tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72391651854392483242024-02-06T21:55:03.900-06:00Carol Reynolds DesignsCarol Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876237387721651292noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239165185439248324.post-59057242972744022162014-11-12T19:56:00.001-06:002014-11-12T19:56:47.582-06:00A Letter to Santa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #666666;">Time for the...</span></em></h2>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>There is only one thing I can think of that is bad about living</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">in a house full of boys. Well maybe two. :)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">They will not...I repeat NOT... allow me to watch my beloved </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">MGM musicals of the 1940's & 1950's.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">And right now, with all of these cold, snowy, rainy days that have lingered</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">throughout the month of March,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I am in dire need of some music and <span style="color: magenta;">COLOR</span> in the form of</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Judy Garland</span> & <span style="color: lime;">Fred Astaire</span>!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">an Easter stroll down 5th Avenue with Judy & Fred!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">To forget for a moment how hard winter is trying to keep its hold </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">on us here in </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Middle Tennessee,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and walk arm in arm with a dapper gentleman, admiring all the</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Easter finery as it glides past you on the streets of New York,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and most importantly,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">to breathe in the lovliness of Springtime.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Sigh!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I realize that I am a good month away from getting my springtime</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">wish,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">but, this year I am quite anxious for warm weather & spring flowers...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I do miss my musicals!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Here for your enjoyment is my very own little</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">blessed & colorful holiday!</span></em><br />
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Carol Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876237387721651292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239165185439248324.post-44492028486233517592013-03-21T11:45:00.000-05:002013-03-21T11:45:55.662-05:00Do You Have Your Easter Bonnet?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This amazingly, beautiful woman was my grandmother.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">When I think of her, two things immediately come to mind.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">First, that I could easily write an entire blog/book about my </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">beloved </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Granny,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and secondly, I realize just how much like </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">her I am.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">She too was a teacher, writer and avid gardener;</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">had to be working on something all the time </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">(the woman never sat still!),</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">loved needlework, little children and</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">hats.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Oh... how she loved hats!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">No outfit was complete without a matching hat-</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">there was no telling how many she owned.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">In her later years, the task of finding hats for Granny fell</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">to my mother and aunt. It was great fun to go with them </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">on these excursions because we would all get to "model"</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> our </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">finds.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Our favorite places to shop for hats in Nashville were</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Lovemans, Petway Revis, Rich Schwartz and Harveys</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">(Harvey's was my favorite as it meant a trip downtown!).</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">As Easter draws near, thoughts of my Granny and her Easter</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">bonnets naturally come to mind.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I have a passion for hats as well, not only to wear,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">but to use in my numerous creations.</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I have</em></span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>scads of vintage hats that I have collected over the years</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">that have graced everything from Santa Clauses, to snow women </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and Easter chicks & bunnies.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I just adore beautiful bonnets...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">June & Lucy,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">wearing their fashionable spring millenary:</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>And of course, I can't leave out my most favorite hat of all...</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">If my Granny were alive today,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I'm sure she would be pleased to see that hats are indeed</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">quite the fashion in these parts...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">thanks to our very own Steeplechase and the mind blowing</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">couture seen on Downton Abbey.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I'm envious of the fact that she and her six sisters probably</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> wore </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">these heavenly confections as young girls-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">What an Easter parade that would have been!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I will end today with some special Easter bonnets for you~</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">antique engravings inspired by the French women</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">of the 1780's.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">And to my Granny... </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Happy Easter.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm not sure whether its my total fascination with the</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">incredible period attire worn by the cast of <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><strong>Downton Abbey</strong></span>,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">or the "<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">oh so chic</span>" fashion paraded on the Red Carpet these </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">last weeks that have me longing to have a reason to play</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> "dress up" myself. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> Wouldn't all of us ladies love just once to be</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">draped in something sparkly from <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Harry Winston</span>?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Or the chance to don a hat like my favorite resident dowager,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Violet</span>?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Since the likelihood of either one of those happening is quite</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> slim </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">for me, </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I have to fill that impulse in other ways.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">fashion trends. But I especially love seeing all of the altered</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">vintage dress mannequins that show up from time to time.</span></em> </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>They are truly inspirational! So much in fact, that I just had</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">to do one for myself.