Izabella's Blue

Porphyria's Lover~

THE rain set early in to-night,
    The sullen wind was soon awake,
It tore the elm-tops down for spite,
    And did its worst to vex the lake:
    I listen'd with heart fit to break.
When glided in Porphyria; straight
    She shut the cold out and the storm,
And kneel'd and made the cheerless grate
    Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;
    Which done, she rose, and from her form
Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl,
    And laid her soil'd gloves by, untied
Her hat and let the damp hair fall,
    And, last, she sat down by my side
    And call'd me. When no voice replied,
She put my arm about her waist,
    And made her smooth white shoulder bare,
And all her yellow hair displaced,
    And, stooping, made my cheek lie there,
    And spread, o'er all, her yellow hair,
Murmuring how she loved me—she
    Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour,
To set its struggling passion free
    From pride, and vainer ties dissever,
    And give herself to me for ever.
But passion sometimes would prevail,
    Nor could to-night's gay feast restrain
A sudden thought of one so pale
    For love of her, and all in vain:
    So, she was come through wind and rain.
Be sure I look'd up at her eyes
    Happy and proud; at last I knew
Porphyria worshipp'd me; surprise
    Made my heart swell, and still it grew
    While I debated what to do.
That moment she was mine, mine, fair,
    Perfectly pure and good: I found
A thing to do, and all her hair
    In one long yellow string I wound
    Three times her little throat around,
And strangled her. No pain felt she;
    I am quite sure she felt no pain.
As a shut bud that holds a bee,
    I warily oped her lids: again
    Laugh'd the blue eyes without a stain.
And I untighten'd next the tress
    About her neck; her cheek once more
Blush'd bright beneath my burning kiss:
    I propp'd her head up as before,
    Only, this time my shoulder bore
Her head, which droops upon it still:
    The smiling rosy little head,
So glad it has its utmost will,
    That all it scorn'd at once is fled,
    And I, its love, am gain'd instead!
Porphyria's love: she guess'd not how
    Her darling one wish would be heard.
And thus we sit together now,
    And all night long we have not stirr'd,
    And yet God has not said a word!

~Robert Browning

this piece in my etsy store.... http://izabellah.typepad.com

new art ~ new group~ SDA

New art cards in my etsy store today http://izabellah.etsy.com

Also, I am really excited about this new group that I found, called SDA~Spirit of Dark Art...have I finally found a place that I belong!?

Ever since I started creating art 3 years ago, I have always wondered where my style of art fits in...this new group sprung upon me a couple nights ago, where I was at, yet another crossroads.  Ahna is creating a banner for me & entering me into their website as I type, so you will be hearing alot more of the events etc, and today is the first event that I am promoting ;)

Wednesday, September 26th is a full Moon so we are celebrating with a
sale! To view our members gallery, please visit:
http://SpiritOfDarkArt.com Then click on a banner to visit the
individual stores and see what kind of sale they are offering. You will
find free shipping, discounts and maybe even free stuff!

While you are at our website, be sure to sign up for our newsletter.
This will enter you into our Day of the Dead Gift Giveaway. No purchase
necessary!

xo!!

art & revamped neckpiece on ebay~

new on ebay today~ www.velvet-rooms.com

hope everyone had a kool weekend!!  It went by way too fast!! 

Didn't get to go to the car show this weekend, so bummed about that!...got sick...sore throat & the aches, but feeling better today ;)  But next weekend is Las Vegas Bike Fest....so that will make up for this weekend....all weekend long, harleys & choppers oh my!! xo!!

playing~

I am extremely happy it's Friday...yay it's the weekend!!

Going to the huge Vegas car show this weekend, it's the ritual around our house....tons of hot cars, especially love the rat rods!

I wanted to personally apologize for not getting back with all of my personal emails!  I am extremely overloaded, kids, deadlines & revamping my so called dungeon art studio ;) 

So what are you doing this weekend!!??

are you on Facebook!!??

looking for my lovely friends!!  are you on Facebook~

xo!! ~Bella

new today on ebay~  www.velvet-rooms.com

As some dusk mother shields from all alarms
   The tired child she gathers to her breast,
The brunette Night doth fold me in her arms,
   And hushes me to perfect peace and rest.
Her eyes of stars shine on me, and I hear
Her voice of winds low crooning on my ear.
O Night, O Night, how beautiful thou art!
Come, fold me closer to thy pulsing heart.

The day is full of gladness, and the light
   So beautifies the common outer things,
I only see with my external sight,
   And only hear the great world’s voice which rings.
But silently from daylight and from din
The sweet Night draws me—whispers, “Look within!”
And looking, as one wakened from a dream,
I see what is—no longer what doth seem.

The Night says, “Listen!” and upon my ear
   Revealed, as are the visions to my sight,
The voices known as “Beautiful” come near
   And whisper of the vastly Infinite.
Great, blue-eyed Truth, her sister Purity,
Their brother Honour, all converse with me,
And kiss my brow, and say, “Be brave of heart!”
O holy three! how beautiful thou art!

The Night says, “Child, sleep that thou may’st arise
   Strong for to-morrow’s struggle.”  And I feel
Her shadowy fingers pressing on my eyes:
   Like thistledown I float to the Ideal—
The Slumberland, made beautiful and bright
As death, by dreams of loved ones gone from sight,
O food for souls, sweet dreams of pure delight,
How beautiful the holy hours of Night!

