New Kitchen Decorating 2015: collecting blue and white

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good Morning!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihX4iiZwUa9AE14iQ8yK2kAeMXBw9WK-zfoL9V3TyJXzmPXh0PqJS0TILxHcQ0bhUJuSsRpMq946vS8Ld1R3BAd-BGOlAfyuefaZ9jClvgnPeB-dsJR4btkjJke8hLmSNasz2d4U1IXKt/s1600/photoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihX4iiZwUa9AE14iQ8yK2kAeMXBw9WK-zfoL9V3TyJXzmPXh0PqJS0TILxHcQ0bhUJuSsRpMq946vS8Ld1R3BAd-BGOlAfyuefaZ9jClvgnPeB-dsJR4btkjJke8hLmSNasz2d4U1IXKt/s1600/photoo.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm still here in beautiful Naples, FL.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wish we had a few more days </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here but we are heading </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">home this afternoon.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sure can't complain </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">about only having a few days here </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when I am the conference tag-a-long!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am just happy for the restful time </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I had while I was here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's talk about what is going on back at my house.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMXQGUMTVKd7WkynoneqEA9qCgRQs30-kBaTuWpEyWvF0hqZfru8vzuRIIjBaNLIk9uDd0Ec6SDDgb8KhB4NYs_gPt8OzhySdL6CDOyYmXg-e8i9-OuHhgs7sTFp8crLcmB7H-9eYDVFg/s1600/IMG_1944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMXQGUMTVKd7WkynoneqEA9qCgRQs30-kBaTuWpEyWvF0hqZfru8vzuRIIjBaNLIk9uDd0Ec6SDDgb8KhB4NYs_gPt8OzhySdL6CDOyYmXg-e8i9-OuHhgs7sTFp8crLcmB7H-9eYDVFg/s1600/IMG_1944.jpg" width="524" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember last week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when I showed you my new orchid prints?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was so happy to have them framed </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I couldn't wait to show you!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UWldbQaZKdDDqTSt1STbrk46i90y4x8LpBET0kts6H6dT8ID3cPdWcR0Y5ec4I7Bo890LOUx2LH-CoQqEpjtswsjsrxxJI2jITvTJLqBpjTaBG7dXJvOvvqd_B5_yPcFSstSZRyoiM-M/s1600/Product_TRB12577_Image_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UWldbQaZKdDDqTSt1STbrk46i90y4x8LpBET0kts6H6dT8ID3cPdWcR0Y5ec4I7Bo890LOUx2LH-CoQqEpjtswsjsrxxJI2jITvTJLqBpjTaBG7dXJvOvvqd_B5_yPcFSstSZRyoiM-M/s1600/Product_TRB12577_Image_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found these two prints one day </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when I was clicking around on One King's Lane.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was actually looking for something for </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the Master Bedroom when I found these.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were a good price at $99.00 for both of them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unfortunately they were sold out!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was so disappointed!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For some reason I felt compelled to have them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I searched around and found them </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on the William Stafford website </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">who is the manufacturer.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Can you believe that they wanted $575 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for ONE framed print!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh My!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So as luck would have it, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I saw them come up again on OKL.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, I missed out AGAIN!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sold Out!  Darn it all!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now I was obsessed!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was around Miss Beaux's graduation time </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I was crazy busy, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I checked quickly everyday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to see if they were available.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wouldn't you know </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that the day that all of my company left </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sat down on the sofa with my IPAD </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and there they were!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I snatched them up and I am so glad that I did!