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">The first challenge was to find a mannequinn I could afford. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> I literally </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">drooled over the ones I saw at the Paris flea market</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> a couple</span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> of </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">years ago. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> But alas, they were not in my budget~ nor</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> would they have fit in my luggage!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Luck was with me however this past fall when I spied one at</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">a county antique fair. <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><strong>Madge</strong></span> (thats her name~) probably came</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">from a department store in the 1950's~ which is considered an</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> antique these days by some standards (though certainly not</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">mine!), and she had seen better days for sure. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">However, I recognized a "diamond in the rough" and knew with</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">a little spackling & duct tape, she could be "Red Carpet"</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">material!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If only it took that to get me ready these days! Oh well!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">With Phase 1 of "project Madge" completed, I could move</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">quickly to the fun part. I decoupaged her bust with old </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">book pages & inferma, and began assembling paper</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">flowers from coffee filters for her ball gown. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Using an antique hoop skirt </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">from the 1860's </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">( yes- I know you must have one lying around </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">your house </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">as well! </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Mine was leftover from a project I had </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">done for Nashville's Cheekwood several years ago~), tulle</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and the paper flowers, I was able to construct a fairly decent</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">To complete her ensemble, I wrapped the shoulders in a</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">vintage fur caplet, added a little bling...and of course,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">a crown...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">and voila!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Madge was ready for her closeup!</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I must take this opportunity to present a few of the dress</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>a backseat to many of these creative beauties...</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Until then, I really had not given it much thought~</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">but indeed, she is quite right.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> My love affair with tiny things began long ago when I was in the</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Fifth Grade (and that WAS long ago!). Our assignment was to create</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Digging through the endless poetry books in our school library, I came</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Joan Walsh Anglund.</strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">I became</span> <span style="color: #666666;">completely enthralled by her artwork~</span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">tiny little ink drawings of cherub-cheeked children with two little eyes.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Illustrations that begged for one to look closely so as not to miss her tiny</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">a little snail making its way through the tall grass, a robin pulling up an</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">was published in 1958 and was followed by dozens more little books </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I connected with her artwork, and soon I was lining my bedroom walls</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">flattery!) and determined that I too would one day become an</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">My fascination with her work continued in high school.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I think every important event that happened in my life during</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">those four years were dutifully recorded in my Joan Walsh Anglund </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">calendars </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">(which I still have~). Years later, when my sons were born,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">their nursery walls were decorated with my hand-painted cut outs</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">of the characters I had so loved way back when.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I loved going antiquing with my mother~</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">usually it was just to window shop. But on one particular outing,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">I spied a tiny little vase that I just had to have~</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em>I have no</em></span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em>idea what drew me to the tiny</em></span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em>vase,</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">but I was thrilled with my purchase and have continued to collect</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">them over the years. Today, I proudly display them all in an antique</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"> "Chocolate Box" from Holland that I received as a wedding present.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My husband's</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> grandmother, the elegant Caroline Ball</span></em></span>,<br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em>loved "pretty little things" as well. </em></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em> The entrance hall of </em></span><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">her beautiful home was lined with glass</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"> display cabinets </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">that showcased a massive collection of </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">crystal paperweights.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">She also loved collecting tiny boxes.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Her living room was filled with dainty "eye candy"~</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">porcelain French Limoges & enameled Halcyon boxes from </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">London literally spilled onto every table.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Today, we are fortunate to have several of these beautiful little</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">treasures and thanks to my husband & my family,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">I have my own "Momsie" table in my living room</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">filled with my own "eye candy".</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">"Little things" play a big part in my work.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">In fact, my favorite part of any project comes when I can sit</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"><em>back & begin to add what I think of as<span style="color: #ea9999;"> <strong>the fun part</strong></span>~</em> </span><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">or adding the details. At this point, I get to rifle through</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">my stash of "stuff" and find the perfect way to make my project</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">special. For that reason, my studio is filled with a vast array of</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">little things: jewelry, toys, doll clothes & accessories, ribbons,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">millenary...the list goes on. I never know exactly what the </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">"end product" </span></em><em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">will be, but I credit Joan Walsh Anglund's art</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666;">Please enjoy a few of my favorite little things from my studio:</span></em></h2>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Little things fire my imagination and make all things possible...