Scheming...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IrKVWw7JpVdrfbbFucTTF_hL0HVgooK6-9ZyogparjNZ3Iu2VmcXLIbzS6ZEOZ-WrCmUvZeNt6a5qyljAVO5gnDRfSyKrmiL_KDPMoN4DrTYgy9_5kqznmi6qa0NItHzXy-hBpH0ocU/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IrKVWw7JpVdrfbbFucTTF_hL0HVgooK6-9ZyogparjNZ3Iu2VmcXLIbzS6ZEOZ-WrCmUvZeNt6a5qyljAVO5gnDRfSyKrmiL_KDPMoN4DrTYgy9_5kqznmi6qa0NItHzXy-hBpH0ocU/s640/008.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Confession is Good for the Soul... so I Confess, I'm Scheming... about how I can manage to attend a Halloween Inspired Event for an Evening in Mid-September?!  Dare I even think that far ahead given the present Circumstances?  I'm not certain.  Should I pre-order tickets for something I might not even have a remote chance of getting to?  I'm conflicted about risking that too.  But I <u>want</u> to go... I NEED to go in fact!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcE0qkJMMBOxDFbKahUc9V7_AR1PeDE3VwfDExRY9SV_MM5v6urny4sBSISHctKMkoOrwCu-SxCQFuEM0ocHjK0VaNPXzsnbUm8qqAU1uUXX7tKZSfJD8_XQZjWZRLXuXeb5o-honrOLG/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcE0qkJMMBOxDFbKahUc9V7_AR1PeDE3VwfDExRY9SV_MM5v6urny4sBSISHctKMkoOrwCu-SxCQFuEM0ocHjK0VaNPXzsnbUm8qqAU1uUXX7tKZSfJD8_XQZjWZRLXuXeb5o-honrOLG/s640/009.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Sure, I've managed to squeeze in a precious little bit of 'Me Time' since the string of Personal Crisis and Emergencies that have plagued us... and I've Passed on a lot of other Invitations and Opportunities because it just wasn't possible.  But Halloween is my FAVORITE Holiday to Decorate for and to Enjoy the Styling of that others have Created... and so I don't want to miss ANY Halloween Inspired Events... it only comes once a Year after all!  I'd really regret missing out... I'd resent it in fact!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVTE6r7hmcdsIoQ97vyqQrQZHnb1JAswNF3ifPsavM_J09y515ik7MfCgLzQYb8QyB470WJtU3G50kLVna4GLz3CwK9ILluxB8yCWdD9Xb_9RiWD0nrZ2AVvDWUyR2tqVpxhTxwnR80g_/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVTE6r7hmcdsIoQ97vyqQrQZHnb1JAswNF3ifPsavM_J09y515ik7MfCgLzQYb8QyB470WJtU3G50kLVna4GLz3CwK9ILluxB8yCWdD9Xb_9RiWD0nrZ2AVvDWUyR2tqVpxhTxwnR80g_/s640/004.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></strong><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color: black;">So... there I was clear across Town after a Hospital Visit to see The Man... taking the opportunity to visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AntiqueGatherings"><strong><span style="color: #660000;">ANTIQUE GATHERINGS</span></strong></a> which I almost never get to visit given the distance from our Home and the commuting time necessary.  And I'm Amusing myself by seeking out the Inventory that would make Great Halloween Prop Displays and Vignettes in my Mind's Eye and on the Canvas of my Imagination. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: black;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaU658KCKu8pqM8yf-0TEl6dR9ZDL3RDHVle5CfgpTif_hXKoIY_a0zHlTJhm3j5EU4gW7OfpnQtUa-O7HsaA2Iz-mV5iPyXs8AyRDMUg-NHMCvnGS1HMSOmyRAz3KLmp7DmHe9TmIgVey/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaU658KCKu8pqM8yf-0TEl6dR9ZDL3RDHVle5CfgpTif_hXKoIY_a0zHlTJhm3j5EU4gW7OfpnQtUa-O7HsaA2Iz-mV5iPyXs8AyRDMUg-NHMCvnGS1HMSOmyRAz3KLmp7DmHe9TmIgVey/s640/003.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: black;"> Because as well as Scheming a way to Attend a Halloween Inspired Evening Event later this Month... I'm also ready to begin Decorating Bohemian Valhalla for Halloween now that September has rolled in.  In fact, while I rarely purchase Holiday Decor for any other Holiday anymore, Halloween is the one exception.  Because I leave it up for so long I don't mind Investing in additional Decor for that particular Holiday... and it's just my Ideal Aesthetic after all!  *Winks*</span></em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlwtC_JJg4PAzOIlhoSISvPOZswW59rtvn5IBKRqbPzbdD67K_MWd2KLGLttA_2dafhiWicA17t5t8GmZc8-Bhi9YjAT9wzU3HhBJtm192iy4ca7lNqcKo884whHfHkgHuHWd_tPj22Dj/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlwtC_JJg4PAzOIlhoSISvPOZswW59rtvn5IBKRqbPzbdD67K_MWd2KLGLttA_2dafhiWicA17t5t8GmZc8-Bhi9YjAT9wzU3HhBJtm192iy4ca7lNqcKo884whHfHkgHuHWd_tPj22Dj/s640/017.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yes... I'm one of 'Those People' that keeps my Halloween Decor up for a very long time before AND after the actual Holiday.  And not because I'm lazy, too busy or procrastinating, like some other Holidays where it ends up staying up longer than intended because of exactly that... laziness, busyness and procrastination.   No... Halloween goes up early and comes down late because I LIKE IT!   I like surrounding myself with that particular Atmosphere and I'm reluctant to even take it down at all... and I don't even really know why, I'm just Macabre like that. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYqBkwM_48NC2KlAW1Q4wJGNSeguRTxj3JFgYgTRKbRdbRe5kUbhosi20gqN6OnC2Tvpsp1crZnSJq165cFJxKGqVK68Ew8A97xoj63jxKVLcQw5xgdLp_YTE-gFAE1BxaoyP2AHNi8GM/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYqBkwM_48NC2KlAW1Q4wJGNSeguRTxj3JFgYgTRKbRdbRe5kUbhosi20gqN6OnC2Tvpsp1crZnSJq165cFJxKGqVK68Ew8A97xoj63jxKVLcQw5xgdLp_YTE-gFAE1BxaoyP2AHNi8GM/s640/011.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'm also just Naturally drawn to the Colors of Halloween and Fall in general... Black, Saffron, Nature's Tones of Browns and Greens, Sepia and Orange.  Those are Hues I feel more of a Connection to than any other Palette and can Live with for longer periods of time. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ocJXHK4_5AMxWcK7Y9sC9WQfc19aOMP58kSlWfUJYHtR1gmjaauimee49f3JihJxdDozFoMOmxLlJ6jrb3Ts84RrjDfp51SvMLmfYG8P5BASVmmZkaLuvb94dNnJXTr54C7-yR0ioxkk/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ocJXHK4_5AMxWcK7Y9sC9WQfc19aOMP58kSlWfUJYHtR1gmjaauimee49f3JihJxdDozFoMOmxLlJ6jrb3Ts84RrjDfp51SvMLmfYG8P5BASVmmZkaLuvb94dNnJXTr54C7-yR0ioxkk/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> Sure pops of Vivid Jewel Tones thrown in tend to happen when I'm Decorating, but overall, I could Live with a Halloween Inspired or pure Sepia Palette quite easily year-round and never tire of it.  There's something about Orange and Black in particular that I find to be very Appealing and of coarse that is the quintessential Halloween combo.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb8XOlio4oIDm_h7_4blHulvWVwrRpuleN1gEa8xee6yevEZbTBaijZFk0xhgijIhRFcDvUdQVmgBdVkT_4d408in8qJZRSMZh2uWFpY5pFQReOc5Wt1x_x8hqlLexwCwGXycMO3pB4pE/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb8XOlio4oIDm_h7_4blHulvWVwrRpuleN1gEa8xee6yevEZbTBaijZFk0xhgijIhRFcDvUdQVmgBdVkT_4d408in8qJZRSMZh2uWFpY5pFQReOc5Wt1x_x8hqlLexwCwGXycMO3pB4pE/s640/015.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This Year for Halloween I'm probably going with a Mad Laboratorie Theme to my Styling, since I Sourced a virtual dismantled Laboratorie of Vintage Scientific looking Found Treasures over the past few months.   And I've already been seeking out Halloween and Fall Inspired Inventory for the Showrooms.  But it's just so darn hard to Source Vintage or Antique Halloween Decor though... it practically doesn't exist and I don't know why exactly?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvTGKFWFFn7zmLrNe839cl4BjPXBHkO72vFlOaBwpm8Y60uzT07DBRDhjhnagAXqHn1uaccm77WNzRT3ds65zR_HtkvmQndd7YXs-I9Zq5581dnQX2dPrFfPb5hFzlFvU5mk2aWye95zK/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvTGKFWFFn7zmLrNe839cl4BjPXBHkO72vFlOaBwpm8Y60uzT07DBRDhjhnagAXqHn1uaccm77WNzRT3ds65zR_HtkvmQndd7YXs-I9Zq5581dnQX2dPrFfPb5hFzlFvU5mk2aWye95zK/s640/153.