it on his covered porch... and I had to admit I didn't know! They are all sprayed with matte finish but I don't know how much protection that would offer. I'm also curious about how the waxed hemp cords will stand up to the elements.<br />
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Sooo, I hung the leaves from the plant hooks under our semi-covered porch and placed the acorn out in the open on a shrub. I feel kinda guilty sacrificing a happy little acorn fellow, particularly since it's pouring and freezing out today, but it's in The Name Of Science! (Hopefully I can fix him up again.) I'll see how they look in a week or two.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> "</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Composition Dolls are made of a 6-piece (strung together with elastic) sawdust-based, wood-pulp material (composition), that was later painted flesh toned. These dolls had hazel eyes with hair upper lashes, and painted eyebrows, lower lashes, lip paint, and nostrils. The wigs were made of mohair and styled in golden curls similar to Shirleys'. The clothes were made to resemble Shirley's own clothes and the outfits of her movies. They were produced between 1934-1939. Most (except for the earliest dolls) were marked SHIRLEY TEMPLE on the back of the head and/or the back of the neck."</span> <br />
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Someday I think I'll make a shadowbox with one or more of these little ladies. Perhaps sometime sooner I'll take them out for a tea party... <br />
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<i>"Pumpkin Harvest Day: The girl named Anna, wearing black dress and her mood is very down because she was thinking of her parents that had passed away for a few years. Her parents left her a pumpkin field, where they spent lots of wonderful moments there. And today, another pumpkin harvest day. Anna carved the pumpkins, made them into lanterns and stand with these lanterns in a nebulous forest. She believe that the fairy tale of magic pumpkin lanterns can give her a miracle, let her meet her parents again....."</i>FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-87304310912076304902011-03-15T00:56:00.002-04:002011-04-23T16:49:11.861-04:00Wise Leaf photo shoot<div style="text-align: left;">Finally the weather is warming up (hooray!) and I find myself dog sitting for the third time this month. The house has a great little yard and I've got some free time, so I staged a Wise Leaf and Cheerful Acorn photo-shoot on location! The yard is nice and sunny, I may take some more ornament pictures tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />
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I finally remembered to look for "Sleeping Beauty" the other day and was dismayed to find it's out of print, and goes from $400- $800 on Amazon. Well--guess I can't buy that one! Volume II is also fairly pricey. Further web surfing brought me to <a href="http://theburnsarchive.blogspot.com/">Dr. Burn's archive blog,</a> which in addition to sharing interesting pieces of the collection has also announced that a third book in the series is now available! "Sleeping Beauty III: Memorial Photography- The Children" "enhances the history of postmortem photography and is intended as a reference for bereavement organizations, photographers, hospital staff and parents engaged in renewing the practice of memorial photography. This compilation of over 125 photographs documents images from photography’s earliest era (1840s) up to the present."<br />
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Keeping images of lost family members made perfect sense for the time, it's a pity that ordinary folks couldn't afford more photos while their loved ones were alive... especially their children. It's such an alien concept to us now to have pictures like this on display in our homes.<br />
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Dr. Burns appears to offer up these portions of his collection with a good deal of care and respect, and I look forward to reading this book. It's currently available for $29.95 at <a href="http://sleepingbeauty3.com/">sleepingbeauty3.com</a>.FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166704506469246396.post-86101070244126846732011-03-09T12:42:00.002-05:002011-04-23T16:51:31.842-04:00Sweet Playful Kittens vintage tape measureI've grown up seeing this tape measure knocking around the sewing drawer. The tape gets stuck a lot... but the charming kitty graphic makes up for this shortcoming! My mother said she purchased it in the 60's. I'm really glad she ignored it in the drawer for so many decades, because now I use it all the time when I'm measuring my art pieces to post the dimensions on Etsy. A touch of character makes any simple object so much better!<br />
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So part of the deal for downloading the wallpaper was to give the artist credit and post a comment below their piece linking back to my use of it, which regrettably I'm not going to do on account of wanting nothing to do with that website again (which was the popular Deviantart.com). Sorry, fellow artist, I'm certain the virus wasn't YOUR fault! Thank you for the wallpaper!FROZEN CHARLOTTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438191715256706556noreply@blogger.com0