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Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
by Mother Goose
I used a background from Kerstin Frank, one from EKDuncan, and the image of a beautifully embroidered costume from the Rijksmuseum. The fine lady on her white horse is from a scrapbook made for me when I was a child.
Take care and keep laughing!
![Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e254blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/photorehabcovermakeoveraugust.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "#photorehabcovermakeoverAugust")
![Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/e257blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Yacht: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zakhark/572331622/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Texture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/19581317079/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e303blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Sailing to the Moon")
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![Photo Unsplash Texture - 2LO Haunting 14 & 2LO Haunting 23 - “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e285blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Night Landings © Sarah Vernon")
![Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e250blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![The Boat House Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon [Fine Art England]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/totebagfae.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "totebagfae")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ma077blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (")
![Photograph from the ex-Mrs FND Photograph from Unsplash Texture 2LO Ancient times 2 Clock created for Behind Time Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/e353blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Beating the Blues")
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![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Green-painted fence https://unsplash.com/photos/FxeeNx_yMpw Lake Annecy by Mindy Sommers Celestial Eruption by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/NvesrDbsrL4](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/v057fb.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Valentine Blush")
![Gabrielle d'Estrees and one of her sisters [unknown]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ma015frame.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "ma015frame")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/ The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/g/great-exhibition/](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e284blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Beatrice and Benedick")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Photograph by “Nicolai Bernsten”:DJ;KGH; at “Unsplash”:http://unsplash.com Textures “2LO Confetti 17 and 2LO Distressed 12 from”:http://2lilowls.com](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/e289blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Boat House")
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![Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea: “Biodiversity Library”:http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490916 Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/ Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967--sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0 Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/e309blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "‘Happiness is a Butterfly’")
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12/07/2015 at 20:20
Mary
A lot of planning aspects went into this piece Sarah – The embroidered costume is really neat and love the layers to the background – fits with the nursery theme perfectly. Happy Sunday to you ~
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12/07/2015 at 20:23
First Night Design
Thank you, Mary. You’re a star!
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12/07/2015 at 20:27
Mary
So nice Sarah. Sometimes I have to look really closely but studying your work, reveals all these delicious layers – makes it well worth the time.
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11/07/2015 at 19:04
Itaya Art
What a lovely piece and I think you captured the story very well!
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12/07/2015 at 12:10
First Night Design
Bless you, Itaya.
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11/07/2015 at 15:10
davidprosser
The whole image is stunning but how clever to use such a fantastic work of art as the embroidered costume.Had this been the 60’s I’d be asking for a short kaftan made out of that.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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12/07/2015 at 12:10
First Night Design
Aw, thanks, David – you’re a darling. Huge hugs to you too!
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11/07/2015 at 14:43
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
she appears to be riding across a stage to me… with a lovely curtain in the background…just my way of seeing things…BEAUTIFUL!
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12/07/2015 at 12:09
First Night Design
Thank you, Marilyn. I see it like that too!
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11/07/2015 at 13:13
janemorley2014
Gosh Sarah , this has just reminded me of a childhood nursery rhyme book I had, I can see the image in my minds eye so clearly! I like the way you’ve combined the elements.
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12/07/2015 at 12:08
First Night Design
Much thanks, Jane. I find those childhood rhymes so comforting.
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11/07/2015 at 12:49
First Night Design
Reblogged this on First Night Design and commented:
ONE FROM THE ARCHIVE.
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13/07/2014 at 21:00
Opinionated Man
I like this a lot actually. 🙂
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13/07/2014 at 21:03
First Night Design
Still laughing like a drain! See? You never know what you’ll enjoy until you visit! Thank you, Jason.
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12/07/2014 at 18:12
Lottie Nevin
I’ve always loved the image that Lady on a white horse conjures up. This is very lovely, Puff. Perfect in fact 😀
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12/07/2014 at 19:37
First Night Design
Perfect? Oh Puff, you over-reach yourself sometimes! I’m utterly thrilled. I shall sleep well tonight.
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12/07/2014 at 18:06
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Reblogged this on Sherri's Sharing and commented:
Sharing A little Bit of First Night Design by Sweet Sarah
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12/07/2014 at 19:36
First Night Design
I don’t know about ‘sweet’ – some might not say the same! Much thanks, Sherri.
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12/07/2014 at 18:05
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Hi Sarah, how pretty and your right keep laughing if not laughing at at least a smile…right…
smiles dear friend
Sherri
re-blog to Sherri’s Sharing
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12/07/2014 at 19:34
First Night Design
And smiles to you too, Sherri!
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12/07/2014 at 11:05
Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.
Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
A wonderful collaboration of style and materials to illustrate the words I loved as a child. Another lovely image from First Night Design
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12/07/2014 at 11:19
First Night Design
What a wonderful intro! Much thanks.
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12/07/2014 at 00:24
Sherry Key, Artist
Love it! Those voluminous veils were so sexy…(-:
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12/07/2014 at 08:42
First Night Design
Thank you, Sherry! I always find the costumes of the past far sexier and more alluring than modern clothes.
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11/07/2014 at 22:11
olganm
I agree it would look gorgeous in a girl’s bedroom…Mind you, we’re all girls at heart. Beautiful.
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12/07/2014 at 08:40
First Night Design
Thank you, Olga! I guess we are all girls at heart. In my case, still a frightened 13 year-old!
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11/07/2014 at 18:46
janetweightreed10
I love this…image and nursery rhyme:)
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11/07/2014 at 18:53
First Night Design
Bless you, sweet Janet! I’d created the background and suddenly the rhyme came to me, having not thought of it for decades. That’s when I remembered the lady from my scrapbook.
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11/07/2014 at 16:38
mandy
Beautiful, Sarah! My daughter, all grown up now, lived in the land of fairy tales and books when she was a child. I can picture this on her bedroom wall back then. (Or now!) Love it!
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11/07/2014 at 17:20
First Night Design
Thank you! I can see it on your daughter’s wall too!
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11/07/2014 at 16:05
frenchapple10
Love this. My mother used to sing that to us while bumping us on her knee.
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11/07/2014 at 16:33
First Night Design
How lovely! Glad you like the piece – thanks.
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