tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56821547178335038402023-12-25T01:41:03.760-05:00The Beautiful Life*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.comBlogger328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-11204157284774729092014-06-20T21:26:00.000-04:002014-06-20T21:26:22.696-04:00All iIn A Day's Work & Messages From Heaven<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beautiful day here in Florida today and as always, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and today I was reminded of how a day can deliver both expected and unexpected challenges as well as joys.<br /><br />Lots of gardening work being done on the property today and then the phone call comes from outside: "Miss Ruth, one of my workers tripped over a pipe by your well and it broke. I'm afraid you'll have to call a plumber. And we had to shut your water off." <br /><br />Well, the good news is, I wasn't in the shower or doing laundry at that moment, right? :) Was without water for about 5 hours, but no biggie.<br />The pipes are fixed, well pump working again, and all is well. :)<br /><br />After the well workers left and the gardeners left, I sat for a bit on the couch to chill and lo and behold I found almost TEN old messages from my dad on my cell phone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh my... To my surprise I did not cry. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <i>breathed/sighed deeeeeply</i>, but mostly I <b>smiled</b>. A lot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Okay... NOW I'm tearing up). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What a blessing to hear him again saying "Well hello my dear Rootie. (my nickname from childhood that's stuck through adulthood) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm just calling to see how my baby girl is doing way out there in the country. Give me a call when you have a minute. Love you, sweetie and God bless you."<br /><br />What a blessing to hear that dear man's voice again. A serendipitous find to say the least. <br /><br />Unexpected well pipe repair: $123.00.<br />Unexpected messages from my sweet (and very missed) dad: PRICELESS.<br /><br />Love 'em while you've got 'em, people. Love 'em while you've got 'em. </span></span></div>
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*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-25788797730867225672014-05-28T13:43:00.001-04:002014-05-28T13:43:31.130-04:00House For Sale .... (In The English Countryside)<div style="text-align: center;">
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*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-61664745204720711352014-05-22T14:27:00.000-04:002014-05-22T14:27:03.830-04:00Shop Show & Tell, Part Deux...<div style="text-align: center;">
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*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-77018335076896046162014-05-07T16:12:00.002-04:002014-05-07T16:12:20.878-04:00Show & Tell (part 1?)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought I'd just do a little "show & tell"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of just a few of the new things in recently.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe I'll do a few of these posts to really </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">get you caught up </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to see what's new! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay, you <i><b>could</b></i> also fill it with the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we can still get something special out </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take a look-see at some of the things we</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">appetite for what you might surprise mommy with this year:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have a little <b>perk</b> for <b><u>YOU</u></b>, too...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">if you'd like us to --<b> just ask us to in the comments section of the order form</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We'll wrap it in this beautiful gift wrap </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">from Jeanne d'Arc Living that will be sure to draw a big smile from mom. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Click <a href="http://www.thebeautifullife.com/peformoday.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to see what mom might like. </span></div>
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*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-13772152195456738182011-12-25T22:28:00.000-05:002011-12-25T22:28:18.320-05:00Merry Christmas To My Sweet Blog Friends :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PpdL8EiWuxQ/TvfcxF0Zl-I/AAAAAAAAEG8/loGFG9AmBn8/s1600/Nativity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PpdL8EiWuxQ/TvfcxF0Zl-I/AAAAAAAAEG8/loGFG9AmBn8/s640/Nativity.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a lovely, peaceful evening here in my house:</div><div style="text-align: center;">the movie "The Ultimate Gift" on tv after returning</div><div style="text-align: center;">from a nice long ride to look at Christmas lights</div><div style="text-align: center;">all topping off a generally perfect Christmas day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's hard to believe that once again, this special time of year is now</div><div style="text-align: center;">pretty much passed and we're perched on the edge of 2012!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This month as been SO busy -- not only with the store and</div><div style="text-align: center;">orders for magazines and shop items, but in the personal realm,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my sweet daughter, Olivia, graduated last weekend (12-17)</div><div style="text-align: center;">from college.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I seem to remember that not that long ago I posted about her </div><div style="text-align: center;">FIRST day at college. So I ask you, WHERE has the time gone??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, in all fairness she did move at a pretty accelerated rate and</div><div style="text-align: center;">graduated early, but still... :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7978DyMACWs/TvfczVBfDSI/AAAAAAAAEHE/H_8zITF0KtI/s1600/Opie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the girl who spent 6 weeks this past summer on her own</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Israel working with an organization that reaches out to Palestinians.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She traveled several times into the West Bank/Gaza Strip delivering </div><div style="text-align: center;">food relief aid packages to needy Palestinian families.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the same girl who only AFTER she was safely back at home</div><div style="text-align: center;">let me in on the fact that the church-owned guest house she stayed in</div><div style="text-align: center;">had just been re-opened after extensive repairs due to arson at the hands</div><div style="text-align: center;">of some extremists in the area.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She knew about this before she left, but chose not to share this</div><div style="text-align: center;">nugget of info with me -- it didn't change her mind and she figured</div><div style="text-align: center;">no point worrying me... Oh my...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She absolutely fell in love with Israel -- I think she left a part of</div><div style="text-align: center;">her heart there...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7jANUrPRoS8/TvfjOcoTzZI/AAAAAAAAEIE/4OoBLgtYZkQ/s1600/olivia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7jANUrPRoS8/TvfjOcoTzZI/AAAAAAAAEIE/4OoBLgtYZkQ/s640/olivia.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Olivia, in the library of the guest house)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe, if given the chance, she might well have </div><div style="text-align: center;">stayed there and asked for her things to be shipped to her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Israel was a perfect fit for her -- the foods,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the surroundings, the "feel".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DIxWP2Db-L4/TvfjnbdGQRI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/LTVHrW9lK98/s1600/olivia2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DIxWP2Db-L4/TvfjnbdGQRI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/LTVHrW9lK98/s640/olivia2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sitting at the Sea of Galilee)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So now, she has her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts </div><div style="text-align: center;">(concentrated in painting) and for the next 1/2 year she'll</div><div style="text-align: center;">take a breather until she heads off to pursue a Masters Degree in</div><div style="text-align: center;">Intercultural Studies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be trying to soak in and savor every single minute with her until </div><div style="text-align: center;">she leaves next year... *SIGH*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you've followed my blog for a while, you have to know that she and I are</div><div style="text-align: center;">linked -- tightly linked. I'm so happy for her -- so proud of her... but when she</div><div style="text-align: center;">takes off next year... a HUGE piece of me goes with her. Ouch. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's a "good" ouch. If that's possible. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I digress... This is a post to say </div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas to you all and to thank you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the bottom of my heart,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for sticking with me this past crazy-busy year!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've grown quite a bit this year, and I'm thinking up </div><div style="text-align: center;">some fun new changes for the new year for the store.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All in all, life is wonderful and I am blessed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How about you? :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All is calm, all is bright...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas to all</div><div style="text-align: center;">and to all</div><div style="text-align: center;">a good night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love,</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, after years of fielding daily calls, emails and </div><div style="text-align: center;">Facebook messages from many of you</div><div style="text-align: center;">asking if you can just buy a subscription</div><div style="text-align: center;">to Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And what better time of to begin your subscription!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The 1st issue of 2012 will be here and shipping out</div><div style="text-align: center;">in January and we can get your </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/jedlimaoneye.html">1 year subscription</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">started with that issue!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course we still offer the magazine on an</div><div style="text-align: center;">issue-by-issue basis so you can buy just the issues you want</div><div style="text-align: center;">as they come out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But...</div><div style="text-align: center;">For those who always buy each issue and know they will </div><div style="text-align: center;">continue to do so,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a subscription is the way to go!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Santa's elves came early and guess what they dropped off</div><div style="text-align: center;">here at The Beautiful Life?????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a> </div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-22212268010506073452011-11-20T22:35:00.002-05:002011-11-26T08:04:50.335-05:00Yes! Returning Again This Year From Uganda! Handmade Nativity Sets To Help Support Students & Mothers...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">So very many of you have begun asking "Will you carry those beautiful African </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">nativities again this year??"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">I am SO VERY happy to say "YES WE WILL!"</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOf1xBTN4cI/AAAAAAAADyY/p0lUn_UQeQU/s1600/Nat20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOf1xBTN4cI/AAAAAAAADyY/p0lUn_UQeQU/s640/Nat20.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/reagthyehaaf.html">Hand made African Nativity Sets</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">How many of we ladies here in the west would say that the seemingly simple act of learning to sew,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and having your own machine would </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">COMPLETELY TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE??</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">How many of you reading this actually don't own your own sewing machine?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">How many of us have walked through JoAnn's or WalMart and seen the endless rows of </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">bolts of fabric -- at realllly great prices?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">For us, it's commonplace.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 16px;">Not so for the women in Uganda pictured below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqDXYiKeI/AAAAAAAADxQ/UJ5dgNiQnWw/s1600/b1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqDXYiKeI/AAAAAAAADxQ/UJ5dgNiQnWw/s640/b1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So.... an idea was formed. We want to help these women as well as young college students who are</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">striving through education to better their lot in life, but who struggle to even pay the tuition</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and who are also relied upon to help support their families.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Last year, through a friendship with a sweet man in charge at the college in Uganda (Mathias),</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> the college students there at his school to learned how to make these Nativities </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and they were brought back to the U.S. with one of the many teams who go to </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">minister to them throughout the year.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The local women go daily to a central, usually open-air spot under a roof, to learn the skill of sewing, so that they can support their families and send their children to school.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They travel mainly by foot each day -- often toting their children along on the journey --</div><div style="text-align: center;">to sit and be instructed in sewing -- often using only paper (empty cement bags, etc.) to</div><div style="text-align: center;">practice on. <br />
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Fabric is a luxury, not in abundance like here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But even if they master the art of sewing (and they DO!), it isn't much</div><div style="text-align: center;">help if they don't have a machine to work on once they finish their training....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This sweet woman, Prossy, just received her sewing machine. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But there are many, many other women who are still waiting...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here, Jenipher receives her machine... if that isn't genuine gratitude and elation,<br />
I don't know what is. ;)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just look at this assortment of raw materials ready to be</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">transformed into the nativity sets!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And you won't believe the finished product that can come from this: </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Wood, corn husks, plant materials, natural leaf-based twine, etc...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqEtvb5QI/AAAAAAAADxY/pQNCfy0qKwU/s1600/b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqEtvb5QI/AAAAAAAADxY/pQNCfy0qKwU/s400/b3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cutting out the base for the nativity "house".</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The work begins!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqHAX-rRI/AAAAAAAADxo/lxxomV5w-Ng/s1600/b7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqHAX-rRI/AAAAAAAADxo/lxxomV5w-Ng/s400/b7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love these pictures -- kind of reminds me of some of my own crafting times --</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">blissfully surrounded by all manner of materials!! :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqJC_gAdI/AAAAAAAADxs/JN5__R3pzKU/s1600/b8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hf7_jTzhKgQ/TOfqJC_gAdI/AAAAAAAADxs/JN5__R3pzKU/s400/b8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I can't even imagine working in this kind of detail -- and when you see the actual</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Packed up and ready to board the plane! :)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When you buy a nativity, you help poor students AND assist in the great need for sewing machines for women in villages in Africa.<br />
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Completely handmade out of corn husks and every piece fits neatly into the little nativity "house" that showcases them for display.<br />
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Nativity "house" (box) measures 8 1/2 inches high x 6 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches deep.<br />
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Figures - tallest about 4 1/2 inches<br />
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Set includes these pieces, tucked neatly inside the door of the "house":<br />
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3 wise men, 2 musicians, 2 shepherds, 1 Mary, 1 Joseph, 1 baby Jesus in manger, 2 animals.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Click <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/reagthyehaaf.html">HERE</a></span> to go to the nativity sets in the shop!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The PERFECT gift for the person who already "has everything" ... because we'll just </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bet you they DON'T have one of these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, if they do have "everything"... what better reminder to them (and us all)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that there are still many across the world </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who do not "have everything"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and just the simple purchase of a nativity can truly be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Spring and Summer issues are always light and lovely and fresh...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They offer us airy, sun-filled ideas and inspiration and we love those issues!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">wouldn't you agree,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is just something about the Fall issue ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">it marks that long-awaited transition into the months that</div><div style="text-align: center;">bring us nothing but comfy, cozy, roasty-toasty,</div><div style="text-align: center;">cuddle-up, snuggle-up inspiration.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the coveted </div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas issue!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Coming in mid-November).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you wish to pre-order a copy for yourself</div><div style="text-align: center;">(our shipment of the magazine is due to hit our</div><div style="text-align: center;">doorstep THIS WEEK!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also new from our friends at </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeanne d'Arc Living in Denmark,</div><div style="text-align: center;">here are some amazing new items in the shop:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">BEAUTIFUL, large ceramic bottles with swing stopper...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6d5hubrtj1I/Tnp7t3J1vaI/AAAAAAAAEDU/tL-Fq0Afqjg/s1600/JDLceramicbtl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6d5hubrtj1I/Tnp7t3J1vaI/AAAAAAAAEDU/tL-Fq0Afqjg/s1600/JDLceramicbtl.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Metal tags/badges in three color choices:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30V8AEHvxIU/Tnp7xyDyC1I/AAAAAAAAEDY/CHBCJwTVcJM/s1600/JDLTAGS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30V8AEHvxIU/Tnp7xyDyC1I/AAAAAAAAEDY/CHBCJwTVcJM/s640/JDLTAGS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These VERY large zinc trays (set/2)... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just cannot even describe how amazing these are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ueHCWT81rVc/Tnp757QWfcI/AAAAAAAAEDc/OC1hWWCf7Ck/s1600/jdl-trays2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ueHCWT81rVc/Tnp757QWfcI/AAAAAAAAEDc/OC1hWWCf7Ck/s640/jdl-trays2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Below, the parcels of reproduced French script ephemera are back in stock,</div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT we now offer these parcels both in the paper-weight as well as</div><div style="text-align: center;">now in heavy card/board stock!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each weight has a variety of applications!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TzCoD38QMec/Tnp7_FUGz4I/AAAAAAAAEDg/gO0U9-i6IjM/s1600/jdlephemcoll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TzCoD38QMec/Tnp7_FUGz4I/AAAAAAAAEDg/gO0U9-i6IjM/s640/jdlephemcoll.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These aluminum bottles (screw-on stopper included) are so unique...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlCn60h8Jfo/Tnp82ZAxwaI/AAAAAAAAEDk/VSer95ImaXI/s1600/jdlalumbtl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlCn60h8Jfo/Tnp82ZAxwaI/AAAAAAAAEDk/VSer95ImaXI/s1600/jdlalumbtl.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">HUGE, commercial sized roll of some of THE MOST GORGEOUS</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">giftwrap ever made... </div><div style="text-align: center;">We're on our 3 re-order now of this incredibly popular item!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hI-ZC7CWDs/Tnp9jxbGmyI/AAAAAAAAEDw/kcpsJPcrbDs/s1600/jdlwrapping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hI-ZC7CWDs/Tnp9jxbGmyI/AAAAAAAAEDw/kcpsJPcrbDs/s640/jdlwrapping.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These</div><div style="text-align: center;">fabulous ceramic jars are on their way to us and</div><div style="text-align: center;">will arrive along with our shipment of the Fall issue!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be looking for them on the site SOON!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EUVk-Y9e2Vc/Tnp84M8g4zI/AAAAAAAAEDo/TBksDhJZYjE/s1600/jdlceramjar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EUVk-Y9e2Vc/Tnp84M8g4zI/AAAAAAAAEDo/TBksDhJZYjE/s1600/jdlceramjar.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have a small supply of these GORGEOUS and elegant</div><div style="text-align: center;">linen/flax Christmas stockings and will be adding them to the site</div><div style="text-align: center;">soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w_5vhMiiy3Q/Tnp877zXqmI/AAAAAAAAEDs/VCVND3Hm9KY/s1600/JDLstocking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w_5vhMiiy3Q/Tnp877zXqmI/AAAAAAAAEDs/VCVND3Hm9KY/s1600/JDLstocking.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check <a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/jedli.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>HERE</i></span></a> for details!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Other just as fabulous new additions are:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Galvanized metal lidded tins with cheese label graphics in red or blue:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwbuVH61vQA/TnqAuuWZjyI/AAAAAAAAED0/nt-g-qAT_xw/s1600/Cheese.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwbuVH61vQA/TnqAuuWZjyI/AAAAAAAAED0/nt-g-qAT_xw/s640/Cheese.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These most amazing LARGE and intricately, dimensionally sewn utensil banners!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wEIub78cm50/TnqB0uDqkKI/AAAAAAAAED4/B-iOzyf4cCI/s1600/UtensilBan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wEIub78cm50/TnqB0uDqkKI/AAAAAAAAED4/B-iOzyf4cCI/s640/UtensilBan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wonderful, fun cotton napkin sets!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-810WPHw3CpQ/TnqCMuWdF5I/AAAAAAAAED8/mW1Xki8MC60/s1600/naps.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-810WPHw3CpQ/TnqCMuWdF5I/AAAAAAAAED8/mW1Xki8MC60/s640/naps.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sets of assorted zinc leaves -- great for place settings </div><div style="text-align: center;">and adornment anywhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2BwJ5R3otFs/TnqCOhosHqI/AAAAAAAAEEA/CIc0u4Mp10g/s1600/zleaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2BwJ5R3otFs/TnqCOhosHqI/AAAAAAAAEEA/CIc0u4Mp10g/s400/zleaves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Super fun, large zinc "medal" -- write on the </div><div style="text-align: center;">medal whatever you'd like or decoupage a</div><div style="text-align: center;">lovely image or insignia!