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

fall~

This is one of my favorite times of year... a time of tranquil and beautiful transformation.  We ready our gardens for a long winter's slumber, the sky's light betrays the clouds' whimsy and the leaves explode with color before finding silent rest, a carpet of renewal ready to feed next spring's bounty. I love fall, but it's just not the same in Vegas, do we ever have fall, when it's 98 degrees outside and the palm leaves stay green all year~  Fall is the time I miss Seattle~ those misty mornings of fog across the fields....reminising today~

on ebay~

This weekend I was able to create a few more art cards....also, I am almost finished with another revamped neckpiece, can't wait to share!  I LOVE it~ It will be hard to give this one up ;)

Ebay store www.velvet-rooms.com

xo!! ~Bella 

an update~

Halo my lovely friends!

I wanted to update you on a few things, like I promised I would & haven't!  bad me ~

first off...the dreaded doctors appt.  I cancelled~ 

I am extremely petrified of doctors here in Vegas, since the last incident with my 4 year old, he was having an asthma attack while he had the flu (he never had asthma before, so I didn't know what was happening) but the doctors admitted him in to the hospital for 8 dayz,  after a million tests, they still couldn't find out what was wrong with him! 

After the first couple of hours in the hospital he was fine, trying to keep him in that bed hooked up to all the wires & such,  for 8 dayz was ridiculous, he was fine!  he was tearing off wires & trying to run up & down the halls with these bags and wires attached to him, it was insane ;)

By the 7th day, I told them I was taking him home, he's fine, they threatened to call CPS on me!  they said he needed to be on the oxygen, but little did they know he had been unhooked from it for 2 days, see how observant they were!!  I knew he had been unhooked from the oxygen, I knew he didn't need it...but wanted to see if they would notice that he was unhooked, they didn't!   Then they threatened me with cps, it was an absoulute blowout in that room that day, I freaked out...I said if they didn't release him in an hour I was calling the police (like they would do anything ;)  but it worked!  and all of the other incidencies that went along with that, the nurse shooting him up with something, while she is telling a story that her husband had just had her children taken from her because she threatened to kill them...oh my gosh, can you even imagine!! I panicked & ripped the needle from her hands & demanded another nurse to come in.  Then the bloody sheets from all the blood they took from his little body...they wouldn't change the sheets for us, I had to do it.  They hardly brought him any food, so we brought our own, which was better anyways~ blah blah blah this story could go on & on, oh but one more thing, no insurance, $20,000.00 later with no insurance to pay it & they never did figure out that he was having an asthma attack.....I finally figured it out myself a few months later....(never have known anyone with asthma) The whole ordeal was a complete nightmare!!

so you see why I despise doctors here.  regarding my last doctors appt.  He set up all of these different appointments, one for blood tests, one for an ultrasound & then another for the set me up on a 2 week heart monitor...2 weeks to wear this thing!  to tell me what!? that my heart is skipping beats, yes, I can assure you my heart is skipping beats...and then he will tell me, you need to be on this medication! forget that... I don't want to be on meds!

so....the next part of the story goes....I cancelled all of those appts & my friend hooked me up with her natural docter, a kineziologist...I am not into new age healing, but I am into doctors that fix the problem with supplements & such, rather than meds.  My friend was deathly sick last year & he (the doctor) fixed her up with vitamins, and the right foods~  My appt is October 4th, so I am pretty excited about meeting him.  My heart is skipping beats like crazy, but overall I feel better about my decision with going with him instead of this other doctor that would just put me on prescription drugs~

so that is a little of the story for now, sorry I haven't shared, but life has been so crazy these last few weeks, trying to get back in the swing of things, after being gone over the summer & then the skittles getting back to school, & the overload of homework blah blah you know the routine ;)

On another note, I have been busy creating!  I have had the most things I have ever had up for auction on ebay for the last few weeks, trying to pay the ever growing tuition payments now for both the boys!   So I have been oooohhh so busy with that & finding new places to hang out on the internet...I have been in search of other like minded souls, I feel like collage art is dying!?  even on ebay, where are the collages with vintage images?! not many left, are we a dying breed?!   Here are few new places that I have been hanging out, come visit me & be my friend ;)

Yuwie this is really kool, you get paid to have friends & read their pages!!

Facebook  love this place!

Shelfari  a great place to share with your friends your love of books~it's like snooping in there bookshelf :)

Indie public similiar to myspace, but with artists' only~

MyArtspace  just like myspace with artists' only

these are just a few of the places, you can find links to other places I love to hang out in my sidebar~

ok friends...I better run the lil' ones are starving, time for pancakes~

xo!! have a beautiful weekend

crystal chandelier prism neckpiece~

This is in my ebay store today www.velvet-rooms.com   xo!!

September 11th

May we never forget~ 

something new in my ebay store www.velvet-rooms.com  I also have for sale a few more art supplies, rubber stamps & 14K gold charms~  xo!!

if you can read this....

if you can read this can you leave me a comment, my sweet friend Zorana emailed me a note this morning, stating that she hasn't been able to get into my blog or leave comments.   I was wondering why I haven't been receiving comments for the last week or so!  thought I wasn't loved anymore ;)  I deleted all of my widgets & add ons, so hopefully this will solve the problem~

If you could leave me a comment & let me know you can get in I would appreciate it!  also, if you have a link to my blog & want to exchange links please let me know, so I can add you to my sidebar, it's been awhile since I have updated my favorite artists~

Hope you are having a lovely weekend everyone!!  xo!!

up for auction~

2 new pieces up for auction ~

sometimes it just feels magical when a piece flows together, I was happy how these turned out, although the scans are not so grand~

Ebay store link  www.velvet-rooms.com

yay! it's Friday, my 2nd favorite day of the week, Saturday being my first fav.... blueberry pancakes on the menu for tommorrow morning  ;)  xo!!

zazzle postage stamps~

psycho victorian~ by izabella777
Get this custom postage at Zazzle

today I had fun creating some new postage stamps at zazzle!! xo!!