tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612051613027356622024-03-04T21:22:50.690-08:00Jessica's Interiors, Etc.Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-69964171256348349362012-08-07T08:08:00.000-07:002012-08-07T08:08:28.726-07:00Here I Am!<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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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">We are finally here....left Texas and our beloved deer (a fellow who lived down our street called me, and asked if I had moved). "David,wasn't the big moving van in the driveway a clue"? I asked.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">"Didn't notice that, but did notice the twenty deer, rambling around our yard, asking if I'd seen Jessica" ...I started to cry.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">"I fed them Cheetos," he said, cheerily. "And water," he added.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I informed him Cheetos were tasty, but not for deer.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We live up on the Cumberland Plateau (75 miles from Knoxville), on a lake, in a home we inherited in a resort with 8 lakes and 11 golf courses (or is that 8 golf courses and 11 lakes? It is truly beautiful, and it finally stopped raining...going from dust and deerpoop in one's back yard to mildew and a lake is an adjustment.</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is our new home..sort of looks like the "Black hole of Calcutta" right now...The front door is chinese red..and the house is cedar..I didn't take this photo (the realtor did-the house was on the market for three years...wonder why it didn't sell?)....Lots of painting, landscaping, interior design/rehab) The people who rented it for a year burned holes in the carpet in the lower level (there's a wood-burning stove), changed the door hardward brass to cheapstuff, along with chiseling the door frame, and left the house filthy..gah!</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">First thing I did was buy a bird feeder...meet our "bird" "Stretch"..she's terrified of the rocking (a squirrel afraid of heights)...but, she's adapting, as well. We also have cardinals..!!</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is our lovely???kitchen...I hate wallcovering (well, at least, THIS wallcovering), and borders, and soffets, and dirty, white tile, but the cabinets are a nice cherry, and there's hope. My late brother-in-law installed the wallcovering right on the drywall, so the going is slow removing it. My 90-year-old mother in law was helping us pick at it one day, and said, "I'll be an old woman by the time this stuff is removed"..(love her). My guy has most of it off (thank you Swiss Army Knife Guy)...and we have the paint ready...I'm going to do a back splash. (lots of plans as soon as we sell (long story) our Texas home...thought it was sold, but they lost their financing..hope is still in the air)</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is the view from our lower-level walk-out .We have a "work room", and a large room with a large, wood-burning stove, on a large "Crab Orchard stone platform and back wall" My husband gets the tiny office off mine..Hey, it's all he needs.</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">This is the "Sunroom", which I've made into the dining/sun room...painted it...put in our furniture, but I do not like the dark wood trim throughout, (can't change it out)..too much work...</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">So, I am off to eat my breakfast, while gazing out at the lake and my birds.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Hope springs eternal.</span></em></strong><br />
<br />Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-67805217509699077032012-03-15T12:44:00.000-07:002012-03-15T12:44:32.538-07:00Finally! Painted and Staged<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Six hundred and thirty-three trips up-and-down a ladder later ~ done..finished, praise God!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">"Viola"</span></em></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-58798216154028872222012-03-04T04:29:00.000-08:002012-03-04T04:29:36.974-08:00After a Long, Dry SpellI have been neglecting my blog..not because I am bored with blogging, but if you read the post below this, you will better understand. Every waking moment lately, I've been on an 11-ft. ladder..painting our ceiling, foyer, and fireplace breast. Photos to follow.<br />
Speaking of photos, while I've been out-and-about to some of my favorite places, I've shot some things I'd like to share..Here's a bit of a montage.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQ-VmHjsPJ0hmHOxZjTBLBzadyU1-T09Q6TPPVxJ_UaiiNMXHZyx1mOPye0EXRm-ma4KAOcPN4_itZekc7gl_skHT8gX02WQr304PoN01Kim_0iNl1cOH-fkKoWgdmOvxRLTu_f8guzE/s1600/diva+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQ-VmHjsPJ0hmHOxZjTBLBzadyU1-T09Q6TPPVxJ_UaiiNMXHZyx1mOPye0EXRm-ma4KAOcPN4_itZekc7gl_skHT8gX02WQr304PoN01Kim_0iNl1cOH-fkKoWgdmOvxRLTu_f8guzE/s400/diva+025.jpg" uda="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Usually, I amnot wild about silk arrangements, but these are lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Diva</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy0lsim15WATjtES1X0vfhcAcRe-7Hz4Pmu3ZdHPvXvSxFiS0ZDA9zdEEetI4HSymT0QkoJKwBSvwvyLt3qt84XZallfcaxPvnrV5LIMYbdXym_Nbghg_Etzr4w63GfhK3WG3zzkIH-8/s1600/diva+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy0lsim15WATjtES1X0vfhcAcRe-7Hz4Pmu3ZdHPvXvSxFiS0ZDA9zdEEetI4HSymT0QkoJKwBSvwvyLt3qt84XZallfcaxPvnrV5LIMYbdXym_Nbghg_Etzr4w63GfhK3WG3zzkIH-8/s400/diva+010.jpg" uda="true" width="400px" /></a></div>I'm pretty sure I need to feed my bookend obsession with this stack of celedon turtles........love...Diva<br />
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It is a sign of these times. I swore when we bought our Texas home, they would have to carry me out toes up. Things happen. My husband can't find work in Texas, and the design industry is terrible, so we have to adapt. Sooooooooooo, here's a few shots of what we are doing to stage our home..outside first.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mdDfPwKH5MbUlLl0HkIDQkpEZXyMbgRMl2S8QEWAcFQlTSq2wTlu1_FqY_qAHxiG_R_903i6q_b8p6bdyqpdvOdbxL8G_-gfgh2GFUeHqNobjto-SsUIxgrRlH5fQp3hnAgcH-73kCk/s1600/Our+Texas+House+greenlawn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mdDfPwKH5MbUlLl0HkIDQkpEZXyMbgRMl2S8QEWAcFQlTSq2wTlu1_FqY_qAHxiG_R_903i6q_b8p6bdyqpdvOdbxL8G_-gfgh2GFUeHqNobjto-SsUIxgrRlH5fQp3hnAgcH-73kCk/s400/Our+Texas+House+greenlawn.JPG" uda="true" width="400px" /></a></div>This was taken before last season's drought..the grass burned up, and now,this Spring, clover has taken over..which is good, as it will add nitrogen to our poor soil. <br />
The space between the garage windows looked stark and made the house feel not so welcome...soooo. I designed a custom-made trellis...Now, my husband suggested a trellis, but after it was up, he hated it..said it was too large and heavy looking. We thought about painting it, but it is a western exposure, and I think it wouldn't stand up under all that harsh sunlight...so, I think I finally found the solution.<br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhP1R4AXuKJaJs3TJJHo5zfI5ivQQ7flmMvPpWADBJsxnBwa7MXAc-pULQXSIMzjbyCu1YvRpFClkiz8behAjK5iHt0AT-Qz55NEHGQ9PevfJ_5DwDLRX7Arj3IdoYzggdMm1yhkSc8A/s1600/xmas+et+al+072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhP1R4AXuKJaJs3TJJHo5zfI5ivQQ7flmMvPpWADBJsxnBwa7MXAc-pULQXSIMzjbyCu1YvRpFClkiz8behAjK5iHt0AT-Qz55NEHGQ9PevfJ_5DwDLRX7Arj3IdoYzggdMm1yhkSc8A/s640/xmas+et+al+072.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Recently, I was talking to a friend about our Christmas, and celebrating my mother-in-law's 90th birthday (see below). </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Her comment was, (keep in mind, we have been deeply affected by the recession, and my husband hasn't worked for quite awhile- a ph.d. won't get one far in this economy) "for someone who's struggling financially, it (our home, our holiday decor, and the celebration), it all looks pretty posh". At first, I was a bit taken aback, as this is a good friend. Now, I think it was a complement. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I have always been a fan of making "a silk purse out of a sow's ear", and am reminded of the wonderful writer MFK Fisher, who was a food writer, who lived in Europe during WWII. Everyone was trying to keep the wolf away from the door, and she wrote a wonderful piece on "How to Cook a Wolf"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Such is our life; the wolf isn't at the door, but he's sniffing around our driveway...that said, we didn't exchange Christmas gifts, and I'd like to show some of you, who are in our same position (isn't that "we are the 99%), how to celebrate without breaking the bank.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wRc5_-aPK2WEktM50kZg0eksIVGSIL9lQgXlUgGsMxQ1ISuRnHdHLfjpLvQI-lt_EhchLeeuEcnemnX3XaDVRI4ee8OofuvzduXehWl0a2LQNOrkwgJpCV5ViCJlJNtM9Bc6XtFLJps/s1600/purple+passion+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wRc5_-aPK2WEktM50kZg0eksIVGSIL9lQgXlUgGsMxQ1ISuRnHdHLfjpLvQI-lt_EhchLeeuEcnemnX3XaDVRI4ee8OofuvzduXehWl0a2LQNOrkwgJpCV5ViCJlJNtM9Bc6XtFLJps/s320/purple+passion+009.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I believe it cost me $8.00 to make this wreath. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NZjt2rZZVJcy6Uk4zbspcyrMZoPonqJ3m3628qvdc1VIRPcvcJu7lPHevg3IxLTFOGYPxUrMhATdw0M_3dMctRU3JQIDSvobYWYz6nkmOgGnTdqsyNocZQLLEghwL1iBtigqrAWpPUc/s1600/candles+%2526+white+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NZjt2rZZVJcy6Uk4zbspcyrMZoPonqJ3m3628qvdc1VIRPcvcJu7lPHevg3IxLTFOGYPxUrMhATdw0M_3dMctRU3JQIDSvobYWYz6nkmOgGnTdqsyNocZQLLEghwL1iBtigqrAWpPUc/s400/candles+%2526+white+007.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Our tree was from our local supermarket...the urn has been everywhere with us, and did time in our garden, on our screened in porch in Wisconsin, and every Christmas, we put our 6-ft. tree in it, making a much larger-looking tree, and preventing our cats (who were once tree-climbing kittens) from attack. It has become a tradition...an inexpensive tradition, at that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">The silver, we inherited..