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOB0qZXSwcw/TnqCOi8bPDI/AAAAAAAAEEE/qFTiWDwGCY8/s1600/zmedal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOB0qZXSwcw/TnqCOi8bPDI/AAAAAAAAEEE/qFTiWDwGCY8/s320/zmedal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the newest items I still cannot get over -- </div><div style="text-align: center;">the detail work that went into making each of these... you cannot imagine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each one is COMPLETELY unique (the picture here is just a sampling)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and each one equally breath-taking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xG-OlEESySU/TnqCV6RQmZI/AAAAAAAAEEI/mADq1FX0rPA/s1600/Vuk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xG-OlEESySU/TnqCV6RQmZI/AAAAAAAAEEI/mADq1FX0rPA/s640/Vuk.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These items are easily found by clicking </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/newitems.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HERE</span></i></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, that should keep you busy for a while anyway. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has been CRAZY-BUSY here... all good, just busy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of these days, I'm going to sit down and write a sort of</div><div style="text-align: center;">"what I did this summer" post...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah... should be good. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for the visit -- enjoy the crisp Fall air if you have it already.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keep praying for it (like I am) if you don't! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We tend get things late around here... in the mail that is.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I routinely get my magazines a good week or so after I begin hearing about </div><div style="text-align: center;">my blog friends getting theirs and true to this, I am one of the last to</div><div style="text-align: center;">have finally gotten my copy of the MUCH talked/blogged/Facebooked/Twittered about</div><div style="text-align: center;">Restoration Hardware BIG catalog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's their biggest ever -- in physical size as well as "buzz".</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the buzz has not been all good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me say now, that if you didn't already know it by my many recent posts about</div><div style="text-align: center;">our home renovation, I am a HUGE fan of Restoration Hardware.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In fact, the space of our home that we recently gutted and restored was done to</div><div style="text-align: center;">almost 100% mimic our local Restoration Hardware shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I say upfront, as I sheepishly put my toe into the almost angry waters of this</div><div style="text-align: center;">Restoration Hardware debate, I am completely baffled by the wave of</div><div style="text-align: center;">angst that this catalog and RH as a whole is suddenly being engulfed in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I read the various posts and comments out there (and there are too many </div><div style="text-align: center;">to provide links to --- possibly just Google Restoration Hardware new catalog</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a selection of posts that appear for you to check out) - the REAL problem</div><div style="text-align: center;">seems to stem from the backlash against true antiques and vintage pieces being</div><div style="text-align: center;">copied or "knocked off".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-29fa-VnkTYk/TmQ1Twtx0fI/AAAAAAAAECs/weHyLksCDlM/s1600/bust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-29fa-VnkTYk/TmQ1Twtx0fI/AAAAAAAAECs/weHyLksCDlM/s640/bust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 8px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is not new to RH -- and it's not a recent phenomena at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pOGTnnW1us/TmQ12UML0qI/AAAAAAAAECw/vmj1ciwJlGI/s1600/hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pOGTnnW1us/TmQ12UML0qI/AAAAAAAAECw/vmj1ciwJlGI/s640/hat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this hat form...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I can guarantee you, as a resident of Central Florida, there are</div><div style="text-align: center;">NO fabulous outdoor antique fairs ANYWHERE around here</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my future where I will be able to unearth the authentic version of this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think many of the blogs I read forget that not ALL of the US has access to</div><div style="text-align: center;">the kind of vintage items and antiques that perhaps they have come to</div><div style="text-align: center;">take for granted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hence, we do not think it bad or morally corrupt to buy our version</div><div style="text-align: center;">of "vintage" from stores like RH.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which brings me to the whole idea of what is apparently</div><div style="text-align: center;">now the verboten idea of reproduction furniture...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you own any "new-ish" furniture at all, it is probably a reproduction of </div><div style="text-align: center;">some design or another from the past.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So for Restoration Hardware to suddenly be the "it" company to vilify for reproducing</div><div style="text-align: center;">antiques ... well, it just ain't right.<br />
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It may be a bit too put-together for some, or formal, or whatever,<br />
but if you are a follower of interior design at all, you HAVE to admit,<br />
Restoration Hardware has it in SPADES when it comes to<br />
timeless, casual elegance -- and tasteful themes that,<br />
whether embraced fully or picked and chosen here and there,<br />
cannot be rivaled almost anywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tonight I was trying to catch up on weeks of blog posts from the blogs I follow</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will share a comment that I was going to post on YET ANOTHER</div><div style="text-align: center;">blog post condemning Restoration Hardware,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I decided to cut and paste here instead... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">here is what</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had written as my comment, but did not publish:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I really think there is room for both repro's and true antiques.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I happen to live in an area of the country that has almost NOTHING in the way of the kind of antique/vintage fairs that we read about on a lot of the blogs, etc., so I'm always amazed at the fabulous stuff people can find that is totally inaccessible to me here locally. Sooooo, for me, I'm totally willing to buy the repro's from RH or the like.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Also, there are probably situations where a renovation is underway and there just isn't time to scour fairs and shops for "the real McCoy" and it is preferable to the customer to just buy a fitting repro for the same "look".</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>There are consumers who have a certain look in mind and want a slightly more refined, polished look that, while nods to the vintage look, does not have all the roughest edges and chippy qualities that a lot of true vintage can have. In this case, it's simply a matter of taste/opinion -- no right, no wrong, just a matter of some not caring for quite the ruggedness that much of the chippy/peely/distressed vintage can hold.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>It's a look -- it combines the best of both worlds: new, but with a sense of the past. Kind of like those who build a new home that could be mistaken for a 100-year old home because of the details and even "aging" that went into the careful construction.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Last, some vintage items just may not lend themselves completely for hard use and in those cases, a well-made, new, sturdy piece that looks older is best.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I personally like a mix -- true old, and the made-to-look-old. And my home contains both. </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I suppose, in the end it's almost akin to someone outfitting their home in a totally French look with loads of knick-knacks about Paris, the Eiffel Tower, etc... but never having even been to France. Are they being fakes? Or, just showing their love of a look/ambiance/region when they may or may not ever be able to personally visit it? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>That's my spin -- I don't see RH's approach or look as a ripoff of anything -- just a collection of things in a company that is presenting it's trademark look. They will always have their demographic that they appeal to and that is as it should be. Just as the Anthropologies and the Pottery Barns of the world have their demographic that finds them breath-taking. And I'd bet that the typical customer of RH would not feel at all genuinely comfortable with the very bohemian, mismatched look that is Anthro. :) Perhaps somewhere out there in some blog circles there are die-hard RH fans bemoaning Anthro and what must be, in their opinion, the craziness that passes for design and fashion in those stores. (Wouldn't it be fun to run across some of those blogs!). :)</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I'm cool with them all -- RH, Pottery Barn, Anthro, Williams Sonoma... they all have plenty that tugs at my heart(and purse)strings when I pass through their doors. </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>So, I guess I'm like Switzerland -- I'm neutral. Okay with it all. </b></i></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrote all of that and realized.... I have an entire blog post here. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Why not just DO a blog post?</div><div style="text-align: center;">;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet another area of criticism seems to stem from the scale of their</div><div style="text-align: center;">furniture... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csmjkZpn1UU/TmQy3JiPJjI/AAAAAAAAECk/8ZrAgfXGSj0/s1600/RHcouch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csmjkZpn1UU/TmQy3JiPJjI/AAAAAAAAECk/8ZrAgfXGSj0/s640/RHcouch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, I don't know how THAT becomes a valid point of </div><div style="text-align: center;">almost hatred for a company.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we subscribe to a shelter magazine and drool over page after page</div><div style="text-align: center;">of homes on a scale that many of us will never live in,</div><div style="text-align: center;">do we cancel our subscription?</div><div style="text-align: center;">No...</div><div style="text-align: center;">We dream, we imagine, and we gain inspiration.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Much like with this new Restoration Hardware catalog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My dining room may not easily accommodate one of their largest </div><div style="text-align: center;">tables, but if so inclined, I could order one of their smaller models</div><div style="text-align: center;">(they do offer many of their furnishing in varying sizes).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qtCa_rec1e8/TmQtlnAyI3I/AAAAAAAAECQ/mv08yb64L2s/s1600/RH2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qtCa_rec1e8/TmQtlnAyI3I/AAAAAAAAECQ/mv08yb64L2s/s640/RH2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or, I will be inspired to begin looking for something like one of their</div><div style="text-align: center;">tables...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even if we don't live in a home of Belgian castle proportions, </div><div style="text-align: center;">one can glean ideas and inspiration from the collection </div><div style="text-align: center;">they offer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And on the subject of size/scale...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ruth's Chris Steakhouse serves obscenely sized side dishes --</div><div style="text-align: center;">baked potatoes the size of footballs, more broccoli or asparagus</div><div style="text-align: center;">than one person can truly call a "side". But... they have a </div><div style="text-align: center;">devoted following and many love to go there for a special meal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Should they be called to task for their portion sizes?</div><div style="text-align: center;">They serve a demographic and meet a desire that's out there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Personally, I couldn't care less if I ever step foot in a Ruth's Chris again,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I wouldn't feel a need, either, to set about calling for them to </div><div style="text-align: center;">close or call them obsolete or "out of touch with the masses".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And what of the almost <i>deified</i> Anthropologie? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Has anyone checked THEIR catalog lately???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just got mine in the mail yesterday... saw the shoes/boots tipping the</div><div style="text-align: center;">scales at $400. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saw the dresses, sweaters, and skirts for hundreds of dollars --</div><div style="text-align: center;">each.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saw the upwards of $5,000 leather sofa,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">pictured below... $4,998.00.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BvfNgTneNEY/TmQvuh9BWpI/AAAAAAAAECY/Rk0uXMlrWIU/s1600/anth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BvfNgTneNEY/TmQvuh9BWpI/AAAAAAAAECY/Rk0uXMlrWIU/s640/anth.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I'll betcha for that price it's not nearly the size of one of</div><div style="text-align: center;">the 'SCANDALOUSLY LARGE' sofa's from Restoration Hardware...</div><div style="text-align: center;">the ones that so many hate the store for because of their</div><div style="text-align: center;">huge scale and "high prices".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">(The sofa below, from RH, same size as the couch above from Anthro, is $3,845.00.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UV1knbd3QuQ/TmQzuDh3QuI/AAAAAAAAECo/plY__LM3igo/s1600/rhsofa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UV1knbd3QuQ/TmQzuDh3QuI/AAAAAAAAECo/plY__LM3igo/s400/rhsofa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmm.... me thinks this is a fairly one-sided debate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anthro can put something in their shop that looks like it was</div><div style="text-align: center;">dropped from a 10 story building - then kicked a few times for good measure --</div><div style="text-align: center;">and charge a price that is out of the stratosphere for it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But... if you are Anthro... you can pull it off.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They can charge $80 for what amounts to a knit tee.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but.... if you are Anthro....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If your name starts with an "A" and rhymes with "apology"</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can sell this dress for just south of $400.00:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-98OsDufY480/TmQxWXW9HxI/AAAAAAAAECc/xbfy3LCuFfI/s1600/anthro2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-98OsDufY480/TmQxWXW9HxI/AAAAAAAAECc/xbfy3LCuFfI/s640/anthro2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a sleeveless dress, people...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Fall is coming...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How about a pair of t-strap shoes made up of</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 mis-matched, uncoordinated colors charge $278 and </div><div style="text-align: center;">they are ALLLLL the rage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or...</div><div style="text-align: center;">a pair of goodness-knows-what-you call-'em shoes for</div><div style="text-align: center;">over $500.00:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ivCged0ObvI/TmQyUKlNe9I/AAAAAAAAECg/qQRubKJkS5Y/s1600/anthro3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ivCged0ObvI/TmQyUKlNe9I/AAAAAAAAECg/qQRubKJkS5Y/s640/anthro3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Honestly, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as a shop owner,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I had an OUNCE of whatever</div><div style="text-align: center;">magic Antho seems to have unearthed to allow them to</div><div style="text-align: center;">put pretty much ANYTHING out there and charge </div><div style="text-align: center;">hundreds for it and it be the MOST COVETED </div><div style="text-align: center;">THING ON EARTH for almost every young</div><div style="text-align: center;">20 to 40-something.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess what I'm feeling is....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and PLEASE DON'T HATE ME FOR SAYING THIS....</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyone who has vilified Restoration Hardware</div><div style="text-align: center;">recently but has also shopped at Anthro...</div><div style="text-align: center;">owes RH an apology.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">MYSELF INCLUDED.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So Restoration's new "look" isn't "you"....</div><div style="text-align: center;">is that a reason to launch a campaign against the entire company?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"It's too dark." "Too monochromatic."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Too big!" "Too expensive!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Too pretentious."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Caters to the over-indulgent rich with no clue..." (??? really? Again, I bring up Antho...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot ever see myself furnishing my home from</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ikea. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7l3xeQa3A0/TmQ3676PWpI/AAAAAAAAEC4/BhcuYEK5yGE/s1600/ikea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7l3xeQa3A0/TmQ3676PWpI/AAAAAAAAEC4/BhcuYEK5yGE/s320/ikea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or Design Within Reach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--40mjlyudxo/TmQ3QeCs8aI/AAAAAAAAEC0/C3m9Pb4Cu6k/s1600/dwr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--40mjlyudxo/TmQ3QeCs8aI/AAAAAAAAEC0/C3m9Pb4Cu6k/s640/dwr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or in the of-the-moment </div><div style="text-align: center;">all white with chippy details...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dY91ttir9EU/TmQ4nfWKfMI/AAAAAAAAEC8/uceApqsap38/s1600/RA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dY91ttir9EU/TmQ4nfWKfMI/AAAAAAAAEC8/uceApqsap38/s320/RA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 8px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">All too light, too cold, and just not "me".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But.... I see no reason to write extensively about how</div><div style="text-align: center;">"far too modern" or "awfully lacking in color" or</div><div style="text-align: center;">"WAY to white and bland" they are...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a matter quite simply of taste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And... as I always say, it's just STUFF.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This isn't about world peace. Or hunger. Or life-altering matters...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's furniture and accessories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the end, it really doesn't amount to much.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I don't care for the offerings in a particular catalog from a</div><div style="text-align: center;">particular store,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it goes in "File 13". </div><div style="text-align: center;">Period.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How did poor RH come to be the point of such</div><div style="text-align: center;">contention? It's just a store. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Filled with stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it's ALLLLL just stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like Anthro's full of "just stuff" too...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 8px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">But I don't think we should draw a line of conclusion</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">from where a person shops for their home</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">to their character.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsk5j_JBdgw/TmQ5Sd9V_0I/AAAAAAAAEDA/fNjZI7Fccz8/s1600/rhroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsk5j_JBdgw/TmQ5Sd9V_0I/AAAAAAAAEDA/fNjZI7Fccz8/s640/rhroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If that's the case ... as I said... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Those of us who frequent Anthro owe</div><div style="text-align: center;">RH a HUGE apology.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Antrho is no discount store -- and what passes for</div><div style="text-align: center;">design (homewares as well as clothing) sometimes just makes</div><div style="text-align: center;">my head spin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've seen outfits in their catalogs that make me laugh --</div><div style="text-align: center;">and ask, "Did a 2 year old dress you? Blindfolded?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VY6Ed-M1Vj0/TmQ60fBSPoI/AAAAAAAAEDE/U9YhWBTYGRs/s1600/anthoroutfit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VY6Ed-M1Vj0/TmQ60fBSPoI/AAAAAAAAEDE/U9YhWBTYGRs/s640/anthoroutfit.png" width="408" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">NOTHING matches! </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's almost their badge of honor at Antho:</div><div style="text-align: center;">the more mis-matched the better.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i.e.:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Purple blouse under green/ivory striped cardigan,</div><div style="text-align: center;">paired with a red checked skirt ... and yellow shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Really?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay... I'm done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm just saying... where is the love, people?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some will not care for RH's current monochromatic themes</div><div style="text-align: center;">and heavy Belgian influence... sweet. No prob.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But they have a LOT of customers out there who love it</div><div style="text-align: center;">and for whom a trip through that GIANT new catalog is almost heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YybUrzDirZQ/TmQ7MP9xObI/AAAAAAAAEDI/Z5tvEz8SSvs/s1600/rhroom2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YybUrzDirZQ/TmQ7MP9xObI/AAAAAAAAEDI/Z5tvEz8SSvs/s640/rhroom2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">RH's typical demographic is allowed to furnish their home</div><div style="text-align: center;">or condo or townhome or vacation home in whatever manner</div><div style="text-align: center;">makes their heart sing and thank goodness there is a store</div><div style="text-align: center;">out there with all that they love under one roof.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And not all hearts "sing" to the same tune...</div><div style="text-align: center;">One soul is lifted by the all white room with bare floors</div><div style="text-align: center;">and furniture with paint just falling off it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One soul sings in a room full of a Parisian influence</div><div style="text-align: center;">-- all dainty and full of Eiffel tower themes and</div><div style="text-align: center;">French sayings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Someone else craves roses and chintz and dripping lace...</div><div style="text-align: center;">all things floral and uber-feminine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet another loves a Farmhouse look...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I would hate that the one whose heart beats a bit faster</div><div style="text-align: center;">when they step into a Restoration Hardware has to feel shamed into</div><div style="text-align: center;">silence of admitting it for fear they be labeled as </div><div style="text-align: center;">"pretentious" or "snobbish" or "cold" because for them</div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing is more serene that bare wood and linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">and shades of grey and khaki...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Style, scale, and color truly is not a </div><div style="text-align: center;">character statement... </div><div style="text-align: center;">merely a design preference.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I may run into you at Ikea, or Anthro, or Pottery Barn or... GASP... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Restoration Hardware (I promise I won't tell anyone I see you in there...).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's be able to shake hands and shop -- design is no reason</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a great divide. Too many other things in life</div><div style="text-align: center;">vie for that billing... let's all get along over what really just</div><div style="text-align: center;">amounts to "stuff".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh how beautiful they are!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you're having a wonderful week so far!