Vintage Hat Stand

Hello and thanks for coming over to visit

I've had this urge to paint Vintage Hats lately, I tend to need some form of inspiration in front of me associated to the subject I'm painting, otherwise the creative juices don't seem to flow!

I was at a Church Fete on the weekend and saw the Vintage chippy green hat stand with an Electric Blue coloured Hat for sale on one of the stalls, to my dismay only the hat was for sale, after pleading and begging the kind lady decided she'd sell me both the Vintage Hat stand and the cap.

The middle hat in my painting is based on the original one I bought, the other two either side are my designs, I'm not thinking a career in Milllinery wil be my calling, but I think the hats are a bit of fun in this painting

You can click on the painting above for details

Hope you have a great week whatever you may be doing

~Gail~

Thankyou Shabbyfufu!

A wonderful suprise was waiting for me in the letter box today

The "Blogging for Bliss" book by Tara Frey

Sent to me by my lovely friend Shabbyfufu, the Shabbyfufu blog featured in The Blogging for Bliss Book, is always an inspiration to visit, whether it be sneek previews of new products on Janet's website
or a little bit of information on her home life and decorating tips, she's been known to take us along with her on some fascinating holidays.

Thankyou so much Janet for naming me as one of your favourite blogs to visit - now that was a thrill I can tell you!

I've very much enjoyed sitting down with my copy of "Blogging for Bliss", fabulous tips, hints and inspiration on Creating Your Own on Line Journal, click on the photo of the book below for further details.

I certainly would highly recommend this book to

Old, New and Would be Bloggers!!

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OK after that bit of exctiment here's a little bit from me

l haven't been out treasure hunting for ages, not that I really was when I found these gorgeous serviette holders, I just happened to walk past the Op shop and there they were.

I also loved my highball black tumblers, I'm liking a little bit of black as a contrast lately, I'd seen white versions of these in the Domain Magazine a few weeks ago, they were quite expensive, I was lucky enough to find mine at the $2.00 shop!

~Thanks so much for coming over~

I'll leave you with pictures of my latest "High Tea" themed original paintings on canvas

I'm hoping to work on some larger framed Originals next week

~ Gail ~