(thankyou Aunt Lily), and the candles..dripless, burn an inch an hour, are from Tuesday Morning for $1.00 apiece. (Thankyou Tuesday Morning).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoduRonDwyVsflbXU1DYUi3Zov6_X_Ya6-QnpnndxIWajY8nj9o5StTZ5KysOtkq9wWCifE5VQyOBEuavCJGqUXxKmBRuuXmENR1eYpYVjpDbnyQUA-Vs3Cdsl13GrfJdRBjHgiLSffIo/s1600/candles+%2526+white+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoduRonDwyVsflbXU1DYUi3Zov6_X_Ya6-QnpnndxIWajY8nj9o5StTZ5KysOtkq9wWCifE5VQyOBEuavCJGqUXxKmBRuuXmENR1eYpYVjpDbnyQUA-Vs3Cdsl13GrfJdRBjHgiLSffIo/s400/candles+%2526+white+009.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The pointsettia is an old one from last year's wreath...I hot-glued some "bling" to the stamens...ohhh lala..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzRLvNoZrbJtMd673kiXt-dTcsJm2ekyGmXKqHzJjl6muSBxmIK8jVvqYqvqr5DABWK1yr-eNUGN0NJXIqektJWQAOqMroGKKjDxAT8kTbW3RrY6Ek_PeXxuioT9WCrTuzqw0I5pcD0s/s1600/glitter+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzRLvNoZrbJtMd673kiXt-dTcsJm2ekyGmXKqHzJjl6muSBxmIK8jVvqYqvqr5DABWK1yr-eNUGN0NJXIqektJWQAOqMroGKKjDxAT8kTbW3RrY6Ek_PeXxuioT9WCrTuzqw0I5pcD0s/s400/glitter+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The center piece, I made from $12.00 worth of German Glitter "asparagus", an old silver-plated teapot from years and years ago, that I bought at a garage sale, and was living in our garage(worn down to the nickel), and bit's and pieces from my endless stash of thirty years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XJ2598IDaZ34yXITom-dBygUEHZ8TYBCkeliZeDN3rordvUF6A6NQt0f74Ppi7XwO7QoKcL3sQkSlhavtA_zY1yHxcMhCnAgTaaetX74d-c0DlSGPjFD4P187L3CSiyI_h6wBjVdhwg/s1600/xmas+et+al+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XJ2598IDaZ34yXITom-dBygUEHZ8TYBCkeliZeDN3rordvUF6A6NQt0f74Ppi7XwO7QoKcL3sQkSlhavtA_zY1yHxcMhCnAgTaaetX74d-c0DlSGPjFD4P187L3CSiyI_h6wBjVdhwg/s400/xmas+et+al+027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The china, (from England, TJ Maxx..$1.00 per plate)..The wine glasses, from TJ Maxx, which I hand-painted with a grape design ($7.00 for 6), The silver, ours for years....The ficus, lit with last-year's outdoor lights. That's my beautiful Mother-in-law, my handsome husband, and the back of a friend's head...The runner was from an estate sale, and I refinished the table (tiger maple) years ago - passed down from the family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw1fh_kGmRWXr1ydqoIy7uAz-mwOoWREWmsykyP8_Yoxsp-3W2qC6UdPVo7otYoD4fCDP1g1719_ppbnS-hJu-KpYsoeaqFWt7poYXee8QcYK_Ul3kC1A5pEMLSVvlt-O1ddjRj2JN9k/s1600/xmas+et+al+049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw1fh_kGmRWXr1ydqoIy7uAz-mwOoWREWmsykyP8_Yoxsp-3W2qC6UdPVo7otYoD4fCDP1g1719_ppbnS-hJu-KpYsoeaqFWt7poYXee8QcYK_Ul3kC1A5pEMLSVvlt-O1ddjRj2JN9k/s400/xmas+et+al+049.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have wonderful friends, who brought wine, and a smile....The menu was simple, served buffet-style...this is Texas, darlin', so we aren't going to be doing foie gras' and pheasant under glass..we did bbq chicken wings, new potatoes, wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven, wasabi develed eggs, a vege and dip plate (for recipes go to <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/">http://www.marthastewart.com/</a> and find the wasabi eggs, and the new potatoes)..have to give credit where credit is due.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did splurge on the $20.00 raspberry-chocolate cake...some champagne, and good coffee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">viola' - "living well is the best revenge" (I am not sure who said that)..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">There is light, love, and laughter through the tears for those, who are not with us, but watching over us with love...this I have to believe....</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27VbQ53-fy0JyMwBXluCKZlZA1B3YDBwvObtQciAwQkcdeehsuBAtgCarJFlVs6VpOtUwzjS7G6wT5GeF1HvLgpvMHhpJidYhyphenhyphenROGRtRHpCTs3bsZiJyaL4315quxu0uDyKwnIlvVZUo/s1600/xmas+et+al+066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27VbQ53-fy0JyMwBXluCKZlZA1B3YDBwvObtQciAwQkcdeehsuBAtgCarJFlVs6VpOtUwzjS7G6wT5GeF1HvLgpvMHhpJidYhyphenhyphenROGRtRHpCTs3bsZiJyaL4315quxu0uDyKwnIlvVZUo/s640/xmas+et+al+066.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is my lovely, mother-in-law, Miz Eula, who turned 90 in November...we feted her with a party...such an honor...</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We should be as bright, beautiful, and healthy as she when and if we get there...</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Then, I decided to become an interior designer...As a Gemini, I am allowed to do this...'tis a blessing to be allowed to do what one loves...</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I think for the holidays, it's time for another look. </span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I do love red....</span></em></strong>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-42561566309094436992011-11-16T08:01:00.001-08:002011-11-16T08:18:33.403-08:00Here's The Thing<strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">There's been so much happening: My business partnership is being dissolved (just didn't work out the way we had hoped)...My cat died...and the whole thing is starting to sound like a poorly-written Country-Western lament.</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">I am also having issues with Google..who will let me use my identity and password to access my blog, and to moderate comments..just won't accept my answers..no time right now to deal with it...so, please know that I appreciate any comments, and hope you will welcome me "Home"...and no, if you click on that "home", you don't go anywhere...</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">Here's a few things I've been working on: more later...</span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-bS1RTNFJ2OnlMiNVf8h2VjPF_HIhty2e9b9UbLO26jyhxNIErr4e2P3zgWTcmQqVqLxOoOeGNPPQaNuiqZNQFsXGhBFolAtOptpZVA4E2WCEPhNI6qrtnaJaBgNFpx_skGNrS7oBwA/s1600/crown.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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We lost our little Gussie during the night. She was sixteen, and had a hard time for many years not being afraid of everyone except me. When she went blind two years ago, a sort of miracle happened. She came out from under the bed, and spent the last two years, being loved and loving.<br />Rest in Peace our darling girl.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoXErvozq1c67V6_6O-UkGGmM0e9Ms0ai9cp0HIOAI8VJ-LbBTbJ7rsPX6y3s-TkPpH8z4zjzSSdsPeB2LFQeh0qhnr3AfJlHfVVu458qYlrmCb2ZO8uc9XJ9wIabHdhGioGHpaxtihw/s1600/gussie.72dpi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674841999016603106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoXErvozq1c67V6_6O-UkGGmM0e9Ms0ai9cp0HIOAI8VJ-LbBTbJ7rsPX6y3s-TkPpH8z4zjzSSdsPeB2LFQeh0qhnr3AfJlHfVVu458qYlrmCb2ZO8uc9XJ9wIabHdhGioGHpaxtihw/s400/gussie.72dpi.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpcLU1fFQJz2GSoNs-kw2SauKP_1IDD-E16oeZm8xAkX1RF_tCbBWpYuhr-xOPXXmYHE0ppGvMQ890iXr4yHV7kXVWEEQb9FHgcCRJcOzXpL_kQMO-a8puDXXpZeaUQNxkUvLFc3cXn4/s1600/House+and+Book+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674840137601751682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw98G9OlOQ5SP39d6DnGQm1qYbYp2F9KTRHmLewNzl4UQ196Gcu__e6l2GBSMn_fbMUUM8eW3mcp31AqyilIcMRXcYbcYmj0Dtv4btc2z1043c1bkpdQDjrzbUQQO2UfFQ5xjxd0jFf_0/s400/Warmer+Undercover+Gussie.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-48589381428128947772011-10-20T19:35:00.000-07:002011-10-20T19:55:21.021-07:00Running Away From Home (Page)<span style="color:#996633;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gTBugU3S75j2EYpCH2xH6fKzGrTbGKjrQvuMOdzm36rQaFRI8Jrm8mdb_-eXw2LLI0-6_7oUTlh0M9QlWzHcYHRdsiv8fcyWQ0WmqUPrygotZPRCPsgG6dT1TeJW-OUQUfTXYrfAak4/s1600/Casions.61brtness.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665772093231567346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gTBugU3S75j2EYpCH2xH6fKzGrTbGKjrQvuMOdzm36rQaFRI8Jrm8mdb_-eXw2LLI0-6_7oUTlh0M9QlWzHcYHRdsiv8fcyWQ0WmqUPrygotZPRCPsgG6dT1TeJW-OUQUfTXYrfAak4/s400/Casions.61brtness.jpg" /></a> You are probably wondering, "Why is this woman rambling, and why is this entire post backwards, and why the heck is she here anyway....? Just because I learned to love coming here, and although it was started (hence the title - Jessica's Interior's Etc) the Etc. was the fun part. So, now I am a partner in Enlightened Interiors LLC, and am working on building a business in a (in case ya'll have noticed) a terrible economy...too much worry, too many people out-of-work..including my husband - too many angry people...me included...So, I came to just put up my photos..say, "Hey", hey, and go to bed, perchance to dream something more interesting than this blog. (and yes, it is backwards).<br /><br />I don't know if anyone comes here anymore, but if you do, thanks..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigANNyAENQF99b5-6AX5hV5_sckOaNZhQNARaldIFF7NEiIp7rR9o5vB1reTVKEsCwmSP73XNYC_-d9eMbJcDEz-Z9kYh-6R3mKEa6xFfNRfjQ_bdjBfFfejq7qiIszvceZKMk4ch0k/s1600/eveylnsepia+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665771620401583538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigANNyAENQF99b5-6AX5hV5_sckOaNZhQNARaldIFF7NEiIp7rR9o5vB1reTVKEsCwmSP73XNYC_-d9eMbJcDEz-Z9kYh-6R3mKEa6xFfNRfjQ_bdjBfFfejq7qiIszvceZKMk4ch0k/s400/eveylnsepia+003.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#996633;">This is Evelyn, loving her roses...You might want to read this post backwards, as that is exactly what it is...as is my life..topsy-turvy, upside-down, ass-backwards....</span><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-m7neJfDzwchYIcco-GrHfYrsjTu7oWRfyzq-cdNA2XjTc2j17Zi4r410Lfwx-4NJ8HVU059a3R-gKlLXHGBULgeOeLA5A6pI8wFSIZzB1eBbSarXNAZZO2r1FxvqRlBxIDXiBT3b14/s1600/img798.