Smoke and mirrors!

Hi Girls!  Wow, I am blushing over your very kind comments!  I sure do hope that by posting my photos I was not digging for compliments, that certainly was not my intent but I will gladly and appreciatively take them nonetheless!  Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart! 
Oh, and I feel I must confess...I wear makeup the consistency of spackle, false eyelashes daily, I color my hair (shhh...don't tell!) and I spend a lot of time roaming the house in pink curlers in an effort to tame my fro-ball!  I just felt like I was cheating, only showing photos of when I am "all dolled up."  If you saw me right now for instance you would want to stage an intervention; seriously, you would! 
On a slightly different note...typepad is driving me NUTS!  I want so badly to comment back to all of you and leave comments on your blogs and grrrr there are those blogs where I have no idea why but I am having trouble leaving comments! 
So, dearest Jennie from Falling Down the Rabbit Hole, I adore your blog and I so appreciate your visiting mine!  Every time I visit, that sweet photo of you as a tot in your side bar just melts my heart!   
Vicki, from Hollyhocks, your blog is another one of my favorites and some days typepad will let me leave a comment and other days it won't except my email.  But I so want to send you my very best wishes and support! 
And Michelle from the Red Velvet Shoe, you are such a glamour girl, so very inspiring to me! 
If you haven't visited Jennifer over at her still rather new blog, A Hoot and a Holler, please do!  They are the cutest little family and I am so smitten with her little girls!  Just the cutest! 
I know that whether or not I leave comments on others' blogs is realistically probably of little or no consequence to the would be comment recipient but nonetheless, not being able to on some blogs is driving me a little cuckoo so I just thought I would at least extend my appreciation here! 

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As I have rambled about before, I am decorating our house.  Very, very slowly I might add!  It is my goal to buy only vintage (recycled) furnishings.  But when it comes to art, Richard and I decided we could splurge on one special piece that could really set the tone for the rest of our decor.  Holy moly!  Am I naive or what!  Good art is darn expensive!  As it should be of course once I think about it, I guess I just never thought about it!  I just have to share some of the artists I have discovered via cottagechicstore.com.  I'd have to sell an organ to be able to afford any of it right now but they are so spirited and happy and just what I have been looking for (minus the price tag!) 

These are by an artist named Kyle (no last name, just Kyle, kind of like Cher I guess. ;) 

And these are Catherine Elizabeth Morris.  Lovely!

I am off to finish painting the family room a color my husband calls "happy green." 
Have a lovely weekend! 

Comments

[Dawn Gahan]

Mornin' Cece!

For artwork, here's an idea that I thought was just lovely . . . a guy I work with, Blake, had this made for his wife for Mother's Day. Not sure how much it cost, but I betcha it cost less than purchasing something new just like it. Anyways . . .

His wife has a recipe card from her grandmother for a cherished family recipe for cornbread. Like most recipe cards passed on, it's handwritten in a familiar cursive, somewhat stained and dog-eared, definitely just as special as the cornbread itself. The grandmother just recently passed away. Blake had the card blown up to 8 feet by 4 feet onto a piece of canvas and then stretched over a wooden frame. He plans on giving it to his wife today to hang in the dining room. Leaving it unframed, just a canvas, will be so stunning and simple.

Imagine looking at that everyday. Artwork can't get much more special than that!

Dawn

P.S. Love the idea about the shades with pom pom trim. Also, have been brainstorming ideas about the chandelier; I promise that I will not throw it out! I passed your congrats on to Harleigh; she thinks you're stunning and sweet (what a great combo!!!).

[theredvelvetshoe]

Good Morning Cece,

It does matter to us when we don't hear from you! I look forward to all my readers visits & I think it was really sweet of you to remember me in this post!!
I loved the "spackle" make up comment!! I don't know if I am the Glamour girl my blog makes me out to be. . .the "getting ready" to venture out routine is different every and day, as is the final result!
Love the cheerful artwork. Warning:Having it custom framed is practically as much as the art itself! (I worked in a gallery for years!)
Have a happy day!
Michelle

[christine rose elle]

Hi Cece!
great paintings! I can't wait to see how your house is shaping up! I loved your pix from the flea market too! You are as pretty as can be!
Have a great day!
xxoo
Christine

[Cherry Tree Lane]

The paintings are MARVELOUS! I adore them! The color is so vibrant and pretty.....

[Vicki]

Hi Cece! Thanks for the good wishes. I check in here all of the time. That purse post is killing me...I so need a pink or turquoise-or both- wallet. Speaking of makeup...I usually buy cheap everything except eye shadow and...my vice, I have my lipstick custom-made. It's Prescriptives fault! They discontinued my shade and I had to have it recreated.

[valerie]

i can't wait to see photos of your house. i know it's darling... that was an amazing find (your toleware chandelier). i've been looking for one of those myself. please show photos of your dining area and your happy green living room when they're completed!

[Adla]

Cece dear, the paintings are really bright and refreshing, the price tag on the other hand like you say is another story. I hope you get the painting you want to add to your decor, I wouldn't mind one or two of them myself...maybe someday, I will have to fast for a year or two perhaps! :)

chat soon, Adla

[Jennifer]

Wow! What beautiful paintings. Thank you for the sweet comment. I actually love hearing from all my new "bloggy friends".