marciabrady: “I bought some perfume bottles with exotic shapes. I learned from them how to render glass in unusual shapes, such as a slipper. Then I could apply my knowledge of how the smooth glass catches light and reflects back sharp-edged highlights.” -Ken O’Connor, the art designer of Cinderella’s 1950 glass slippers.

prettyscar: “The young prince bowing to the assembly. Suddenly, he stops. He looks up. For lo… there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care, for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.”