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 208px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665770519970962546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-m7neJfDzwchYIcco-GrHfYrsjTu7oWRfyzq-cdNA2XjTc2j17Zi4r410Lfwx-4NJ8HVU059a3R-gKlLXHGBULgeOeLA5A6pI8wFSIZzB1eBbSarXNAZZO2r1FxvqRlBxIDXiBT3b14/s400/img798.jpg" /></a> Why is it that on my "other blog", the photos are in order, the writing is in order, and on this one, I just can't seem to get there....I can't put a HERE, and you click on it, and it takes you wherever...SO, I am too tired to just fight it, and I ran away from facebook for awhile..and am sharing my black-and-white photos... This was our beloved "Lizzie" dog, and our very much missed "Mehetible"...Lizzie was a sweetie, and would share just about anything with anyone...except for "Cow", and this duck...She tried to share, but just couldn't.</div><br /><div>They both have been gone for such a long time, but I miss them every day. </div><br /><br /><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipComPfEzJrC9iqmQ98cwD75qalwtICs-1Fu2vbsLkJDTv2sBZL6unRGW9QbV7VNMvAar3C81-k6hd5SloLrhmDd1d6EYywfyNa3rSiNGr8rIrGYTdA1mO8KXVl_QmcQsBCjJdYJmHdqw/s1600/55brightness.jabu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665768807781069714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipComPfEzJrC9iqmQ98cwD75qalwtICs-1Fu2vbsLkJDTv2sBZL6unRGW9QbV7VNMvAar3C81-k6hd5SloLrhmDd1d6EYywfyNa3rSiNGr8rIrGYTdA1mO8KXVl_QmcQsBCjJdYJmHdqw/s400/55brightness.jabu.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#993399;">I know, I'm supposed to be doing other things; working on my/our other blog, "Enlightened Interiors"...and I do...I also love my design partner, but there is a part of me that needs to be here, as well</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">Fine, my photos are out-of-order, my thoughts are random, I'm not talking about Interior Design, but then, I have another blog for that</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">To me, the world has gone mad..just crazy mad.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">I went through some of my thousands of black-and-white negatives the other day, and had some printed off, after which, I scanned them in. I miss my darkroom....I know that things are much easier here in computer-land, but there was something about going into my very "rustic", (read, no running water, in the basement, with the spiders, cold, damp, and well...dark), putting some music on (usuallyNPR), and spending hours, standing on my feet on a concrete floor...making magic. Well, I thought it was making magic.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-11613286920025788422011-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:002011-09-30T07:58:52.712-07:00Missing AllY'all....Truly<div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">THIS HAS BEEN MY VERY OWN 'HOME' BLOG</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I MISS IT.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">I LOVE MY NEW BUSINESS, AND WE ARE </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">WORKING HARD AT IT, WITH SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING,</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">THAT SAID, I AM A GEMINI (A DOUBLE GEMINI).</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">THAT'S THE OTHER ME DOWN THERE ON THE STONE</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">WALL....I AM WATCHING MYSELF FROM MY</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">BALCONY AND SAYING, 'SELF, I MISS YOU'</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">SOOOO, I AM DROPPING IN TO SAY HELLO AND </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL COME BY AND SAY, "hey"</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">RIGHT BACK ATCHA.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1ioyT5YppR5rDd8h-wVg415XgWftSYRgbJkvp3_YhH0fYIcsWhzdw6XjlbJLYLrJ9Bc51blYxKUibvn8CtnAFP2GLz-yOcD7TFiU6lxSMMYhckcS-bKQqKo9B_JQYwGbaFczhqfMwFE/s1600/romeo+%2526+Juliet+cats.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658163207511609746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1ioyT5YppR5rDd8h-wVg415XgWftSYRgbJkvp3_YhH0fYIcsWhzdw6XjlbJLYLrJ9Bc51blYxKUibvn8CtnAFP2GLz-yOcD7TFiU6lxSMMYhckcS-bKQqKo9B_JQYwGbaFczhqfMwFE/s400/romeo+%2526+Juliet+cats.jpg" /></a>DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ON THE </div><br /><br /><div align="center">OUTSIDE OF LIFE LOOKING IN, OR ON THE INSIDE, LOOKING OUT?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">TIME RACES BY, AND ONE WONDERS, WHERE HAS </div><br /><br /><div align="center">IT GONE, WHAT HAVE I DONE?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">THIS IS EMMA; SHE WAS ONE OF MY </div><br /><br /><div align="center">"CHILDREN"...I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING </div><br /><br /><div align="center">CHILDREN, AS THEY ARE SO HONEST.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">DON'T HER EYES SHOW HOW HONEST AND INNOCENT </div><br /><br /><div align="center">SHE IS? </div><br /><br /><div align="center">BY NOW, SHE IS A YOUNG WOMAN, AND I HOPE SOME</div><br /><br /><div align="center">OF THAT REMAINS.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE5ghdGm_UFCLSwHKkeBrLZuRLxAzy2ZpmFMP31dVMn_SLjjHHHlHBqUlhzSH6MbAzoM6-SP-xzjbo0-8_ER5lNRW8to9ESabXlBA4P0d6bMzig2-a89hfbYsBSSqaV6buGfwp4jgkWE/s1600/Emma.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658163200288803186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE5ghdGm_UFCLSwHKkeBrLZuRLxAzy2ZpmFMP31dVMn_SLjjHHHlHBqUlhzSH6MbAzoM6-SP-xzjbo0-8_ER5lNRW8to9ESabXlBA4P0d6bMzig2-a89hfbYsBSSqaV6buGfwp4jgkWE/s400/Emma.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#cc0000;">THIS IS GINA MAE, WHO HAS LONG SINCE OUTGROWN</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">THE CHERRY BOWL....AGAIN, THE SWEET INNOCENCE</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">I AM TRYING TO REGAIN THE JOY OF THE LITTLE </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">THINGS IN LIFE.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">SLOWLY.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhpfETdiDYggliY7lBMttO_LyLAkvdYQSLGHgNtx1pPnLRdW_Uipt9OVPXcq22MmH9eyd-c5-WrsrTEbTDldV364OIRmJVES1MBc5FqYYKzU-op-4UqV5UWQ2OpqICjmJqEjBvZkQB6w/s1600/Cherry+bowl+ginna.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658163189050625026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhpfETdiDYggliY7lBMttO_LyLAkvdYQSLGHgNtx1pPnLRdW_Uipt9OVPXcq22MmH9eyd-c5-WrsrTEbTDldV364OIRmJVES1MBc5FqYYKzU-op-4UqV5UWQ2OpqICjmJqEjBvZkQB6w/s400/Cherry+bowl+ginna.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#cc9933;">OUR DAYS ON THIS PLAIN ARE LIMITED...EVEN THOUGH, AS </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">CHILDREN, WE BELIEVE THEY WILL GO ON FOREVER,</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">BUT, AS WE GET OLDER THEY WHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOSH BY.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">I AM THINKING OF OPENING AN ETSY SHOP (ME AND</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">THOUSANDS OF OTHERS)...I NEED A PLACE TO </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">PUT MY "creations"...I AM THINKING OF CALLING IT,</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">"JESSE ETC."</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc9933;">WHAT DO YOU THINK?</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxnWcyhBGGzNjJhq6kKGJl7D15JJiSHNCIPHisPUI9hnxdoJ-NMmbhgyrNYmbItxt0tI_zDZYggTuChHV6uax0Pw_cG6FL2LNiph_RMXZuDCdHpWiuoTCBWzG6mD2z3NuVMhNiu3o0q4/s1600/best+oz+shoes.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658163184705898290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxnWcyhBGGzNjJhq6kKGJl7D15JJiSHNCIPHisPUI9hnxdoJ-NMmbhgyrNYmbItxt0tI_zDZYggTuChHV6uax0Pw_cG6FL2LNiph_RMXZuDCdHpWiuoTCBWzG6mD2z3NuVMhNiu3o0q4/s400/best+oz+shoes.jpg" /></a><a href="http://enlightened-interiors.blogspot.com/">http://enlightened-interiors.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-78872596825344656742011-08-10T16:44:00.000-07:002011-08-10T18:03:02.265-07:00BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT!!!<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff9900;">ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF A NEW PARTNERSHIP</span></div>
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<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">We have been working day and night, establishing our new business, Enlightened Interiors LLC~the partnership of Jessica Schatz and Jeremy Potts - yes, "Potts/Schatz" has been a labor of love...and now, it's official.</span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">Please join us at our new blog: <a href="http://enlightened-interiors.blogspot.com/">http://enlightened-interiors.blogspot.com</a></span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">You have been so wonderful to me through the years; being patient, as I struggled with what to do with the rest of my career/life...through so many struggles..a few laughs, and a bit of bitching here-and-there, but now, I really love getting up in the morning, knowing that I am on a path that is so exciting.</span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">I know that most of you probably don't know who Sister Parish and Albert Hadley were, and that's fine..they were design icons. Sister Parish was a socialite decorator, who decided to hang out her shingle in order to help with the finances, as her husband, who was an investment banker, was hard-hit in the stock market crash of 1929 (she married him in 1930, so it must have been love). Her real name was Dorothy May, but as the only daughter in a five-child family, she acquired the nickname "Sister", which lead to her being mistaken in the press as a nun with a talent for arranging furniture. She was known for her understated English country house look, chintz everywhere, combined with patchwork quilts, throws, and rag rugs that led to her being credited with the advent of American country style in the 1960's. She and Albert Hadley, no design slouch, either, but much younger and more contemporary in his style, became partners, and co-founded Parish-Hadley Associates. Parish was the first interior designer brought in to decorate the Kennedy White House.</span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">Over a year ago, I met Jeremy, who was working in a home accessories store where I had purchased a mirror. From the time it took for him to carry it to my car to the time it took him to load it into the trunk, I knew he was special. He had recently graduated from design school, was frustrated because he was young and inexperienced (although he was lauded in his school as one of the best), and was searching. I was searching, as well, but for different reasons...I was experienced, but didn't have the technical, computer skills required for today's world, and he had all those skills, but not the experience to be hired in today's challenging economy. We became friends immediately. But, it was at least a year before I approached him as to a partnership...but, I finally did..and I am so glad!</span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">Therefore, I bid adeau to Jessica's Interiors, Etc., and embrace fully this partnership. We work so well together, he is a determined, talented dynamo, and I am a determined, talented (yes, I have to say that) "woman with experience"...we shall go far...I have high hopes and expectations.</span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;"><a href="http://enlightened-interiors.net/">http://enlightened-interiors.net</a> is our new website...(okay, I had to do this without Jeremy's patient coaching over my shoulder..hopefully, you can get there from here)..this is what I'm talking about. </span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">Again, thankyou, thankyou, and thankyou. </span></p>