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIeHBMV8R4qQh_FOj-mcth_-WpxOYcxWS5C4ZeI8_GwtCVW4yqFbIJYSgTZO4LCQPr5YvwEnqj49sKFdi-cIGkmcOMfKqfaS3twOuLpPLZjXJOZTwMTZETFw0X6w1QKXUpcp2rwxFzI3d/s1600/photop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIeHBMV8R4qQh_FOj-mcth_-WpxOYcxWS5C4ZeI8_GwtCVW4yqFbIJYSgTZO4LCQPr5YvwEnqj49sKFdi-cIGkmcOMfKqfaS3twOuLpPLZjXJOZTwMTZETFw0X6w1QKXUpcp2rwxFzI3d/s1600/photop.JPG" width="478" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They are seriously more fantastic in person!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took them to Michaels to be framed. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course I had a 60% off coupon... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted a simple classic frame </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and mat that I could move </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">anywhere in the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I settled on these two linen mats </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with the flat gold metal frame.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAprqEDS-GWI7MC7A-nkkcNkr8HcCrvmoO608LBcqUU3S-3TXUEbFzMbazSQg8_fzcuiCCNGtaLSFFgjncSeRvCKvZXRiE-9-YGocmx4yIWiCljPrLXjcVDYT5KNE7ThBzjQmi86DqJ7W/s1600/IMG_1996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAprqEDS-GWI7MC7A-nkkcNkr8HcCrvmoO608LBcqUU3S-3TXUEbFzMbazSQg8_fzcuiCCNGtaLSFFgjncSeRvCKvZXRiE-9-YGocmx4yIWiCljPrLXjcVDYT5KNE7ThBzjQmi86DqJ7W/s1600/IMG_1996.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know it's hard to see how pretty it really is all together.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuGRUi-QLnqoD8ththXXpcaKc1ej6P6IvEAPNpMCjqXenalFybFgt5MCsfbCdDTVSoE2sHRdUnPj8NorsVODPsaUDEjbGy1IwjKlGKnrjI5_AfkeyRViuCy4nvf_SKqIIFx9ZXioA1VV2/s1600/IMG_1991a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuGRUi-QLnqoD8ththXXpcaKc1ej6P6IvEAPNpMCjqXenalFybFgt5MCsfbCdDTVSoE2sHRdUnPj8NorsVODPsaUDEjbGy1IwjKlGKnrjI5_AfkeyRViuCy4nvf_SKqIIFx9ZXioA1VV2/s1600/IMG_1991a.jpg" width="600" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So now where to hang them?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am not trying to keep you in suspense </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I have to first tell you about my new </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Estate Sale collection obsession.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you guessed Blue and White </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you are 100% correct!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been secretly buying </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">all things blue and white to </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">decorate the kitchen and hearth room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOxdcvqWj_4bl1oERWMApv868PfVhPbFqqiPxkCngpBsyRQp5XIq2QdnRyLI9o86ks6ipp8tdzrfUtW4VUyfegSmVxGAmOc2YWM7EAjGBW8wf28c9ANeX8skdBhbJeWzajOxzcnpcQNIE/s1600/IMG_1995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOxdcvqWj_4bl1oERWMApv868PfVhPbFqqiPxkCngpBsyRQp5XIq2QdnRyLI9o86ks6ipp8tdzrfUtW4VUyfegSmVxGAmOc2YWM7EAjGBW8wf28c9ANeX8skdBhbJeWzajOxzcnpcQNIE/s1600/IMG_1995.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have always resisted buying </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">blue and white pieces because although I love them, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my BFF collects it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know that sounds silly.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It does doesn't it?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I caved when I went to an </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Estate Sale where there were </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a ton of fabulous pieces!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBPq_22u51lxvEIQ1zXyCNr1UqshYwZgn-sSrQQ5gBxBgsthmEedr67ZxwwxYPJnfCtcWagdjFTZzsnu-4iIU1TOJ1Cce9x7s8634Az2kTaPaEsmS6ExD7ZyLLiHeg8pC2GI1efkKoaIl/s1600/IMG_2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBPq_22u51lxvEIQ1zXyCNr1UqshYwZgn-sSrQQ5gBxBgsthmEedr67ZxwwxYPJnfCtcWagdjFTZzsnu-4iIU1TOJ1Cce9x7s8634Az2kTaPaEsmS6ExD7ZyLLiHeg8pC2GI1efkKoaIl/s1600/IMG_2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The great thing is </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that it is pretty plentiful </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">around my area of the Midwest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKoyRmqOt99uJMIFa9o_0oO7u-kVY07lzdflQ3RLUMUvz3lHbOnwbzfLXbOL1iGUzydbrX87a1_kzWr8bcDxuj3obBs9d0zWZFKqv8ZNVYkW-omgM_4NFgoI6i8hdHQor4fksHK4ehZge/s1600/IMG_2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKoyRmqOt99uJMIFa9o_0oO7u-kVY07lzdflQ3RLUMUvz3lHbOnwbzfLXbOL1iGUzydbrX87a1_kzWr8bcDxuj3obBs9d0zWZFKqv8ZNVYkW-omgM_4NFgoI6i8hdHQor4fksHK4ehZge/s1600/IMG_2003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I can honestly tell you </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I have not paid more than $15.00 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for any one piece yet.