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>You can Source Vintage and Antique Holiday Decor for almost every other Holiday quite easily... but Halloween, not so much is available.  Maybe folks hold onto it... or never kept it and so it no longer exists, I dunno which?  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwvxXJWo1Fwan_2NcrtyoNw6fanGrp1rP2gDfDVzGcYY7B5mO1OGUjL-4GSWMvvFyJBQddDZQdOEjmlA53Y3Zbf4QCDuaFQMctxjenfP4lYGuI41d9iRzuaQROMKnwogupT2aeZHs4Cnh/s1600/135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwvxXJWo1Fwan_2NcrtyoNw6fanGrp1rP2gDfDVzGcYY7B5mO1OGUjL-4GSWMvvFyJBQddDZQdOEjmlA53Y3Zbf4QCDuaFQMctxjenfP4lYGuI41d9iRzuaQROMKnwogupT2aeZHs4Cnh/s640/135.JPG" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And really, come to think of it, back in da day, I don't recall too many folks that actually Decorated and Styled for Halloween and went all out for Visually Entertaining the Trick-Or-Treaters.  When I was a Kid it was typical to just find a sole carved lit Jack-O-Lantern sitting on the Porch and folks handing out Candy sans any Adult Costumes or Masquerade Parties.  Sometimes even sans the Jack-O-Lantern on the Porch!  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGbfyzn1-P4G2gaO4PKjgJ6cjQNCgw_Z67OPx3eKatEZf-EC2HD8R7LK9MrGd8oVSwYdibnbQpdGCs10uQzAjgZLxOnxZ-NE0r66CP7YM1pFONITttsJ5kAdpxcZBCqqlXRlipjRtuEvr/s1600/136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGbfyzn1-P4G2gaO4PKjgJ6cjQNCgw_Z67OPx3eKatEZf-EC2HD8R7LK9MrGd8oVSwYdibnbQpdGCs10uQzAjgZLxOnxZ-NE0r66CP7YM1pFONITttsJ5kAdpxcZBCqqlXRlipjRtuEvr/s640/136.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But I must say everyone handed out Candy in those days and most Costumes were Home-Made rather than Store-Bought.  My first Store-Bought Costume was a Mrs. Bugaboo... and my Brother was a matching Mister Bugaboo.  Costumes then were real simple Smocks with a cheesy and flimsy full facial Mask that easily cracked or the elastic band would break before the Night was out!  Most probably never Survived more than one Season.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OIyCdD81hVGtBC3I_QSNTtboC-hNv_CfSRPFUYzoyMGTWixdI9xfPZJDduql5cHHO0EjjQRlw3Q-3XrfyRcnuxeaxqmO-imdnZJsTDo7iYuHoStV2IfegYVHK3MCJk0UX6V_UVuj5-d4/s1600/152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OIyCdD81hVGtBC3I_QSNTtboC-hNv_CfSRPFUYzoyMGTWixdI9xfPZJDduql5cHHO0EjjQRlw3Q-3XrfyRcnuxeaxqmO-imdnZJsTDo7iYuHoStV2IfegYVHK3MCJk0UX6V_UVuj5-d4/s640/152.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> I remember our Bugaboo Masks were Glow-In-The-Dark, probably from something now deemed Toxic to make it so!?  *LOL*  Mine had a sweet Marilyn Munster type face with a faux rubber Black Widow Spider stuck on the cheek... my Brother's had a faux rubber Lizard stuck on the cheek of a Mask that resembled Richie Rich!  Yeah, pretty Tame Stuff by Today's Horror and Costume Standards... but the fact it Glowed was Creepy enough when you were a Kid in those days!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAIqEeHQwT092jBtu949ox6R6xfOD-Yiu7MqNyHBaN0Dw3lBR-T6YjGJqTYNulWqnkt50C8u9WhlNxQ4pdWO_wg_WcYO7bd7u-YvVVIt8mjU-PJwGp7A-XkO3OkVLCGm3qlw4GBVtvaAl/s1600/182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAIqEeHQwT092jBtu949ox6R6xfOD-Yiu7MqNyHBaN0Dw3lBR-T6YjGJqTYNulWqnkt50C8u9WhlNxQ4pdWO_wg_WcYO7bd7u-YvVVIt8mjU-PJwGp7A-XkO3OkVLCGm3qlw4GBVtvaAl/s640/182.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yet, even though I have Grandoise Plans for Halloween Decorating at Home to luxuriate in and lots of fond Memories of Halloweens Past... I still NEED to see, experience, be Inspired by and revel in the Halloween Vision others have Created at their Events, Shops and Shows this Season!!!  I SOOOO look forward to it every Year... this will be the kick-off of the Season of Holiday Splendor after all!