<br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">May the wind always be at your back...</span></p>
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<br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></p>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-72622943174697953812011-06-15T13:59:00.000-07:002011-06-15T14:03:09.978-07:00Something New is Afoot....<span style="color:#9999ff;">Having recently had an accident...a fall, a head injury...(I'll spare you the photo)..I have been in bed for the last two weeks..not fun..</span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">The is, however, GOOD NEWS..but, it's a surprise... sort of... a new partnership, a new business, and so exicited...stay tuned..be well, be happy..</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItVgat7Z6Mg3Jtzcs_UGykPnZ6uPtqu0UmhraWv7oLxvMw-hG7v-h6yn_hJs0pdoGLcAXyFXX5A2gPsT5qnqQRoYBihwwCjYTyiTTQvWqHlOgGjAzohF2blF_QYbQ4an_NzUWJBjcsJ8/s1600/feet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618554555953019218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItVgat7Z6Mg3Jtzcs_UGykPnZ6uPtqu0UmhraWv7oLxvMw-hG7v-h6yn_hJs0pdoGLcAXyFXX5A2gPsT5qnqQRoYBihwwCjYTyiTTQvWqHlOgGjAzohF2blF_QYbQ4an_NzUWJBjcsJ8/s400/feet.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-64445489259965974932011-05-27T06:29:00.000-07:002011-05-27T06:31:44.143-07:00Ants<span style="color:#996633;">This is a photo that I took years ago on our farm...In the following post, I refer to it in a color version of the photo...wrong photo..no ant..whatever..you are scratching your head, wondering what the heck I'm talking about....read on...:)</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPfzGd8aAu1SmRoUalfxaMJQzI3NwDemCoQRk1PVOjfldeeAoDUmZ1Yb_V4yyTIDD3ZQRpuxnSsZCPha5n8Wjg9Ewec7i0S04mKZbjmoEfQrTHI5AYriZN0xj0BxIRvsUcjbTg0h7G4YV/s1600/img028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611387729022930306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPfzGd8aAu1SmRoUalfxaMJQzI3NwDemCoQRk1PVOjfldeeAoDUmZ1Yb_V4yyTIDD3ZQRpuxnSsZCPha5n8Wjg9Ewec7i0S04mKZbjmoEfQrTHI5AYriZN0xj0BxIRvsUcjbTg0h7G4YV/s400/img028.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-3410840024385134082011-05-27T06:09:00.000-07:002011-05-27T06:26:44.404-07:00Self-Indulgence...Today is my 63rd birthday....Until one crosses the line at 60, one doesn't realize how quickly it all goes by...so, each day has been a gift...a gift of 86,4000 seconds...never to be re-lived, so make the most of it.<br /><br />This is my mother, Julia Florine, who gave me life (thankyou, Mama), and left this world far too soon...before even reaching 60. If you look at the background, you can see we were poor..dirt poor, but my mother taught me to see beauty in everything...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18ZmdLFf8sQ93zaBwMQs-bhBGenYg0GHb8ATZIB6SqTzBVdl4JQYmHbz1rYp9yGrdHx5egZAbz4dAPvncNQ6B2CkzybArkwhxxgrzeMJsNi767QD-Yu0GI-iZwkJPg5qsqV4jXDpoXFdh/s1600/Mama+%2526+Me.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 279px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611385038922050034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18ZmdLFf8sQ93zaBwMQs-bhBGenYg0GHb8ATZIB6SqTzBVdl4JQYmHbz1rYp9yGrdHx5egZAbz4dAPvncNQ6B2CkzybArkwhxxgrzeMJsNi767QD-Yu0GI-iZwkJPg5qsqV4jXDpoXFdh/s400/Mama+%2526+Me.jpg" /></a> This is my sister, Norma Jean, (the pretty one); I'm the one trying to grab the telephone away,and looking just plain onery...She wants nothing to do with me...fact is, I don't even know where she is...One reaches a point in life, where one has to cast off these sad things...I have..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYPe1BT8ya37_f4iYo8qdB5-tY45e3kyKesNBTWu6Av-1jEosBL7NLUB0iDFFuKBlhB08J97pU5MHcZv7vyVuYjGovtHKP1S8BcgLCvfYY2b5cSaj5VQw2QKbxIQZXFj4lNARyVHVebU0/s1600/jeanie+%2526+Barbara.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611384783283861266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYPe1BT8ya37_f4iYo8qdB5-tY45e3kyKesNBTWu6Av-1jEosBL7NLUB0iDFFuKBlhB08J97pU5MHcZv7vyVuYjGovtHKP1S8BcgLCvfYY2b5cSaj5VQw2QKbxIQZXFj4lNARyVHVebU0/s400/jeanie+%2526+Barbara.jpg" /></a> The sun is shining into my dining room, and beckoning me to go out for a walk, before it gets too hot...this is Texas, you know....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DPjqCRsOi_qQlSXJkVXV3RfOh5jM_0oYG4imvSa1t_3vZ7FtQEdse184rtvjdaGP6t0iVFTqHZ7QsQw2jyFtCbp26J4J7-pxVko1c_x3aaMX3NgtW_Pit4nFFZqFgleiws06rVWrJaNZ/s1600/sunnydining+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611384313607777394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DPjqCRsOi_qQlSXJkVXV3RfOh5jM_0oYG4imvSa1t_3vZ7FtQEdse184rtvjdaGP6t0iVFTqHZ7QsQw2jyFtCbp26J4J7-pxVko1c_x3aaMX3NgtW_Pit4nFFZqFgleiws06rVWrJaNZ/s400/sunnydining+008.jpg" /></a> There has been so much tragedy in the world and this country of late, that I go to bed in tears many nights...I am trying to regain my center...to realize there are things about which I can do nothing, but to try to do something - </div><br /><div>I took this photo years ago, on our farm...I call it "Romantic America"...If you click on it (twice), you will see an ant on the apple...That's how I feel in this world...a speck...but, specks can make a difference, as well.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am embarking on a new endeavor with a wonderful, talented, young designer...more to follow...Treasure this day...I know I shall.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfR3jVEU4YWpL0rhtBG9DU1FWffddFqcyxyZqC61ZtQB5uHonfsM_SeLp-FinWQm3MB1bHAdP4xxit-hENsJ-9z5Lb58kkcJFOJnCg0tYnOQN8lJwA95xwdd5EiXLQ71WL00nI5Z3mnHK/s1600/romanticamerica.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611383891151999986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfR3jVEU4YWpL0rhtBG9DU1FWffddFqcyxyZqC61ZtQB5uHonfsM_SeLp-FinWQm3MB1bHAdP4xxit-hENsJ-9z5Lb58kkcJFOJnCg0tYnOQN8lJwA95xwdd5EiXLQ71WL00nI5Z3mnHK/s400/romanticamerica.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-17856201511857725502011-05-23T10:30:00.000-07:002011-05-23T21:41:13.683-07:00Jessica's Interiors, Etc. ~ Stage 2<strong><span style="color:#996633;">Since I moved to Texas nearly six years ago, I haven't been doing alot of interior design...won't even go into what I was doing, but I miss it....I specialize in new construction, but with the "Great Recession" the construction/housing industry (this is not a news flash, ya'll know this already) is in terrible straits...So, what do do? Again, no newsflash, but since there is a glut of homes on the market, homes are not selling, and if they are, not for the money they deserve to bring in....I have done staging in the past, but not concentrated on really building it as a specialty...</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#993300;">The following shots are of my work...mostly done in Wisconsin, mostly of Parade Homes...which I did from the ground up...To me, a Parade Home is the ultimate in staging...The builder builds a house that he wants to showcase his/her work, and a designer "stages" it...We wouldn't go through all that time and expense otherwise, now would we? </span><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#993300;">I do not believe in the "paint it white, throw a few rugs here-and-there-, and "viola" it's "staged..I believe in making a potential buyer walk through the door and be able to envision themselves living there...Of course, you take out the dozens of family photos, books on fly fishing, and other personal possessions...but, you want to have the home invite the buyer in and see what it could be for them...</span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#993300;">So, here I go....I have my eye on a young, up-and-coming designer, who just graduated from design school, is charming, talented, and computer-savy...you know who you are...can you come out and play?</span><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3xDq6sZlSYAJ22iikf4Peku2S_UkDYYuLyZoWtCcRrM12X3WidsNL8W2uoMu1Z9a1e1nRNnL_4YGrsn1sgUZYN7jVleehcnc4ggG5SaVI3sjvuMAS5S_IPlsVy8HqfRKl1D8FONQdMRG/s1600/Richter-PowderRoom-9387.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609975391998003826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3xDq6sZlSYAJ22iikf4Peku2S_UkDYYuLyZoWtCcRrM12X3WidsNL8W2uoMu1Z9a1e1nRNnL_4YGrsn1sgUZYN7jVleehcnc4ggG5SaVI3sjvuMAS5S_IPlsVy8HqfRKl1D8FONQdMRG/s400/Richter-PowderRoom-9387.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#993300;">Remember, you can click on the photos to make them larger and view the details...such as the onyx and marble tile floor I put in this power room...Powder rooms should be like little jewel boxes..</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAgUG-zVXUvpCbWDbsHerBJd5qzOdYhYgSYhNX60xlSaDJc0KeWYWK7B6rpHuEi5yiaS5ihuSz1dcHgDtbO2_Xb9CbPPcRvoHyp4_InmdYrqqpxFFS-erjH5v-zm0EgGtNkWo9UQpijmv/s1600/Ricther-Bathroom-9322.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609974921750169394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAgUG-zVXUvpCbWDbsHerBJd5qzOdYhYgSYhNX60xlSaDJc0KeWYWK7B6rpHuEi5yiaS5ihuSz1dcHgDtbO2_Xb9CbPPcRvoHyp4_InmdYrqqpxFFS-erjH5v-zm0EgGtNkWo9UQpijmv/s400/Ricther-Bathroom-9322.