Showing posts with label THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Dancing in the Stars

Not 'with' the stars, but I'm sure she is dancing 'in' the stars. Smiling. Happy. Confident. Peaceful. Watching her boys (men) grow. I leave this weary week with an image dedicated to two people. One, Diana. We are all remembering you this week. Two, Patricia Gray. My fellow Canadian. One of my first readers, who keeps coming back. Thank You - she is our much adored blogger who designs for John. Have a wonderful long weekend. My wish for you is that you have much song, much food, much hugs. The Work Continues.....xo

Incredible header photo credit: Lefteris Pitarakis

Friday, 31 August 2007

The People's Princess

It was one of those moments in our lives that we will all remember. We remember where we were, who we were with, how we heard and how we felt. How could one woman have touched so many people in such a profound way? What was it about her that made the whole world weep? Is there anyone else alive today that could do the same thing to us? William? Harry? I wanted to mark this 10th year since her death with a collective blogging project and I created this mixed media collage. (Did you know that the car hit the 13th pole in the tunnel? This gave me chills)After some research I discovered that 4 black swans swim in the lake that surrounds her resting place. The photo of her sitting on the boat was taken 7 days before she died and the other was the very last photo of her alive as she stepped into the black Mercedes. Some people were lucky enough to have met her, but in all of our own ways, we all felt as though we knew her....personally. I am sad today thinking about her boys. I am happy today thinking about how she lived and how much I enjoyed following her life story. Diana was a woman of our times and she will live on in our hearts for years to come. Diana always had 'the right word and the right gesture to bring joy and comfort to everyone.' (a quote from today's service in London)She was the 'People's Princess' - all people.

Please take a moment to visit these wonderful blogs to continue your tour of our collective blog project: 'The People's Princess':

The Restyled Home
Pigtown Design
iCiNG
This is Glamorous
My Outlook on Everything
Marilyn's Royal Blog

A lovely post...my favorite this week is by Cote de Texas. Amazing!

If you are remembering Diana today on your blog, please let me know.

Friday, 3 August 2007

A Captivating Thought

Thanking A Captivating Thought for adding Liberty Post as a link and for posting about our collective blogging project "The People's Princess". And a 'thought' that is critical right now is to hope the biggest hopes that all of our bridges everywhere are safe and secure for all of us. Please let that be true. Thoughts & prayers for those families......

Thursday, 2 August 2007

Around this time 10 years ago....

I took a photo of this photo from a magazine I've kept for ten years. This moment in her life would probably have taken place this week some time. Ten years. Can you believe it?

I was a huge Lady Di person. Still am. I am thinking how nice it would be if all the bloggers did a blogging project in her memory. Do a painting, photograph, write a poem, collage, needle art, sew, paper goods...whatever.

Perhaps you could do a post based on her fashion sense or imagining what her bedroom looked like. Maybe something she did with William & Harry when they were little. A photomontage of things she liked or liked to do.

You don't have to be crafty or artsy. Anything goes. You may write something or post a simple photo.

One of the most inspiring things I've ever seen in our blogging community was the Marie Antoinette zine that Anahata Katkin and Lynne Perrella organized. This might give you some ideas.

We will tell all our friends about our project, but we will keep our creations a secret until we post them all on August 31, 2007, the 10th Anniversary of her death.

Let's call our collaborative project. 'The People's Princess'.

What do you think? Shall we do it? I say 'Yes', I'm in.

If yes, would you mind letting all your blogging friends and readers know what we have planned.
I just think it would be a really thoughtful gesture.