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">But the mere mention of a good old-fashioned blizzard in</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">the Northeast makes me pea-green with envy!!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">I live in Tennessee where we can clock on an egg timer</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">how quickly the weather will change.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">One moment its freezing cold-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">the next moment it's 70 degrees and my daffodils & poor</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">cherry trees are starting to bloom!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">I have watched snowstorms march across the Kentucky</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">counties just to the north of us,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">as well watched them smugly slide as far south as Birmingham</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">and Atlanta.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">But alas, here in Middle Tennessee- nary a flake!</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>When I was growing up, </em></span><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">we had tons of snow! </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">You could always tell when it had snowed during the night</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">because it was so very quiet in the morning....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">and the smell of my mother's pancakes were heavenly!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">But, the biggest thrill for my sisters & I was waiting for my Daddy</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;"> to come home early so he could take us sledding.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">He would pile as many neighborhood kids as he could into the back</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">We would sled well into the early evening when we would </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">The landscape literally glowed from the light of the snow,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">My mom always had hot chocolate waiting for everybody</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">If so... we'd do it all over again!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">"little blizzard" with the help of some of my papier mache</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">My sled ( the same one we've been using for about 50 years!)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">hangs ready in our garage- just in case</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">I wake up to a very quiet morning...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">These are actually papier mache boxes. Their lids can</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">be removed to hide a special Birthday suprise!</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Ahhh~ Marie Antoinette.</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">The original Birthday Girl, oui?</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">This little queen is actually a cupcake box which also opens to hold a </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">A new crown perhaps?</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">We ALL deserve to be</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia;">Queen for a Day!</span></em></td></tr>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">They will keep me in the birthday spirit all year!</span></em></td></tr>
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<br />Carol Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876237387721651292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239165185439248324.post-9454095913021860152012-12-18T11:29:00.000-06:002013-01-06T17:23:59.082-06:00A Merry Little Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snapped a picture of these adorable snowmen at my friend Deb's Christmas Brunch. <br />
Aren't they precious? (ok-ok- I made a couple of them! But I love seeing my work<br />
in my friends' homes! Makes me smile!).</td></tr>
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<em>As</em> <em> I was taking a stroll down "memory lane" to find pictures</em></div>
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<em>Would love to share these with you too...</em></div>
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<em>She is truly one of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">SANTA"S LITTLE HELPERS!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black;">Santa & I could not do without her!</span></em></div>
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<em>Patty sews them all!</em></div>
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<em>Stocking Collection: carolreynoldsdesigns.etsy.com).</em></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truly one of my favorite things.... an antique German Putz church from the late 1800's.<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I decided to decorate her this year instead of a tree!</span></em></div>
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<em>My Christmas goodies spilled over into my house...</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Poor November.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Sandwiched between the exciting months of</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">this month just doesn't stand a chance!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">By the time I'm through with goblins & ghosties,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">it's time to anticipate </span></em><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">(or dread!) visions of</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">sugar plum fairies and reindeer.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Luckily for me,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">I woke up today to a spectacular November morn.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">With coffee cup in hand, I gazed out my kitchen window </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">and beheld this wondrous sight...</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>And even though the themometer read 28 degrees,</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">I simply could not resist the sight of my</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Japanese Maple weighted down with a thick coating of frost...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">and shimmering like a jewel in the early morning sun.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">So, I did what every good blogger would do...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">I grabbed my camera- and my husband-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">and hurried outside to take in this amazing spectacle of nature.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Just when I thought the autumn leaves of Middle Tennessee</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">had shown me their best finery-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">here they were- dazzling me as never before!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Hydrangeas are the gifts that NEVER stop giving.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Even as their leaves and blossoms are fading,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">they still are able to put everything else in one's garden</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">to shame.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia;">a perfect little red hydrangea leaf nestled among the</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia;">frosted green leaves of my lenten roses!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Even though by now, my fingers are beginning to feel numb</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">and the thought of another hot cup of coffee is calling out to me-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">I just couldn't resist crossing the bridge behind our house</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">to see what our river held in store for us this morning.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">My husband & I were not disappointed.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">The mist rising off the chilly water and the thick frost</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">that caked the river bank ,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">helped to create an ethereal painting </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">for my husband & me.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Across the river,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">we were serenaded by a rather noisy gaggle of </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">probably haggling over the last bits of corn in the field.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">It was a splendid sight.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">One I knew would be quickly disappearing as winter draws near...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">and also a reminder of what a</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">real jewel, the month of</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">NOVEMBER</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">is.