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#996633;">Being a photo stylist for years has helped me to set up the "staging" for this bathroom...(Designed it, as well...just assume that the rest are all from the ground up)..they are. I am not bragging, just showing - Enjoy...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#993300;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81BQFAiZ8bKMJ3F8Vhyphenhyphenzbjx8qlak2We73l17p19PJOAXLX9RgN795jq1iXMmlNgrCfRgIqHEAY7xmS398B-TD269AkaOjBq5vHDcoERHFkcq_R_3ix0AUABiPtwLQvfOmhHkcyVmTzY0I/s1600/Cornet+Dining+Room+windows.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609974195560056610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81BQFAiZ8bKMJ3F8Vhyphenhyphenzbjx8qlak2We73l17p19PJOAXLX9RgN795jq1iXMmlNgrCfRgIqHEAY7xmS398B-TD269AkaOjBq5vHDcoERHFkcq_R_3ix0AUABiPtwLQvfOmhHkcyVmTzY0I/s400/Cornet+Dining+Room+windows.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Rather than draping swoopy, swaggy, scarfy things over windows, I like to sew color-blocked window treatments...combining textures and colors, using a tiny bit of an expensive fabric, along with inexpensive, and tying those babies up with a ribbon..inexpensive yet striking...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdCXu1_1N2Mur-O9xuZGIKMu-__DVgJc9tHB2q9MzECJi3zMDedNxhkkQ_K7sh0vCylK4LJWnyZa5jvbxJIAAGQThQb1hAiHxrCoQy75MLz6Z9ExUUQKmv05XzBij6n-GxdSPwPy61O-U/s1600/img225.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609973930920617522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdCXu1_1N2Mur-O9xuZGIKMu-__DVgJc9tHB2q9MzECJi3zMDedNxhkkQ_K7sh0vCylK4LJWnyZa5jvbxJIAAGQThQb1hAiHxrCoQy75MLz6Z9ExUUQKmv05XzBij6n-GxdSPwPy61O-U/s400/img225.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFiEDtFrgz7GbGXMQkWGV74ocEOYZ9uQY1RtlChZRB6vvoZGxJDh2c8QAHuEJhgsIlhQ422iHu8RSDJqGi5nK8JKXjvpQTgYL7Vx5g-YxBbxoo54PWhcEW3WaTXn_-txOl1ywsDF9Z5Ro/s1600/Buan+Gathering+Room+Windows.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 292px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609972341535200514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFiEDtFrgz7GbGXMQkWGV74ocEOYZ9uQY1RtlChZRB6vvoZGxJDh2c8QAHuEJhgsIlhQ422iHu8RSDJqGi5nK8JKXjvpQTgYL7Vx5g-YxBbxoo54PWhcEW3WaTXn_-txOl1ywsDF9Z5Ro/s400/Buan+Gathering+Room+Windows.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Would these glazed walls (did them myself...1,000 sq.ft.) scare a buyer off? Not the ones who ended up buying the house...they loved them!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK43MF_Ov4FkGBVWFfLrmThvauGFaDp2S4q6YciuHPC7npQMEtray0qrBP8sVjYnCSd-Z0IWjb8h-zLwKGfqYoKBgMoWOga9W11a1nIT-Z9HEL2OHw1V4d23heEsAZkbFpvK8XNTiZqePu/s1600/Parade-8476.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609972047316177986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK43MF_Ov4FkGBVWFfLrmThvauGFaDp2S4q6YciuHPC7npQMEtray0qrBP8sVjYnCSd-Z0IWjb8h-zLwKGfqYoKBgMoWOga9W11a1nIT-Z9HEL2OHw1V4d23heEsAZkbFpvK8XNTiZqePu/s400/Parade-8476.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#cc33cc;">Sheets from Target - a bit of fluff on the windows...a dream room for a little girl...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvZZ383XyZyVbiDINl4Zst96b5P-V7gcLwkO186dnLM13dRh7bObExtYEZt2AGR0eXKGATpVCbgKPoFwy4cMvUoosAxOYK6XLSUbTIOXR39jYigYIy1qoL31cI0yrn5Wx8EGTnbLEBIvT/s1600/Penthouse+set.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609971576217385666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvZZ383XyZyVbiDINl4Zst96b5P-V7gcLwkO186dnLM13dRh7bObExtYEZt2AGR0eXKGATpVCbgKPoFwy4cMvUoosAxOYK6XLSUbTIOXR39jYigYIy1qoL31cI0yrn5Wx8EGTnbLEBIvT/s400/Penthouse+set.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">Whether a penthouse, or a Southwestern setting...they both have to be serene and inviting...no clutter, no fuss...minimal...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYB7nhOOwDGoyMsB-h5JatwkLu9AbHkLqASjsLhWQPktjxQUigeb1Cz-ekOHcv6jqjstMY4p9bXKqGIutWzaL-ku3u7l5_wowgqsPBf4NUF7ngjQlfDCwtENO-U8z2rMjds56wUgmvKneA/s1600/southwest+set.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609971414679222610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYB7nhOOwDGoyMsB-h5JatwkLu9AbHkLqASjsLhWQPktjxQUigeb1Cz-ekOHcv6jqjstMY4p9bXKqGIutWzaL-ku3u7l5_wowgqsPBf4NUF7ngjQlfDCwtENO-U8z2rMjds56wUgmvKneA/s400/southwest+set.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYwCIkj-NvmQmk0lMc1RDcCYlKB-libGzUCjlFUYAblYM7EhqrSbPhi4IOTvZhFi4C_YfD1sj8FIbflF5F1KlXUpGZIYgddVhqDbUcLMN3NaQYiEdlVGw1GRTTFCLClUz8bf-C-IHVaBL/s1600/cornet+wallcovered+kitchen.tif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609970861541265746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYwCIkj-NvmQmk0lMc1RDcCYlKB-libGzUCjlFUYAblYM7EhqrSbPhi4IOTvZhFi4C_YfD1sj8FIbflF5F1KlXUpGZIYgddVhqDbUcLMN3NaQYiEdlVGw1GRTTFCLClUz8bf-C-IHVaBL/s400/cornet+wallcovered+kitchen.tif" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuPvAyK6nR7MHHZyDKN9UfE0QjFet24zdwo6-ZMbxcR_5LEnzn1pLB_11rKt6FvyQm_1IKBrmiMQ0gLLAGkLrw5KAJ9kNAzkZl06m-RIf36e73Z7x2pzUx5N2XdbU0Q5nekTHnFKcrPx2/s1600/Richter-Foyer-9368.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609969380155251090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuPvAyK6nR7MHHZyDKN9UfE0QjFet24zdwo6-ZMbxcR_5LEnzn1pLB_11rKt6FvyQm_1IKBrmiMQ0gLLAGkLrw5KAJ9kNAzkZl06m-RIf36e73Z7x2pzUx5N2XdbU0Q5nekTHnFKcrPx2/s400/Richter-Foyer-9368.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6K6ESPLUNUkmC8-3PjrRgfqFw80rE3a7OgRvgyVZSsWzVPmhOauy_A754QKrPvOVkn0moz4DsuftYTh6Ubs3nCosRbs-VhNSLV_Ac5xdp9Y4e4hE2iHj0Rpl4u04Hyj5CbIHkDXlbpc-8/s1600/Parade-8521.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609969060272745890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6K6ESPLUNUkmC8-3PjrRgfqFw80rE3a7OgRvgyVZSsWzVPmhOauy_A754QKrPvOVkn0moz4DsuftYTh6Ubs3nCosRbs-VhNSLV_Ac5xdp9Y4e4hE2iHj0Rpl4u04Hyj5CbIHkDXlbpc-8/s400/Parade-8521.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJtlTMy-86Ng9l3VdkfCsvs8AUEeYYeiOucAty8osIuU-oyRygSlf4hsVntZbCN6jfsSbzW8g850qn1Wt0-R0f0PJZcN8sIHaf_kTh-olnylqETQEEX6xVJg8jULS0ClMK97uxBn92BxR/s1600/Parade-8596.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609968716757132546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJtlTMy-86Ng9l3VdkfCsvs8AUEeYYeiOucAty8osIuU-oyRygSlf4hsVntZbCN6jfsSbzW8g850qn1Wt0-R0f0PJZcN8sIHaf_kTh-olnylqETQEEX6xVJg8jULS0ClMK97uxBn92BxR/s400/Parade-8596.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRmcSVzvhyuQHZCwAMLAKAScyCLZQrNbO271yAK9R6zeKFlZQEHqTmnDair0_eOsviV3Qwdq1-TkcDctCki9xsySjd-cRhGj279Po6u0rWqeDupcWFpA32gfr0abDGehRZ8LKdphss8QS/s1600/Parade-8541.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609968302256619122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRmcSVzvhyuQHZCwAMLAKAScyCLZQrNbO271yAK9R6zeKFlZQEHqTmnDair0_eOsviV3Qwdq1-TkcDctCki9xsySjd-cRhGj279Po6u0rWqeDupcWFpA32gfr0abDGehRZ8LKdphss8QS/s400/Parade-8541.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQPVaSZkReGawFjX8wEfuMSyXzNEbIYhrub8KIyp-BNMquLkCu5tbZYvOn-hrbj7eSn0V3g-j4KLxNx9xDEfQYBZ-4DoL8ZkprzWTzdpwGdxCor7jdJi4JUtWwNW9IKWOg9fF-X03FOOi/s1600/bath+parade+05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609967717631796274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQPVaSZkReGawFjX8wEfuMSyXzNEbIYhrub8KIyp-BNMquLkCu5tbZYvOn-hrbj7eSn0V3g-j4KLxNx9xDEfQYBZ-4DoL8ZkprzWTzdpwGdxCor7jdJi4JUtWwNW9IKWOg9fF-X03FOOi/s400/bath+parade+05.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfK94S3cTMgWdtH5mMJuIqwbM1kjLKG0vNIxHgg87cYat8XgRZlpbtYIEh52m2gojoAfP71M0QJ9tIcSf4jg0ihgGJTuUpS_YTMyIyIXllq8nyhcR1T-R_JkRIWOwiFdyWx9Rm5nZDfeW/s1600/greatroom+parade+05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609966900997497842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfK94S3cTMgWdtH5mMJuIqwbM1kjLKG0vNIxHgg87cYat8XgRZlpbtYIEh52m2gojoAfP71M0QJ9tIcSf4jg0ihgGJTuUpS_YTMyIyIXllq8nyhcR1T-R_JkRIWOwiFdyWx9Rm5nZDfeW/s400/greatroom+parade+05.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMUVzkQ0B5zCP85zUlMn-P2aQnhy9a_cNfq9SXl4al5ModoNwR7rCOebKjz-DgICvIxRwjvRPeRFckAOB6mCmuKds_YGmDPhbj6NaSa43gFtBeXzL-3uqTnmAWNffbyq8WoqeZ41UwxTH/s1600/Buan+Master+Bath.tif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609966443951523058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMUVzkQ0B5zCP85zUlMn-P2aQnhy9a_cNfq9SXl4al5ModoNwR7rCOebKjz-DgICvIxRwjvRPeRFckAOB6mCmuKds_YGmDPhbj6NaSa43gFtBeXzL-3uqTnmAWNffbyq8WoqeZ41UwxTH/s400/Buan+Master+Bath.tif" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrqOQ9mO-sg0BvCTOSEajJkf-JqNCxt8Q8H34P8uMIzKmdDeXCxkcJ0tMlO0cdUk9lcrorIszgzKBMwF0ISfel6EXRHxMUBw3J3O-_LGykgCs8ZZgGu-LFtqAtQUz2iqfW3q_i0wOyWku/s1600/Zimmer+DR+Scan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609965750053093698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrqOQ9mO-sg0BvCTOSEajJkf-JqNCxt8Q8H34P8uMIzKmdDeXCxkcJ0tMlO0cdUk9lcrorIszgzKBMwF0ISfel6EXRHxMUBw3J3O-_LGykgCs8ZZgGu-LFtqAtQUz2iqfW3q_i0wOyWku/s400/Zimmer+DR+Scan.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#993300;">I hemmed the sheer fabric, and sewed inexpensive trim on the bottem to weight them..the top squares are hemmed, and then, glued crystal trim ($1.99 a yard)..tossed them over spring-loaded window hardware..so inexpensive..yet, when the sun hits the crystals, prisms of light dance on the walls...</span></div><span style="color:#993300;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993300;"></span><span style="color:#993300;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993300;">All the furniture in these shots was rented , the accessories were not all that expensive, and I did all the floral arrangements...The artwork was through a friend who has a gallery (and, yes, it is important to have adequate insurance)...</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993300;">So, I have moved to "Stage 2"...fun...</span></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-58365977199004699712011-05-15T21:18:00.000-07:002011-05-15T22:11:25.691-07:00Interiors of What???I have led a pretty interesting life thus far.....<br />I began this blog quite awhile back, thinking that I would be like so many bloggers who are interior designers and showcase my work. By doing this, I would get clients....There's an old saying, "Man plans and God laughs"...Since moving to Texas (leaving behind a very successful design business), God has had several good laughs on me....I am not going to complain, for how could I; there are people starving, losing their homes, being radiated in Japan, being flooded out of their homes, etc. (there's that etc.)