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There is not enough coffee in my cup to help me get awake this morning...Even this jazzy bling thing I found (thank you Phyllis..Shabby in the City) can not keep my eyes open, though I did feel a bit of a seizure coming on as I was creating it...no, just kidding, no, really....So yesterday I saddled up my Durango (wish it was an Appaloosa) and galloped downtown where the air is sweeter and a bit more exotic....I don't know why I feel such a surge of love for Sarasota when I am Downtown, but I do. The shops, the palms and bricks and flowers and the feeling of people seeing new and interesting things..peeking in gallery windows...feeling funky in my black satin converse with pink cherry blossoms sneakers...walking into new stores, checking out the cool stuff...going to a movie house and watching a "film".
I found some wool yardage at a church rummage store $4 for about 4 yards - 2 blue and 2 gray...I will be felting that for future projects...I found a cute little paper mache basket- a reproduction with a wire handle for $2 and a lovely heart shaped tin with painted roses for $5 at The Sarasota Trading Co on Pineapple Ave.... very unique objects in there...did I mention expensive and odd? I saw a skeleton in a Plexiglas case...like something Mr Jackson might enjoy...too bizarre..
I like the shabby chic or vintage look in my shops not the over blown I used to live in Zanzibar giant elephant foot table look....moving on I went to Burns Court and saw Miss Potter...it was lovely and a bit sad..I wasn't prepared for any sad and the tears came unannounced and unstoppable..but it had a happy idyllic ending..I felt the need to come home and Google Miss Potter to learn a bit more about her... Did you know that there is a Beatrix Potter Society? Founded in 1980. Beatrix was born in 1866 and died in 1943.
Here is a quote from her journal which was written in code and took many years to crack:
“It is all the same, drawing, painting, modeling, the irresistible desire to copy any beautiful object which strikes the eye. Why cannot one be content to look at it? I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result.”
She was an excellent watercolorist without any formal training and there is a wealth of information about her life on the Internet.
I once did a mural for a woman who wanted Beatrix Potter type illustrations in her mudroom. So I gathered many books and studied up and did a fair copy of Miss Potters style...but it was difficult and acrylics are harder to get soft and delicate as watercolor and a wall is a different surface..but anyway..I have always loved her work and thought that Renee was good in her portrayal..who knows, really what she was like, but Renee seemed to have the old maidenly blushing bad hair and sweaty thing down...Ewan McGregor was fine and all the Victorian set dressings were lovely...it was a more restrained and proper and profusely ornate time. I enjoyed the movie especially when the illustrations became animated..really quite charming....After the movie I found a shop that carried Italian pottery and bought a few pieces of old world map wrapping paper for use in making those recycled coffee tin buckets...
Easter is quickly approaching and I am starting to think about rabbits and I know I should have started making them weeks ago! Oh, well, You can only do what you can, right? I enjoyed a break from the sewing room yesterday but after the grocery store and making dinner and watching Blood Diamond ( where I cried a bit more, when I wasn't covering my eyes completely) I laid there thinking about the Marie bear and what she was going to look like until I finally fell asleep. Super Fred had to go to Tampa today for work and so we were up at 5 am...geez...I hope I can stay awake for LOST....Yesterday I also rented Eragon and Rocky(12?) what a triple feature that is! Fred just rolled his eyes- having become used to my extreme movie diversity- I rented Rocky for him and just guessed about Eragon..who knows? dragons are good sometimes...but John Malcontent, er, Malcovich is in it!?!
We shall see....did I tell you how good I thought Stranger than Fiction was? It is, good I mean. So today I suppose I should pick that art apron back up..I made a pot holder to go with it...too sweet if ya ask me! I will show pictures soon. It is still dark and I am going to put some of Miss Potters best in here for a bit of candy...I think I will go get some more coffee...have a great day...I added a few pictures after the sun came up! Treasure!
I found the sweetest tablecloth at good will for 2.99 and some4 His n Hers towels with undies on them for 79 cents each! Now how fun is that?!!!!