Saturday, February 22, 2025

Estate Sales in Dallas Help You Find Treasures

Estate Sales are a fun way to find treasures.  Dallas has estate sales almost every weekend.  I look up the sales on Wednesday because they usually start Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
This French Country table was a treasure for only 98 dollars.  It might be 50 percent off on Sunday.
Cabbage ceramics are a unique gift for a spring table.
 
Unique red lamps make a statement.



Unique figurines are one of a kind.  



Unique headboards with blue bedding make a wonderful asset to your home. 




Coffee tables made of trees provide a place for guests to place their drinks. 




Bring home colourful flowers in a container decorated with flowers.



Ceramic vases for flowers decorated with green and rose can be a treasure for a friend.



Chase lounge with a special pillow can be a wonderful addition to your home.



Mirrors and sculptures can be a fun item to purchase at a Dallas Estate Sale.  You never know what you will find.  Although there are usually photographs of items to give buyers an idea of what they want.

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Friday, February 21, 2025

Art Retreat For Watercolour, Acrylic, Ink, Paintings and Photography


 I created an adjoining room to the guest room for an art retreat.  I bring friends over and we paint with a view of birds flying.  I brought in a portable table to display the art to get creative ideas.  I love to paint in the chair my mother recovered for me as a gift with french country fabric.  The leather blue couch we have had for years.  

I'm selling my artwork on Fine Art America.  I love to paint places we have traveled.  I've been taking acrylic and watercolour lessons at our local community college where I have met other artists.  


I painted this watercolour from a trip to Falkland Islands.  There were beautiful farms in the landscape.
I painted the red fox in a snowy landscape with two chickadees talking to each other to pass the time of day.
I give out cards with watercolour paintings to give to others for encouragement.
I painted Lake Houses from Sweden on a cruise to see Scandanavia.  
Two deer in the forest are looking for food on a winter day.
New Mexico has beautiful colors in the Prickly Pear Cactus. 
I painted this watercolour to remind me of trips we took with our sons to Hawaii.  They have amazing beaches for children to play in the sand.

Patagonia Chile has purple mountains with aqua lakes for a refreshing contrast. 


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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Decorating with a Coastal Theme in a Guest Bedroom

 Decorating with a coastal theme in our guest room is fun.  

I purchased artwork from Hawaii twenty years ago to remind me of past vacations.  


 I added a pillow of a photograph I took from La Jolla Children's Pool from my Fine Art America Collection to add to the coastal theme.


The adjoining bathroom has a photograph I took of Catalina.  It has sailboats of different shapes in the harbor.  Catalina is just an hour and a half boat ride from Long Beach, California.



A towel of a sea turtle hangs in the bathroom for guests to dry their hands.



A cubby in the shower is perfect for bath bomb treats and soaps.  



It's always nice to provide a desk for a guest to do their work.  I added a shelf for photos of past trips to the ocean.  

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Dallas Arboretum on Valentine's Day

Fountains gurgle as water drips down the side of the almond ceramic vase.
Water flows from symmetrical shapes to make a refreshing sound.

Ducks are attracted to calm waters on a winter Valentine's Day.
Water flows over limestone rocks as pools collect for birds to take a bath.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Decorating For Valentines Day 2025

 Decorating for Valentines Day 2025 is a joy since it was my mother's favourite holiday.  She loved table cloths and so do I.  

I purchased this fun Valentine's Table Cloth at Home Goods.  It has cute hearts with shades of red and pink. I took Valentine Heart Doilies to place around the flower arrangement with hearts.
Our separate dining room is a great place to say Happy Valentine's Day.  My precious mother passed away on Valentines Day in 2017 so she is in my heart as I decorate.  


Pink roses growing in our Texas Garden say a warm hello.



My mother made rose pillows for me to match our chair made of roses.  

I love painting roses from our Texas Garden.
I practiced painting roses in a crystal vase.

The reflection of the stem and leaves change as they are floating in water.


Give pink roses to your sister, friend or someone who needs cheering up this Valentines Day.  


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Friday, January 10, 2025

Dallas Snow 2025 in Our Texas Garden

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Happy New Year 2025


 Happy New Year to 2025.  Celebrating with a table setting of your favourite china.  


Remembering past New Year Celebrations with Champaine glasses and a shimmery ball on top.

Aqua napkins with silver stars celebrate the New Year.  


Going outside to pick mustard leaves for your salad.  



Celebrating pink Begonias in a Texas Garden in winter.  



Being grateful for our Texas Garden to celebrate 2025.

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Monday, December 16, 2024

Decorating for Christmas with Poinsettias 2024


 Decorating with poinsettias is a Christmas tradition in our home.  I was so inspired by this plant that grows wild in Central America and Mexico that I drew an acrylic picture of it.  Joel Roberts Poinsetti gave the flower its name because he discovered it growing wild in Taxco and brought it back to South Carolina.  He was a US ambassador to Mexico in 1825 and a botanist who loved to grow them in his green house.  





I decorated our holiday table with a poinsettia table cloth.  The Flower arrangement I purchased at a local estate sale was used for Christmas too because it was so easy to add the red flower from Michaels and Hobby Lobby.  I try to buy the flowers that don't look fake without glitter.  But if you like glitter those are pretty too.  
I put the beautiful red flower in our Christmas Tree next to the angel.  It adds a festive colour and very easy to decorate.  I used the clip on Poinsettia flower.  

When you stand back it glows with a red colour of the Christmas season.




Packages under the tree all wrapped for Christmas. 

I decorated the staircase with poinsettias with the clip on flower.  



I added a big red bow for color.


I put poinsettias in the flower arrangement above the three wise men who came to see baby Jesus because they studied the stars.  The Poinsettia flower is in the shape of the star of Bethlehem.  


I put them in a flower arrangement on a small table in our dining room to say Merry Christmas.


I put them in the entry hall on a small French Country Table I purchased at an estate sale. 



I purchased a new harp table from an estate sale that is perfect for our dining room.




Jesus in the Reason for the Season Christmas Ornament goes great with the red poinsettias on our tree.  The poinsettia flower is on a sand dollar on our tree.  It is etched in the shell found in the ocean all over the world to remind us of Jesus Birthday.  Even though we don't know the exact day He was born there is historical documents showing the Messiah was born in the town of Bethlehem which means House of Bread.  

This cross photograph was taken on the edge of the sea in Portugal.  


Mural of Christ is the bread of life on a wall in the Azores of Portugal.


I love to see how different cultures celebrate the Christmas Season.  Hope you enjoyed seeing how I celebrate this holiday season with the beauty of a flower.

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