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Here is a wider pan of the mantle…with my finished muse and my wisteria zinc globes…that yes, I had to paint (the ceiling is getting bead-board…can we all say hallelujah?) Yes…here she is, my muse…well my idea of a garden muse. Hand made by me using chicken wire and clay. Layers of paint, and I do mean layers! LOL…it is the first time I actually got excited about looking aged Do you like her? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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GAME: Fill It Up Friday CREATOR: The Muse OBJECTIVE: Interactive Fun PLAYERS: Readers RULES: Answer the following question… Your bags have all been packed by a perfect stranger. And there is only one suitcase left empty. You cannot look into the other suitcases that are closed. You are told that your trip 1) Will be somewhere cold 2) Will have fancy dining 3) Will involve meeting a Movie Star 4) Will have a magazine photo shoot of you 5) Will [...]
~Past and Present: A Muse’s Rant and Rave~
Not so long ago… We were doing this… Guess what we are NOW doing? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
My First “Trash to Treasure Tuesday” ~ Picture
MMM…what is it? Perhaps an old vintage stove’s vent trim… The Muse loves circles…so as soon as it was “spied” for .25, it was soooo purchased on the spot! LOL We can all agree, this needs work! Paint brushes to the ready…(nothing is safe at the Painted Nest)! Copper, gold, and antique white…Paint on….wiped off…over & over (what fun!) And then at last…Inspiration! (please forgive the imagery, I was using an unfamiliar camera) Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Here is my Victorian privacy screen. I completed painting the panels and I think it is rather pretty. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Brave Bird ~ Blue Monday ~ Image
BRAVE BIRD Hear my faint and tender pleas… Gently carried upon the breeze… I grow cold and the world grows dark… I can find no sparrows, finches or larks… The trees give me no shelter, no haven to rest… I search endless hours to find a warm nest… The first to arrive, I am brave, yes I know… But this little robin, doesn’t like the snow! (another work from the young Muse, age 12) Seen here 2009 Submitted as participation [...]
GAME: Santa’s Simply Silly Saturday CREATOR: The Muse OBJECTIVE: Interactive Fun PLAYERS: Readers RULES: You are a Santa, A kind and gentle soul… Whose boisterous merriment… Resounds in… Ho Ho Ho(s). The Reader or the Writer… Who is just above your space… Shall be given a TOY… Bringing smiles… To their face. So reach into your sack… Made of luscious velveteen… And there find a wonderment… The greatest ever seen! (The first person to leave a comment will become the [...]
Dreaming of castles? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
CITY SIDEWALKS !!! BUSY SIDEWALKS !!! Dressed in Holiday Style !!! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Fanciful Follies Friday ~ Rub A Dub Dub
RUB A DUB DUB 3 BLOGS IN A TUB Rules of Play: (1) I (The Muse) offer my first reader one sentence which includes using 3 names of blogs (I read). (2) The next reader must make another sentence, which utilizes 3 names of blogs they read Objective: To continue the fanciful folly story while lifting up and promoting other blogs in blogland. Shall we play? The story begins, as I gift thee this sentence: “white iris designs” bought “a [...]
Pictorial Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Official snow count…40 inches. Farming is hard work in the best of weather, but in winter…the true love of the craft comes to light. There is no one else in this world that has my undying adoration, than my beloved. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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~Fanciful~Follies~Friday… Mystery Food~
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~Painting My Own Kitchen Cabinets~
(camera date is not set~my apologies) After much thought, I have decided this Muse cannot live in a white kitchen(I appreciate them, and the beauty they posses)but, they simply are not Musey enough for me …so I have made my own paint mix…and now the beauty of creation begins! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Merry Christmas! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
My Response To The Author Of When Least Expected
I whole~heartedly agree.Words can poison, words can sting, words can crush…if they are used with ill will and malice.And yet, the same pen can create love, joy, beauty and prose….it can spill words onto parchment so eloquent…the reader is taken to tears…The difference lies within the author, the writer, the user…and that is indeed a power that can be mind chilling and yet so satisfying for the soul.Love,The Muse Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Do you recall the warmth of the sun… The gentle breezes… The chirping of feathered friends? Do you recall the sound of the water… The bubbling brooks… Or the swishing of the lake? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Ding Dong…Ding Dong… The Postman Rang Twice… Shall we open the box together…? Oh goodness..Wisteria. Let’s! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
“Tablescape Tuesday” ~ Picture
White dishware can offer so many options… Each holiday or event can be celebrated with basic pieces of white china or stoneware. For this Christmas table, the colors of silver and blue are combined with white to create this modern setting…the objective…to create an effect that would play off the branches (seen in the vases)… Add some wispy white feathers, blue and white snowflake tablecloth, miniature tea lights,(sprinkled with gold glitter) and a few silver ornaments…voila, the table becomes an [...]
PRIZE:A 40.00 iEmporium Gift CertificateGreat For The Upcoming Holiday Season How to Enter: 1. Become a member of this blog on either My Blog Log or Blog Catalog.(widget to the right) 2. Become a Blogger Follower of this blog.(widget to the right) 3. Leave at least one comment on four different posts of this blog and in different months. 4. As a comment to this blog:a. …leave the name of one person you are shopping for this year.b. …leave the [...]

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