Winter Blues in the Master Bedroom/Nursery

<div style="text-align: center;">So, to continue on with my "WINTER BLUES" Series,<br />I just wanted to share with your our Master Bedroom/ Nursery.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94f4abOSrkimVOQ0TW9hNe72upWPK9ceJJ5knrNFsAmQiAg8NyAYZZsa5JaXtni-ZgystxDxum21z3wmtd5stk8GKKDVfapKF_xb-4AVRoNZJ4e9bTEDiVr2uBVDIxdIqhSiXieMzRRw/s1600/DSC_0558_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94f4abOSrkimVOQ0TW9hNe72upWPK9ceJJ5knrNFsAmQiAg8NyAYZZsa5JaXtni-ZgystxDxum21z3wmtd5stk8GKKDVfapKF_xb-4AVRoNZJ4e9bTEDiVr2uBVDIxdIqhSiXieMzRRw/s1600/DSC_0558_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, we're still sharing our room with Sophia</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I know, it's about time for Sophia to move into her own room, and believe me I hope it will happen soon too . She is 3 months old now and pretty soon would really need to move to her nursery, so hopefully I will have the time to get it started soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, I thought I'd share this with you because it goes with my series!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1Mv1mlwny5dIDdQv9z7hyFtKkb9UF2s1zjkDLYqaK7PwhDpDcTZM515TgL4x4CN-PepPV9wLP3tc7xwTaAsRLm_hDv4q9zq3FlrmxEU3MhXrMscsXoCzjofZ7wBCY1MDjXZto1_bfiQ/s1600/DSC_0540_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1Mv1mlwny5dIDdQv9z7hyFtKkb9UF2s1zjkDLYqaK7PwhDpDcTZM515TgL4x4CN-PepPV9wLP3tc7xwTaAsRLm_hDv4q9zq3FlrmxEU3MhXrMscsXoCzjofZ7wBCY1MDjXZto1_bfiQ/s1600/DSC_0540_Fotor.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Changing area</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This area obviously hasn't changed much.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINUWzphAvWjMjVU1LF7BNg1sw_NWZRu75cOsbCEDpopKrwLye8lphE-iR0qvbE_sYShSZKk2VjgXZzYk9jkr3hDHcko2-nkpxOBgH7cuxNltHmxk9H01KmVTg1hbMPCgazo8KMkoeAUY/s1600/DSC_0542_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINUWzphAvWjMjVU1LF7BNg1sw_NWZRu75cOsbCEDpopKrwLye8lphE-iR0qvbE_sYShSZKk2VjgXZzYk9jkr3hDHcko2-nkpxOBgH7cuxNltHmxk9H01KmVTg1hbMPCgazo8KMkoeAUY/s1600/DSC_0542_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this Meadow Pattern from Dwell Studio for the changing pad cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I did change up the decor on the shelves and as you can see, she has her shoes instead of socks on the shelves (sniff, sniff, growing up too fast ;-(  )<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZgyTD3i3XJ8BJgvR40O8FfofaiGicDnbVKaulSxr9cDjdCsN9KB5KfSBbF1-SiH3Ue-FC9oQTe6Rx-Em7zg4ZE1MmDCnE-y9-8kTBTMj6-MTy5C5hW4GTvWRSerXAoMhuUUc-LmySnw/s1600/DSC_0541_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZgyTD3i3XJ8BJgvR40O8FfofaiGicDnbVKaulSxr9cDjdCsN9KB5KfSBbF1-SiH3Ue-FC9oQTe6Rx-Em7zg4ZE1MmDCnE-y9-8kTBTMj6-MTy5C5hW4GTvWRSerXAoMhuUUc-LmySnw/s1600/DSC_0541_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ribbons are too many already and so I had to transfer them to this PLASTIC<br />Candy Jar (one of  the ones from Sophia's Baptismal Candy buffet)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I also added these 2 cute brass bears I scored more than a year ago.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUJrNSsG3wuyIW_pf23rMURdDsw8UM3XZBwTxsPmddEcExnGjJmQwVHK3GxjR8jO9jDr04KMNag5hFnvvyxOA3HmdhfQt6eEQzmov9l1GvzXiTloApomfevweTeiclQWhg7oMmTsm1Ks/s1600/DSC_0551_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUJrNSsG3wuyIW_pf23rMURdDsw8UM3XZBwTxsPmddEcExnGjJmQwVHK3GxjR8jO9jDr04KMNag5hFnvvyxOA3HmdhfQt6eEQzmov9l1GvzXiTloApomfevweTeiclQWhg7oMmTsm1Ks/s1600/DSC_0551_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophia's stuff crowding even the mantel and the dresser</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkFtMMscsxW-KNRToXWaC-77j91v9t4bb40rpYvnSO2cdaGwBnTTiYJ6YAkNb45bPKYYDkJ90i9AQ3_YWfCCjVCeGsrGWM_pLhmeqxIIxOEY80o1HeET7jCBZ_4PXKemHKemkyIXQTHk/s1600/DSC_0547_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkFtMMscsxW-KNRToXWaC-77j91v9t4bb40rpYvnSO2cdaGwBnTTiYJ6YAkNb45bPKYYDkJ90i9AQ3_YWfCCjVCeGsrGWM_pLhmeqxIIxOEY80o1HeET7jCBZ_4PXKemHKemkyIXQTHk/s1600/DSC_0547_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just changed our bedding to match Sophia's bedding. This duvet cover  is from TAHARI Home.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXq_3G8zhe7EyCb99hBXcHNo7QJGrUxA8nK91g_ohEoZb0LDdjlJOwm4QZoVhETZbGQGAcZOGRC9zNwCXJgqTbCt-OfxqusXkCIjE6IbR9yCSOwKa7i-pANgFtMm2CS-Nm5pZm0mPTmvg/s1600/DSC_0546_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXq_3G8zhe7EyCb99hBXcHNo7QJGrUxA8nK91g_ohEoZb0LDdjlJOwm4QZoVhETZbGQGAcZOGRC9zNwCXJgqTbCt-OfxqusXkCIjE6IbR9yCSOwKa7i-pANgFtMm2CS-Nm5pZm0mPTmvg/s1600/DSC_0546_Fotor.jpg" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the 'Feeding" side table now</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, I stopped breast feeding already. A lot of factors on this, luckily she's ok with the formula.