</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>And now,</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">LET'S TALK TURKEY!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Here's a little Thanksgiving gift from me to you.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">A wonderful old print for you to copy & use</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">as Thanksgiving placecards!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Love Mr. Turkey!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">"like peas and carrots"!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">At least, they did in my household.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For over twenty years I have been outfitting & hosting all manner of goblins </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and ghoulies, and with the arrival of my grandson five years ago,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">a new generation of "Trick or Treaters" was born.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">When my boys were growing up,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">we spent hours turning our front yard into the neighborhood cemetery</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Bonnie & Clyde, Jack the Ripper & Bluebeard were all buried here),</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">transforming our basement into a fabulous <span style="color: #b45f06;">Haunted House</span>!</span></em></div>
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<em>In our Haunted House, no "sissified" things were allowed.</em></div>
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<em>Our visitors were treated to jars of eyeballs, ears & tongues,</em></div>
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<em>Here also,</em></div>
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<em>For many years, Halloween meant moonlit hayrides back down our country road,</em></div>
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<em>and one year, we held my son's birthday party in the basement.</em></div>
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<em>Alas, little boys grow up,</em></div>
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<em>and all too soon it is sooo not cool to dress up for Halloween.</em></div>
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<em>I bemoaned this fact for a couple of years,</em></div>
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<em>and suddenly I had a new little goblin on the block,</em></div>
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<em>so last year I had a grand <span style="color: #b45f06;">Halloween</span> dinner for my Supper Club crew.</em></div>
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<em>While my favorite witch, <span style="color: #b45f06;">Hortense</span>, held court in the dining room,</em></div>
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<em>we sat down to a "spooktacular " autumn meal,</em></div>
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<em>Each guest had his own little tombstone beside his plate...</em></div>
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<em>Mine of course read:</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">What can we say?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">She was </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Perfect</span></em></div>
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<em>Today, another generation of little goblins is enjoying<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Halloween</span></em></div>
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<em>"Mimi" style.</em></div>
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<em>We are getting ready for the big day </em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">afternoon or evening than on our back porch.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><em>My love</em> <em>affair with porches began many years ago when my husband and I</em></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">would spend time at his grandmother's cottage in what we now call</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"the old Destin, Florida."</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perched on a bluff, her screened-in porch overlooked the little harbor,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and for many years, had a wonderfully uninterrupted view across the dunes to the Gulf.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><em>That of course has changed, </em><em>but the ambiance of her porch with its old</em></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">swing and wicker furniture remains with me today-</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and stirs the fondest of memories.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our own porch overlooks the Harpeth River in Franklin, Tennessee,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and provides us a wonderful window from which to view the changing seasons, as well </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">as the occasional "river critters" that often wander by.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><em>Although the porch is only 12 years old, </em><em>it was in need of some sprucing up,</em></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and, we wanted to add a fireplace in order to extend its use into what we consider</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the best season of the year~autumn!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And, as I simply can't resist 'Before & After' pictures,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to do a little picture diary of our project:</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With a little "camera magic,"</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have fast forwarded our project for you. Our new fireplace was built where </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the original porch doors were located. I am fascinated with the workmanship of</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">stone masons. They were able to replicate the look of our other chimneys perfectly.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The floor is waiting for a fresh coat of creamy white paint,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and if you look up, you can see the old mahogany rowboat hanging from the ceiling!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The boat is truly amazing and belonged to my husband's grandfather</span>.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While the workmen were busy with the construction,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found a few projects of my own to keep me adequately busy until they were finished.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My old columns.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm a fool for architectural salvage, and I have had these on the porch for quite some</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">time. I decided to strip the old paint off and to expose the natural color underneath so they would</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Accomplishing this distressed look was almost my undoing, as once I started the process</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">there was no turning back! I gave up counting how many layers of paint there were- </span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><em>and I don't </em><em>want to even think about all the lead in that old paint that I probably came </em></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I added touches of some of these luscious<strong> </strong><strong>Benjamin Moore</strong> colors ~</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">love, love, love them!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, I do NOT sew anything on a sewing machine.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, I headed to my favorite source: <span style="color: #76a5af;"><strong>ETSY</strong>.</span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Again, I used burlap (from some old mulch bags! Who knew?!).</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Love my Blue Heron pillows. They inhabit our river~ and we are in awe of them.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">these days! Speaking of furnishings, the sofa and matching side chairs came from</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We our found our coffee table in Birmingham, Alabama, and the wicker rockers in the </span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">reason to believe that <strong><em>Christmas</em></strong> is my favorite</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">holiday...and they would be correct.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: orange;"><strong><em>Halloween</em></strong></span> runs a <em>very </em>close second!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Jack-o-lanterns- bats- spiders-candy corn-</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I love it all!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I am particularly fond of witches-</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">and would love to introduce you to a few of these</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">"<em>frightfully fashionable</em>" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Ladies of the Night!