Firstly...a mini feature for your viewing pleasure...




Secondly...my latest OOAK doll - Odette the ballerina fairy -



And thirdly, onto the contest...and UNDER A MONTH left now until the closing date so any plugging in journals etc would be fab, thank ye kindly!

Contest Theme...

I've been dithering about doing another contest for weeks now and have finally decided upon a theme. I have such a passion for mazes and labyrinths that I have decided that this will be the theme of the contest. It's a bit unusual but I thought it would also be a fun challenge. The contest is called The Labyrinth but you can call your submissions what you like.

Rules...

Basically, you must feature a maze or labyrinth in your work in some shape or form, be it a hedge maze, brick maze, 3D maze etc. You can include other things as well, of course, but the labyrinth/maze must be the main feature.

Any sort of medium is acceptable - photography (shots of real labyrinths and mazes), photo-manipulation (any sort of theme - fantasy, surreal, horror etc), traditional, digital art, 3D, pixel art, sculpture and crafts, jewellery, even poetry or prose. I will allow fanART for the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth but NOT fanfiction, sorry, but it must feature the actual labyrinth as well as Jareth/Sarah etc. If there is another medium you would like to submit just note me about it.

Prizes...

There will be first, second and third prizes. First prize will be a year's DA subscription, and second and third prizes will be a month's DA subscription. I will be the only judge. I like to keep things simple.

Entry Rules

Entries will be added to my journal as they are submitted. Please NOTE me with your entry. I would appreciate it if you would also mention that your work is an entry to The Labyrinth contest with its comments. I will except NEW WORK ONLY and only one entry per artist.

For anyone considering submitting a photo-manipulation, there is some maze/labyrinth stock in my ~MirandaRose-Stock account, although I'm sure there is plenty of other maze/labyrinth stock available from other stockists.

Closing Date...

You have loads of time. The contest ends on 1st August.

A Final Note...

For those who don't know the difference between a maze and a labyrinth...a maze has many paths, a labyrinth has only one...

More contest news to come.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, THANKS EVER SO!

Thank you also to for making me this fab stamp for my contest -



I love it!

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Thank you to all who fave my pics, leave a comment, or take a general interest in my work, it is much appreciated! I try to get back to you all and check out your work too.





I know very little about photography and use a rather cheap Vivitar with a wonky shutter. Basically, I point and click like a woman possessed and hope for the best. This suits me fine. Then, I like to try to turn the mundane into something magical with a slight tweaking of colour and light. Nothing major but enough to make it look a little otherworldly. Enough to make you believe that it could be another time, another place...another world...




My husband, TOPIARY, anything magical, dreamy or enchanting. Hugging trees. Mazes and labyrinths of every and any kind, cats (especially tabby and grey ones), mirrors (not in a vain sense but playing around with reflections...creating mirror worlds!), nature, Red Dwarf (especially Rimmer!), birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, cute rodents like mice, rats and voles, toadstools, TREES!!!, forests, woods, waterfalls & streams, Lara Croft, Twin Peaks, surreal and fantasy art and manips, Escher's Relativity, J. Waterhouse, anything Austen related, Guy of Gisborne, Richard Armitage, wistful people, the Frouds, sunrays, sparkling water, dewdrops, dreamy poetry, North and South (R Armitage version), Jane Eyre (Toby Stephens version), cobwebs (minus spiders!), Halls of Doors Alice-in-Wonderland style, cute wooden bridges, watching movies especially - LABYRINTH, Legend & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, tasteful outdoor nudes, pointe ballet shoes, ballet & dance, history, standing stones, Robins, blue and purple flowers, redheads, long hair, pre-Rathaelite art, drawing, sculpting, crafts, painting, writing, Mr Rochester, shabby-chic, patchwork things, unicorns, walking, yoga, caves and secret underground places, castles, ponds and water features, stately houses, ruins, Broken Sword (games), dragonflies, X-Men, Ricky Gervais, Wolverine, Queen's - Who Wants to Live Forever, spring & summer, being immature, secret gardens, Xena: Warrior Princess, ivy, abandoned overgrown places, really dark chocolate 70% +, hummus, picnics, DAYDREAMING!!!, photography, ALAN RICKMAN, Snape, Rufus Sewell, Kevin Smith (Ares), Frankie's - Power of Love;, Angelina Jolie, wistful beauties, quaint thatched cottages, English villages, hearty mugs of hot weak tea, baking cakes and biscuits, um...and I will add more as I think of them!