Fine Art Friday

"The woods are full of fairies; the sea is full of fish; the trees are full of golden leaves; let's make an autumn wish."
-Anonymous

Hello! I hope you had a great week. I know mine flew by!! Both of my boys are in school now - talk about odd!! I am sure I will adjust though. Speaking of adjusting, another thing I have had to adjust lately is the thermostat. I have been able to turn the air conditioning off - YEAH!! Fall is my favorite time of the year, so I am looking forward to the enjoyment it brings. Today, Fine Art Friday will help you get in the fall spirit. Enjoy!

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
-Albert Camus

1.) Autumn Elegance Leaf
2.) Autumn Leaves
3.) Autumnal Maple Leaf
4.) Red Maple Leaf
5.) Fall Feelings
6.) Autumn Oak Leaf
7.) Fall Leaf
8.) Autumn Leaves
9.) Autumn Falling Leaf


"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns."
-George Eliot

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Fine Art Friday

Hello and TGIF!! I really meant to blog all this week, but life threw me a few curve-balls and it just was not possible. I hope you are doing well and enjoying everything life has to offer. I love hydrangeas and decided to spread the love. Enjoy!



1.) Blue Hydrangea
2.) Jewel Hydrangea
3.) Blue hydrangea
4.) Hydrangea
5.) Hydrangea Bouquet
6.) Hydrangea 2
7.) Hydrangeas in vase
8.) Hydrangeas in Glass
9.) Hand Painted Canvas
10.) Blue Hydrangea
11.) Hydrangea Watercolor
12.) Bountiful Hydrangea
13.) Shades of blue

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites!

“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
-John Ruskin

Hello! TGIF, I think!! I hope you had a wonderful week! It was busy around here, but that is a good thing. I find that I am never too busy to sit and enjoy art. It seems to speak to me and can evoke so many feelings and change my mood instantly! What does art say to you? Today I would like to share some of my favorite abstract art - ENJOY!

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
-Michelangelo



1.) Original ABSTRACT Modern Contemporary Fine Art-LARGE 48x36-FAVORITE SEASON
2.) ORIGINAL Abstract Green and Blue Circles-Heavy Texture 16 X 20 Painting on Canvas
3.) Finding the Center-30x50 Original Fine Art Painting-10x30 Individual Canvases
4.) Original Acrylic Painting of Pear and Cherries
5.) ORIGINAL Abstract Impasto White Flowers Landscape Modern Palette Knife Painting
6.) MODERN ABSTRACT ORIGINAL PAINTING-18 X 24-TITLE SPEECHLESS

Thought of the Day:

"The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is."
-Alfred Tonnelle

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites!

"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."
-William James

Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful week! Mine has flown by! Today I have decided to share a few of my favorite vintage pyrex pieces! They will make cooking a blast! Enjoy!

"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think."
-Chinese Proverb



1.) Vintage Avocado Green Pyrex Dish
2.) Vintage Spring Blossom Green Pyrex Baker
3.) Vintage Pyrex Verde Mixing Bowl Set
4.) Vintage Lime Green Pyrex Pie Plate


Thought of the Day:

"Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped."
-African Proverb

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites!

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."
-Leopold Stokowski

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. Today I would like to share and song and video that I feel is truly magical. Enjoy!

"Music is what feelings sound like."
-Author Unknown




Thought of the Day:

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul”
-Plato

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites!

Hello! This is a bit late, but I wanted to share a treasury of some favorite items that I found on Etsy. The color periwinkle is a favorite, so I went with something different in stead of green. Enjoy!

'Ode to Perwinkle' by nikid

12 Lilac Periwinkle... priya123 $10.00	Classic design hand... dbabcock $50.00	SALE Periwinkle Si... MiCasaBella $29.00	Zen Sun Chalcedony ... panicmama $171.00
Sterling Silver Per... headoverloops $69.00	Remember Book Clubs... botanicalcreat... $13.00	Perwinkle Blue Leaf... FortyfourOrang... $38.00	Bluebell Blossom Ea... lazygiraffe $18.00
Periwinkle Avenue IllyriaPottery $68.00	Custom Buckle - Nat... stclairboutiqu... $75.00	Runner's High p... bridgemanstudi... $17.00	NEW Debbie Bliss Ba... flowerpondstud... $18.00
Periwinkle Fused Gl... lpjewelry $84.00	Clear Out Sale - Vi... BenAndOliver $4.75	Periwinkle Blue Cat... designsbylauri... $25.00	Handmade Lavender G... LavenderBeads $12.00

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Friday Favorites

"Mothers are those wonderful people who can get up in the morning before the smell of coffee."
-Author Unknown

Hello! Sorry for not posting the past couple of days, I decided to take a little break from the computer. I hope you are having a wonderful week - I don't know where my week has gone! As I was sitting here drinking my coffee I decided to search Etsy for handmade coffee mugs, sugar bowls and creamers - Enjoy my finds!