...Me, well, I'm turning 63 this month, and haven't had a good design job in which to sink my teeth for years now. In fact, my last design job of any significance was my doctor's home - just before I had major surgery....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCPV5vSWSzttH_Qx-eo4G-UC0_LwXv9u0Ncd9_MzGpxek6Xc87WvKxZkwf_IMMwaZTz5sVT7CJShd6TrKJVg_74O-Q88sAum0lrsKceldekHh4NLkbfigACrEcy4_R1iHtxsc6jsn4YBD/s1600/jess.peckerwoodgardens.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607168013475345970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCPV5vSWSzttH_Qx-eo4G-UC0_LwXv9u0Ncd9_MzGpxek6Xc87WvKxZkwf_IMMwaZTz5sVT7CJShd6TrKJVg_74O-Q88sAum0lrsKceldekHh4NLkbfigACrEcy4_R1iHtxsc6jsn4YBD/s400/jess.peckerwoodgardens.jpg" /></a> Living in Texas has been like moving to another planet... hotternhell in the summer, temperate climate in the winter...a place with gardens called "Peckerwood" (true), and every kind of creepy-crawley under the sun (and rocks)...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX5PvgupVn_W__NKKTx1JQnSC6uxB10yI0FrevPPLTbQF2pAxLt7-7vVL6A-0ukUWfr8zEwxSW5O5z98gqyC_pBs9rQpq0ahD3vm7pBmKjbgwiH21JEdh1Ur4GSyqtt_ehe7xPkoFhmJp/s1600/The+Kiss.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607167770196062050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX5PvgupVn_W__NKKTx1JQnSC6uxB10yI0FrevPPLTbQF2pAxLt7-7vVL6A-0ukUWfr8zEwxSW5O5z98gqyC_pBs9rQpq0ahD3vm7pBmKjbgwiH21JEdh1Ur4GSyqtt_ehe7xPkoFhmJp/s400/The+Kiss.jpg" /></a> I have been married several times...I do believe only Elizabeth Taylor had me trumped by a few marriages. I have been married to the final husband for twenty-eight years...so, finally got that right - and no, this is not him...this is number 3, the crazy, Latvian scientist...I'm just saying, I've had some excitement in my life. Now, at 62, going on 63, I feel as if I'm reaching another major turning point...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCKqG8hT8D_D5X3H-saSSC2ljghs_kDb838gMOsF-6m5ty5lRPcAx0MIy4t-V04jAjfomN8CeI97fjNVulWRfECE5pZ86yistuI2G1W0JwM1JAqWbaOAwNePW06_JfGiapvps81d41Ua0/s1600/red+deer.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607167153997574338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCKqG8hT8D_D5X3H-saSSC2ljghs_kDb838gMOsF-6m5ty5lRPcAx0MIy4t-V04jAjfomN8CeI97fjNVulWRfECE5pZ86yistuI2G1W0JwM1JAqWbaOAwNePW06_JfGiapvps81d41Ua0/s400/red+deer.jpg" /></a> I also have had a few careers above and beyond interior design...I have been a photographer - still am...had a gallery (that showed me that retail for me is just not going to ever work out), a career in fashion (visual merchandising for such dept. stores as Bloomie's in Boston, etc...)...</div><br /><br /><br /><div>a faux finisher, an artist, and now, I am sneaking up on writing a novel...Isn't that what everyone who is out-of-work does? I can't just sit down and hammer out a novel...no, I have to pick a period that requires years of research (Civil War), so that I can say, "I'm writing a novel, but first, the research)...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43bPqA-gdfpnS4l8579HxyRzAk2Wtrc5LYSQ9qHE2KyAmnV5naka-nJPXaEZpHvlmhajbqRAPis7FOzGaHHiN2SdcT1ejL_rMC8xR4pb0PFqsXHokI0dfRDkd4rqpgx264YqAsKj5lg4k/s1600/dis+n+dat+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607166668252427250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43bPqA-gdfpnS4l8579HxyRzAk2Wtrc5LYSQ9qHE2KyAmnV5naka-nJPXaEZpHvlmhajbqRAPis7FOzGaHHiN2SdcT1ejL_rMC8xR4pb0PFqsXHokI0dfRDkd4rqpgx264YqAsKj5lg4k/s400/dis+n+dat+013.jpg" /></a> I shot this photo on one of my honeymoons (to the Latvian scientist, to be precise)...it was black-and-white, and then, I hand-painted it with oil paints...came across it stashed in an old portfolio..hard to believe that was thirty-five years ago...(so, are you beginning to wonder where the hell I'm going with this- so am I).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_ryUOhKnQjeDxrW1F-aj5dRI30f2U03UOz7aYt7cndzi3cmsGFiVIPKoQgW9t-dB9FgASuhqD4uf968vKQ5drVQqTAxHNUhGv9EvO6u_aoQPsJO7SxMmu4OKRvyqXylibM_ejL5dEVdI/s1600/dis+n+dat+028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607166241755337218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_ryUOhKnQjeDxrW1F-aj5dRI30f2U03UOz7aYt7cndzi3cmsGFiVIPKoQgW9t-dB9FgASuhqD4uf968vKQ5drVQqTAxHNUhGv9EvO6u_aoQPsJO7SxMmu4OKRvyqXylibM_ejL5dEVdI/s400/dis+n+dat+028.jpg" /></a> We have a lovely, Texas-style home...stained concrete floors, that stay cool in the heat...high ceilings, ceiling fans (I HATE the light kit, but it doesn't come off so I can cap it)..High ceilings, wonderful detailing...I love this house...I am at home here. I did the painting on the far wall...I have about six that I've been working on forever...Geminis do that...start something, and then, wander off...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpPELzIiiQJMSOkGGVLbHjS3M2MILnJaL-2cwuDPvPsl-ZbqXRvn969qqR3KfjI1cgklE7Kcbv0KDql-nu9-srGoyrE1citYw_CIA8PgnTT_JsysTZfHWXAIXLN18lTEABteamn5O8Eqs/s1600/Emma.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607165762007455666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpPELzIiiQJMSOkGGVLbHjS3M2MILnJaL-2cwuDPvPsl-ZbqXRvn969qqR3KfjI1cgklE7Kcbv0KDql-nu9-srGoyrE1citYw_CIA8PgnTT_JsysTZfHWXAIXLN18lTEABteamn5O8Eqs/s400/Emma.jpg" /></a> For many years, I photographed children...This is Emma, who is probably out of college by now. My point? Life flies by...so, all you mama's out there, who blog about how wonderful your babies are...(and they are)..be aware...they grow up in the blink of an eye, have kids of their own, and you forget what a baby's head smells like (Heaven)...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOON18QM5xNgMK-Q5B-ARAk7cSAEokTwgSqaZhlJthhFW3jmAMADIpIKqvIP1v3QJhKN2sjmYXpcWzIX7Dp0H2CBDCyDklyk3CtTI_6-_jRuZeszWgicNYjhPIDp2jTXwNVxC7Y2V8Xnxm/s1600/hoar+frost+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607165367198116354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOON18QM5xNgMK-Q5B-ARAk7cSAEokTwgSqaZhlJthhFW3jmAMADIpIKqvIP1v3QJhKN2sjmYXpcWzIX7Dp0H2CBDCyDklyk3CtTI_6-_jRuZeszWgicNYjhPIDp2jTXwNVxC7Y2V8Xnxm/s400/hoar+frost+007.jpg" /></a> Now, I mostly photograph my back yard...all the deer, who are hanging out here because we give them food and water. We know that we shouldn't, because they reproduce and there isn't enough food for all of them, but I can't let them starve to death in my back yard...(we are having a terrible drought.)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeghfGC-JJlylTKhp5oOvu-AXICF2Jkf9KZtuZwjN9PHFPt_Aj2JxXk8rnEWtL9ZScDjxDi6bDKmkTLUMqjakRHRMCwPKuozNoOsOE1iUtujpBoNpG05MXrpOiUMOpXGTcT3dLCuL8Meb/s1600/moreandmoredeer+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607164979825558466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeghfGC-JJlylTKhp5oOvu-AXICF2Jkf9KZtuZwjN9PHFPt_Aj2JxXk8rnEWtL9ZScDjxDi6bDKmkTLUMqjakRHRMCwPKuozNoOsOE1iUtujpBoNpG05MXrpOiUMOpXGTcT3dLCuL8Meb/s400/moreandmoredeer+001.jpg" /></a> If you looked out your living room window, and saw this, could you let it starve to death? I can't...but then, every morning, I get up and feed two cats, feed and water the deer, feed and water the birds, feed and water whatever plants the deer haven't eaten...It's my routine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxvoQCzLSeCnZ-M5I3v_vE2ZKdgamTjYFDd_AT-8-10gNKGUUXihQDVaukc7IIfEI2-0kyAkcb9geVdwOD09MXDiTM86HFoyZ_ngxtof09zUplWkrQ6a0GI0d_nGa9t0vbA2r0zWoqrQJ/s1600/Cactus+heart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607164537064311394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxvoQCzLSeCnZ-M5I3v_vE2ZKdgamTjYFDd_AT-8-10gNKGUUXihQDVaukc7IIfEI2-0kyAkcb9geVdwOD09MXDiTM86HFoyZ_ngxtof09zUplWkrQ6a0GI0d_nGa9t0vbA2r0zWoqrQJ/s400/Cactus+heart.jpg" /></a> I think this cacti (I shot this on a walk in my neighborhood...six miles a day)...describes what my heart has had to morph into...otherwise, it would shatter..watching all the sadness in the world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa4ewenmJThLu-9KH5AIItyJHRtH3mxNPvjJP9K4Sxo3Im68hcCTfynVIU8Hl9iZWYB8-ZHvibewEn9EH4Lgk5hCpvb_4hcwaKGXwXXi7V3_Bvlj0SoMc-zdP2YNij39zszCkrJCcsEmQ/s1600/clouds+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607164266083335330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa4ewenmJThLu-9KH5AIItyJHRtH3mxNPvjJP9K4Sxo3Im68hcCTfynVIU8Hl9iZWYB8-ZHvibewEn9EH4Lgk5hCpvb_4hcwaKGXwXXi7V3_Bvlj0SoMc-zdP2YNij39zszCkrJCcsEmQ/s400/clouds+002.jpg" /></a> We had (after months of no rain at all) a tremendous thunderstorm...Half of the country has had devestating tornadoes, and as I stood on my front porch, shooting this, I prayed those monsters didn't spawn a few and wipe us out...they didn't. We are blessed.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Oh yes, another of my "careers" was photostylist, and this was my calling card. I was raised (mostly) in Kansas..however, I can tell you with a straight face, "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20RFklNmJ3dynBN6j5N1etooky37gSxw8PfkJKmfc5NnNJR3Au34l7K87f9oVpp-9DOKBubQR_5MSwNMLipT1MIsgjbQyievVizwLhERRcpOZBYMTCMoKgAFzfhiiCP-yNPQWMT5kOmeB/s1600/best+oz+shoes.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607163959172081362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20RFklNmJ3dynBN6j5N1etooky37gSxw8PfkJKmfc5NnNJR3Au34l7K87f9oVpp-9DOKBubQR_5MSwNMLipT1MIsgjbQyievVizwLhERRcpOZBYMTCMoKgAFzfhiiCP-yNPQWMT5kOmeB/s400/best+oz+shoes.jpg" /></a> Finally, I've just run out...a down...and have decided that come what may, I don't think I'll be doing interiors anymore...so, what do I name this blog?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-90925007543328843532011-05-06T07:48:00.000-07:002011-05-06T08:07:08.425-07:00Just One Word Of Encouragement....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z-HX0QfsAeDCqAcQVZeAZdtzpqH7i1RD4HCZgF246QwYpVNmHQnbwTFhMW5sGQfZldETLRFOCbMsPzDH4_QUNaKGD0EL1GawS3zJaZ8baEfBBZJx1rinyC6-nwnwChBfuEVCeBD6ewQn/s1600/getting+aquainted.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603618891203488466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z-HX0QfsAeDCqAcQVZeAZdtzpqH7i1RD4HCZgF246QwYpVNmHQnbwTFhMW5sGQfZldETLRFOCbMsPzDH4_QUNaKGD0EL1GawS3zJaZ8baEfBBZJx1rinyC6-nwnwChBfuEVCeBD6ewQn/s400/getting+aquainted.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwLLi399hHsih93XWu4n_6e-zKy43GcOJoa3PJfPPvsrulXwwaF518LwB-RzIR672QHNgFtHHtGnwukBoHRMITGJLZL2_GWAC7q4HOeE4G4QNiAxGvv9uCWYGdIiYWi9P4so_dANqfjcY/s1600/restingwmom.