Dogs... Paris... oooh la la

Heading VIRTUALLY back to fashionable Paris... love that dogs can go to cafés...

and hang out in parks... admiring the Eiffel Tower...

and dogs make GREAT subjects for calendars...

 

oui, oui, oui... YOU can own one of my 2010 Dog Calendars thanks to the suggestion of my friend Cindy!  If you see that they are SOLD... no worry... there are more... just let me know and I will make sure one is available to YOU! Ooooh and OF COURSE... I am available for painting pet portraits... email me for details!!!

they are FAB on bookmarks too... would YOU like to see YOUR dog on a bookmark... welllll if you would... leave a comment and YOU will be entered into MY GIVEAWAY for a HANDPAINTED bookmark of YOUR dog!!!  Deadline to enter Wednesday at NOON Pacific Time... GOOD LUCK!!!

Oooooh and be sure to visit Beverly and her PINK participants on Saturday... bon week-end to all!!!

P.S. Here is the WINNING BOOKMARK GIVEAWAY from last week... the front and back...

 Gotta LOVE the PINK!!!

Floral Table in my Garden

Come join moi in MY garden...

Let's have an edible flower salad...

maybe on these FAB floral plates...

flower cupcake for dessert

and a refreshing drink with a flower in it...

Hope your day is filled with flowers!!!  Be sure to visit other Tablescape Thursday participants via Between Naps on the Porch... see you some place fashionable tomorrow... the day may include ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!

Cottage... Countryside... Running Outdoors...

J'adore cottages... I lived in an area where I am surrounded by cottages and when I see them in other places such as Tybee Island... I can't help myself... I LOVE to paint them... like this one (painting is AVAILABLE for purchase)...

and country French cottages inspire moi even more... this painting is complete below... but it feels like it needs "GOODIES" on the table... tell me what YOU think I should add... TEA or WINE? (painting is AVAILABLE for purchase with wine or tea...YOU tell me!)

while you figure out what I should add... I'm going to hop out of my chair... 

and run out in the countryside... enjoying the great OUTDOORS...

Nowwwwwwwwww... don't forget to visit other Outdoor Wednesday posts via A Southern Daydreamer... see you tomorrow... I'm off to find a TABLE for tomorrow... maybe I will find one out in the countryside... hmmmm... okkkkkk kitty out of the chair... WINSTON wants his chair back...

ooook... is Winston happy NOW... I sure hope sooooo... NO ONE is allowed in WINSTON's chair EVER AGAIN!!! HOWEVER... I will paint YOUR furry one in a different location... email for details!!!

Painted Cottage as Promised...

Voilà... the Balboa Cottage in FULL colour... from yesterday's posting inspired by House Beautiful magazine...

This cottage inspiration is complete... bound and ready to me in the hands of someone!

Tomorrow... we will head outside again to a couple other cottage paintings... do you have a cottage YOU wold like to see painted??? I hope you don't mind more FAB... colourful cottages... see you than... abientôt!

P.S. Don't forget my ART GIVEAWAY!!!

House Beautiful... Cottage... Sketches...

An email from Buttermilk Cottage... a peek at the August 2010 magazine (on newstands now and sooo worth purchasing) article in  House Beautiful... inspired...

sketching...

 and a booklette in the making...

Come back tomorrow to see the finished METAMORPHOSIS and a little more BLUE... paintings will be finished... for NOW... go visit other Metamorphosis Monday and Blue Monday... sorry I did not get the paintings finished but this passed weekend was swim finals for my boys (this photo is from their2005 swim season) and I was a little business cheering them on...

I hope YOU had a FAB weekend too!!!

Hot Town... Chic Bike in the City

According to the Wall Street Journal article seen here (and you may read the whole article HERE)... BIKES are CHIC...

It appears FIFI FLOWERS is bike chic too... as she loves to paint bicycles and turn them into frameable notecards... see here my original Bicycle Collection STILL available in My Etsy Shop...

my NEW collection of frameable notecards available in My Etsy Shop...

an ORIGINAL booklette containing ORIGINAL bicycle paintings available in My Etsy Shop...

ANDDDDDDDDDDDD... my NEWEST "bike chic" item... 2011 Bicycle Calendar available in My Etsy Shop...

Sooooooooooooooo... with ALL of this FAB u LOUS "bike chic" I think a GIVEAWAY should be in order... oui oui oui... YOU can win a HANDPAINTED BOOKMARK (<<< click the link to see a handpainted bookmark) of ANY of the paintings in the Bicycle Collections shown above on the front of the bookmark AND on the back of the bookmark I will PERSONALIZE something just for YOU!!!

To WIN... simply leave a message and your email if you do not have a website... DEADLINE to enter is Tuesday, July 27 @ noon Pacific Time... CLOSED!

WINNER: JANELLE!!!!

I hope you have a FAB weekend and remember to visit Beverly and her PINK participants on Saturday!!!

P.S. BARGAIN PAINTINGS AND FREE SHIPPING STILL AVAILABLE N MY BARGAIN GALLERY!!!

From the Garden to the TABLE and more...

Water the garden and it will grow...

and enlist the help of a furry friend too...

fruit and flowers...

for the TABLESCAPES... cocktails anyone?

the table that caught my attention a couple weeks ago via HeatherChristo.com...

oooh let's not forget dessert...

ALL TOGETHER these paintings make a lovely little booklette...

See more booklettes for sale in My Etsy Shop... and please visit other Tablescape Thursday participants via Between Naps on the Porch (100th Anniversary of TT)...  OOOOOOOh and DO NOT forget to come back tomorrow and be sure to TELL YOUR FRIENDS... Fifi Flowers is having a GIVEAWAY starting tomorrow you don't want to miss!!!