"No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness."
-Sheik Abd-al-Kadir



1.) Textured Mug
2.) Dogwood Sugar and Creamer Ceramic Set
3.) Turquoise and Green Coffee Mug
4.) Celadon Sugar and Creamer
5.) Tall Shiny Green Mug
6.) Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set

Thought of the Day:

"Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee."
-Author Unknown

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 11/12/2010

"He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals."
-Oscar Wilde

Hello! I try and try, but I always end up choosing items that are the color green! You will just have to humor me! Hopefully you will like this collection of favorites that I have assembled! Enjoy!

"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
Engrave this quote in Our Store!"
-Pablo Picasso



1.) Short Pebble Vase in Moss Green by kimwestad
2.) Handmade Vortex bowl by scottjennings
3.) Splash of Green Bowl by haugceramics
4.) Celadon Trillium Porcelain Bowl by EntropyDesigns
5.) Green dipping dish by Dovecotedesign
6.) Hollyhock Bowl by backcreekpottery

Thought of the Day:

"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind."
-Albert Schweitzer

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

TGIF!

"Eating pears cleans the teeth."
-Korean proverb

Hello! As a SAHM I don't think TGIF really means anything, however any reason to celebrate sounds good to me. Today I have a yummy recipe to share - make it a part of your weekend celebration. A friend of mine recently received a package full of pears and does not know what to do with them, so this post is for her! ENJOY!

"It is, in my view, the duty of an apple to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption."
-Edward Bunyard


Sauteed Pears w/ Clementines & Cottage Cheese

Ingredients:

* 1 cup orange juice
* 1/2 cup real maple syrup
* 4 medium pears, peeled and diced large
* 1 Tbsp non-salted butter
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* 3 Clementine tangerines, peeled, divided into segments
* 3 cups small curd cottage cheese
* Mint sprigs

Directions:

1.) Mix orange juice and maple syrup together in medium bowl.
2.) Add pears; toss well with mixture to keep pears from turning brown.
3.) Melt butter in saucepan on medium-high.
4.) Using strainer, drain juice mixture into pan; simmer 5 min to reduce by 1/2.
5.) Stir in cinnamon.
6.) Add drained pears; simmer 5-8 min. (pears should be somewhat soft, not mushy.)
7.) Add in tangerine segments; heat 2-3 min.
8.) Place 2 scoops cottage cheese on each serving plate.
9.) Surround with pear/orange mixture.
10.) Garnish cheese with sprig of mint.

Thought of the Day:

"You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice."
-Steven D. Woodhull

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 10/15/2010

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
-H.U. Westermayer

Hello! I hope you have had a wonderful week - mine flew by! For today's Friday Favorites I will be featuring items to decorate your home and table for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I go all out for it! What is not to love? Good food, cool weather, good food, family and friends, good food, oh and I cannot forget the pie!! ENJOY!

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
-W.J. Cameron



1.) Autumn leaves (orange), place cards
2.) Thanksgiving place card holders
3.) Cornucopia door basket Wreath
4.) Thanksgiving Place Cards
5.) Large Pinecone and wild rosehip wreath
6.) Woodland Stoneware Platter Tray
7.) Fall cornucopia centerpiece
8.) Block print linen napkins


Thought of the Day:

"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live."
-Jacqueline Winspear

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 10/8/2010

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." -Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Hello! Is it possible for me to have a Friday Favorites blog post without any green items in it? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! I just cannot help myself, I gravitate towards green without even thinking about it. Here are some interesting facts about the color green which help explain why. Enjoy!

Green occupies more space, in the spectrum visible to the human eye, than any other color, and is second only to blue as a favorite. Green is the most common color in the natural world, making it an ideal backdrop in design because we are so used to seeing it everywhere.

Natural greens, from forest to lime, are seen as tranquil and refreshing. Green is considered the color of peace and ecology.

There is also another side to green, one associated with illness and government-issued green cards, that conjures up negative emotions, as do the "slimy" or "bilious" greens.

How the color green affects us physically
* Soothes
* Relaxes mentally, as well as physically
* Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety
* Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony



White tree series No 1 - Original art landscape painting


Warm with you - Little birds archival print


Oval Serving Platter with Asian Inspired Texture


Shabby Cottage Bench Grass Green Farmhouse Primitive


“Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches."
-Federico Garcia Lorca

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 10/1/10

Hello! Sorry to be so short on posts lately. I feel like my life has been hi-jacked by my kids, school and extracurricular activities! I hope you had a great week! Enjoy my Friday favorites!

