My Christmas Spirit has finally shown up.
Sharing a bit of it with you...and hoping you all enjoy a beautiful holiday with the people who mean the most to you.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Favorite Quotes
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Everything is a miracle.
~Pablo Picasso
Passions are the gales of life.
Everything is a miracle.
~Pablo Picasso
Passions are the gales of life.
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
~A. Pope
...I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
~ A. Hepburn
~A. Pope
...I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
~ A. Hepburn
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About Me
- Marnie
- Irish/German Virgo married to Irish Cancer; three grown step-sons; stitchaholic/ flosstitute; avid shutterbug; seriously superstitious, Saved by Grace, addicted to holiday traditions and seeking professional help.
Favorite Things:
- dogs of all shapes and sizes, uplifting music, Sunday mornings, waterlilies, Easter, daffodils, dragonflies, bees, peacocks, cardinals, hummingbirds, elephants, pineapples, Fall, pumpkins, acorns, thistles, teacups, scones, seashells, thunderstorms, tiny tins, Christmas, poinsettias, the color red, folk art, cable knit sweaters, my Duke Blue Devils, Italian pottery, French pastries, Spanish guitar, Irish linen, and poetry
Current WIPs & UFOs
- Peacock canvas
- Charlie Harper canvas
- Monet's London Sunset
- Ironwork of New Orleans
- NOEL sampler
- Frank Lloyd Wright Waterlilies
- Fish needlebook
- Edward Scissorsfish
- Medici Vase
- Adam and Eve Sampler
- Purple/white hardanger cross
- Aztec Stitch Bookmark
- VS "Fire" band sampler
- WV Creativity Challenge
- VS Winter Poinsettia biscornu
Biggies, On Deck
- Tiffany style Birds and Bamboo
- Ruth's Church
- A Walk in the Woods sampler
- Bremantown Musicians
- Celtic Autumn
- Erica Michael's "My Ship"
- Gold
- Frankincense
- Myrrh
- Santa of the Forest
- Three Wise Men
- VS "Green Earth" band sampler
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The decorations are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI have a story to tell. Bryan wasn’t much into Christmas dishes and since it was his kitchen, and he did all the cooking, I was okay with that! [Excellent compromise in my opinion.]
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I decided that this year I’d see if I could find a set of salad/luncheon sized plates with some festive decorations to use with Bryan's cobalt blue fiestaware. So off I go to Elder-Beerman…my favorite place to shop.
So I’m browsing at all the pretties when I step around a display and there it is: the perfect plate. The colors go together, it’s festive, and best of all it has a beautiful cardinal on it! Perfect…except that they only had 1 and its 5:30 the night before Christmas Eve.
I recognize the fact that it wasn’t meant to be. After getting over my disappointment, I purchased a set of beautiful Lenox dessert plates with four different birds (including my cardinal) surrounded by a lovely red bow. They looked so pretty on the cobalt fiesta plates Christmas day.
Now here’s where the story takes a twist. After the festivities were over, dishes were done, and company gone I decided to catch up on reading my email and favorite blogs (I really enjoy seeing what that gorgeous dog is up to). To my surprise, there’s Marnie’s table all decked out in my perfect plates!
Beautiful table, it just wasn’t mine…sigh…
That sled is absolutely GORGEOUS! Is it full size? Did you paint it??? My heavens I've looked and looked at it...thinking about hmmmm.....could I do something like that?
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