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3bziGN9iE3MeG0CMglNemr9Fr5oTVfC9bIJi_U9OATihMDeBVogmV5E3VwKiuVu5v1YWzlfeYs2-zGw2ZEoP7BnOYPDn7wFGrFwDFbrrUeP_0KJhENcgxTsUkd7MH3lqPU4ofEln1XU/s1600/DSC_0543_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3bziGN9iE3MeG0CMglNemr9Fr5oTVfC9bIJi_U9OATihMDeBVogmV5E3VwKiuVu5v1YWzlfeYs2-zGw2ZEoP7BnOYPDn7wFGrFwDFbrrUeP_0KJhENcgxTsUkd7MH3lqPU4ofEln1XU/s1600/DSC_0543_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Giraffe has a friend now! A gift from one of Sophia's Godmother<br />I also added monogram on all her towels</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33IeCWFUpF_T6ByANo22pGRT6WSTKdIYcEN0uztLbnIUrxoighQKPtKi-JKEuIQnZDkPB_Mn9IemcTa9GJfaDSKeuGbcfmDyidSkoghA4KL6yMVHYcwHuG8FqD1jlaoHSKkF0GomNFaw/s1600/DSC_0554_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33IeCWFUpF_T6ByANo22pGRT6WSTKdIYcEN0uztLbnIUrxoighQKPtKi-JKEuIQnZDkPB_Mn9IemcTa9GJfaDSKeuGbcfmDyidSkoghA4KL6yMVHYcwHuG8FqD1jlaoHSKkF0GomNFaw/s1600/DSC_0554_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's my little cutie pie making our Meadow Crib sheet even more beautiful.<br />The puppy dog pillow is from H & M home.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzt21jWhNbpGKEL_256lpHtsBCNcHlC4FUXWgshOuYpU0bi1_aWCCghKnP4JdPKSYeFe7MV72ZFMhZbf54w95Kwn7xgfWi5CRL5Ho7FsZpo9uqM6fYzCPp2YdGp3bQ8ShrC1toZC0XGk/s1600/DSC_0552_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzt21jWhNbpGKEL_256lpHtsBCNcHlC4FUXWgshOuYpU0bi1_aWCCghKnP4JdPKSYeFe7MV72ZFMhZbf54w95Kwn7xgfWi5CRL5Ho7FsZpo9uqM6fYzCPp2YdGp3bQ8ShrC1toZC0XGk/s1600/DSC_0552_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I change my curtains to this blue too - scored this from TARGET years ago</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This little one is surely getting more and more stuff the older she gets. Hopefully I can fix her nursery real soon. In the meantime, we are truly ALL wrapped up around her tiny little finger!<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OHsZVCkuIzdOV6-ZxoEmNNSc_pQGjf_2klL3eS_0Jo5M4iSsijSgNiwYJmSnjJvICphw0iZ6w1tergabOM-h5kGoGjFhPfgs6FVmD_04E5e-PE4TWzMjJAhBs9zFUhQFLLyQwHNt_CI/s1600/DSC_0556_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OHsZVCkuIzdOV6-ZxoEmNNSc_pQGjf_2klL3eS_0Jo5M4iSsijSgNiwYJmSnjJvICphw0iZ6w1tergabOM-h5kGoGjFhPfgs6FVmD_04E5e-PE4TWzMjJAhBs9zFUhQFLLyQwHNt_CI/s1600/DSC_0556_Fotor.jpg" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Mommy's girl too!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Have a Wonderful Weekend!</span></i></b><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Winter Blues in the Master Bedroom/Nursery

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Winter Blues in the Dining Room

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Everyone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for all your sweet and wonderful comments about my<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-top-5-posts-for-2014.html">TOP 5 POSTS</a></span></b>! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do feel like you guys are family too since you've been a witness to one of the most important change in our life -  the <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/10/welcome-to-world-sophia.html"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">birth of SOPHIA</span></b></a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's funny how this blog started out to be an outlet for something so 'trivial' as home decorating and blossoming into some sort of personal journal already! I really do hope that someday, my kids will browse thru this little blog of mine and find out more about me and our life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, back to the 'trivial' things! ;-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I want to share with you the first of 3 rooms in our home  which I call the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">"WINTER BLUES"</span></i></b> series. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why? Well take a look...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg9QKIQIJWhulyaA_RxWVRslDQ88ORt3_eEyNUA9D4pIAw6omJhvfy9NySzT1NHXYrAt9NE7ui_O0TuFc2R9R7Ihxg4qB7zwHgR2SpCgcQj4qLc8awrdKy3GyTybJBMx7uiwc5tLcOj0/s1600/DSC_0561_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg9QKIQIJWhulyaA_RxWVRslDQ88ORt3_eEyNUA9D4pIAw6omJhvfy9NySzT1NHXYrAt9NE7ui_O0TuFc2R9R7Ihxg4qB7zwHgR2SpCgcQj4qLc8awrdKy3GyTybJBMx7uiwc5tLcOj0/s1600/DSC_0561_Fotor.jpg" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, the BLUE palate is definitely a stand-out!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Despite the name, I am <i>SO HAPPY</i> with this "BLUES SERIES" ! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Did I ever tell you that BLUE is my favorite color?</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsDadF-OicjsoMVfnBv0vCYYTK9tq82FVXWbIAHy3NPhigrd0CpQv7wJfz38wp8aGDbOoERlyP2yaTLH3QWRlggyhTwBscBU_QUnA5Nv8yACOwgmbogu_5lYpr1JhfHSOlUz3qulW10E/s1600/DSC_0562_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsDadF-OicjsoMVfnBv0vCYYTK9tq82FVXWbIAHy3NPhigrd0CpQv7wJfz38wp8aGDbOoERlyP2yaTLH3QWRlggyhTwBscBU_QUnA5Nv8yACOwgmbogu_5lYpr1JhfHSOlUz3qulW10E/s1600/DSC_0562_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Blue ceramic collection is indeed growing</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I moved most of my blue ceramics from my Kitchen sink. Remember this?