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pUcPjLDfQE4Us44_aOF2jMp2_NgDQoFOe0R2otgNWRFtFQz9G2zx0JXVc1FF9zO52zORIXDqN5NxZ0W7Y1c9vRXZuPgVqSz4iwuj4tvenw5ToLolvY1XnFO5un7y9wDgGJrdzH0c112B/s1600/190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pUcPjLDfQE4Us44_aOF2jMp2_NgDQoFOe0R2otgNWRFtFQz9G2zx0JXVc1FF9zO52zORIXDqN5NxZ0W7Y1c9vRXZuPgVqSz4iwuj4tvenw5ToLolvY1XnFO5un7y9wDgGJrdzH0c112B/s640/190.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it will be a brief interlude that they Decorate for Halloween before rolling out the Christmas Decor... and I like to Enjoy my Holiday Season just one Holiday at a time without rushing in to the next one coming up. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD9wyNCiWQRhUCy1RfdqcbzrYDQzFeoVGAHZhMnBKeMMaRFB0pbe7vfhflWYFs8Zv0wm1F_24WwGryIJKwMi6XGcNUqROfJJwQQEM2if28i88cmft5-9mwmqSrUwX5wptDvn55iX2R1ny/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD9wyNCiWQRhUCy1RfdqcbzrYDQzFeoVGAHZhMnBKeMMaRFB0pbe7vfhflWYFs8Zv0wm1F_24WwGryIJKwMi6XGcNUqROfJJwQQEM2if28i88cmft5-9mwmqSrUwX5wptDvn55iX2R1ny/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> Though I do understand the Retail aspect of the necessity of offering Product prematurely so that folks are put in the Mood for an upcoming Holiday and can have sufficient Prep time to make Purchases and Create, Decorate or Design their own Spaces with it all in time to Enjoy it properly. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxrOMd51RRN-AlJHiqjqD0IS4HBfruH4DrCbz2OxHSzfJRnnZKqjpJtiDXMJsxRmPgrTDFqvj35oy60ngeTTTBEYGyByLtJ4hUh2maVzRw3GUlYsZVqtMZSjcvchYKU2Ybiyu6XFS_pWy/s1600/178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxrOMd51RRN-AlJHiqjqD0IS4HBfruH4DrCbz2OxHSzfJRnnZKqjpJtiDXMJsxRmPgrTDFqvj35oy60ngeTTTBEYGyByLtJ4hUh2maVzRw3GUlYsZVqtMZSjcvchYKU2Ybiyu6XFS_pWy/s640/178.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I've already got Velvet Pumpkins on the Brain!!!  This Year I'm determined to make some of my own I tell you... but then again, I say that EVERY Year don't I?!?  *LOL*  Got everything I need to do it actually... just gotta find the Time and get around to it.  This Image has Inspired me to go out and buy some Velvet Animal Prints for some Funky Safari Velvet Pumpkins.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjAQfLobUGztzjEomxqoTQkdUP_MvF2AGciqNHgp-F4XlXZJhdddF3ZSKpsqmFCDMUc-QjqMMIy4tPC88Q967p6BKCD5majt0PgGLfIV-3eRVtnssAlkGfrHM3nqWS-bvfV1TibE9IRiS/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjAQfLobUGztzjEomxqoTQkdUP_MvF2AGciqNHgp-F4XlXZJhdddF3ZSKpsqmFCDMUc-QjqMMIy4tPC88Q967p6BKCD5majt0PgGLfIV-3eRVtnssAlkGfrHM3nqWS-bvfV1TibE9IRiS/s640/012.JPG" width="518" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So I'm racking my brains to come up with at least one Willing Victim... um... I mean Volunteer, that will watch the G-Kid Force for a few hours on a Wednesday Night in Mid-September?!?  And as of yet I don't know where The Man's Placement will be by Mid-September or his Condition then, so I can't make any projections about that of what backup I might need if by chance he would be Home by then, which isn't looking likely, but you never know.  We'll just have to wait and see how it all unfolds I guess... preparing for the Worst while Hoping for the Best.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWJeMKLGqQIw8B-cuPxdkdsATi-fNOkvdHyKD5qxM_tdcDmETWPJUUZXjlo-HxxCIyt6LbYITH3129FP-NaKrpXsW9OhOehn37_bSzS3mbvEKQ-g5TsofqQKfdInZNSh1EpNRG2KtExz3/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWJeMKLGqQIw8B-cuPxdkdsATi-fNOkvdHyKD5qxM_tdcDmETWPJUUZXjlo-HxxCIyt6LbYITH3129FP-NaKrpXsW9OhOehn37_bSzS3mbvEKQ-g5TsofqQKfdInZNSh1EpNRG2KtExz3/s640/001.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Valentine's Day Is Coming!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-53J_HazRVM4/UPCAPYyCAsI/AAAAAAAA5Ig/mDvdvkXG-tU/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-53J_HazRVM4/UPCAPYyCAsI/AAAAAAAA5Ig/mDvdvkXG-tU/s640/093.