Illustrating the written word in any medium is my passion (life and work)! Through photographic imagery I try to capture the moment which becomes a form of on-line journaling.

Come along and share your thoughts or feelings. I enjoy your words and value the relationships I have made through this wonderful land of flickr.

Rather than a traditional photographer, I'm more a full-time artist who takes photographs!
My work is created from deep within.

Please don't use my copywritten images for one's own experimentation! I believe we all have the gift of creativity . . . dig deep, play, experiment, take classes, dare to be different . . . it's there . . . you've got it . . . I promise!

Here's Mona, going through the creative process! She's also expressing her feelings about people who fave but don't SHARE their images! She says, "SHARE and you shall be rewarded. Don't share and you shall be blocked!"



Another peek into my world can be found by clicking on
www.journalady.com

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    earthrhythms says:

    "Antoinette always brings a smile to my face.....she comes across with great joy and enthusiasm. I can just see her facing the wind on a schooner and laughing in happiness with just being alive. Looking at her images brings all the senses into play - I can even smell the scene! Her quotes add to the flavor and meaning of the scene and her stranger images always have a story to tell. I can't wait to see the next thing she comes up with! Spend some time in her gallery - you won't regret it!"

    6th March, 2011

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    Imagemakercan - The Lensdancer says:

    "Once again, you share by pouring your heart onto paper, through words and expressive media ... you are brilliant and very very clever. See, by being a ray of sunshine ... yes you are, ... you provoke thought, interest, desire and inspire others to take a chance on the creative process. Each person has a vision different of course than the next but this is how one achieves variety in their expression and interpretation of their art form. All of us here are artists ... and you lovingly inspire each of us each day with your compassion and love for those around you.
    Thank you dear friend, l truly feel it is a privilege to have met you here in Flickrland and look forward to your ... ramblings, scramblings and quirky, serendipitous words, works and your gorgeousness that radiates from within.
    Okay ... mushy mushy ... love you lots, now ... let's just breathe.

    When I wrote this in a post on your stream, my thoughts were to use it as a testimonial for you. Then you beat me to it ... so this is not to copy you now but to let you know that you bring joy into my life as well. Keep on doing what you do dear Antoinette, you are needed and dang it, you know all the words to stuff!!!
    Hugs, your friend, JOY"

    21st January, 2010

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    scrabble. says:

    "Gifted with words that can touch you’re soul,
    Gifted with eyes that can see the beauty in life....and know how to captured that so that we can be treathed with some beautiful images.
    chantal"

    23rd June, 2009

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    Kai Livingston says:

    "Dear Antoinette ...


    is a wonderful artist
    which I count her as a friend.

    Once you are lucky to know her,
    you will see how wonderful person
    she is. She dares to be different and
    I see that she is doing a great job.

    This is not hard to see, when you
    check her photostream and the words
    she uses. Your visit to her photostream
    will be a real treat for you.

    Try and see it for yourself.

    I am always grateful whenever she
    stops by in my photostream and let me
    know what she really thinks about
    my pictures.


    Wishing all the best
    for the rest of her life


    Greetings from New York City"

    24th November, 2008

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    winglessangel383838 says:

    "I know if I'm having a bad day I can always head to Antoinette's stream for words of wisdom and a beautiful photo to bring a smile to my face!"

    15th November, 2008

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    Lumase says:

    "Antoinette's apparent lightness hides an infinite treasure box, with ever expanding walls of knowledge. Beside her unquestionably beautiful visual works, I feel her stream just like a universe of culture; and I'm grateful to her B(e)i(n)g Bang for what it started: a daily opportunity to find myself reacher."

    29th April, 2008

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    4Real says:

    "Flickr would be missing something vital without its colorfulexpressions! I wrote a testimonial for this dear friend well over a year ago, but with a recent change of her buddy icon, I felt like this was a perfect time for an update.

    Antoinette is the very heart and soul of an artist and visiting her photostream is nothing short of an adventure!!! She is in love with words, with ideas, with shapes, with color, with spontaneity, with sharing, with life … and she is in love with LOVE. Serendipity rules in her world! And through her amazing creativity she brings all these things to her photostream in one inspiring form or another! I promise, if you open yourself up to her work, you will be touched and will come away richer for the experience.

    Dear Antoinette, you are a true kindred spirit … a rare and precious treasure in my life. I am reminded of a quote you added to the comments of one of my photos:

    "Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends."
    ~ anon

    It's likely that Flickr will pass from our lives one day … but we will always be soul friends.

    Love and hugs from your 4Real friend,
    Larry

    p.s. Just came across this quote and HAD to add it … this is YOU, dearest friend!

    "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world."
    ~ Adlai E. Stevenson"

    3rd March, 2008

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    Blunder says:

    "What is freedom? Many things have been said on that subject. Personally I think that the soul can only be truly free when it can find a door or a window through which it can express itself creatively. Some people posses the skeleton key that unlocks all the doors and windows of the souls in the world, in every person. To me the Colorfulexpressions is one of those people. A one woman liberation force. It's impossible to see Antoinette's work and not be inspired."

    19th October, 2007

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    yufen* says:

    "Antoinette seems to me like an overactive child prodigy full of amazing creativity and ideas. Whenever I visit Antoinette's photostream, looking at the images and reading the words, I seem to hear her talking excitedly like a little girl waving her hands and running around the Flickr room hugging every friend visiting her. She has a very open mind and unique interpretation of things, people and events, which often leaves me speechless for quite a while. She is an artist but she has an Einstein brain. She is a caring and honest sister, too. I feel so blessed to have met her and known her little by little along the way. A photo having a piggie disguised as the little red riding hood was the first one that I commented on her photostream and I am still having fun wandering on this fairyland of hers meeting different fairytale personages disguised as chocolate, Easter eggs, clocks, stranded wood, etc."

    8th June, 2007

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    A-Cre8tive-lady says:

    "Antoinette is a wonderful person. She is very giving of her tallents and her time. She always has very kind worda to say when she leaves acomment. Words can't describe how much her friend ship means to us all. So this poem really says it all.


    You are unique and special
    No one else has your special blend of talents, abilities and vision
    No one else can love exactly like you love
    And care exactly like you care
    And feel exactly like you feel
    No one else can fill your shoes like you do
    So hold your head up…you are one of a kind
    ~Larry / 4Real~


    Always, Brandie"

    18th April, 2007

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    vasta says:

    "Antoinette's great heart reflects itself in her photography. Her photos, like her, and creative, warm, and full of heart. They reach out to each and every one of us and make us smile and chuckle and reflect.

    I feel lucky to be considered Antoinette's friend, because she makes me feel loved and wanted every day in many ways. I hope I can do the same for her."

    10th February, 2007

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    peggy. says:

    "It is hard to find words to describe Antoinette's work -- there are simply TOO many! You'll find her sensitivity and emotion shine through her always creative images. The digital art in her stream is an inspiration to me, as well as the way she chooses always the right words for her motivational posters. I'm proud to call her my flickr friend and can't wait to see what's in store for us next from Antoinette!!"

    25th December, 2006

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    Chris KWM says:

    "The Journal Lady® is a hoot. Her photos are colourful (of course), playful, fun and full of photoshop imagination. She makes her images speak deeply and playfully at the same time and that is quite a gift. Hang around her photostream a while - it's a good place to be."

    13th October, 2006

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