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlCX930sdkgAK4kmY1391HUe_bvgZGNjMkTzIGlrjON_JOhJiqRtn_CWDvSsBSAVsb9LFRhE_wg-AZdmpu0AsMFiVjDhtyI3GKqSiQU-1sZo-sjqlnMt8UxR9vdhAMZPSlP7uAbl6hsU/s1600/DSC_0403_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlCX930sdkgAK4kmY1391HUe_bvgZGNjMkTzIGlrjON_JOhJiqRtn_CWDvSsBSAVsb9LFRhE_wg-AZdmpu0AsMFiVjDhtyI3GKqSiQU-1sZo-sjqlnMt8UxR9vdhAMZPSlP7uAbl6hsU/s1600/DSC_0403_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My collection has grown from this already</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs2Odft3DjS3nMBZSAEn-YEWg0_smmnFmH57NnMIx8gJrbcdOllLKvIOjrXDOGsqmNWMoPgtGJOmNcpPTpmneAThYEyrvSrhemtwaWPvS6xKNNVvrs1XvZizB-ey8snQdes2QGUdULsI/s1600/DSC_0563_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs2Odft3DjS3nMBZSAEn-YEWg0_smmnFmH57NnMIx8gJrbcdOllLKvIOjrXDOGsqmNWMoPgtGJOmNcpPTpmneAThYEyrvSrhemtwaWPvS6xKNNVvrs1XvZizB-ey8snQdes2QGUdULsI/s1600/DSC_0563_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ones on the right of the tray including the mini tea set and jar are from my mom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWK-7NFXAgYK_SWsFi7C8Z1WAViECvM5q93XT5MnNT_uJbAZdRMkJ6Tg0fmMNkdkiZhTjaKo4Nh3eYwT7kGlJVwdO9hmSo6Y-bNhrEpkzutBTMflNexSHf23TzfjKR9ttA0bW8I_66Lc/s1600/DSC_0573_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWK-7NFXAgYK_SWsFi7C8Z1WAViECvM5q93XT5MnNT_uJbAZdRMkJ6Tg0fmMNkdkiZhTjaKo4Nh3eYwT7kGlJVwdO9hmSo6Y-bNhrEpkzutBTMflNexSHf23TzfjKR9ttA0bW8I_66Lc/s1600/DSC_0573_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Would you believe these flowers lasted all the way from my birthday?? I celebrated Dec. 23 and shot this January 10!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PdktJ7Ox8L4_uEQPMkim4AWeR5CCiww2zbrUbdvKy2kDxHMPrV_s7yca1DrOMYAk-BdOQhOmTscC0mLpFIZ_CfloGTZ4C66DamLZP6SG-GyO0e08RQp3FNEcw-W36ReLqq3Ftl_IEy4/s1600/DSC_0566_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PdktJ7Ox8L4_uEQPMkim4AWeR5CCiww2zbrUbdvKy2kDxHMPrV_s7yca1DrOMYAk-BdOQhOmTscC0mLpFIZ_CfloGTZ4C66DamLZP6SG-GyO0e08RQp3FNEcw-W36ReLqq3Ftl_IEy4/s1600/DSC_0566_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2 biggest Ginger jars are scores from ROSS and the big one in the middle with the baby's breath (which are from Sophia's baptism -Dec.7-  is my recent score from TJ Maxx Clearance :-)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgae1gdTPb101M8TeYJ7tTeKlPLWyDndsXt8J1V6Jh8Dc_0ust6uNQCdrI9Y59Tx_gKuwUrigWoV3WXpmHyR14LPQNRyhTLfCXU_UacMjYXO0ZQeRNgec3S8OuFKidsYp1nUtCu1ahlmeI/s1600/DSC_0569_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgae1gdTPb101M8TeYJ7tTeKlPLWyDndsXt8J1V6Jh8Dc_0ust6uNQCdrI9Y59Tx_gKuwUrigWoV3WXpmHyR14LPQNRyhTLfCXU_UacMjYXO0ZQeRNgec3S8OuFKidsYp1nUtCu1ahlmeI/s1600/DSC_0569_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plate behind is from an Antique store and did you notice that glass sticking out behind?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W7D6v2ql0bTy2rAE3ECa6fTrjMowIVN4ixetrx8g7qU4etQRs-xbJuipeykzFyiHSjr8iz17a42eHKgDxJ0Xm1ZnYwTwsLFaOCpBD5ma-oORvrD3Jm8R0sIydnjeRWtG-GoawK7h460/s1600/DSC_0570_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W7D6v2ql0bTy2rAE3ECa6fTrjMowIVN4ixetrx8g7qU4etQRs-xbJuipeykzFyiHSjr8iz17a42eHKgDxJ0Xm1ZnYwTwsLFaOCpBD5ma-oORvrD3Jm8R0sIydnjeRWtG-GoawK7h460/s1600/DSC_0570_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See? It's a recent score from WISTERIA!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yf4AvIXtDEEM4gUd2Ov5F9JS0ja9K0sn97LdxaJD0hsNDsKij0mkGf5yRWfQr71_NxHvrdKatUSKuGSrUVUzMPDaS1tosraZbsv50DquYZrYYz1IvUDMSM3O0bWJN5RDDfouqos-ds/s1600/DSC_0571_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yf4AvIXtDEEM4gUd2Ov5F9JS0ja9K0sn97LdxaJD0hsNDsKij0mkGf5yRWfQr71_NxHvrdKatUSKuGSrUVUzMPDaS1tosraZbsv50DquYZrYYz1IvUDMSM3O0bWJN5RDDfouqos-ds/s1600/DSC_0571_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really love the vibrant color</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBIgrt5ausNLx_9w0DyDFqxDSDoXvlRo4pE1yX8WVjwCYgq3mm5elDGN_nR3GEBKseST42KfFyMRR4XgewuhjvLZ8G0WtsGMKqd8qx4fRriz2VzlSBNYFrpWDm8v6LSYJDTthieGuXhw/s1600/DSC_0564_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBIgrt5ausNLx_9w0DyDFqxDSDoXvlRo4pE1yX8WVjwCYgq3mm5elDGN_nR3GEBKseST42KfFyMRR4XgewuhjvLZ8G0WtsGMKqd8qx4fRriz2VzlSBNYFrpWDm8v6LSYJDTthieGuXhw/s1600/DSC_0564_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added some blues too on my mirrored shelves.  The dragon teapot is from my mom<br />and the plates are a score from TJ MAXX</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8jZLPgHL8wYRywBK5y1XtPmLKug05vPki5FUeL9hdckfqCL3nW7UeEKohyphenhyphen0TOEhixPjviXBQ3qsUHi_g4Gbsq3Atd8ZaZ4O4M6i1Fi9JsAtVkpxislQ6K0SlNGzT7IClTworKJQvqZw/s1600/DSC_0574_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8jZLPgHL8wYRywBK5y1XtPmLKug05vPki5FUeL9hdckfqCL3nW7UeEKohyphenhyphen0TOEhixPjviXBQ3qsUHi_g4Gbsq3Atd8ZaZ4O4M6i1Fi9JsAtVkpxislQ6K0SlNGzT7IClTworKJQvqZw/s1600/DSC_0574_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you enjoy this mini post-holiday tour of my Dining Room!<br /><br />I'll be showing the Master bedroom/Nursery next time.<br /><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Hope you all have a Fabulous Week!</span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Stay warm!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Winter Blues in the Dining Room

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My Top 5 posts for 2014