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Hard to Believe but Valentine's Day is already just around the Corner!  And that means Gifts you might have been Jonesin' for all Year long... the Big Kahunas of Gifts... the Guilty Indulgence that can FINALLY be Justified in the Name of Love!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PsZ5sME7VVA/UPCCJgN1PKI/AAAAAAAA5JA/cZHO2_EtRl4/s1600/180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PsZ5sME7VVA/UPCCJgN1PKI/AAAAAAAA5JA/cZHO2_EtRl4/s640/180.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And though The Man is notoriously hard to Buy Gifts for... I am certainly NOT... so he's always got it easy!  *Winks*  No... REALLY he does!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WMq26vVK7jU/UPCBMCcpGAI/AAAAAAAA5Iw/r4tZC5tAcgw/s1600/182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WMq26vVK7jU/UPCBMCcpGAI/AAAAAAAA5Iw/r4tZC5tAcgw/s640/182.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Because I have such a vast array of Loves and am Passionate about so many different things that you would really have to not be paying any attention at all not to have a Clue or think there's nothing I Want or Imagine I Need!  *LOL*  I'm also a Creature of Habit so The Man knows all my Favorite Haunts and Hangouts that he's Bankrolled Sprees to in the Past... and that I much prefer to have Fun picking out and Shopping for my own Gifts.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N23f474eTjE/UPCA7LGgBkI/AAAAAAAA5Io/1nOZcHg5bVo/s1600/199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N23f474eTjE/UPCA7LGgBkI/AAAAAAAA5Io/1nOZcHg5bVo/s640/199.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And the Icing on the Cake for me is that The Man also HATES to go Shopping, even for himself, so he's not likely to sneak out and go on a Buying Spree or Protest the Method that Works so well for us.  Most especially he cringes to be asked to accompany me to Girly or Artsy places and be dragged around pretending to be "into it" for my sake, just so that I could point out what my Heart is set on <u>now</u> and have him Pony Up so I can now get it!  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hc2wPHi8Xi8/TwKczJzw-mI/AAAAAAAAbO0/CrlHi4DChj8/s1600/111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hc2wPHi8Xi8/TwKczJzw-mI/AAAAAAAAbO0/CrlHi4DChj8/s640/111.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Knowing full well that I'll <u>always</u> run into Friends and want to Hang Out for a while talking about all the Latest Artsy, Trending and Styling News so that the Gift almost becomes secondary!  He abhors it in fact, I can tell by his Countenance that he'd almost rather be asked to go to War again!  *LOL*  And unlike the G-Son whose still Young enuf that I can ask him to Model something for me... The Man is NOT going to don a Bohemian Bag or hold up some Gypsy Ensemble so I can Photograph it for Blog Fodder!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em>(Note: Look of Resignation... but Prince R will oblige Gramma, though those days are surely now numbered as he's reaching Puberty. Smiles)</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rGTGOFwYXcc/UPCBsU24_YI/AAAAAAAA5I4/18VOLEMnO-o/s1600/263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rGTGOFwYXcc/UPCBsU24_YI/AAAAAAAA5I4/18VOLEMnO-o/s640/263.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And I LOVE Shopping and the Thrill Of The Hunt... so I not only get to go Shopping for my own Gifts and get exactly what I Desire... but the Process of seeking it out is a Gift in and unto itself for me actually!