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603618636463975090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwLLi399hHsih93XWu4n_6e-zKy43GcOJoa3PJfPPvsrulXwwaF518LwB-RzIR672QHNgFtHHtGnwukBoHRMITGJLZL2_GWAC7q4HOeE4G4QNiAxGvv9uCWYGdIiYWi9P4so_dANqfjcY/s400/restingwmom.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The other morning, I arose, grabbed my camera, my "wellies" (there are snakes and creepy-crawleys in Texas), and went out to shoot. Lots of new babies, and a few big babies, as well. This was the photo I used as our Mother's Day card to my husband's 89-year-old mother. Sadly, my Mama died long ago, and this weekend is especially hard, as it is Mother's Day, and her birthday...I try not to cry the entire day, but it is difficult...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WeCwV2VYSjZDb9O8iEYuNajXvDgxVapUJGKvv1mtyYxXfrFT9YB9O29Wkv2oAWt7mxkja4vZQGbEJMPqTx4vx5MvRFKbBnnYw00pWWEwXPcLcFB_AWYAOj42Jn4POSrQtmS1ow0Nwsv1/s1600/distantfoul.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603617499609451666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WeCwV2VYSjZDb9O8iEYuNajXvDgxVapUJGKvv1mtyYxXfrFT9YB9O29Wkv2oAWt7mxkja4vZQGbEJMPqTx4vx5MvRFKbBnnYw00pWWEwXPcLcFB_AWYAOj42Jn4POSrQtmS1ow0Nwsv1/s400/distantfoul.jpg" /></a> My dear blogging friend, Rhonda, came to my rescue the other day....I was feeling that it wasn't worthwhile to even try to blog anymore, and she was so sweet. I think alot of us, when we look at blogs that have thousands and thousands of followers, think, "why bother"...I have come to the decision that I don't do it to advertise my design business, or whatever, but because I like to share parts of my life...<br /><br /><div>I am not one of those people, who changes my home everyother day (although, I used to do that, but now, I have one thumb in a brace - dislocated, and the other wrist is ruined from years of abuse - doing faux finishes and hauling around furniture). </div><br /><br /><div>My friend, Cam, said not to talk about it, or it wouldn't happen...but, I am working on a novel, and she's right..I need to talk less and write more. </div><br /><div>I also am one of those 'round tuit' people...as in, when I get around to it, I'm going to paint three different paintings that I have in my head...I got the supplies, and it's just sitting there, waitingI have decided to try masonite, as I have lots of frames, and framing is expensive, so rather than painting on the canvas' I have, I am having masonite cut to the size of the paintings...starting that process this weekend. </div><br /><div>This whole thing is a bit disjointed, but I just realized that I have water aerobics in a half-hour, and need to spend at least fifteen minutes, squeezing myself into my suit...I have lost 12 lbs since February, walking, doing South Beach (with wine), and water aerobics...at least, I am consistent with that.</div></div><br /><br /><div>Thanks again, Rhonda, for reaching out to me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-88127682149148321592011-05-03T20:18:00.000-07:002011-05-03T20:20:28.934-07:00Perspective....changes....moving forward?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o_3l8rm8HrEdofoazpmQ30RhBI_sSRn8JJ44Qf-My_Blv577YB0xssU2YxPfS6BX8LGAo73b02A9m8LPP46aylDwBjDINBTdCqL1fv8ijXZs5fdrHxgIwxVxKg0_bwA3-qrkBW_abY1X/s1600/backyard1.72dpi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602695587817550882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o_3l8rm8HrEdofoazpmQ30RhBI_sSRn8JJ44Qf-My_Blv577YB0xssU2YxPfS6BX8LGAo73b02A9m8LPP46aylDwBjDINBTdCqL1fv8ijXZs5fdrHxgIwxVxKg0_bwA3-qrkBW_abY1X/s400/backyard1.72dpi.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I have enjoyed blogging...at least, at first...Then, I just went dry...now, I don't know where this is headed...sorry for just leaving all (what all? no comments)...in what lurch...</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>New perspectives on life...on what is important, and what isn't...for now, this isn't.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>So, we shall see...</div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-30265701934290233832011-04-13T21:21:00.000-07:002011-04-13T21:31:13.835-07:00What Kind of Blog Am I<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T6e9nIlZ7DwanjUe74qiVrTZY5y5RLBOIEVmXDas2eisQzgJZ0oNRh0q1j9eN6ESIXgSvvLDXSSocpdYXUAmryLhjFbBkIxweMpX7KBYu8T63k2KT_rZWf218RFFMCnHIWnZCtJS5NG-/s1600/Jess+glazing.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595291522785623362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T6e9nIlZ7DwanjUe74qiVrTZY5y5RLBOIEVmXDas2eisQzgJZ0oNRh0q1j9eN6ESIXgSvvLDXSSocpdYXUAmryLhjFbBkIxweMpX7KBYu8T63k2KT_rZWf218RFFMCnHIWnZCtJS5NG-/s400/Jess+glazing.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>I started this blog as an Interior Designer....I've shared all my design portfolio, and quite frankly, I've changed my style over the past year(s)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I shared some of my "crafty stuff"...my photography....my art....but, not really myself...I tend to hold the world at arm's length....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Although some are quite interesting and pretty, I don't usually like to grab images, or even scan the images that I've cut out of magazines and saved over the years (I have a couple of dozen binders, overflowing with wonderful photos, recipes, craft ideas, art instruction..you name it, I've got it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I don't comment on current events....I don't throw the "f" bomb in now-and-then, just to show how "f"ing cool I am...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I love fashion...I love history...I love music...I love good writing...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I feel I've "been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt"...so, now what?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Maybe tomorrow, I'll grab my camera and head for the hills...maybe tomorrow, I'll master the art of french macaroons with raspberry-rose buttercream....maybe tomorrow, I'll write an entire chapter for my novel......maybe tomorrow, I'll finish that watercolor...maybe tomorrow, I'll make beautiful hand-made picture frames....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I recently dislocated my thumb...(and that was the GOOD one)...I have a brace on it...I have another brace for the other thumb and wrist...this pretty much slows me down...but...maybe tomorrow....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I do know that I don't want to be BORING...to a Gemini, that is a fate worse than death...</div><br /><div>so...........................</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Tune in and see what tomorrow brings...</div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-68737513455909710182011-03-28T10:33:00.001-07:002011-03-28T10:42:11.770-07:00Yellow Roses From My "Hunny"<strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">Actually, I often refer to him as "Dr. Bobby Hunny" (mostly, just Robert)...my husband of 28 years, as of yesterday, gave me my favorite roses...yellow....</span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color:#330099;"></span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;"></span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpM8dQcY0ZqfB4kxFJmq83x3iAZluQ32fb_Xj9ckCQ34YZQaKP4CQnpwojzN6vQc2yfTOZJi2pQfNYc4b6yDaBGUCqv03JpU8ygYUoJeGf1LQ-aF3TEIWgTzqILUiovUt6Q4NDg-OHwpM/s1600/Roseteacupbook.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589186461860945890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpM8dQcY0ZqfB4kxFJmq83x3iAZluQ32fb_Xj9ckCQ34YZQaKP4CQnpwojzN6vQc2yfTOZJi2pQfNYc4b6yDaBGUCqv03JpU8ygYUoJeGf1LQ-aF3TEIWgTzqILUiovUt6Q4NDg-OHwpM/s400/Roseteacupbook.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLL539nKg6bg-xCp720ZstzwVEvwH4W0Yvp8nU2gVrLWxKT016QZPs9NCCYM9frK4F_nI3-aF1U2IkMuUX2j-0kfnMlusruplX8Je7NV8Y3LBtA5SdAFILEK5dZrHUnrlVmKHucbGPHw_/s1600/yellow+roses+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589185951154421906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLL539nKg6bg-xCp720ZstzwVEvwH4W0Yvp8nU2gVrLWxKT016QZPs9NCCYM9frK4F_nI3-aF1U2IkMuUX2j-0kfnMlusruplX8Je7NV8Y3LBtA5SdAFILEK5dZrHUnrlVmKHucbGPHw_/s400/yellow+roses+013.jpg" /></a> <strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">As a young girl, growing up on a farm in Kansas, my Mama always put them in my room on my birthday, as we had a yellow rose bush....brings back loving memories....</span></em></strong> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3xL84kT-jSpCtvPBDVmyZSi707lkFSoApanJvDYZKGRWoK8DZSPJeUhe3p3wcpW9l4Z9OTIQck9i_f3v4BV5i9ZSp1omzr5tkCljDQjCEL4dzumgYd92fUIHAK0Oqg752b1xu2l0TELp/s1600/yellow+roses+016.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589185576639165074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3xL84kT-jSpCtvPBDVmyZSi707lkFSoApanJvDYZKGRWoK8DZSPJeUhe3p3wcpW9l4Z9OTIQck9i_f3v4BV5i9ZSp1omzr5tkCljDQjCEL4dzumgYd92fUIHAK0Oqg752b1xu2l0TELp/s400/yellow+roses+016.jpg" /></a> <strong><em><span style="color:#cc9933;">LOVE TRULY DOES MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND...AND ROUND...AND ROUND</span></em></strong> <br /><div><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461205161302735662.post-52451291439020822932011-03-20T14:38:00.000-07:002011-03-27T05:15:08.672-07:00Backwards...Opus...<span style="color:#666600;">This is the end result of weeks of hard work...I have everything backwards here...(it would seem I'll never get this right)....I now have my left thumb in a brace, and my right wrist and thumb in a brace..Didn't do the left thumb from making this guy...my guy was opening a door just as I was going out on the other side...dislocated it..gah!!!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8MQG0q8_RNo1xFz0X1lA4MXtR3JOuSMgNDx8ri-LaToBrENh_VAleARlwVTHI7iiTk9HlSmE8Yf2Yr7ovKN3aNhbuFjiCmvGHIppLVlAiYbXIUzvkREeTmejUdJtVlMgdSH5CQYEMjxD/s1600/finished+opus+012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586284381094740962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8MQG0q8_RNo1xFz0X1lA4MXtR3JOuSMgNDx8ri-LaToBrENh_VAleARlwVTHI7iiTk9HlSmE8Yf2Yr7ovKN3aNhbuFjiCmvGHIppLVlAiYbXIUzvkREeTmejUdJtVlMgdSH5CQYEMjxD/s400/finished+opus+012.