Peony
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Perkins
When we were packing up the house last year, I came across this little painting that we took from my Grandmother’s house. It’s signed by “Charlotte Perkins.” I have no idea who she might have been, but I find it charming. Especially when dappled by late afternoon sunlight.
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Jar
Because everyone needs a place to keep it.
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Slate
A painted roof slate from the Vieux Carre in New Orleans. Something pretty to look at in my Secretary desk.
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Key
So … what’s in the Secretary desk?
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Secretary
My grandmother’s Secretary desk, looking lovely in the slatted light from my window blinds.
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Fern
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Fortune
Okay, I’ll have to remember this.
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Carl Larsson
I know, I’ve shown pictures of this embroidery project before, but…
It looked so pretty in the sun the other night, I couldn’t help but take more pictures.
I loved the way the silver candlestick sparkled in the light. And that you can really see the three-dimensions of the girl’s braid.
Not to mention every french knot in the trailing Christmas cactuses.
This picture, you’ll remember comes from my very favorite Carl Larsson painting. Called, I believe “Girl at Desk,” or something like that. I’ve had it on a greeting card since I was in college. Then, the card was pinned to the wall next to my desk, but a few years later, I decided to do more. I traced the outlines of the picture onto tracing paper, and then blew it up on a copy machine. Then–I don’t remember exactly how–I transferred the outline to a piece of something like very fine needlepoint canvas, but something which had a very distinct weave which made straight lines easier to sew.
I went to a local embroidery store and browsed through assorted silks and threads of all kinds, to find the right colors, the right textures for the different elements. And then for a year, I sat with a stitch dictionary and my picture, filling everything in, matching just the right stitch with each piece. I even made up a few, like that staggered satin stitch for the wood panelling.
Really, it was enormous fun. It’s just a pity that there isn’t a single other painting that inspires me to try the whole thing all over again!
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Inkwells
This reminds me, though, that I really should dust…
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Rose
Outside.
Inside.
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Board
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Skylines
There’s just something about the angles, diagonals, and parallel lines in this picture that amuses me.
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Nature
A set of nature-themed colored buttons. Rocks, wood, pebbles–who cares that they’re plastic?
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Bamboo
So, I’ve had this little pot of bamboo for four and a half years. It was a wedding favor at my sister’s brother-in-law’s wedding in August 2005. Ever since, it lived in my bathroom. Three stems died, but one of them hung in there and made the move with us last November.
It didn’t seem to like the new bathroom, though, probably because there was no natural light. And one by one, its leaves turned yellow. Even when I moved it to the hallway … yellow, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to throw it away.
Then, this morning, Mom pointed out the single, green leaf sprouting from the top.
There’s hope yet.
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Looking
Here’s looking at you!
(A self-portrait from 2005.)
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Furry
Some Furry eye-candy.
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Buttons
I bought this group of buttons solely because I loved the copper theme.
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Necklaces
An old picture of a jumble of necklaces in my jewelry box.
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Beaded Lion
Back in 2008 I took this picture of a shop window in Vineyard Haven, because this lion made out of beads was just too, too cool…
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