September 2010
3 posts
Zen Treasury Challenge by AbsintheDragonfly on... →
Treasury Challenge. Orange you glad I didn't... →
banana?
Ephemera Dangly Treasury Challenge by... →
Upcycled and Recycled Artisans
Deconstructress Custom Costume Couture →
I specialize in custom costume couture. My gowns are created from scratch or by piecing together sample wedding gowns. I use new and old materials. Many of my gowns are hand painted using a variety of techniques to create wearable art. My inspirations come from art, literature, film, music, nature and anything else that I can interpret into a piece of clothing.
“When the poet’s pain is soothed by a liquid jewel held in the sacred...”
Absinthe Fever —the online home of the Green Fairy →
Absinthe, Green Fairy, Green Muse, Goddess… The absinthe drink has many names. It also has a fascinating history, romantic connections to the avant-garde art scene, supposed mind-bending effects and — of course — a great taste!
Absinthe, that green blast from the past, is once again grabbing the attention of pleasure-seekers across the globe. With her unique blend of taste,...
August 2009
18 posts
Absinthia Taetra
Absinthia Taetra Green changed to white, emerald to opal; nothing was changed. The man let the water trickle gently into his glass, and as the green clouded, a mist fell from his mind. Then he drank opaline. Memories and terrors beset him. The past tore after him like a panther and through the blackness of the present he saw the luminous tiger eyes of the things to be. But he drank...
“Absinthe has a wonderful color, green. A glass of absinthe is as poetical as...”
“Come, the Wines go to the beaches,
And the waves by the millions!
See the wild...”
“For me, my glory is but a humble ephemeral absinthe.”
~Paul Verlaine”
““Let me be mad…
mad with the madness
of Absinthe, the wildest, most
luxurious...”
““After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were.
After the second,...”
“Ah! the Green Goddess! What is the fascination that makes her so adorable and so...”
Fairies?
Yes Really!