<div style="text-align: center;">2014 was a great year for my family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a whirlwind, but nonetheless, we are thankful and feel so blessed.  Not just with the birth of our daughter, which is by far, the BEST MOMENT for us last year, but our life in general. </div><div style="text-align: center;">No complaints whatsoever.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And with blogging, though I slacked-off a bit, I was still able to garner your interest and some others to read my posts, and for that I AM VERY THANKFUL.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So for my 2nd post of the year, I'm sharing only 5 of my most viewed posts for last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In case you missed any of it, feel free to check it out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">1) <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-summer-coastal-living-room.html">OUR SUMMER COASTAL LIVING ROOM</a></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc3oIwVhG_r2G0jYZDoFqkR2hgAs2-NEDDKENxT3gIslR16IgO8gENw1F193zshAs0udYS8Gd3pSZyhEbposJNnEqU9ZNtLq736H0ZOiYp9f6Szk_pBOAwFJcUDE1Tehw2d9-cxI71qI/s1600/DSC_0421_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc3oIwVhG_r2G0jYZDoFqkR2hgAs2-NEDDKENxT3gIslR16IgO8gENw1F193zshAs0udYS8Gd3pSZyhEbposJNnEqU9ZNtLq736H0ZOiYp9f6Szk_pBOAwFJcUDE1Tehw2d9-cxI71qI/s1600/DSC_0421_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">2) <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-baby-shower-on-budget.html">BABY SHOWER ON A BUDGET</a></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2Eh3zJvviJq10TR5WZzZHxOgqvPZkGYxKw0bKvqfvHF4QtyUq_LTD63PCSGDKavpWLN2nz0b65d61ZDGqQc323D5SDNTM9Ey2ManH46-iBADaEBYfxPUCgCV20_xS3rLLX1EgmsuAi4/s1600/DSC_0414_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2Eh3zJvviJq10TR5WZzZHxOgqvPZkGYxKw0bKvqfvHF4QtyUq_LTD63PCSGDKavpWLN2nz0b65d61ZDGqQc323D5SDNTM9Ey2ManH46-iBADaEBYfxPUCgCV20_xS3rLLX1EgmsuAi4/s1600/DSC_0414_Fotor.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">3) <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/10/basement-guest-room-before-after.html">BASEMENT GUEST ROOM BEFORE AND AFTER</a></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBqf9Q7awN3gvJ-PfFR9xRYRfmVmk0eS_KotrMA4Bntai0nQGsDtvnQ6ayLkfS7NZNcv5aQXwDs2Swehm0_5CLvc8sKC6Z5uD5wYD1AQVoO2xr-m-bT5vgSb4qghCqpyJO654IFR9-IM/s1600/DSC_0019_Fotor_Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBqf9Q7awN3gvJ-PfFR9xRYRfmVmk0eS_KotrMA4Bntai0nQGsDtvnQ6ayLkfS7NZNcv5aQXwDs2Swehm0_5CLvc8sKC6Z5uD5wYD1AQVoO2xr-m-bT5vgSb4qghCqpyJO654IFR9-IM/s1600/DSC_0019_Fotor_Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">4) <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/04/spring-living-room.html">SPRING LIVING ROOM</a></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTOibk-jf9i7SfTXIeT_Vdob5ZWzU_OjVR_FPDvbDntXGYZ6XmCXm8C0SmFWRnJTls0SoeL6KGCTlhTnvbyossWE5ug166SeWlpCxNjuQEcw3QJMYHNe4EqeA6REfWERaZ8-vIaZFFSg/s1600/DSC_0316_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTOibk-jf9i7SfTXIeT_Vdob5ZWzU_OjVR_FPDvbDntXGYZ6XmCXm8C0SmFWRnJTls0SoeL6KGCTlhTnvbyossWE5ug166SeWlpCxNjuQEcw3QJMYHNe4EqeA6REfWERaZ8-vIaZFFSg/s1600/DSC_0316_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">5) <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/12/our-christmas-home-tour.html">OUR CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR</a></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd0zigMbGgwlZYzVVSa0sd98SCHIge5bDm6f6caj27CxCIDCJXNh-Ui72jkeLLNnjy1dfC_aBF56v85ptuMMU2zPO7A8q5bRP4ObbTu13O5kvwmNLBXmephRxcQb42LnDVC1w9g6LYPs/s1600/DSC_0321_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd0zigMbGgwlZYzVVSa0sd98SCHIge5bDm6f6caj27CxCIDCJXNh-Ui72jkeLLNnjy1dfC_aBF56v85ptuMMU2zPO7A8q5bRP4ObbTu13O5kvwmNLBXmephRxcQb42LnDVC1w9g6LYPs/s1600/DSC_0321_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There you have it! I was 38 posts short in 2014 compared to 2013, so we'll see in 2015, hope I can keep you guys interested. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How about you? Any changes in your blogging from the years past?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">Have a Nice day!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away...</div>

My Top 5 posts for 2014

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The "Elusive" Stendig Calendar

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!</span></i></b><br /><br />Yes, I am still here, and I haven't dropped from the face of the earth yet, but like everyone, I got extra busy with all the holiday hoopla - you know, visitors galore, my baby's 1st christmas, and just cooking and planning up a storm, and oh yeah, a huge out- of town  trip too with the entire Criste clan!<br /><br />Anyway, hopefully, I can start back-reading all the good stuff from you that I missed and hopefully too, shell out some stuff for my blog!<br /><br />So let me start this New Year by sharing with you the Calendar I love at the moment...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiYMJuvdKnIcZiq2VMU_V4poEUtrxyErDtcpuhb_Zs629eUOip3jcQ33Zgmup-V-NM_1UKySdscZKS2P_fHeKbkXZvJ7vzI_yLuAArk5xDr3_Wald9k-QrnDd2jVFLaA6G2AX2K08BSo/s1600/IMG_7960_thumb3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiYMJuvdKnIcZiq2VMU_V4poEUtrxyErDtcpuhb_Zs629eUOip3jcQ33Zgmup-V-NM_1UKySdscZKS2P_fHeKbkXZvJ7vzI_yLuAArk5xDr3_Wald9k-QrnDd2jVFLaA6G2AX2K08BSo/s1600/IMG_7960_thumb3.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nordicleaves.com/2013/03/a-new-look.html">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If your not familiar with this calendar yet, this is the Stendig Calendar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I quote their <a href="http://www.stendigcalendar.com/Stendig_Calendar/Welcome.html"><b>website</b></a> in describing it as ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This beautiful and exquisitely produced calendar was designed in 1966 by Massimo Vignelli and taken that year into the Design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  After 48 years, a design from the sixties endures as an example of excellence in modern graphic design and is most appropriate for vintage or 21st Century distinguished homes and business environments.