I DREAMED I SAW HAS A NEW SITE!

Change your bookmarks to www.idreamedisaw.com! This site, designed by House of Tears Design, is now up and running! Hope you like it!

Note to Etsy sellers who think I've spammed them with my announcement - I apologize if I didn't follow Etsy protocol - I honestly have just now found about it since I am not a seller! Sorry! Won't happen again!

(I assume it's OK to alert people when they are featured though - if not, please let me know!)

"A Gentleman is Calling, Madame..."

The deferential butler, the suitor, the undertaker...all presenting calling cards to announce a most-important arrival. I adore calling cards as much as I adore tight bodices and fainting women.
When I was little, I happened to open the door when someone knocked, and a man offered me his calling card to annouce his presence to my parents. I remember thinking, "Huh?" and then asking him to wait outside until I gave his card to my mother. She immediately said, "You should have invited him inside!" to which I said "What about no talking to strangers?" "Anyone with a calling card is not a stranger," she replied. So right she was, I have since discovered, and I myself have calling cards (OK, I've never used them, but still...). Maybe you are familiar with Edward Gorey's habit of putting a blank white calling card in one frame of every story, a haunting image. The lone card on the vast floor, dropped by a heart-broken guest who was NOT announced. The snub is unbearable if you have a calling card. So I learned.

Lucy in the Sky and Hummingbird by EnfinLaVoila; Call Soon by PalomaNest; Pink Design by Elaine Biss; Sea Creatures by artisjok; Lion by Pressa Russa; Snowflake by EnfinLaVoila; Rabbit and Hippo by happygirlgreetings; Parakeet and Buddha by artisjok; Birds by paperandink; Floral by mylittlebuffalo; Light Blue by vermilionstarpress; Deer by OhSmile; I'm Sorry by Gramskinpaperstudio; Typos by InvitedInk; Mums by SarahTams; Dots by modernemotive; Red cards by notepourri; Dogs by FuzzyMug; Design by Oh Smile; Farmer's Market by drenculture; Modern Squares by pixelimpress; Nautical by SiskaStudio; Typewriter by Naomi Lynn; Poppies by Michelle Brusegaard; Mod Trees and Berries by SiskaStudio; Mommie calling cards by Pretty Smitten; Marie Antoinette by Enfin La Voila.

Off With Her Head!

When I was a kid my parents had this African head statue that used to scare the bejesus out of me. It chased me all around the house, appeared at the foot of my bed, whispered in my ear and in general terrorized me. Needless to say, it was valuable so my parents wouldn't put it away or get rid of it. When we moved out of the country, it miraculously didn't arrive with everything else. To this day I fear it will knock on my door and find me. I know it's looking.

Doll Head by Mark Elson Pictures; Vintage Head by Vintagesnapsandscraps; Doll in Shadows by DigDownGallery; Retro Doll Head by SimplyPictures; Ostrich Head on Opera Text by Crow Biz;
Broccoli Baby by Boopsiedaisy; Dolls by Candlelight by Barker Photo; Creepy Doll Parts from Midwest Design Imports; Blue and White head by Ah Xian; Baby Head , Girl Head and Pretty Maids by Sandra Evertson; Bird Heads and Lady in Owl Hat by Dear Dodo; Doll parts from Wings of Angels; Photo unknown; Ghost Babies by Floraartstudio; Baby Head Bank by ModernFx; Girl Head by Clayflower22; Little Joseph Heads from Generate; Cat Head Tumbler by Kiki Smith; Vintage Lady head and Vase by Artistic Design Studio; Baby Head Sculpture and Bookends by Cobaltmoonchild; Baby Head S&P shakers by ModernFx; Chihuahua head by KGrandey; "Unseen Beauty" print by ArtbyResolution; "Eyes on the Street" by GoldenSilhouette; Greyhound Whippet head cookie jar by Happy Hound; Victor & His Friends by TheRunnyBunny; Screaming Baby Head by Clayflower22.

Bring me my smelling salts!

Fainting seems a wonderful thing. I remember in school in the Bahamas there was one girl who kept fainting from the heat and I thought it was so terribly feminine and lovely. I wanted someone to dab my forehead with lavender-soaked hankies and put smelling salts under my nose, so I could get out of the pop-quiz that came every dreadful Friday. We would get "strapped" (beaten with an old leather belt) by the Scottish Headmaster-psycho if we got anything wrong on the tests - questions like "What is Miss Hare's license plate?" and "Who was Queen during the Papal Bull of blah blah blah...?" Needless to say, every Friday was strap day. So to faint would have been not only welcome, but dramatic. However, if you DID find yourself flat on the ground, you had to beware of Black Window spiders and scorpions so you had better wake up fast! Still, your point was made.

First 3 images by Lewis Carroll; Next 4 images by Edward Gorey; Swan Recamier from Design Toscano; Paper couch by Gene McCall; Antique Fainting Couch from Emporium Indonesia; "Do not Faint" book by Tardia; Madame Recamier from FCL Style; Recamier from Vermont Wood Studios; Photo by Tokinowa Suremono; Next 3 fainting couches discovered by Apartment Therapy; Carbon Antoinette Fainting Couch and Antoinette Fainting Couch from Urban Outfitters; White Settee from Wisteria; Handkerchief by ArtfulBeginnings; White Garland by Poppylarity; Houndstooth Handkerchiefs by AvrilLoreti; Photograms by Bonnie Jones; Vintage Hankie Quilt by Mary McNulty Design; Woodland and Trees & Houses Hankies by HippieJo74; Vintage Hankie Garland by Poppylarity; Hankies by DownHomeAmy.

"I brought you something Mommy."

Ahh, the creepy kid syndrome... Perhaps because we're not encouraged to think of children as anything but holy, the lure of seeing them as evil is too great. And the things they play with conjur the same creepy feelings as the kids themselves. Maybe I love them because they're outcasts, or because they see monsters everywhere hovering in shadows, but I find them comforting. Or do I need to be put away?

First 5 images from Edward Gorey's Gashleycrumb Tinies; Photo by way of Deviant Art; Retro picture by way of the Telegraph; 2 Children photos by Loretta Lux; Goldilocks sculpture by Chelsea Telephone; Sad Sweetpea by Carnivality; Coffin necklace by GhostLoveJewelry; Doll photo by smacshop; Creepy Doll by CreepyDolls; Doll with Hat by FrankenKitty; Doll part ornaments by CreepyDolls; B/W photo by pasha13; Doll head photo by Creeping Elm; Boy and Mother and Kids photos and Pair of Kids by Ravenwolf; My Little Darlings by PugPink; Digital Collage sheet by ltkupilli; Postmortem cigarette case by SweetheartSinner.