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
If you have a sec, take a peek at our first children's book!
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Groups (50)
- Postcards 44834 photos, 974 members
- Handmade postcards 1541 photos, 276 members
- Textile Postcards 126 photos, 29 members
- Mail Art 5597 photos, 902 members
- Our Memories, Our Times - Seen in Green Contest - *Enter Now* 49706 photos, 2929 members
- GOLD STAR AWARD {Invited Photos Only} - post1/comment2 273866 photos, 40864 members
- Artist's Houses and Gardens 3291 photos, 224 members
- The Pleasures of the Text 3274 photos, 395 members
- Cartel - Doors.. or Walls.. or Windows.. or All 5378 photos, 384 members
- Words as PhotoArt © 153 photos, 53 members
- Fine-ART photos (Invite only) 36465 photos, 11321 members
- Michelangelo's Box (Invited Images Only) 14279 photos, 2854 members
- Earth Mosaic 2009 5203 photos, 2979 members
- Violet Hill 525 photos, 340 members
- Postage Stamp It! Art 725 photos, 114 members
- Newspaper Art 67 photos, 10 members
- Your Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas and the Stamen group 49 photos, 21 members
- World of Imagination 6272 photos, 584 members
- Paths (Caminhos) 27337 photos, 5395 members
- Binding Flickr Friendships 101 photos, 32 members
- Poems, Pixels, & Prose! 6141 photos, 749 members
- The Enchanted Carousel (Invited Images) 7170 photos, 1714 members
- ARTiculate Images 3977 photos, 346 members
- MagicDonkey 11064 photos, 1204 members
- ImagePoetry-ImagePoésie / ADMIN INVITE ONLY / +15f 49104 photos, 6164 members
- Pareidolia 3229 photos, 652 members
- Only bLu 7583 photos, 1243 members
- The Calendar as Art 166 photos, 101 members
- Fav photographer (Invite Only) 8324 photos, 2851 members
- Excellence in Floral Photography_INVITED IMAGES ONLY 35941 photos, 8251 members
- Flickrs Best (Invite Required for Every Image!) 80460 photos, 15962 members
- visual journals 19067 photos, 1474 members
- Orton Addicts (Post one Comment one) 7114 photos, 1036 members
- Orton 22563 photos, 4196 members
- An Awesome Shot! Invited Photos ONLY!! 371325 photos, 49613 members
- Explore Top 20 1847 photos, 652 members
- Impressed by your Beauty! {Invite Only} - MOSAIC GAME 221310 photos, 34360 members
- Letterpress 7230 photos, 1159 members
- Shield Of Excellence - INVITED PICS ONLY 267113 photos, 38774 members
- Interestingness | Must be in Top 10 15625 photos, 7262 members
- Search the Best...Invited Photos Only 94327 photos, 18456 members
- The Best: BRAVO (INVITED images only) 59674 photos, 8028 members
- ╠Art Libre-Free Art-Arte Libre-Freie Kunst-INVITED PIX ONLY 37368 photos, 7442 members
- Hearts OF Nature 3909 photos, 1649 members
- Art Dolls 14735 photos, 1442 members
- Six Word Story 18682 photos, 2975 members
- POSTER DESIGN 16658 photos, 5016 members
- *amazing nature* 94570 photos, 3215 members
- MY WINNERS (Moderated Queue) Post 1 must comment 2/Sweeper activ 704156 photos, 77661 members
- ABSTRACT ART - *comment 1 per post 105465 photos, 8116 members
Testimonials (11)
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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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The Visions of Kai | New York City 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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Cre8tivelady 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