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GHUqFpdE7eBo2RpJ17qfxn3lCHwCic11dno_Zy4FOVvRN9FutRdBW3X7L8kAviE-Qu7PiLzx0Xn-fbb6VjpuANw7B8DaKumpr7G9mFp86A5bqEN8lNkYAEbOeJiAI_5PX9MifiER0LA/s1600/stendig-calendar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GHUqFpdE7eBo2RpJ17qfxn3lCHwCic11dno_Zy4FOVvRN9FutRdBW3X7L8kAviE-Qu7PiLzx0Xn-fbb6VjpuANw7B8DaKumpr7G9mFp86A5bqEN8lNkYAEbOeJiAI_5PX9MifiER0LA/s1600/stendig-calendar.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://carlaaston.com/designed/stendig-calendar">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And I agree when people say it's more than a calendar, its a work of art on it's own....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I first saw this at Crate and Barrel years ago when I was still in residency. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't have the space or the money (at least for this calendar) at that time and just admired this thing from afar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr8lRmgT0VjhwSkD_3NxMDUmfZNBw_oGoehyphenhyphenEapatx0M4ZxmcgUTnzQKAHbRnUtZzfFExqRFFDDv59TZ0I2fqMYw1zjXDX0Ylb0KV3ZoYpk_EbceJ6kFzIfIdNxRLJm7OGpYRncDFrqg/s1600/stendig-calendar+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr8lRmgT0VjhwSkD_3NxMDUmfZNBw_oGoehyphenhyphenEapatx0M4ZxmcgUTnzQKAHbRnUtZzfFExqRFFDDv59TZ0I2fqMYw1zjXDX0Ylb0KV3ZoYpk_EbceJ6kFzIfIdNxRLJm7OGpYRncDFrqg/s1600/stendig-calendar+(1).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I really love it's simplicity and finally last 2013, I was ready to get one for 2014!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But it wasn't meant to be....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I started my search in November, and by that time, it was all out of stock everywhere except on EBAY where people were selling it for $200+++ + shipping!!!! Ridiculous!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So last 2013 I emailed the <a href="http://www.stendigcalendar.com/Stendig_Calendar/Welcome.html">Stendigcalender website</a> and they politely replied they will email me as soon as the 2015 one was available. And true to their word, they did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I ordered mine right away !!!!!!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGvZ1sk-YGzMSt6kCQEf9_TnrTpYawt0tm-OqPNWgk7HnekR_58mi26jnaqIzXQnjXSBTIcIDxqxbwe_kVCy1w1H4cgYK8boANHSjt2odhucQycsvbrP1z3ee_muqZXlY9X94SDaFdsc/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGvZ1sk-YGzMSt6kCQEf9_TnrTpYawt0tm-OqPNWgk7HnekR_58mi26jnaqIzXQnjXSBTIcIDxqxbwe_kVCy1w1H4cgYK8boANHSjt2odhucQycsvbrP1z3ee_muqZXlY9X94SDaFdsc/s1600/Image.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My beloved Stendig</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> I tell you, it is HUGE! Of course I didn't check the size all that well, I just knew I wanted it and didn't think of where to put it! hahaha! I'm just following the age old adage - "buy what you like and you'll find a spot for it, eventually!". ;-)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVB7gMibJ3ZKFxd8nQ6P0mDo3lgJERB378QLvDMtnBvyeRw0808xm6K71PIg0ZyG-yVm2J-xyUyqEhQ6LyvM2vqWnjjKrHBoIQKNnTjBDKHoD-AQjgSRXmxlPoIQkgC2ZI5V8G0io1SU/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVB7gMibJ3ZKFxd8nQ6P0mDo3lgJERB378QLvDMtnBvyeRw0808xm6K71PIg0ZyG-yVm2J-xyUyqEhQ6LyvM2vqWnjjKrHBoIQKNnTjBDKHoD-AQjgSRXmxlPoIQkgC2ZI5V8G0io1SU/s1600/Image.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back door hallway - Yup, our Umbrella stand has a Light saber, a foam sword and a tennis racket in it!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, this was the only wall I could put it in, since I barely have any more empty walls in our kitchen and living room (I think that's a good thing right?!).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAr9FTsAbHl21IG-EUpAHRCy7Kmr0Z2gn8wMkhxc7EdbiMFuM6cnu6p3P8sCGR5KZ8spgamwXXwAgtTknKUr3AM6oX0WKpqEFeg_aH_3qGYCC3nGZI1GMkxTTBHMYgPFvyUhG4sHE4eoY/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAr9FTsAbHl21IG-EUpAHRCy7Kmr0Z2gn8wMkhxc7EdbiMFuM6cnu6p3P8sCGR5KZ8spgamwXXwAgtTknKUr3AM6oX0WKpqEFeg_aH_3qGYCC3nGZI1GMkxTTBHMYgPFvyUhG4sHE4eoY/s1600/Image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I still need to figure out what to do with the bottom wall - a mail sorter? hooks? chalkboard? any suggestions? Anyhow, I am happy, plus this calendar would not go to waste for sure since I've found some interesting ways to up-cycle old pages...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpZqC1zBDduc1Vf88RphonW-BhnErPu9s5up9DPJ-oEImAxV-LjG9OBSsxA3DkKsT_5KOSAKvPehiuh8nqHyIjrsRj78r_gQRRBVDS_27TP-DdpaWeuunNhrqYXrP3NXuqF3z2x5rp60/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.05.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpZqC1zBDduc1Vf88RphonW-BhnErPu9s5up9DPJ-oEImAxV-LjG9OBSsxA3DkKsT_5KOSAKvPehiuh8nqHyIjrsRj78r_gQRRBVDS_27TP-DdpaWeuunNhrqYXrP3NXuqF3z2x5rp60/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.05.55+PM.png" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24629129181659638/">Backdrop for Modern Monthly photos for baby</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhUHEEsPhCYYk9aSxGTU0sGoyftvSUlHQsox_ittOdW2bBbN5W7a_jmyJ_jUidZ9J7vM9ADqgIA7wxNlyN1vv06TOkkzzejSbA3xaR2vJVNdtJg_lmm_x59QifYDtrWp-7caE0BxYb4M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.07.