</em></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vplh_x0bAnQ/UPCCjjq71KI/AAAAAAAA5JI/4jTXJvMmUcM/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vplh_x0bAnQ/UPCCjjq71KI/AAAAAAAA5JI/4jTXJvMmUcM/s640/039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Not Romantic some might argue... Really? How Romantic is it to Receive a Gift that you really don't like that a Man that Hates to go Shopping has picked out and some Shop Girl who doesn't have a Clue about you probably talked him into because she could see that he was like a Deer caught in the headlights the moment he walked into the Shop? He was obviously an Easy Mark to talk into just about anything they wanted to Sell or Promote and he won't even know why he bought it... he'll just be relieved its over and Hope you're gonna Love it and not be disappointed?!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u17o_yOG7dU/UPCDi5Hb4vI/AAAAAAAA5JY/nDRAqK7jgvY/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u17o_yOG7dU/UPCDi5Hb4vI/AAAAAAAA5JY/nDRAqK7jgvY/s640/024.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Yeah, that's My Man and I know this about him... The Son too... he's also got the 'I Hate To Go Shopping Gene' even though both are Exceedingly Generous to their Core and would do anything for those they Love.   The only reason The Son goes along on the Gift Buying Process with a Special Gal is that he's still Dating.  And you're always 'Dating' some Guy's or Gal's 'Best Representative' at first.  *Winks*  You know it's the Truth, the 'Dating You' who hadn't yet found "The One" wasn't exactly the Everyday You... nobody can keep up that Illusion and Charm forever and Pretend they're Keepin' it Real!  *Smiles*   That Facade can Collapse and be Real only when you know you've found your True Soul Mate for Life who Loves the Real You and Knows you Well... Quirks, Scars and all!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-051GLg1MjX8/UPCDzR0ZJmI/AAAAAAAA5Jg/i4Gm-1II7uY/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-051GLg1MjX8/UPCDzR0ZJmI/AAAAAAAA5Jg/i4Gm-1II7uY/s640/054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sure, The Man and I went thru the Rituals at first of trying to Secretly pick out the Perfect Gifts for each other to Exchange... and that's usually the right word for it... because it was promptly EXCHANGED for what we each <u>really</u> wanted rather than feigning Delight over something that we really weren't feelin' that the other had really tried to get right.  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WuVUrJVOc0U/UPCDNo5pr5I/AAAAAAAA5JQ/Iu4OjhTjMIg/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WuVUrJVOc0U/UPCDNo5pr5I/AAAAAAAA5JQ/Iu4OjhTjMIg/s640/040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>We still Laugh about those Gifts we attempted to bestow upon each other so many Years ago early in our Relationship and promptly Exchanged once we knew the other's Feelings would be hurt about returning it.  And are glad that we're both Secure enough to always Keep it Real with those we Love and just get right to the point without any smoke and mirrors, speaking the Truth in Love.  Which in a Perfect Gift Exchange for us means that he'll just tell me EXACTLY what he'd like for me to pick up for him next time I'm at that Shop which carries it. Because I Love Shopping so much I could be an Awesome Paid Personal Shopper for those who can't get out or Hate to Shop.  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vplh_x0bAnQ/UPCCjjq71KI/AAAAAAAA5JI/4jTXJvMmUcM/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vplh_x0bAnQ/UPCCjjq71KI/AAAAAAAA5JI/4jTXJvMmUcM/s640/039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And for me it means he and The Son will each give me a wad of Cash, which is ALWAYS the right Color and Size *Winks*... and turn me loose to do "My Thing" with it with my Posse of Gals that will spend an entire Day or more seeking out or racing directly to the Ideal Found Treasures to drag back Home!  Ahhh... I Love Valentine's Day, don't you?  I'm already spending that $$$ in my Head!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div></div>

Valentine's Day Is Coming!

