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I love to play matchmaker... I actually have two marriages under my belt! So when  I came across this unusual black folding stand I immediately knew it would make the perfect mate for one of my LARGE glass floats. Don't they look like they were made for each other?

You might remember my post a while back agonizing whether or not to spend $200 for this treasure... Well, sometimes lightening strikes twice but not exactly the same way. I scored these Chinese Calligraphy brushes last week!

Today while trolling ebay I came across this listing... Antique Framed Sailor's Woolies Ship Picture c. 1890' s   Superb antique framed sailor's woolies or wooly ship picture, circa 1890's or possibly earlier.     This type of folk art was stitched by sailors to pass the time aboard ship. In very good condition, colors are still bright.    Frame measures 14 5/8" x 11 5/8" in size. Inscribed on the reverse: Dunbavand.    This maritime scene depicts a tall ship or sailing ship. Primarily made of wool with thread rigging.  A wonderful primitive piece!  Starting Bid $999 Some of you may remember this post entitled, Good Timing where I scored a framed stitched piece of my own. So, what do you think? Is the above ebay comp realistic?  I must admit my heart skipped a beat when I saw the starting bid amount!  

In the form of RIVITS I have Phillip Jeffries Raffia wall covering in my bedroom.  I recently transformed a vintage cabinet/bookcase into My New Shoe Wardrobe and had the back of it covered with some of the leftover raffia paper. I'm thinking the next step should be to add some rivets. Are you with me?

I spent Saturday afternoon with an artistic genius who happens to be a dear friend. His name is Ron Morgan.   He ushered me into his workshop where he took out a brush and a can of paint and showed me how to transform a rather ordinary pair of mirrors, that I had sitting in my prop shop collecting dust, with just a few simple brushstrokes. I brought them over intending to spray them a different color, but he took one look at them and declared... "They're Fab!" "I love the color, all they need is a bit more drama". And just like that he dipped his brush into the paint and brushed it into the center of the rings, adding bamboo leaf detail to each one. He handed me the brush saying... "Now get to it!" I have a confession to make,  I am a Virgo, a perfectionist, and I have resisted doing many things myself because I always want them to be perfect, so this was my moment of truth! There was no way I was going to embarrass myself in f...

Last week while visiting family in Colorado I was sitting around the breakfast table with my in-laws reading about an estate sale in the neighborhood.  The ad said they had a huge owl collection.   Jokingly I said that maybe they had the stuffed barn owl that I have wanted for the longest time. My father-in-law said, "if you want to see some taxidermy then we need to go to the Buckhorn   Exchange! Mind you, I lived in Colorado for 6 years in the 1980's, married a Colorado boy and yet had never heard of Denver's Oldest Restaurant until that moment! We went online to make reservations for the following evening. I guess we were destined to go the Buckhorn Exchange as my mother-in-law had recently received a birthday invitation in the mail entitling her to a discount in the amount of her age... 81%! The minute we pulled up to this iconic building I knew I was in for a treat! Just one step inside and I was lost inside a world filled with the best of west! ...