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Rumour is that she is quite cantankerous & brooding;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Since I'm not really an "orange" kinda girl,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">greys, ochre yellows & greens, dusty blues & violets,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">robin's egg blue, and a rather stunning teal color that</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">blended fabulously with all of my choices.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Before long, I had completed my little velvet pumpkin patch-</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">however,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">they seemed a lttle... well, ordinary to me.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I began hunting through my stash of old jewelry, trim</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Pumpkins that would turn heads on any New York fashion runway!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I'm sure <strong><em>Joan Rivers</em></strong> and her <strong><em>Fashion Police</em></strong> will have lots to </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello </span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Again! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">there will be lots more pictures today! </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I realize that my first </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">post did little to introduce myself, or </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">enlighten you as to what </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">the heck I even do. I think I was just stunned that after all </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">my tinkering around on the computer over the last few months, I </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">had actually accomplished my "extremely late" New Year's </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Resolution to write a blog!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">My name is Carol Reynolds.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and today live on the outskirts </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">of Nashville in Historic Franklin, Tennessee with my husband, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">two almost-grown sons, and my grandson, in a wonderful old house </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">that was built in 1805. On some level, I have been an artist all </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">of my life, but in 2005, I suprised even myself when I attempted </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">to make a full-sized Santa Claus- and it actually turned out </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">looking like...well a Santa! Even though I had never sculpted anything with </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">papier mache(a very forgiving medium!),I became </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">hooked and soon began scouring flea markets everywhere in search </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">of vintage clothing, accessories and toys to add to my Santas. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">My next big suprise came when my friends</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">(very special ladies who believed in me) wanted to buy them!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">Their encouragement and enthusiasm were all I needed to keep </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">going. My first year in "business" I had a wonderful little home </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">show and was asked to display my Santas at</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">I was on my way!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">Two years after I started, my little enterprise was growing </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">and suddenly my kitchen and office space were way too small </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">to accomodate my work(or my mess!).</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">My family was also planning a mutiny...they were tired of </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">glitter all over the house...and I quite agreed!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">Luckily, a solution was at hand.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">There happened to be a 100 year old smoke house on our property </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">that would work out perfectly for a studio. I threw my husband's </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;"> I had visited Carmel, California years ago and was </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">thoroughly enamored with the little town's precious storybook architecture. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">With these images in mind, I sketched out my </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">"dream studio." First, however, I would need a builder who </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">understood the complexities of working with an old structure, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">and secondly, I had to deal with the hundreds of dirt dabbers </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">(wasps)and brown recluse spiders that had taken up residency there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">After much planning, we were finally able to start my project </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">the fall of 2007 and finished it up the following spring. So </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">When I found it in Atlanta, I nearly swooned!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Loved it from the moment I saw it in an antique shop in <span style="color: #e06666;">Mountain</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">Brook, Alabama</span>. When the shop owner told me it was from Normandy, France, and that it had a <strong><em><span style="color: #e06666;">St. Nicholas</span></em></strong> movement, I started rearranging the back of our car so it could come home with me!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Today it is hard to look around at my surroundings and remember the former occupants. I love to immerse myself in my work here and receive daily inspiration from my various collections and my creations. Today, in addition to the Santa Clauses, I make Halloween witches, Easter Bunnies...just about anything you can think of!</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New;">Yes...its pretty embarassing. Creating a blog was my one and only New Year's resolution for 2012, and sadly it is now almost October!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New;">I found every excuse I could think of NOT to start it- my son's high school graduation, the weather was too cold, the weather was too hot. Not to mention the intimidating task of trying to live up to the hundreds of gorgeous blog sites I have visited over the last couple of years. But, quite simply, I didn't have a clue as to where or how I should begin. However, as I am not getting any younger, I have ultimately thrown caution to the wind and decided to give it a "good old college football try" (what a clever segue into fall!).</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>What better way to launch my new little blog than by giving a nod to our fading summer season, and a parting glance at the very last flowers in my summer garden. They deserve a little recognition as they have been thoroughly ignored this past month. I was initially drawn to my pitifully over-grown plot of land (too embarassed to call it a garden at this time of year!) by the heavenly smell of my ginger lilies. They have the most divine gardenia-like scent and serve as homage to my husband's hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, where this time of year they grow in abundance. </em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New;">Picking through the weeds, I managed to rescue a few other late summer beauties. But, already my mind is drifting towards mums & pumpkins, and ideas of what I want to plant next year.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New;">I have no set agenda in writing this blog other than to share my ideas, and snippets of things I love to create and that inspire me. I can't wait to share pictures of my studio, which is already a whirlwind of activities as I prepare for the (yikes!) fast approaching holiday season. I promise not to be too "wordy"- I love eye candy- so lots more photos(I know; two little pictures are pathetic!). But hey...I did it! My first blog entry! </span></em></div>
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<br />Carol Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876237387721651292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239165185439248324.post-62903243105204189272012-03-16T19:57:00.002-05:002012-03-16T19:57:26.653-05:00Fabulous Blog Coming Soon!Carol Reynolds Design... Coming Soon!Carol Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876237387721651292noreply@blogger.com0