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FINALLY I Can Share Some Recent Images!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V6zOy3NvHE8/UOvVkvOrWKI/AAAAAAAA494/vABNQ4V2_Jc/s1600/136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V6zOy3NvHE8/UOvVkvOrWKI/AAAAAAAA494/vABNQ4V2_Jc/s640/136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even though the Blogger Function to load New Images is still on the Fritz, Thanks to my Blog Friend Queenie, of <a href="http://queeniebelieve.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">QUEENIE BELIEVE</span></strong></a> Blog, she Guided me through a way around it temporarily where I can manually load Recent Images to my Picasa Web Album! *Color me Happy!*  Thanks Queenie for the suggestion, it's tedious but it works... and it will continue to help me Edit and be more Selective in the Images I choose to manually load because it is a more labor intensive Process. *Smiles*  At least now I can Show Off my new Loving Cup duo I purchased from my Friend Robert's Booth at <a href="http://www.antiquegatherings.com/"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">ANTIQUE GATHERINGS</span></strong></a>.  The two new ones that join my Collection are the ones in the Middle.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XQ2lS1680Y0/UOvVxxqyVWI/AAAAAAAA4-Q/D5Wa2TkpWYY/s1600/137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XQ2lS1680Y0/UOvVxxqyVWI/AAAAAAAA4-Q/D5Wa2TkpWYY/s640/137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I had seen the Loving Cup with the Athlete Topper in one of Robert's FB Posts of his Booth and I thought it would be perfect for my Collection.  As it turns out Robert's Booth had an Impressive Selection of Vintage Loving Cups and the ornately Engraved 1932 Ping Pong Championship Loving Cup was rivaling the Athlete Topper one in being a Fav... vying for being chosen... and so I just decided to get them both as a belated Christmas Present to Self!  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fHk2JowhVMk/UOvWQieyPNI/AAAAAAAA4-o/hvfEoifzTtM/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fHk2JowhVMk/UOvWQieyPNI/AAAAAAAA4-o/hvfEoifzTtM/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And speaking of Presents... my Friend Pamela Gifted me a bag full of great Tea Stained Tags, lucious Vintage Trims and took me out to Lunch after we worked on her new Shop and Studio yesterday Morning.  It really is coming together Beautifully and what Fun it was to see the Fab Inventory she has been Lovingly Sourcing for Mixed Media Art.  Her Vintage Ephemera and Millinery stashes are Impressive and we had a good time setting everything up... what a Cheerful Creative Vibe it all has!   These are some of the Tags that I'll now be using to Identify and Organize contents in my own Vintage Suitcase Storage, Love the Sepia Stained Hues that give them a very Aged appearance.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQT_ZlTNljw/UOvW1o3_v7I/AAAAAAAA4_A/LY5WlKKnJPo/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQT_ZlTNljw/UOvW1o3_v7I/AAAAAAAA4_A/LY5WlKKnJPo/s640/014.JPG" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Organizing my Fabrics and Art Supplies is a 2013 Resolution.  When I brought everything from the Studio Cottage into the Main House it all somehow got very scattered and disorganized, making it difficult to find what I need for Projects and Creations.  It doesn't appear that The Son is moving out of my Studio Cottage anytime soon so I might as well re-organize everything in here for now.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zsqEof6ZHDM/UOvWFKMEF5I/AAAAAAAA4-c/2cY_7pDhJek/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zsqEof6ZHDM/UOvWFKMEF5I/AAAAAAAA4-c/2cY_7pDhJek/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Right now I've got everything stashed in Vintage Suitcases, Old Footlockers and Carpetbags scattered throughout the House and I forget what is in everything since I haven't Labeled the Contents.  Interrupted Creativity while you search for something you need and can't remember where it's at or if you even have it really breaks the Creative Rhythm and hinders Inspiration... so its imperative that I get more Organized, but without my Supplies being a visual distraction or being scattered all over in our Living Spaces.