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As promised, time to announce the winner of</div><div style="text-align: center;">the giveaway of </div><div style="text-align: center;">any piece of jewelry in the gorgeous shop of</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplymeart?ref=pr_shop_more"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SimplyMeArt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The winner is......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Lolo" from</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://stiglo.blogspot.com/">The Adventures of Stig & Lolo</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yay for you! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now the fun begins... what piece from Jamie's shop</div><div style="text-align: center;">to narrow it down to!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations to our winner and thank you to all</div><div style="text-align: center;">others who played along!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-50288688216680926042011-07-19T18:59:00.004-04:002011-07-22T18:55:09.975-04:00Get Ready For Our Most Glamourous Giveaway EVER...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">((Commenting is now closed for this giveaway.))</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">than </div><div style="text-align: center;">the creations that </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jamie from </div><div style="text-align: center;">SimplyMeArt</div><div style="text-align: center;">brings into being in her shop,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplymeart?ref=pr_shop_more">SimplyMeArt</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been buying pieces from Jamie for years</div><div style="text-align: center;">and WITHOUT FAIL whenever I wear</div><div style="text-align: center;">my treasures from her shop,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I get so many compliment on each piece.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can be found wearing jeans just about every day of the year,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it's what I put WITH those jeans that makes the difference.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love to pair Jamie's elegantly glitzy jewelry with jeans</div><div style="text-align: center;">as my "statement piece" </div><div style="text-align: center;">rather than opt for getting allllll dressed up. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It just says "me" and still allows me to be "me" wearing </div><div style="text-align: center;">my jeans at the same time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rather than hoard this info about all this</div><div style="text-align: center;">fabulous jewelry for myself,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm THRILLED to do a giveaway offering the VERY LUCKY WINNER</div><div style="text-align: center;">the piece of her choosing from the shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A-MAZING!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ynck27fEpSg/TiYKPNUH2GI/AAAAAAAAEAY/Gw3vkkNScUQ/s1600/il_570xN.249833838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ynck27fEpSg/TiYKPNUH2GI/AAAAAAAAEAY/Gw3vkkNScUQ/s640/il_570xN.249833838.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Simply leave me a comment here, on this post,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and your name will be entered to win </div><div style="text-align: center;">whichever item in her shop your</div><div style="text-align: center;">sweet heart desires.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How incredibly generous of Jamie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then, that's Jamie. I've known this for years.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now you can find out for yourself. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCdNqIyhT9Y/TiYKOP8BuwI/AAAAAAAAEAU/LG2VTdEERLE/s1600/il_570xN.246559653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCdNqIyhT9Y/TiYKOP8BuwI/AAAAAAAAEAU/LG2VTdEERLE/s640/il_570xN.246559653.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the run-down on where you can find Jamie online:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplymeart?ref=pr_shop_more">SimplyMeArt, etsy shop</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(GO BROWSE IT-- SEE WHAT CAPTIVATES YOU! </div><div style="text-align: center;">YOU JUST MIGHT WIN IT!!) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SimplyMeArt">SimplyMeArt's Facebook page</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.simplymeart.com/">SimplyMeArt's blog -- where you get to know Jamie herself as well as her jewelry</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The giveaway will run through this week and a name picked Friday afternoon,<br />
so just leave your comment here -- that will officially enter you.<br />
Pretty, made EASY! :)<br />
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<b>GIVEAWAY ENTRY NOTE:</b><br />
Please make sure I have some way to contact you if you win,<br />
meaning, if you comment anonymously, you might want to include your<br />
email address in your comment as well,<br />
or<br />
email me directly (but still comment here, too!)<br />
and that will give me a record of how to contact you.<br />
My email: info@thebeautifullife.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I warn you, though...</div><div style="text-align: center;">once you have even one piece of the beautiful things she creates,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you </div><div style="text-align: center;">will</div><div style="text-align: center;">be</div><div style="text-align: center;">hooked! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that's not such a bad thing... ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">{{Commenting now closed for this giveaway}}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a> </div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-52111190897107334222011-07-14T12:54:00.001-04:002011-07-14T12:56:30.930-04:00Shop Updates & New Temptations From Jeanne d'Arc Living! (And a coming giveaway!)<div style="text-align: center;">Hi there, friends. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to keep you up on some of the new things now available </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/newitems.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ON THE SITE...</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d1T7jdu5MH0/Th8TTQNab1I/AAAAAAAAD_U/_MHBP1DHhp8/s1600/JDLWingsColl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d1T7jdu5MH0/Th8TTQNab1I/AAAAAAAAD_U/_MHBP1DHhp8/s640/JDLWingsColl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes - those are "THE" wings... the ones we've swooned over for years in so many</div><div style="text-align: center;">issues of the Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now YOU can have the very same ones to display as you wish in your own home!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(click <a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/fjedliwhfean.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> to go directly to them).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've also gotten in these wonderful trays... (better pics coming when we put them on the site tomorrow)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In magazine and book news...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The coming issue #6 - the late Summer issue...</div><div style="text-align: center;">coming in early August and pre-ordering available now!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(click <a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/jedlima20is6.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> to pre-order!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMTA2NDI4ODg*NTcmcHQ9MTMxMDY*Mjg5MTE4MSZwPTU3OTAzMiZkPWdpY2tyLmNvbSZnPTEmbz*yZDgxYTkyZDVj/YzQ*ZmU1YjU*ZTBlMTgxNzdhM2Q5MiZvZj*w.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><a href="http://gickr.com/" target="_blank" title="myspace graphic"><img alt="pimp myspace" src="http://gickr.com/results4/anim_90498493-1e9c-2334-7da6-e626d8357e64.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then there is this...</div><div style="text-align: center;">the first NEW book from Jeanne d'Arc Living </div><div style="text-align: center;">in quite some time, and it is going to be FABULOUS!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMTA2NTYzOTM5ODAmcHQ9MTMxMDY1NjM5NjE3NiZwPTU3OTAzMiZkPWdpY2tyLmNvbSZnPTEmbz*yZDgxYTkyZDVj/YzQ*ZmU1YjU*ZTBlMTgxNzdhM2Q5MiZvZj*w.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><a href="http://gickr.com/" target="_blank" title="pimp myspace - Gickr"><img alt="myspace graphic at Gickr" src="http://gickr.com/results4/anim_df9e1d49-574e-e894-5925-326004c1d089.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All about the most unique Summer homes the ladies at Jeanne d'Arc Living</div><div style="text-align: center;">could find to bring to us in the lovely new book.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be released in mid-October, but you may pre-order YOUR copy now on the</div><div style="text-align: center;">site -- click <a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/nbopjedliare.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> to place your order. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Below are a few of the things you'll find on the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/newitems.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LATEST ADDITIONS</span></a> page ... some new to the store, some </div><div style="text-align: center;">re-stocks that are back by popular request. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The shop will be closed all of next week -</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">July 18 - 22.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The last day to order to insure your order ships before</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we close for that week is TOMORROW, July 15 by midnight.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">All orders received by then will ship Saturday. :)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">You may still order next week, of course... your order(s) will just</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">be held for shipping until Saturday, July 23.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Work will be going on in the building that will make it impossible</div><div style="text-align: center;">for us to operate, so... INSTANT VACATION! ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be back in a day or so with a giveaway... </div><div style="text-align: center;">A very wonderful and VERY generous giveaway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon and thanks for letting me share some of the new</div><div style="text-align: center;">beautiful things with you!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-56118181485585014532011-06-21T22:35:00.002-04:002011-06-21T22:40:36.120-04:00Wondering What To Bring On Vacation To Read??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the things you want to be sure and bring when you're packing up for a</div><div style="text-align: center;">getaway is some wonderful reading material, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We can totally set you up...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've got TWO new issues available to order and take with you</div><div style="text-align: center;">where ever this summer is taking you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The new issue of the FABULOUS </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vakre Hjem & Interior magazine is in!</div><div style="text-align: center;">LOVE IT!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/vahjinma20is1.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">CLICK HERE TO ORDER!</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhEWTskMBYk/TgFAYOlglsI/AAAAAAAAD-A/DCsC9FrpNn8/s1600/VH20114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhEWTskMBYk/TgFAYOlglsI/AAAAAAAAD-A/DCsC9FrpNn8/s1600/VH20114.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDgzMTM5OTQ3MzcmcHQ9MTMwODMxNDAwNjQ1OCZwPTU3OTAzMiZkPWdpY2tyLmNvbSZnPTEmbz*yZDgxYTkyZDVj/YzQ*ZmU1YjU*ZTBlMTgxNzdhM2Q5MiZvZj*w.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><a href="http://gickr.com/" target="_blank" title="free graphic for myspace"><img alt="Create myspace graphic with Gickr" src="http://gickr.com/results4/anim_c44738e8-6d1f-3204-6d3d-85f3a5e24a12.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the new beautiful SUMMER issue of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine (Issue #5).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/jedlima.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">CLICK HERE TO ORDER!</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Guess what???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember that FABULOUS book published by Jeanne d'Arc Living </div><div style="text-align: center;">a year or so ago called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>"French Atmospheres In The Nordic Way" </i></span>?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We sold out of all we had and then sold out our second batch of them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wellllll.... it is back again and reprinted in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ENGLISH!