Carole!

Well of course when I saw this gorgeous vintage picture of Carole Lombard, I couldn't resist making a collage! Did you know that she was called "The Profane Angel" because "she looked like an angel and swore like a sailor"?

"The cardinal virtue is a sense of humour," she once said. "Do you laugh in the right places? Then, you'll get along, in fair weather or foul. Humour is nothing less than a sense of the fitness of things. Something that's out of proportion, like an inflated ego, should strike you funny, particularly if it's your own inflated ego. Otherwise you are pathetic and quite hopeless".

This piece measures approximately 3 by 3 7/8", and features a vintage cutout of Ms Lombard looking particularly fascinating -- a sweet yet sassy accessory for an environmentally-friendly kid or grown-up!

This OOAK collage is made from recycled heavyweight cut paper and shiny foil elements, mounted on thick illustration board, and protected by several layers of glossy varnish. As always, everything's painstakingly hand-cut, sanded and assembled -- a unique work of art (do these things count as ACEOs, I wonder?)! I shall be listing this piece in the shop by tonight (now sold, thank you :).