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhUHEEsPhCYYk9aSxGTU0sGoyftvSUlHQsox_ittOdW2bBbN5W7a_jmyJ_jUidZ9J7vM9ADqgIA7wxNlyN1vv06TOkkzzejSbA3xaR2vJVNdtJg_lmm_x59QifYDtrWp-7caE0BxYb4M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.07.35+PM.png" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://annixen.blogspot.se/2013/01/i-stallet-for-att-shoppa.html">Wrap boxes with them</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_942717078"></span><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7wkeBCjeHtOls5NcSViVV2yWm8t5cwO9Z-mE7CfHn86XQjiB5qJ3Uqig8IjGm4_PSsAb3XAigH3NTdT772QXmmDehYtcRr5n2LCv5y5UsbQMShqzVzGAhwuYS75kex96uOAbeJE47QU/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.09.15+PM.png" width="400" /><span id="goog_942717079"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.doorsixteen.com/2012/11/27/hey-its-time-to-order-your-2013-stendig-calendar/">Of course, wrap pretty presents too</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQUT_QA77PHRdQ1xPxhHNrD6QPu17TfLE9SJvFzPt8YpWQMjaTH6cWthBcQrZorDaNUr_b2jihKq8QfDp7ftWn96t5XRsv6zzPF_QiuFt3AuK40tin9kfWSWy8fSLO2Qn3Zop6EnV0eA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.15.32+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQUT_QA77PHRdQ1xPxhHNrD6QPu17TfLE9SJvFzPt8YpWQMjaTH6cWthBcQrZorDaNUr_b2jihKq8QfDp7ftWn96t5XRsv6zzPF_QiuFt3AuK40tin9kfWSWy8fSLO2Qn3Zop6EnV0eA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.15.32+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/225883737529999831/">Maybe I can do some origami wreath?</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSZ4H6ZAvWQXH-9P8T8JJN7lOolKc6WIC0Q5S0mGdQgMW4PxrUSqo4SLO7hiS8VylymXhQ-iU1ysOKRQNjgwOF700OktT6tVuZ056n9T2fTt034CC23rBzzDuFhGYERzOp3BvF0tn280/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.17.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSZ4H6ZAvWQXH-9P8T8JJN7lOolKc6WIC0Q5S0mGdQgMW4PxrUSqo4SLO7hiS8VylymXhQ-iU1ysOKRQNjgwOF700OktT6tVuZ056n9T2fTt034CC23rBzzDuFhGYERzOp3BvF0tn280/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.17.17+PM.png" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/262827328226042932/">A window or door cover perhaps?</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxmYg9LZIhKe_xkMWB6j3gqsRmrmxV7UOJPFsNXXVkpDxEHKd8xqYWFVP95te6fvWzygO_1ocfwkX6zT1flZVXYIfog4SJdpDRpH1PZ4nFmCJMAJ_J77mub_0ZNEZAu9kxd0F0RdW_Mg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.12.12+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxmYg9LZIhKe_xkMWB6j3gqsRmrmxV7UOJPFsNXXVkpDxEHKd8xqYWFVP95te6fvWzygO_1ocfwkX6zT1flZVXYIfog4SJdpDRpH1PZ4nFmCJMAJ_J77mub_0ZNEZAu9kxd0F0RdW_Mg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.12.12+PM.png" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/post/4195095/3833394045">Even a minimal Advent calendar for this year's Christmas!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I even saw someone who loved the Stendig Calendar so much, she actually made a quilt of it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg-aAGwskUH7MQFNGXfjaFy9ZVuMx-hE8fxYZp0FCkXL6lWGAQa2_lud3PZ7uPHFIr28zUfXePFohMxGPh1CbGt9OmNZwWDYPLRYuGqXJzSgQWW26w_zu-oeX2oTp7ofFBZJwDkPt5KY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.19.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg-aAGwskUH7MQFNGXfjaFy9ZVuMx-hE8fxYZp0FCkXL6lWGAQa2_lud3PZ7uPHFIr28zUfXePFohMxGPh1CbGt9OmNZwWDYPLRYuGqXJzSgQWW26w_zu-oeX2oTp7ofFBZJwDkPt5KY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-01-05+at+10.19.11+PM.png" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kcalgary/15683472918/in/photostream/">Now that's what I call "Utter Devotion" ;-)</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's still available right now, on <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/search?query=stendig">clearance at <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CRATE & BARREL</span></b></a> if your interested!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure we won't be mistaking our dates anytime soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Week!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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The "Elusive" Stendig Calendar

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Framing Pictures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going back in my archives.......,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stumbled upon the pictures I took of Kris's and my trip to the framing shop in Cambridge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used to use a custom framer in the Back Bay of Boston, but they may be</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> out of business.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">...,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't gone to them in years because of the difficulty in parking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've never been shopping in this area......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a 1/2 hour of circling the block trying to find a space,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and 15 minutes of shopping.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK......maybe 20 minutes of shopping.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I started using a workroom in the Boston Design Center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was very convenient.