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is slated to be released by the publisher in mid-August and we are </div><div style="text-align: center;">taking PRE-ORDERS for it now!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are getting in another shipment from Jeanne d'Arc Living this week and it will</div><div style="text-align: center;">be made up of not only the new #5 issue & the assorted </div><div style="text-align: center;">BACK ISSUES but also some NEW DECOR PRODUCTS!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(That's for another post).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In personal news....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My sweet dad -- is just not having the best time right now....</div><div style="text-align: center;">He's been in the hospital for days now (spent Father's Day in there)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and isn't doing so great.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love that man and this makes my heart so sad...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope that if you are one who has left a phone message or an email</div><div style="text-align: center;">that hasn't yet been returned, you'll understand...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've tried to scoot over to see him a couple of times now</div><div style="text-align: center;">and been trying to keep orders flowing at their normal rate of</div><div style="text-align: center;">mail-out, and it's been a bit busy...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I WILL CALL YOU BACK! ;) </div><div style="text-align: center;">PROMISE!! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care! </div><div style="text-align: center;">You guys ROCK!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~RUTH~</div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-71671846854259556012011-06-09T20:38:00.016-04:002011-06-13T13:18:59.014-04:00You've Heard The Expression "Go Through The Roof"? For Us, It Was The Floor...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">It all began a little like this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w2FUDXl8bLs?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ummmm, nope, I'm not kidding.<br />
<br />
120 years of termite damage (old damaged combined with<br />
new activity) had finally taken it's toll and things were<br />
getting pretty bad...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Want proof?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lgbj-iemAhs/TfDQfSlDW1I/AAAAAAAAD5g/vT7zshV74VI/s1600/Floor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="497" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lgbj-iemAhs/TfDQfSlDW1I/AAAAAAAAD5g/vT7zshV74VI/s640/Floor2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were WAY more holes, but I decided</div><div style="text-align: center;">to spare you the ugly details...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Everytime someone's heel or a chair leg would go through the floor<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(yes, it got to the point where I was</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">truly afraid to sit on a chair in our family room -- I'd check the</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">integrity of the floor under the chair before sitting down)</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd cover the gaping hole with...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(YES, I do realize this is tacky....)</div><div style="text-align: center;">a piece of tin that I'd cut with tin snips to fit</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then nail down securely,</div><div style="text-align: center;">hoping to flatten out any sharp edges so no one would</div><div style="text-align: center;">slice their foot as they walked across the floor barefoot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes... a lovely site, I know...</div><div style="text-align: center;">We lived with this "tin-chic" look for years...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous, huh?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tc_KS0VzYUU/TfDQnelHMgI/AAAAAAAAD5k/vrCp0VeepJA/s1600/Floor3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tc_KS0VzYUU/TfDQnelHMgI/AAAAAAAAD5k/vrCp0VeepJA/s640/Floor3.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, after the entire family room was becoming a patchwork quilt of</div><div style="text-align: center;">oddly shaped pieces of tin crudely nailed to the floor,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and no end in sight to the new damage happening almost weekly,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we knew it was time to bite the bullet and rip out the flooring...<br />
<br />
SOOOOO....<br />
Here's the old gal's "BEFORE" pics...<br />
I did love it all, but with floors caving in, it was time for some<br />
MAJOR cosmetic surgery.<br />
<br />
Hey... after 120 years, she's earned it, right? ;)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Family room:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were three rooms involved, starting from the front of the house back<br />
to just before the kitchen.<br />
(THAT will be yet ANOTHER remodel...).<br />
<br />
Since all three rooms' floors were coming up, we decided it was<br />
NOW OR NEVER to take out the wall dividing the living room<br />
and dining room. Neither room was EVER used -- mostly just a walkway to get<br />
to the family room and kitchen.<br />
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Day 1: the wall comes down, and the two huge<br />
paneled doors are saved to be used at another time...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Day 2: the flooring from almost the entire right side of our house is removed.<br />
Since there was never a sub-floor, we were looking at good old terra firma... yep,<br />
dirt.... Nice... That night, I was SURE to seal off any openings to the rest of the house<br />
until they came again the next morning to begin installing the plywood subfloor...<br />
The LAST thing I needed was a snake, raccoon, possum, or any other manner of<br />
vermin to decide to try and "check in" to Harsham House Hotel! ;)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once the project got under way, we made a discovery that put us in the position of making a<br />
pretty big impulse decision:<br />
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We found that beneath a heavy coat of plaster on the ceilings, were the original<br />
beadboard ceilings! BUT... only about 6 inches of them was "revealed" from where the wall<br />
came down. Who knew WHAT condition the bulk of them was in beneath the remaining plaster?<br />
Maybe the part we saw was the "good" part and the rest was all damaged and rotten?<br />
<br />
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After much consideration, we decided to GO FOR IT.<br />
<br />
The rest of the plaster was yanked and crow-barred off and this is what we were<br />
rewarded with:<br />
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Basically perfect wood! By "perfect" that just means, no gaping holes,<br />
no rotten wood. It wasn't "pretty" by any means, but the condition was stable<br />
and they would look great with a good coating of caulk and paint!<br />
<br />
The work progressed...<br />
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COUNTLESS trips to the paint store to try out SOOOO many shades of the same color!<br />
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One of THE COOLEST things uncovered was the original<br />
handpainted wallpaper that was hidden underneath the plaster on the walls.<br />
We found it on the area of the wall that was revealed when the wall came down.<br />
<br />
I saved the little bits of it that I could salvage as well as some cool hand-forged<br />
nails that were in some of the trim work that came down...<br />
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FINALLY, paint-day...<br />
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The ceiling in the new dining room kept it's plaster -- but underneath...<br />
beadboard, if we ever want to reveal it! NOT! ;)<br />
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The wooden ceilings in the new family room space (below) looked SO great sporting their new<br />
"flannel grey" color. So handsome!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below, my attempts to reclaim my home after it being torn up for so long...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found a chair and stuck it in there... I HAD to see</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that there was going to really be a light at the end of the tunnel! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ETsS9qFj7CI/TbHs0g1Np9I/AAAAAAAAD4I/rHLWMhUldyw/s1600/DSC09271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ETsS9qFj7CI/TbHs0g1Np9I/AAAAAAAAD4I/rHLWMhUldyw/s640/DSC09271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
FLOORING DAY ARRIVED<br />
and that is when things REALLY began to<br />
fall into place...<br />
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The new floors are hickory wood reclaimed and scraped.<br />
I could not be happier with the choice. It is as though it was<br />
MADE for this house...<br />
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Due to a shipping delay, things came to a grinding halt while we waited<br />
for our base moulding to come in...<br />
So,<br />
I pulled a few things from around the house and stuck them in the room --<br />
And in the mornings, I would sit in my one little chair and<br />
dream of the finished product.<br />
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My buddy also settled in as well...<br />
He wasn't sure what to make of being photographed,<br />
so he dropped his rawhide treat for a moment and<br />
stood there for me:<br />
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Yeah... he's found his little spot as well...<br />
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So... we went from three rooms - to two rooms -- one large family room and a very nice-sized<br />
dining room (which we still don't really use....) and it all blends beautifully.<br />
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One color dominates the two rooms --<br />
Restoration Hardware's "Slate"... it envelopes the rooms from the<br />
ceiling to the floor, with the exception of the wall below the chair rail<br />
in the dining room (that color is Restoration Hardware's "Cappucinno").<br />
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Even the crown moulding is painted Slate so that the line is not broken up at all.<br />
It isn't for everyone, and I don't know that I'd do it all over, in every room because I do love<br />
the look of a crisp white band of crown moulding in a room. But in this application,<br />
where I was going for cozy, warm, handsome, and masculine, it works.<br />
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Come walk around the new spaces with me...<br />
We can start here in the dining room...<br />
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For now, this is inside the china cabinet.. not what I'm loving, but<br />
one Saturday afternoon, I'll play around in there and get it "just so". <br />
I want to line the back of the cabinet with player piano roll paper...<br />
to lighten it up a bit.<br />
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Swinging door going into the mud-room/kitchen area...where it is not so<br />
all-gray and dark... ;)<br />
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In the photo below, is my favorite dress form...<br />
Shipped to me all the way from France...<br />
via<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/The-French-Wall"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Le Trip France</span></b></a>.<br />
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I named her Vivien -- in honor of my mother.<br />
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She is wearing a genuine leopard stole...<br />
Bought in Africa in the 1950's - long before the days that having such things was<br />
verboten... And see the matching pocket book?<br />
LOVE!<br />
I don't use either of them, of course.<br />
They were purchases of my father-in-law when he lived<br />
in Africa. He brought them back for his new bride...<br />
my husband's mother. :)<br />
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The FABULOUS French hatmaker's sign on the wall<br />
is from Lisa, at<br />
<a href="http://host.pappapak1.com/%7Emyurbanf/pages/home.htm"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Urban Farmhouse</span></b></a><br />
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More dress forms, decked out in<br />
vintage men's collars...<br />
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You can see, we did NOT opt to pull the plaster down off this ceiling...<br />
maybe one day... maybe not... ;)<br />
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This one is my next favorite dress form...<br />
so heavy and I love her iron stand.<br />
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These two "gals" get along well, so I was able to put them<br />
together here in their own corner...<br />
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Are you spotting a theme here??<br />
Player piano rolls??? <br />
Hey, you use what you have, right?? ;)<br />
