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Favorite Necklace…

28 Monday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

A Necklace by William Strode

These veines are nature’s nett,
These cords by art are sett.

If love himselfe flye here,
Love is intangled here.

Loe! on my neck this twist I bind,
For to hang him that steales my mynde:
Unless hee hang alive in chaynes
I hang and dye in lingring paynes.

Theis threads enjoy a double grace,
Both by the gemme and by the place.

My daughters fashioned this necklace for me from Murano beads that once belonged to my grandmother.

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Rose Metalwork…

26 Saturday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. – Henri Matisse

My daughters were very adept at making Lego sculptures. One spray-painted her masterpiece in gold and this vase from Copenhagen reminds me of that creation.

Act of Creation…

23 Wednesday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

I design thinking about the kind of woman that I would be: intelligent, powerful, and eccentric. – Zac Posen

There is nothing like an old fashioned dress form to help create an innovative fashion design.

My first overly-ambitious sewing project was a gown for my grade twelve prom. I chose a sky blue velvet fabric and a Butterick pattern with an Empire waist. Since the fabric was so delicate, I decided to sew the full-length back zipper in by hand. I was terribly pleased with my creation and imagined all the lovely gowns that I would make in the future.

My date, stunningly handsome in his tuxedo, liked the dress so much, he insisted that we stop at his house to take some photographs before the event. Unfortunately, when I extended my hand to greet his parents, the zipper ripped out from the back seam and his mother and I spent a good part of the evening trying to sew it back into place. My humiliation was so great that I have no memory of the prom itself.

Painting and Poem…

14 Monday Feb 2011

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© Jacqueline Osborn – Afternoon Affair

We Everyday Our Love
by Phil Turner

I mechanic her car
She Tide’s my T’s
I Monday her garbage
She Friday’s my cleaning
I divide her labor
She trims my toil.

She Bonnies my Clyde
I Adam her Eve
She cheeks my touch
I rhythm her dance
She buzzes my waking
I dream her sleep.

I young her years
She discos my decades
I friend her blog
She twitters my tweets
I pony her express
She feathers my flight.

She weaves my fingers
I arm her hug
She smiles my tears
I pillow her pain
She peppers my tonic
I tang her tart.

I pumpkin her muffins
She chickens my soup
I wine her friends
She beers my buddies
I coffee her morning
She juices my day.

She blues my sky
I sun her moon
She mosses my path
I soul her walk
She lyrics my song
I sing her life.

Painting, Afternoon Affair, by Jacqueline Osborn.

Happy Valentine’s Day…

14 Monday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

Enjoy this day!

The red rocks are aptly from the Red Centre, Australia.

Candy Hearts…

11 Friday Feb 2011

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Stained Glass Window…

05 Saturday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well. I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray…
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and the Papas

I stopped into a chapel and photographed this charming stained glass window located directly behind the altar (detail shown above).

Berkeley…

28 Friday Jan 2011

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I captured this reflected photograph sitting outside a coffee shop at the University of California at Berkeley campus today.

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The pollarded London Plane trees at Sproul Plaza fascinated me. Here is a reverse image detail of one of the trees.

Pagan Purple: 54 Beautiful Words Starting with the Letter “P”…

25 Tuesday Jan 2011

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© Carly Larsson

I love reading and using beautiful words. Below is a list I have compiled beginning with the letter “P.”

1.  Pagan
2.  Purple
3.  Phosphorescence
4.  Persimmon
5.  Periwinkle
6.  Pas de deux
7.  Prism
8.  Peony
9.  Pianissimo
10. Pashmina
11. Pearl
12. Pristine
13. Porcelain
14. Portuguese
15. Palette
16. Pleasure
17. Pure
18. Petrified
19. Papillon
20. Provocative
21. Pleasure
22. Positive
23. Paradigm
24. Parachute
25. Provocative
26. Piquant
27. Pirate

To be continued…

Model: Lauren Currie

101 Ways to Add More Beauty to Your Life – Part 3…

23 Sunday Jan 2011

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© Joan Currie - Stanford University

Continued…

68. Take a class at an art, architecture, or design school.
69. Skip a stone.
70. Sing a camp fire song.
71. Send good wishes to someone in ill health.
72. Take a self-portrait.
73. Hug your loved ones.
74. Sing in the car.
75. Watch a fountain.
76. Look up the origin of words.
77. Greet passersby with a hello and a smile.
78. Post children’s art in your home – you may even rediscover your own schoolwork.
79. Reconnect with a former classmate.
80. Attend birthday parties.
81. Learn how to snowshoe.
82. Fly high in a hot air balloon, glider, or small plane.
83. Teach a child how to bake a cake.
84. Give a massage.
85. Have a picnic.
86. Watch all Academy Award Best Picture nominees for the current year.
87. Indulge in a bubble bath.
88. Sleep under an eiderdown.
89. Use fabric napkins.
90. Attend book readings at your local bookstore or library.
91. Host a family celebration.
92. Become a possibilities thinker.
93. Watch a moonrise or eclipse.
94. Assist someone who is disabled.
95. Grow a vegetable or herb from seed.
96. Watch Cirque du Soleil.
97. Try yoga.
98. Perform an act of courage.
99.  Roast marshmallows over an open fire.
100. Become the person you always wanted to be.
101. Wish upon a star!

I would love to know what you would add to this list!

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