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMhWV5hXOr_4OKtLIKQpXjgXb_DElsLmK5JfontYqZ6_S-d4xN7oWub8_xiC_Vl_YU2S8wEgl00_GWX8vsnAVO15bxu4q_ZtVhFJB0zvrksTy2lXG-SVi5lxn-yHnzIRTj4fpP05XXcFg/s1600/IMG_1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMhWV5hXOr_4OKtLIKQpXjgXb_DElsLmK5JfontYqZ6_S-d4xN7oWub8_xiC_Vl_YU2S8wEgl00_GWX8vsnAVO15bxu4q_ZtVhFJB0zvrksTy2lXG-SVi5lxn-yHnzIRTj4fpP05XXcFg/s1600/IMG_1994.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, I love how they mix with </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">all of my white ironstone pieces.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, where did the prints end up?</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dm7ezTrtkaXLltysTuI8mwR4gmW3RB5eRfObdXM2LMiYJKF8NTvLKFxynuGJCKfRnONR3Cfsx5kEMwaaZnrlX9q2AdfSmX_SEVpl72aHnh0XaUaYZGNxAcCd8c3GxkIxv880B12lPg91/s1600/IMG_2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dm7ezTrtkaXLltysTuI8mwR4gmW3RB5eRfObdXM2LMiYJKF8NTvLKFxynuGJCKfRnONR3Cfsx5kEMwaaZnrlX9q2AdfSmX_SEVpl72aHnh0XaUaYZGNxAcCd8c3GxkIxv880B12lPg91/s1600/IMG_2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the hearth room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">over the two build in media chests </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on either side of the fireplace.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0xOsOesyTovT3RWMdARSayrIcHNbKulfs-rt_YETDPWadz_j_-mbKa9j8DnXnMokrkNSaasdn3bTUNZb_JvbsSj8bJGOxQqv0GfhrjJvYwAEi7L1V0nEZvdwZyzDSP0LZ2KTAzAuWv_C/s1600/IMG_1992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0xOsOesyTovT3RWMdARSayrIcHNbKulfs-rt_YETDPWadz_j_-mbKa9j8DnXnMokrkNSaasdn3bTUNZb_JvbsSj8bJGOxQqv0GfhrjJvYwAEi7L1V0nEZvdwZyzDSP0LZ2KTAzAuWv_C/s1600/IMG_1992.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed the blue and white goodies </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with the Pottery Barn urn </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">full of my hydrangeas from the garden.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so happy to have my hydrangeas in the house!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4a1_2d-hW7a0IhM2qzvsZr98uzH7TRuJrTCbojJZg32bNoYSbqZK-5HCImMjMom3p95p1TMejrw7McDAHKCrPmQFuamFpbDKn6_NcHPJcZMzbRcNW-Plu7QpNAraeHBTKRxtPDyzUs4q/s1600/IMG_1991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4a1_2d-hW7a0IhM2qzvsZr98uzH7TRuJrTCbojJZg32bNoYSbqZK-5HCImMjMom3p95p1TMejrw7McDAHKCrPmQFuamFpbDKn6_NcHPJcZMzbRcNW-Plu7QpNAraeHBTKRxtPDyzUs4q/s1600/IMG_1991.jpg" width="516" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hung one English blue and white </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">plate above the print.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I might hang more but for now it works.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmfuI0N3zI5E5c_pCzYd8yLUY2dc2woE6EatJo4L4rruHs6RcPZWbplhdCu2IO2iTIp9p7T89Oro8Kqe_e4kXUMRvGnWAjkxIxhw88SuGb7QahUC_wPPP6zSlXXp6cIcovTXlip0JcrN4/s1600/IMG_1999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmfuI0N3zI5E5c_pCzYd8yLUY2dc2woE6EatJo4L4rruHs6RcPZWbplhdCu2IO2iTIp9p7T89Oro8Kqe_e4kXUMRvGnWAjkxIxhw88SuGb7QahUC_wPPP6zSlXXp6cIcovTXlip0JcrN4/s1600/IMG_1999.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the way they </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">lighten up the whole room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think the wall color </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">could be lightened up a bit too </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but that is a Fall project!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYYXkhZf1jHKTSmht2yVKMBWIxP0xXzSuwJyL6vPvB-ejoBuq27Yr2NGa8sGngSPjp6k8XKRfp_nE8vnBK9UTwXCS2q1W7kgNQGOC7ISPsGWcWa3zpfbUZnqa7mZiwT0GAgaOZJ__acJH/s1600/IMG_1987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYYXkhZf1jHKTSmht2yVKMBWIxP0xXzSuwJyL6vPvB-ejoBuq27Yr2NGa8sGngSPjp6k8XKRfp_nE8vnBK9UTwXCS2q1W7kgNQGOC7ISPsGWcWa3zpfbUZnqa7mZiwT0GAgaOZJ__acJH/s1600/IMG_1987.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, what do you think?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Click<a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2013/01/ballard-botanical-print-knockoff.html" target="_blank"> HERE</a> to see what it looked like before.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />And, stay tuned for more changes that I have in store.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" 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