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This one is from Kasey of Lola B's when she was<br />
selling things from her store.<br />
I love it!!<br />
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Hey... for the record, not ALLLLLL of my house is grey... ;)<br />
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I love this corner of the dining room...<br />
one lone chair with a vintage straw purse...<br />
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Well hello up there, gorgeous... ;)<br />
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Now, from the dining room, into the family room...<br />
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Some of my fave things that made "the cut" to be put back in<br />
the new space...<br />
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Below, a vintage French price sign from sweet Tracie<br />
at<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mypetitemaison?ref=pr_shop_more"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>My Petite Maison</b></span></a><br />
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One of my vintage hat forms... I love these!!<br />
Crazy, I know... :)<br />
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LOVING using my collection of antique player piano rolls...<br />
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You knew I couldn't NOT put something old, architectural and chippy in here...<br />
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A "matched pair flanking the tv cabinet...<br />
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"My" spot... I love sitting here... I knew I would, even before the<br />
furniture ever came back in. Remember where that lone chair sat<br />
back when we only had plywood subflooring in??<br />
Yep... right about HERE..<br />
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Behind my chair is an antique French map and two sketches<br />
done by my daughter in her first year as an art major...<br />
All hung from decorative metal hangers bought from my<br />
friend, Lisa, at<br />
<a href="http://host.pappapak1.com/%7Emyurbanf/pages/home.htm"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">URBAN FARMHOUSE</span></b></a><br />
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A beautiful old German pewter clock...new to our home,<br />
as it has been in my husband's family for years and we recently<br />
received it. It's perfect in the room...<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(One problem when you take pictures in </span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"cozy" warm, handsome-colored room...</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">NOT ENOUGH LIGHT FOR PICURE-TAKING!</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sorry for the poor quality on a lot of these!!)</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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Antique Chinese stand from hubby's grandparents... it was part of a<br />
wedding gift to them back in the early 1900's...<br />
Perfect for a mug or glass next to the chairs.<br />
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One of many Sarrguemines yellow-ware pieces I have -- I love<br />
the creamy, mellowed colors of this French pottery! The strange<br />
faces on some of the pieces are a bit odd, though. :)<br />
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The "sister" spot next to "my" spot in the front of the house...<br />
No one really ever uses this chair... it's waiting for YOU to come<br />
visit and sit with me and talk...<br />
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The little powder room in the photo below<br />
still sports the "old" colors that went with our old dining room...<br />
I may get the nerve to paint over all this hand painting/glazing/stenciling...<br />
It is soooo pretty, though... and it goes okay with all the gray, right?? <br />
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This little bathroom has a door on it that has a large panel of glass<br />
and therefore I always have had to come up with something clever to<br />
cover it... I mean, being a bathroom, and all..<br />
<br />
SO... I commissioned sweet Andrea Dickerson from<br />
her Etsy shop,<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fadedplains">FADED PLAINS</a></span></b><br />
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I just LOVE what she came up with for me!!!<br />
One for each side of the glass... each slightly different.<br />
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She incorporated our monogram as well as the year the house was built.<br />
PERFECT!!<br />
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So now on to the "living area"...<br />
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This is where we "live" now... plenty of room to stretch out and chill...<br />
the big tv is on the right (out of view) and is a fave<br />
of the hubs...<br />
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See the funky-shaped wooden thingy on the right on the<br />
table below? It is an antique African HEADREST!<br />
Can you even imagine using such a thing to rest your head on????<br />
Another treasure from my father-in-law's time in Africa...<br />
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This is a very old solid ebony head that my father in law brought back from his<br />
long stay in Africa. It was a favorite of my husband all his life and now<br />
he has it to cherish in his own home...<br />
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This whole group (table, pictures, etc. has always been in our<br />
entryway. but I knew this would be perfect with all the gray,<br />
and I just LOVE it in here now!<br />
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In the photo below,<br />
see the giant funky ceramic hand-shaped glove form<br />
on the right, on top of the victrola?<br />
That fun piece came from sweet Dawn at<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shabbychatue"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ShabbyChatue</span></b></a><br />
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This bunch of heavy, rusty antique floor grates/vents has always just been<br />
displayed on my old grain cart, but when I just couldn't find anything just right<br />
to put in the awkward space over the big tv, I looked over at them and knew they<br />
were just the right thing -- not too busy, not too patterned (to compete with<br />
what's on tv) -- just right.<br />
And so now they're hung and I love them there!<br />
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</div> I "filled in" some of them with bits and pieces I already had laying around<br />
and some I left plain...<br />
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So, on any given night, as I'm Facebooking<br />
from my laptop,<br />
this is the general vicinity that I will be in...<br />
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Sitting here -- chatting with you guys online,<br />
(those of you on Facebook, anyway...)<br />
and just resting...<br />
A lovely place to chill...<br />
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Don't you just love the wooden ceiling?? I will NEVER<br />
regret taking the chance to yank down all that plaster and see<br />
the beauty that was beneath!!<br />
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Well, thanks so much for allowing me to have you in<br />
for a little bit.<br />
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I couldn't be happier with the way things turned out.<br />
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A BIG change from their former looks, no?<br />
<br />
Much more suited to the equal sharing with the man of the house, I think. :)<br />
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He is tolerant of anything I come up with,<br />
but this time, I wanted to honor him with less floral, less pastel,<br />
more handsome, "men's-suiting" look.<br />
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And it's fine because I really love that look too...<br />
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Love ya!<br />
<br />
~Ruth~<br />
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</div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-65440439303791981232011-06-06T09:11:00.001-04:002011-06-08T14:35:58.344-04:00Nuts & Bolts Of Creating...Amazing What Can Be Created From The Least Likely Bit & Pieces...<div style="text-align: center;">I thought this was so inspiring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been feeling like getting back to my</div><div style="text-align: center;">"creative roots" more and more lately and </div><div style="text-align: center;">this video definitely</div><div style="text-align: center;">added to that feeling! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you enjoy it, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="675" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24336441?portrait=0" width="1200"></iframe></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/24336441">W Hoboken "Manhattan Mettle" By Ann Carrington</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6729971">tinklevision</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-66355488504655318672011-06-03T07:59:00.000-04:002011-06-03T07:59:19.811-04:00You've Asked, & Now This Here Is One Last Chance!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fqfLRj0DthM/SoW5Z18LsVI/AAAAAAAACgA/zv21h0ZHFj0/s1600/19358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fqfLRj0DthM/SoW5Z18LsVI/AAAAAAAACgA/zv21h0ZHFj0/s640/19358.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I promised my friend in Denmark that I would alert you to the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/flottekaptajninde/m.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">RE-LISTING</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">of the two auctions for complete sets of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeanne d'Arc Living magazines </div><div style="text-align: center;">being offered on Ebay</div><div style="text-align: center;">which are ending today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I "did the math" on these sets and it turns out,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even with shipping costs </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and trust me a whole set amounts to one heavy package!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">the price-per-issue is still right at what each issue</div><div style="text-align: center;">has cost at any given time, right here in the States.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are AT ALL INTERESTED </div><div style="text-align: center;">in getting your hands on </div><div style="text-align: center;">EVERY SINGLE ISSUE EVER PUBLISHED</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the magazine's beginnings in 2009,</div><div style="text-align: center;">through Christmas of 2010...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">PLEASE don't wait and go check out the auctions </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/flottekaptajninde/m.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HERE!</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure they will be re-listed again and by way of</div><div style="text-align: center;">a little "FYI",</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot get all the back issues anymore.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are not many to choose from anymore when we go to place </div><div style="text-align: center;">our orders with the publisher, which tells me that </div><div style="text-align: center;">as much as we've been happy to offer them to you </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and they SELL OUT immediately every time we get them in!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know how long we will even be able to get them in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">SOOOOO...</div><div style="text-align: center;">big heads-up here...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you want ANY back issues but especially</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you want to be able to say you </div><div style="text-align: center;">have all issues starting with the</div><div style="text-align: center;">coveted first few ever published...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I beg of you --</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">click over to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/flottekaptajninde/m.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THE TWO AUCTIONS</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">and put your bid in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And a little Ebay hint:</div><div style="text-align: center;">just because it says 0 bidders... doesn't mean a dozen or so </div><div style="text-align: center;">people don't have the auction bookmarked and are waiting to pounce at the </div><div style="text-align: center;">last minute of the auction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I had a dime for every auction I lost out on because I thought</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had no competition in the wings... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha!! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, on another subject...