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We could carry the art in through the loading dock, which was right near the studio space in the design center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">WELL.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They went </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>out of business.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then I was just floundering around in the dark,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">using less than stellar framing shops.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whereupon my good buddy Kris informed me that there was a good framer on Concord Ave in Cambridge!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been driving by this place for eons and never noticed it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">WELL.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only the best and most posh places will do for Kris and Betsy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6iTmPEMSAEupUBuOMsGpPPM848yj3YRRFOUph1zOlD00RDmu_qO0686B2YB8PH5JCB4fMA9owQkInKk7WUJOBcZ30_ItWtTDQWTggYe7yT2IT9PsLpvtX1OxD-v2d5ApsPsTZQE5/s1600/1aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6iTmPEMSAEupUBuOMsGpPPM848yj3YRRFOUph1zOlD00RDmu_qO0686B2YB8PH5JCB4fMA9owQkInKk7WUJOBcZ30_ItWtTDQWTggYe7yT2IT9PsLpvtX1OxD-v2d5ApsPsTZQE5/s1600/1aa.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Nothing says fancy like a dumpster right by one's front door!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu7VYuJF_XDClLwWyz_9GeYGpYbM1sj7wg_4-XbEvyrj53q8AEJFgAfZvFa7diU3Jg7a8zEfK6aOuzVv6kTDvWXNttcHvPITtTQJeVSeOfrbimCdC2kzVuQjFwOJchTYHw-ZEzVMw/s1600/IMG_6511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu7VYuJF_XDClLwWyz_9GeYGpYbM1sj7wg_4-XbEvyrj53q8AEJFgAfZvFa7diU3Jg7a8zEfK6aOuzVv6kTDvWXNttcHvPITtTQJeVSeOfrbimCdC2kzVuQjFwOJchTYHw-ZEzVMw/s1600/IMG_6511.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't you love the beauty of cropping!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notice the bike rack.....this is definitely Cambridge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very crunchy granola. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNe-3SuW8xrOwPNueBUg45vke-KwAIyR7nZBRqPXSOelKsZ0eqCiDUxN185ERLGowuK-8Eq82Y-Cx_UKXDN-pLdVFRqSnUvAND5rM4iBErLzilTxUsN5fgQHz7bhQ-0hHLqvgsnul/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNe-3SuW8xrOwPNueBUg45vke-KwAIyR7nZBRqPXSOelKsZ0eqCiDUxN185ERLGowuK-8Eq82Y-Cx_UKXDN-pLdVFRqSnUvAND5rM4iBErLzilTxUsN5fgQHz7bhQ-0hHLqvgsnul/s1600/2.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reason we needed to go to the framer is because.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">although Kris and I had decided not to hang lots of stuff on the walls of her guestroom,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we weren't able to keep to that decision.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just are not less is more kinda girls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>NO NO NO NO NO WE ARE NOT!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had reached this point in her guest room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroDe6c_gDI1waJ8_gjEWcz7uQUEiVOLz8jjuYgyHAwX0PUsz4Z7Rfruob2kT3qhxZ2OsBxJsw4z6RckjEVjk_nF8aotFBgw5KU72lofvIk9VRvfsEKROFQwUD1kNz_3WU6j8tG8m8/s1600/IMG_6053a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroDe6c_gDI1waJ8_gjEWcz7uQUEiVOLz8jjuYgyHAwX0PUsz4Z7Rfruob2kT3qhxZ2OsBxJsw4z6RckjEVjk_nF8aotFBgw5KU72lofvIk9VRvfsEKROFQwUD1kNz_3WU6j8tG8m8/s1600/IMG_6053a.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>BUT</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having just that one painting on the wall was just bugging us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It just was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We needed more stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's just how it was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't fight it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We really did.......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of the room was coming along.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hung lots of stuff over the chest of drawers.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf1QPTf4QZZiFtv-aEvqZfKhPYc5AXTylLgSFWAvRbFO6aSKuDe3laseEBltw0fTUz3SqpcdlWRlCVQ_NiKfGoHr1a6ssu5-rKdUstsYCJLgd3t7lTEjc5DcflLjgwD11Ve03siZV/s1600/IMG_5946ac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf1QPTf4QZZiFtv-aEvqZfKhPYc5AXTylLgSFWAvRbFO6aSKuDe3laseEBltw0fTUz3SqpcdlWRlCVQ_NiKfGoHr1a6ssu5-rKdUstsYCJLgd3t7lTEjc5DcflLjgwD11Ve03siZV/s1600/IMG_5946ac.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had added </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some stuff over the chair......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4VQj8hyphenhyphen458ogbWsIv3X8cwMLDcF6bitGNkwhNGI7Vwsp821scRR2bFjrQVTdo-og9rejoB-EL_zV0LVVEB4eDWh4YDfhgs59Nn2r6i-ocFo9qiu7SRgPasAqUKRygYOmxTgElkiW/s1600/2aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4VQj8hyphenhyphen458ogbWsIv3X8cwMLDcF6bitGNkwhNGI7Vwsp821scRR2bFjrQVTdo-og9rejoB-EL_zV0LVVEB4eDWh4YDfhgs59Nn2r6i-ocFo9qiu7SRgPasAqUKRygYOmxTgElkiW/s1600/2aa.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">sooooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris started tooling around eBay, and found some old oil on board paintings that had the same feel as the large oil we had already hung by the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I played around with how I wanted them to be arranged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I liked how the two looked alongside the bigger one, but we only had two!