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWeg6rneswOVZsWsqZDdjAGOoZaU-PBsDbeD5MLEblfSyXzD_6dwfvjNQIfuB_KTkh-KRAV_K9wYq92BLIJn1CiSTCfYIxDzWzGGIJIIYDjWfBr6dLCj59WNLkiWi6wdYkZoI-z63xa3w/s1600/finished+opus+011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283987182856994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWeg6rneswOVZsWsqZDdjAGOoZaU-PBsDbeD5MLEblfSyXzD_6dwfvjNQIfuB_KTkh-KRAV_K9wYq92BLIJn1CiSTCfYIxDzWzGGIJIIYDjWfBr6dLCj59WNLkiWi6wdYkZoI-z63xa3w/s400/finished+opus+011.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAqYPN9IL8FBxpPsIYrY_c-cXNvWfANZ2z03cydAVU6z8uyVKTpXFNS5BhapO7Z4rFXTdINLXpNytxwm4YHRHWt1OEPaE-j2qPAeETI-CG9hSszsWdHDE-XfedU5kUh784BsnVAt5qIid/s1600/finished+opus+014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283733725311474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAqYPN9IL8FBxpPsIYrY_c-cXNvWfANZ2z03cydAVU6z8uyVKTpXFNS5BhapO7Z4rFXTdINLXpNytxwm4YHRHWt1OEPaE-j2qPAeETI-CG9hSszsWdHDE-XfedU5kUh784BsnVAt5qIid/s400/finished+opus+014.jpg" /></a> He looks so different, when photographed indoors...................... <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsHpv98VGUJM2LZqSra6h1E8PaYqdBxmInv2cdeRwlxdFK90Yohv6Zt_nnTv9SZQEe_eNdGLdZmlyecATkq3V7iJfURFgmiz2gKWTS9MdLRMxWzt4bH70CB9Ok7DUDcNbLDheY6wgLT7G/s1600/House+and+Book+034.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283463324510866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsHpv98VGUJM2LZqSra6h1E8PaYqdBxmInv2cdeRwlxdFK90Yohv6Zt_nnTv9SZQEe_eNdGLdZmlyecATkq3V7iJfURFgmiz2gKWTS9MdLRMxWzt4bH70CB9Ok7DUDcNbLDheY6wgLT7G/s400/House+and+Book+034.jpg" /></a> At a certain point, I ripped off his bottem "feathers", as they were too bright, and I hated them... <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqSiWvtr_ZSOA_IxSrdGKgEBG7MJybayopIxR6HyxEn9SzhVz0IYFDirMll1pYolrGzle-g1G43ca5xVFXgrRPijc0mlhPFEljN0w9iMF4c77vTpTzWHE5ktmw0jxDEKp8AfJ9l73qjUv/s1600/More+Opus+021.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283217150074882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqSiWvtr_ZSOA_IxSrdGKgEBG7MJybayopIxR6HyxEn9SzhVz0IYFDirMll1pYolrGzle-g1G43ca5xVFXgrRPijc0mlhPFEljN0w9iMF4c77vTpTzWHE5ktmw0jxDEKp8AfJ9l73qjUv/s400/More+Opus+021.jpg" /></a> See what I mean...I also covered his white "nose crest"..didn't like that either....In fact, I nearly chucked the entire project, but the gallery owner, Sonia, came and talked me down... <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmklkM2GlUYEFr2qyquF156S8txIsfENiOHd4vgWyU7e2N5t83ECDHzm8z9SIJbB78diP1Xe7LOCMYba3dRmDXQGvRvSl6hNOtB943hR86sWZ9otH36Udz0Zbs4k50DPTx6fx5fbD5hGh/s1600/More+Opus+009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283030676872146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmklkM2GlUYEFr2qyquF156S8txIsfENiOHd4vgWyU7e2N5t83ECDHzm8z9SIJbB78diP1Xe7LOCMYba3dRmDXQGvRvSl6hNOtB943hR86sWZ9otH36Udz0Zbs4k50DPTx6fx5fbD5hGh/s400/More+Opus+009.jpg" /></a> I used several shades of silk....fused together with a product called "Heat Bond"...in order to stiffen it, then cut hundreds of "feathers" and glued them on...hundreds...and hundreds. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw9nQJS7eZDhOqphnD8JqBKO8Wm2VKyRvuL3VPPDkBcz__Ws5lL4G_4Se_36iBknZ4uncxTz31m-5jZrvlRTX8_SOo5FhEG7jspdUxxy5mWPAsOKBhGKH5Oy_kcRHYduCBI0NbCy_kphg/s1600/Opus+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586282775718942338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw9nQJS7eZDhOqphnD8JqBKO8Wm2VKyRvuL3VPPDkBcz__Ws5lL4G_4Se_36iBknZ4uncxTz31m-5jZrvlRTX8_SOo5FhEG7jspdUxxy5mWPAsOKBhGKH5Oy_kcRHYduCBI0NbCy_kphg/s400/Opus+005.jpg" /></a> I made his "base" from silk..(don't know why, as it didn't show), but it was lighter than other fabrics...I sewed it to buckram, and then, stuffed fiberfill in him (sort of "trapunto" style)..then, quilted him..to keep the fiberfill from falling...Then, I sewed him on the canvas using copper wire..cutting myself alot...Hey, this wasn't easy.. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-BLYcRS6NiOibpnmS2iOcv_ImJoUpReKPAj5Wi8YRWSU9VEwnH8fWDMB0zqy0DC85ClWI5jWe8ItnCtMQeMgu-c2Vd2fB8V4Aaktxh6-szsII-xUblmu_bwEcTZwtiQiBolYowUgn2x4/s1600/More+Opus+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586282367298334146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-BLYcRS6NiOibpnmS2iOcv_ImJoUpReKPAj5Wi8YRWSU9VEwnH8fWDMB0zqy0DC85ClWI5jWe8ItnCtMQeMgu-c2Vd2fB8V4Aaktxh6-szsII-xUblmu_bwEcTZwtiQiBolYowUgn2x4/s400/More+Opus+013.jpg" /></a> How to make an eye...backwards, of course<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI25UKiqRlJ9LZVyJhwxYmO3tNNX_LRlLq9t0gL6hZbM4N0dVUXkD4omrUnHVOW7b24uoZLocrYs-s_K9x1p4t0jR3NAuuSyLdcvJbqvkFH81n4yByofdVeKdUpvYDonwXfhbRxByxtlyF/s1600/More+Opus+011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586282099131166738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI25UKiqRlJ9LZVyJhwxYmO3tNNX_LRlLq9t0gL6hZbM4N0dVUXkD4omrUnHVOW7b24uoZLocrYs-s_K9x1p4t0jR3NAuuSyLdcvJbqvkFH81n4yByofdVeKdUpvYDonwXfhbRxByxtlyF/s400/More+Opus+011.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3kk34SFRufTV1VKlie9e3_j8yqXW_tQbhsGS8rsd_ezZeCgSrswwNxAd4L-AnjknescTOpB3caBq4DheTJSy1JD0PCVSoeO5aMfREoBvGTjzDMjkG36ekEDSs-2LQE0uA-3M5GuL8r_l/s1600/More+Opus+012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586281911553708482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3kk34SFRufTV1VKlie9e3_j8yqXW_tQbhsGS8rsd_ezZeCgSrswwNxAd4L-AnjknescTOpB3caBq4DheTJSy1JD0PCVSoeO5aMfREoBvGTjzDMjkG36ekEDSs-2LQE0uA-3M5GuL8r_l/s400/More+Opus+012.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmg6DPAoRrcUBu6Rqkzj3CCAFCdQOwQ3z8fqQli0jYCkRl4zVibnxdlH4X1dOWXfQk5cYiaFhIQFvZtLtzZhm4YNYMhrfdIgG5GuiZFFZ0D4-bTuEEYX26Y6yc_WQ-J3Q7DJuGx4lXe9-/s1600/More+Opus+010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586281749598047794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmg6DPAoRrcUBu6Rqkzj3CCAFCdQOwQ3z8fqQli0jYCkRl4zVibnxdlH4X1dOWXfQk5cYiaFhIQFvZtLtzZhm4YNYMhrfdIgG5GuiZFFZ0D4-bTuEEYX26Y6yc_WQ-J3Q7DJuGx4lXe9-/s400/More+Opus+010.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpnTOkUVZsCGHfT5zBqHkJzdzZbthMuH3JTeHdCvyUtlKNqGL3sduVWEE6s24XyHQ_J7KsPoW5MFirVnQU_Yn3QxBMCEJ6fLxyurxysUmuFUOPjdCVy-6zyu35wUlpi9nwekMwvKHlH-P/s1600/More+Opus+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586281541213519986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpnTOkUVZsCGHfT5zBqHkJzdzZbthMuH3JTeHdCvyUtlKNqGL3sduVWEE6s24XyHQ_J7KsPoW5MFirVnQU_Yn3QxBMCEJ6fLxyurxysUmuFUOPjdCVy-6zyu35wUlpi9nwekMwvKHlH-P/s400/More+Opus+007.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjvv-8X6W1RRby_WgB3q9AM-WZ3AOiBpR3bFZ8RkMaj95YpwKHkF4nYEiy5kcL5Vf9iy8pWCbHYIdrklPyk4V6Y2Ah3-8K1goYGu5A9pIgMqz3PjOj1KZWtwcXXmujqwqkcT2B2KZCQ4_/s1600/More+Opus+015.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586281301618968818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjvv-8X6W1RRby_WgB3q9AM-WZ3AOiBpR3bFZ8RkMaj95YpwKHkF4nYEiy5kcL5Vf9iy8pWCbHYIdrklPyk4V6Y2Ah3-8K1goYGu5A9pIgMqz3PjOj1KZWtwcXXmujqwqkcT2B2KZCQ4_/s400/More+Opus+015.jpg" /></a> His "pupil" is a velvet-covered button I made..then, I glue Swaroski (sp?) crystals to make the "catchlights" (that's a photography term for the light in an eye)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbcL_r9xeUDUeQ9EwdN67HpvSgojzPMD1vJTw8X-562JfdpQLdse3-dktzozxjedTcFq-i8rxzhOc2lci9fJisBG6PJc2Pk6VjGCVX7g9311h0z-PIr3Ho6iArTbdnOeLgziuQSbtokJB/s1600/More+Opus+018.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586280975750420850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbcL_r9xeUDUeQ9EwdN67HpvSgojzPMD1vJTw8X-562JfdpQLdse3-dktzozxjedTcFq-i8rxzhOc2lci9fJisBG6PJc2Pk6VjGCVX7g9311h0z-PIr3Ho6iArTbdnOeLgziuQSbtokJB/s400/More+Opus+018.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lXcKBhhfI4xqRupP6zujW-F_C-0savTaUYp74x_hKN4P2ffvXZ_4r6KI4TYpyKFxgmnE_0a0Q-bTwe9cFAshPO_p9uSeRrReFInXpecY5PbjORciTDoKBrbS-b5IomNer2p564LwVhdb/s1600/More+Opus+019.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586280788271945682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lXcKBhhfI4xqRupP6zujW-F_C-0savTaUYp74x_hKN4P2ffvXZ_4r6KI4TYpyKFxgmnE_0a0Q-bTwe9cFAshPO_p9uSeRrReFInXpecY5PbjORciTDoKBrbS-b5IomNer2p564LwVhdb/s400/More+Opus+019.jpg" /></a> This shows the "fusion" process...This was not an easy project... <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRByZQbVe2lwsbCD5Ba6AUrJj8X0_sY4IinYysaypUnfuM7q_jlO1SS7xF7xHj8TKk0uqupkvgmNEIuZsNfr6thlZmwPWQXb66MODYCQDNImMDtNj5PZU0KwY0g5yXZYFZKfO7SK4-DR8i/s1600/More+Opus+020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586280608708414914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRByZQbVe2lwsbCD5Ba6AUrJj8X0_sY4IinYysaypUnfuM7q_jlO1SS7xF7xHj8TKk0uqupkvgmNEIuZsNfr6thlZmwPWQXb66MODYCQDNImMDtNj5PZU0KwY0g5yXZYFZKfO7SK4-DR8i/s400/More+Opus+020.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vtjjn_eZez-YgV30hoFZVJWU2IzRsLzLgpk1HfE2wgq0hua-6QjXdbzL2IUwA4BSwE0XqbvKdZTclWuXqOiqgRekIRKa-WKp7_CzpcPkcKcIrR3L6Q62wq3DdTizjey8xmeMOBoBUvTQ/s1600/Opus+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586280298004394354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vtjjn_eZez-YgV30hoFZVJWU2IzRsLzLgpk1HfE2wgq0hua-6QjXdbzL2IUwA4BSwE0XqbvKdZTclWuXqOiqgRekIRKa-WKp7_CzpcPkcKcIrR3L6Q62wq3DdTizjey8xmeMOBoBUvTQ/s400/Opus+002.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OnmsGQZVSdJqudyKcyRnOyOXQ4mNSP5sWiCr3Pn6_HBXWoq5acJE8BI_vdths4ABc1iWFYcoS68NCzssy3wJxv8yfJUedPTLx-JTVM5SsUqmKtfzIWochNyKB4W7acImXmbz-bbdiA4R/s1600/Opus+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586280066576620866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OnmsGQZVSdJqudyKcyRnOyOXQ4mNSP5sWiCr3Pn6_HBXWoq5acJE8BI_vdths4ABc1iWFYcoS68NCzssy3wJxv8yfJUedPTLx-JTVM5SsUqmKtfzIWochNyKB4W7acImXmbz-bbdiA4R/s400/Opus+004.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn9q0rRa7gyzZh17s7c8noQFT40zuWsW0fwGxoZu-jgxum46qOZW7ApdO9YZjHlVCU0ZlmEqk1im9h4dIf7kevhQCZWUSU4bcsGLJVWJ0dWDihB2w1Z-Gzb68Mb5o5m9SdWW0mJvE8nZt/s1600/Sepia+valentines+022.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586279864840452242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn9q0rRa7gyzZh17s7c8noQFT40zuWsW0fwGxoZu-jgxum46qOZW7ApdO9YZjHlVCU0ZlmEqk1im9h4dIf7kevhQCZWUSU4bcsGLJVWJ0dWDihB2w1Z-Gzb68Mb5o5m9SdWW0mJvE8nZt/s400/Sepia+valentines+022.jpg" /></a> The whole point of this is explained on the Stinger Studio website...go - read - enjoy-</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.stingerstudio.com/">http://www.stingerstudio.com</a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jessica Interiors, Etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04363579188581814682noreply@blogger.com1