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the next post up in the next day or so will be the</div><div style="text-align: center;">FINAL INSTALLMENT,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"BIG REVEAL"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">of our renovation at home. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ladies -- seriously... if you want those mags, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is probably the last chance.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And for the record,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have no vested interest in urging you to buy them --</div><div style="text-align: center;">no kick-backs, or anything. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just know that here on our end, we get endless</div><div style="text-align: center;">emails and phone calls from ladies </div><div style="text-align: center;">begging us for back issues.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now there are two complete sets up for sale</div><div style="text-align: center;">at reasonable prices even including the freight...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just want to try and see that you get what </div><div style="text-align: center;">you've been asking for. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey! Did I mention it's</div><div style="text-align: center;">FRIDAY?!?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">See back here with pics of what's had me sort of busy</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the last couple of months... ;)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a> </div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-8426847272255281142011-05-20T07:45:00.000-04:002011-05-20T07:45:41.698-04:00TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK! Last call for a chance of a lifetime auction!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">As I check my clock here on the east coast, it looks like there are only about 5 hours left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">in the two eBay auctions from Denmark that are offering up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">COMPLETE SETS </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">EVERY ISSUE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Jeanne d'Arc Living Magazine </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">from it's beginning in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">2009 all the way through the last issue of 2010.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Considering the emails and phone calls we get from people</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">frantic to get their hands on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">"any and all back issues you have!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I would seriously consider watching this auction in it's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">final hours now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So many people wait and watch an auction like this,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and then</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">POUNCE during the last couple of minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">You may want to get your foot in the door before it closes. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">BELOW IS A RE-POST OF THE INFORMATION </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS "AT STAKE".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">You can skip down to the bottom of the post to find</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">the two separate links for the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">2009 set auction and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and the 2010 set auction:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PSST! You there! Yes! You!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">SHHHH!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I wanna let you in one something!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You ready??</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you are an avid Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine fan</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(and who isn't?)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and if you have ever wished too late that you had thought to </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">secure one of EVERY issue every published,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">you are going to be very happy!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I have a friend in Denmark who is ready to </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">part with an </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>ENTIRE</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>FULL</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>COMPLETE</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> set of Jeanne d'Arc Living magazines </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">from...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>{</b></span><b>ARE YOU READY FOR THIS????</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>}</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The first copy </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">EVER</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PRINTED!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The entire 2009 set -- issues 1 through 6</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AND</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">the entire 2010 set -- issues 1 - 8.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How 'bout that?</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This is pretty much unheard of.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I mean, we have been carrying quite a few of the back-issues </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">as we can get them</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(not all are even available to us, as retailers)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and now even some of the issues we've been able to get even as recently</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">as our last shipment are now all gone.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>FOREVER.</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sooooo....</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I say all this to say...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you are one of the MANY who have emailed or called us</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">begging for any and all back issues possible,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">only to find that we have only a handful of various issues available</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> -- that which we can get our hands on...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>JUMP</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>LEAP</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>RUSH</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">at this offer!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My friend just set up the eBay listings for both sets </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and here are the links:</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&&item=160586657389&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1120#ht_500wt_1156">CLICK HERE FOR THE 2009 SET!</a></span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(issues 1-4 are in Danish; as you will recall, English text was not</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">introduced until the 5th issue).</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160586731977&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123#ht_500wt_1156">CLICK HERE FOR THE 2010 SET!</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Each set will ship from Denmark to the lucky winning bidder</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and before long, some very happy person will possess what I think</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">we ALL wish we'd thought to create back when this incredible magazine</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">first appeared:</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just had to let you in on this auction, since it's</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">such a rarity...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/179/733EDBC6D29A06D36E2B030DE7D88A8A.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; cursor: move;" /></a> </div></div>*The Beautiful Life*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14929357684665563366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682154717833503840.post-47152129987481709402011-05-19T09:31:00.000-04:002011-05-19T09:31:44.634-04:00The Humble French Bottle Drying Rack Is Elevated To Haute Art!<div style="text-align: center;">It all began with an email from NYC artist <a href="http://www.bojoseph.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BO JOSEPH</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">inquiring about purchasing quite few of our </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/me60bodrra.html">French Bottle Drying Racks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as some of our </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thebeautifullife.stores.yahoo.net/pseplpadof50.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Perfect Setting" paper place mats.</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">He indicated he needed about 7 for a project he was working on for the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/4128"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Brooklyn Artist's Ball</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">in which he was to be an exhibitor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">His exhibit would pay homage to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Marcel Duchamp</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(the one who created the bottle rack </span>as his first example of "ready-made" art) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Bo wanted to cover them with images of works from the museum collection </div><div style="text-align: center;">& incorporate lighting on each rack.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Sooooo....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We furnished him his bottle racks & place mats, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and he promised to send me pics of the finished project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Weeks later, the email came with some of the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">MOST AMAZING PICTURES.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The gala was attended by the likes of Sara Jessica Parker, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Liv Tyler and more than a few other celebrities and NYC socialites. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a fun night it seems to have been!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just look at what Bo did with our </div><div style="text-align: center;">bottle drying racks and place mats:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YkYHcflK_tQ/TdURd7pGPzI/AAAAAAAAD5E/jawYNRzzSIk/s1600/bo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YkYHcflK_tQ/TdURd7pGPzI/AAAAAAAAD5E/jawYNRzzSIk/s1600/bo4.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BEST PART?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">As Bo put it in his email to me,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i>t was a huge success and a great party. I ended up throwing a curve ball into the project and wore a suit I silkscreened with the same imagery I used in the rest of the project."</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Take a look:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EfV2Vzxf8TM/TdURet_QFnI/AAAAAAAAD5Q/_bI9NP3sWgM/s1600/bo7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EfV2Vzxf8TM/TdURet_QFnI/AAAAAAAAD5Q/_bI9NP3sWgM/s1600/bo7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Will you LOOK AT THIS???? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Genius!!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then, that's what artists truly are, no?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Geniuses, in the truest sense.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, here is a fun <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/04/28/style/BAM-BALL-9.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">New York Times link</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> that shows some</div><div style="text-align: center;">great pics from the night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Bo Joseph for sharing his big night with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">so that I could share it with YOU! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If nothing else, let this inspire YOU to always RE-THINK the </div><div style="text-align: center;">ways you use things that you use everyday....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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