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We needed four!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvWbMpVL1PU6kCKCz04-atWUG_JH1rL7hXDamd-YdZeXb8UNpcPyRUFx06M04YYkeuJf62-S3rbeLp2gvk6I0Wma5h9GaTGboMvOT7nQcCgdvEriSA7ZlZJCmM18E-Je4Y8_smYfW/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvWbMpVL1PU6kCKCz04-atWUG_JH1rL7hXDamd-YdZeXb8UNpcPyRUFx06M04YYkeuJf62-S3rbeLp2gvk6I0Wma5h9GaTGboMvOT7nQcCgdvEriSA7ZlZJCmM18E-Je4Y8_smYfW/s1600/5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sooooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris and I did what <b><i>we always do.....</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we went shopping in the stuff she already had.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A while back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we had found a pair of framed needlepoints at auction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrlnVnjhUjAelo7-_ETUi3zTRbjrg36mnHXYwByIxrehsYjZD0daVwmmr2odYNP2CVKaGjQGqaJbGy-wfI_5yTFJfHA_tPkzES99E9RDFNHLdHseOOI9wkWv4OEzh-Rz4DFdHzPo8/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrlnVnjhUjAelo7-_ETUi3zTRbjrg36mnHXYwByIxrehsYjZD0daVwmmr2odYNP2CVKaGjQGqaJbGy-wfI_5yTFJfHA_tPkzES99E9RDFNHLdHseOOI9wkWv4OEzh-Rz4DFdHzPo8/s1600/16.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmi6LBplHHXI3YktFP1p2Ko11TXkGD5AJRI_kNA0R0yQQ44pM9XzSiZ_im7TceXrLkVACPygf7_anlyrp59f2TS_W6joxJt0HOHBTDT-RugDGWab7WsqRC6Ykz2lKUUpyQldxnJ7sd/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmi6LBplHHXI3YktFP1p2Ko11TXkGD5AJRI_kNA0R0yQQ44pM9XzSiZ_im7TceXrLkVACPygf7_anlyrp59f2TS_W6joxJt0HOHBTDT-RugDGWab7WsqRC6Ykz2lKUUpyQldxnJ7sd/s1600/17.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, once we got them back to Kris's house, we didn't want to use them they way we had planned while sitting on our @$$'s at the auction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried them several places, but nothing seemed to work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Putting one between the beds was OK, but it seemed a shame to waste the other one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrbgEJUpb5MyETv2ol1qJld6qbHKhUfA7XmNw7ik2kVV4bWamRIa3N9lozcfoUn4nMt5EEJTyiwxQunI5ZUor234ma6tvbGk7zlHSpO0PpmLRX2SbfWkU2cfeVK5sQxnBeRgtadCH/s1600/IMG_3998a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrbgEJUpb5MyETv2ol1qJld6qbHKhUfA7XmNw7ik2kVV4bWamRIa3N9lozcfoUn4nMt5EEJTyiwxQunI5ZUor234ma6tvbGk7zlHSpO0PpmLRX2SbfWkU2cfeVK5sQxnBeRgtadCH/s1600/IMG_3998a.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we hung the rose water color that I had worked on by painting the mat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7v-W0y_jr2ZdbTXqgphhvETQOoCNV8gDdhlV6GE6RkQvkuYrrnxSlhDLCzHGdyofoP7Xs9KGxx7qp1dRm2fQjcegyzujNU3WKw6jcb9DO5u8UwL0O4wxsIRPT9DEjsRkFFWRXNO4/s1600/1(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7v-W0y_jr2ZdbTXqgphhvETQOoCNV8gDdhlV6GE6RkQvkuYrrnxSlhDLCzHGdyofoP7Xs9KGxx7qp1dRm2fQjcegyzujNU3WKw6jcb9DO5u8UwL0O4wxsIRPT9DEjsRkFFWRXNO4/s1600/1(1).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND THEN.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris bought another painting on eBay....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTomEI-7SQDsTjzoiCEySfXb6lYnKh1TZF70t3YAy0zFPP_x2LhwV30zQMFZhU1aP3mPQ28ISN6UDAqTao5GZvicefoRZwSaBt-t0LuJyV7DOP6CbLxykiU0-cGjmY0DJV6K5Dxob/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTomEI-7SQDsTjzoiCEySfXb6lYnKh1TZF70t3YAy0zFPP_x2LhwV30zQMFZhU1aP3mPQ28ISN6UDAqTao5GZvicefoRZwSaBt-t0LuJyV7DOP6CbLxykiU0-cGjmY0DJV6K5Dxob/s1600/23.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She liked the idea of having a couple of portraits of young girls in the room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She just loved the face of this little girl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">BUT!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the needlepoints were the right size for hanging around the large painting by the bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the black frames had to go.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had a beautiful inner liner that was gold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THAT we wanted to keep.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ks7csmQGvEK4uhrM6aT49xoiA8iHJZItps7tWvVMzpRVSz3fH8xxqfuL9-lu8hYE2ZXFuL7ekuCiwbwoomZGxNVgi-DvV7pZmNbyMFgyMZ8ISb5eKgLgI09LiRznChiz89yaBu5q/s1600/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ks7csmQGvEK4uhrM6aT49xoiA8iHJZItps7tWvVMzpRVSz3fH8xxqfuL9-lu8hYE2ZXFuL7ekuCiwbwoomZGxNVgi-DvV7pZmNbyMFgyMZ8ISb5eKgLgI09LiRznChiz89yaBu5q/s1600/a.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we trundled on over to the framing shop and found some beautiful solutions for both the needlepoints and the little oils.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THIS IS A CLIFF HANGER!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will show you what we did and how we did it in my next post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Framing Pictures

Going back in my archives......., I stumbled upon the pictures I took of Kris's and my trip to the framing shop in Cambridge. I used to ...

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