"If men liked shopping, they'd call it research."
-Cynthia Nelms



"The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one."
-Erma Bombeck

1.) go green reversible market day tote
2.) Green Picnic Damask Eye Mask with Dandolion Forest
3.) Handcut tree greetings card
4.) Pottery Basket Base, Start, Button for Coiling, Pale Seaspray
5.) Soap to Nuts Dish Bowl Handmade Pottery Wheel Turned Green Snack
6.) Serpentine Post Earrings in Sterling
7.) 9X12 Acrylic Triptych - Swaying Meadow Flowers
8.) Vintage Green Enamel Flower Brooch 1960s

"Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money."
-Author Unknown

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 9/3/2010

Hello! For today Friday favorites I would like to share some artwork, in green (of course) that I found while browsing Etsy. All this pieces of art are miniatures, known as ACEO's. What are ACEO's you ask? Well, let me tell you!

* ACEO's or Art Cards, Editions and Originals are miniature
works of art the size of a baseball or playing card.
* They can be framed or stored in an album. ACEOs can be
created in any medium available in the art world.
* There are no rules limiting the artist, except that the
dimensions have to be 2.5" x 3.5".
* They're a great way of collecting original art, at an
affordable price. Start your collection today!

Enjoy!



1.) Moss Green Dew Drops - Watercolor ACEO
2.) Artichoke study 2 original ACEO watercolor
3.) Original ACEO Twisted Bonsai Topiary
4.) Underwater Flowers-Yellow Flowers-ACEO Print
5.) Solitary Pear ACEO Print
6.) Manakin Bird Female - ACEO Original Pencil Drawing


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 8/27/2010

Hello! I know I have said this before (and I am sure I will say it again!), I have a problem! This time it is my wreath fetish. Wreaths? you say, as you chuckle aloud - YES, WREATHS! I collect wreaths like other people collect shells, or jewelry boxes, etc... I love beautiful wreaths, and I love looking at my front door with a wreath hanging on it! Wreaths just add a special touch to your home, they say, "Come on in and stay awhile!"

“Symbolizing eternal hope, the wreath goes 'round and 'round, and where it starts or ends cannot be found."
-Author Unknown



1.) Tuscan Autumn Copper Berry Feather Wreath
2.) Fall Tuscan Harvest Country Door Wreath
3.) Yarn Wreath Felt Handmade Door Decoration
4.) Fall Grapevine Wreath with Paper Leaves & Autumn Color Paper Flowers
5.) Leaves of Fall Wreath
6.) Honeysuckle Blaze Fall Vine Wreath
7.) Preserved Autumn Oak Leaf Wreath
8.) Fall Wreath

"A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns."
-John Milton


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 8/13/2010

Hello - TGIF! Today I have decided to share some of my favorite items that can be purchased on Etsy! Enjoy, but please don't buy them all - save me one or two!



1.) Palette Knife Original Acrylic Painting: End of the Day
2.) Landscape 116 Original Oil Painting
3.) ACEO Colorful Trees
4.) Tea Tidbits Stickers
5.) Vintage Summer Into Autumn Bowls
6.) Mini Halloween Jack O Lantern
7.) Bottecelli Vase
8.) Woman's Mary Jane Slippers
9.) Tiffany Sari Buttons
10.) Fullers Earth Clay Facial Bar
11.) Blankie and Softie gift set in a travel case
12.) Gourd Bird house with Holly Design

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Friday Favorites: 6/16/2010

“This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow.”
-Margaret Lindsey

Hello! I hope you have had a wonderful week! It was HOT (90's) in CNY this week and very humid! We definitely took full advantage of our pool! Now, I am on vacation - as you read this I will be enjoying some quality family time! Hopefully you get the chance to do the same! In the interest of time, I have made an Etsy mini for today's Friday favorites! You can click right on any picture and it will take you to that Etsy shop! Enjoy!

“Something handmade is so much more meaningful.”
-Beth Wert


Silly Joke of the Day:
What kind of eggs does a wicked chicken lay?
.....Deviled eggs.

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Facebook Friday!

Hello! I saw this on facebook and had to share! Enjoy!

Friday Favorites: 6/18/2010

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
-Mark Twain


Hello! I hope everyone has had a great week. Mine was busy, it was my 7 year old's last full week of school. He has three half days next week, then summer vacation. I do not know about you, but I think children should go to school year round, with a week off every 6 weeks or so. Anyways, off my soap box. I want to share some of my favorites - ENJOY!


Sterling Silver & Resin Stud Earrings by Sigalit

“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.”
-Lana Turner


Spring Is In The Air Original Oil Painting by Minimasterpieces

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
-Pablo Picasso


Translucent Blue Glass Discs by Alisha White

“Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn't seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.”
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Pretty In Pink 2 - Original Watercolor ACEO by Shop Julie

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
-Chinese Proverb


Teacup or Juice Tumbler in Aqua & Peacock Green by Luckalilly

"All this of Pot and Potter- Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
-Omar Khayyam


Vintage Harmony House Melmac Set by Old Growth

“Wishes won't wash dishes”
-American Proverb


Silly Joke of the Day:

What is Medusa's favorite cheese?
...... Gorgonzola!

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!