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BIdULnljeSY/UOvYhR2j0bI/AAAAAAAA5AQ/-HbxI1fzt7Y/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BIdULnljeSY/UOvYhR2j0bI/AAAAAAAA5AQ/-HbxI1fzt7Y/s640/009.JPG" width="546" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'm working towards emptying out most of the Storage Cottage and Converting it into my Art Studio and Library for my Inspiration and Decorating Books in 2013 as well... so eventually everything will move back out of the Main House so that I can separate Living Quarters from my Artistic Pursuits again, which I prefer for a Host of reasons.  Once you've Enjoyed a Studio Space it's difficult to go back to trying to Create in various places around the House where daily Living gets in the way of Creativity and the Art... and the Art gets in the way of other Family Members or they get 'into' it so you dare not leave anything out 'In Process'.   </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pBvyMjNjHyE/UOvWqJkM_pI/AAAAAAAA4-4/kCXPQ31rIhM/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pBvyMjNjHyE/UOvWqJkM_pI/AAAAAAAA4-4/kCXPQ31rIhM/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>If I've got to pick everything up and put it away during the Creative Process or not being able to Sequester myself while Creating so that I don't have constant interruptions and distractions, I find myself not really being in The Zone and I neglect starting or finishing anything because its too much of a hassle and Stifles Creativity Flowing Naturally and with ease!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I Love Loving Cups

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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-pkfiwB3VQd5g98Qw_AxB3JFtLgedIEkxUYfyY6iDvX_k3qG-ruwaQLEYuk3-7Xaikm0c6z4ZJX1zrYi1pF4kQLjhMba1e1SLCpPGW4g0RLtj3EdnaNXDftiKs5X2cSrGUWg_tkGDE8/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-pkfiwB3VQd5g98Qw_AxB3JFtLgedIEkxUYfyY6iDvX_k3qG-ruwaQLEYuk3-7Xaikm0c6z4ZJX1zrYi1pF4kQLjhMba1e1SLCpPGW4g0RLtj3EdnaNXDftiKs5X2cSrGUWg_tkGDE8/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>The one Collection that I would like to expand is that of Vintage Loving Cups!  I Love Loving Cups and my Collection right now consists of a mere two... which I don't even know if a couple of anything can actually be thought of and deemed as a Collection?!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>But they're so darn hard to come by and when I have found some, they're usually way outside of my budget and I have to pass.  I'm Thankful that the duo I 'scored' were not in the stratosphere and so they could be a guilty indulgence... my Fantasy would be to find a Box Lot of these things at som</em><em>e Auction for a pittance!  *Winks... hey, if you're gonna Dream, Dream Big I always say!*</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>I Love that each Trophy is Engraved, telling of it's History and the Date it was Awarded... I like to Imagine what the Recipient was like and what happened that they or their heirs parted with this deeply Personal Treasure of Athletic Recognition?</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>And along with the much smaller Loving Cups... I also have a couple of Trophy Ice Buckets in a similar Styling that I also Adore and Enjoy and snagged whilst Goodwill Hunting for that pittance I was talking about. *Winks, SEE, it CAN happen!*  Like oversized Versions of the Loving Cup they were Awarded as Trophies and often Engraved with significant data about the Event they were Presented for and they make great Vases.</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCkB73fEklJGXkpeBnyNYv3dOKTeDt4XpQp6wRdSMIBxRF1Q3OQfGgxZlZMd2QcW9bsiFJDn0S8aqp4Bx7mTWGvR0yTphU6k83-KmLqdzV-4_BgSu8qSkECrnasP6Dxc8By88jk5C6H0/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCkB73fEklJGXkpeBnyNYv3dOKTeDt4XpQp6wRdSMIBxRF1Q3OQfGgxZlZMd2QcW9bsiFJDn0S8aqp4Bx7mTWGvR0yTphU6k83-KmLqdzV-4_BgSu8qSkECrnasP6Dxc8By88jk5C6H0/s640/012.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dawn... The Bohemian </em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="color: #b45f06;">*The Gorgeous Loving Cup in the 1st two Images is one I have been lusting over at <a href="http://www.antiquegatherings.com/"><span style="color: #783f04;">ANTIQUE GATHERINGS</span></a> ... and alas, is totally outside of this Gal's Modest Budget.  Le Sigh</span><span style="color: #783f04;">*</span></em></strong></div></div>

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The one Collection that I would like to expand is that of Vintage Loving Cups!  I Love Loving Cups and my Collection right now consists of a...

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