tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72053273780302037262024-03-13T07:23:26.934-07:00mechelle designsWelcome to my blog! Here you will find samples of my art, a hint of my creative process and a glimpse of my of my studio. My work is eye catching, colorful, and most of all whimsical. I have original art, prints, pillows note cards, magnets, and wearable art pendants.Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-22619232517757393512016-10-21T10:58:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:00:34.510-07:00Our Movie Themed Basement Make Over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I have been MIA from the blogosphere for a long time. I have been settled since my boys are back in school and my daughter is off to college. It seems as though my preoccupation with other things have kept me busy.</div>
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You will remember when our entire family painted the basement several years ago, then my hubby just put it on the backburner for a while. Well, the greatest motivator was when my daughter graduated from high school in May, so he had to get in gear before our family came in town. </div>
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We purchased the couches from American Signature Furniture. I looked all over to find a black leather sofa, which is very hard to find and within our budget. Finally we found these to pieces which also recline. I really wanted a new coffee table, but what I did was paint these lightwood tables we have had for years to grey. I just sanded the table down and picked up some chalk grey paint from Walmart. I chose grey because I didn't want to overwhelm the room with too much black. I found this funky rug on Walmart online. I thought it would add a little pop to the room.</div>
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We were busy for six weeks before getting things in place. If you don't remember we had a movie theme for our basement. I found a pillow at Kirkland's that fit in perfectly. I already found this center piece for my coffee table from Michael's Arts and Crafts. We use it for the remotes, or should I say, I use it for the remotes.</div>
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I found one poster online from the movie Red Tails. My husband attended Tuskegee, so I thought having a poster about the Tuskegee airmen would be something he would like. The other poster is from the latest Star Wars movie of which our entire family are big fans of this movie. </div>
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I also wanted to show you this light I purchased at Walmart as well. It has that movie light look to me. One more thing I was thinking about was getting a book shelf to have candy and snacks for ourselves and guest, so I am on the hunt for this piece.</div>
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It is amazing how some things come together. My son, Michael had this candy machine in his room for years. He didn't use it anymore, so I asked him if I could move it downstairs. The slate coasters were a Christmas gift I got last year. They match perfectly with the end table. </div>
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And last my husband wanted a window to get more light for this room. He really wanted this to be a work room. I totally did not like this idea at all, so I had this idea. How about making this window into barn doors. Todd (my husband) already had this wood he just added the wood as a border, we ordered the barn door parts online. We actually made this room into a guest room. </div>
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I want to encourage you all to be resourceful. You don't have to spend crazy amounts of money to make a great family room for everyone to enjoy.</div>
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</a>Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-72150834612321344072016-06-08T08:04:00.000-07:002016-06-08T13:50:04.611-07:00Bethany and Jordan's Graduations 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our May was filled with many celebrations. My youngest, Jordan turned twelve, and he also graduated from 5th grade.<br />
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My oldest child and only daughter Bethany, graduated from high school. The graduation was held at our local arena. The speeches and tributes were actually pretty funny and very brief. <br />
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I can't tell you how proud we are of Bethany. She kept a 4.0 average her entire high school years. We are so proud of her.</div>
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We were so blessed to have my mom come from Florida, my brother in law from Texas, and my aunt and uncle come from Virginia. <br />
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We had a yummy keylime cake.</div>
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I can't believe after all the planning and preparing everyone is gone back home, but it was a joyful and happy celebration. Hard to believe the rewards, and parties and more rewards are now a distant memory. </div>
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Now it is time to start a new chapter in our family lives as Bethany enters college at Georgia Tech, and Jordan enters middle school. </div>
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I've already starting to think about Michael's graduation is just two years from now. So, my decorations are safely tucked away for our next big celebration. So, for now I'm going to take a little rest.</div>
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Last week was so hectic I literally began this late Sunday night. I had to start the painting just a little and worked on it some more the next day. I just have a few more finishing touches, then I'm done with this painting. Now, I have to go figure out something fast for my painting this week. Oh no!Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-4937692798084082412016-04-27T14:20:00.001-07:002016-04-27T14:20:38.544-07:00Week 2 Pear Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week is my second week for me to paint a new painting each week. I decided to paint a pear. It was a bit of a challenge to get the light and shadows for me. Trying to create dimension was a lot harder than I thought. However, it was a great practice for me. Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-71919342806867067762016-04-20T10:22:00.000-07:002016-04-20T10:22:35.903-07:00A Painting Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My creative time I must admit has been infrequent over the last several months. I decided to paint some fruit. I created one a few years ago, but decided to do a study of this yummy fruit. That is when I decided to try to paint a small painting a week. This will keep my skills up, and build up my inventory. <br />
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I am going to list this first in a series in my shop soon. Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-88696075736118814452016-04-06T08:18:00.002-07:002016-04-06T08:20:34.261-07:00My Whimsical Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I first started out on Etsy I had no idea what I was really doing. I just posted random pieces of my art that I normally sell at art festivals. After renewing many times I gave up trying to sell online. I started to sell my clocks which had my artwork on the faces of the clocks. <br />
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After many years I did a commission, but still nothing happened. Last year to my surprise, I sold an original painting online. </div>
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Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-85382574850883105842016-02-24T13:58:00.000-08:002016-02-24T14:00:14.204-08:00My Basement/Studio Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Almost two years ago we had our basement finished. After that it seems like I could not decide what direction to go, or what color scheme, or them I wanted to have. So, for months I am ashamed to say I did not do anything, or just worked on it sometimes. I finally went through so many old things I needed to get rid of, with plans to get rid of so much more in the future. </div>
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After you come down the steps the t.v. and our family movie themed wall is my center piece. I picked these items up at Hobby Lobby. I created the painting to compliment the home décor. </div>
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To the left is my studio space, and to the right is the kids game area/ work bench area. </div>
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I can't tell how much I enjoy my own little space. It is my little get away without really getting away. There are still many plans to paint some more accessories red and black. <br />
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My plans are to have some friends over for some creative fun one evening very soon. What do you think so far?<br />
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I know Christmas was several weeks ago, but I wanted to share my time with you. It was a crazy hectic season as usual for my family. Last year the weather was unusually warm for the holidays. </div>
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When we started adding more gifts it was clear we had way too many gifts. You would think we would coordinate better, but no we didn't do that as usual. </div>
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Every year we appoint a helper to pass out the gifts, but then the person starts opening up their gifts, and forgets about passing out the other gifts. </div>
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Our dog Talula looks like she just had to relax a little after all the excitement. </div>
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I decided to add some cotton to my fireplace to give the winter wonderland feel. </div>
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Just before dinner we decided to take a picture by the Christmas tree. That was a great motivator to not play around, so we could eat.<br />
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I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and Happy New Year!!Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-24062221005855500442015-11-12T07:55:00.001-08:002015-11-12T07:57:16.045-08:00Inside My Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hard to believe the holiday season is upon us again. I have been slowly getting into the holiday spirit a little early. I have been thinking about some ideas for my home and examples for my painting parties. I have a few more images I plan on working on for next week. <br />
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Hello everyone! I know it has been a long time since I have posted. Life has been so busy for me. </div>
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This fall season is one of my favorite seasons of the year. The change of the leaves, cool crisp mornings are just perfect for me. Of course the pumpkin lattes, pies, and pumpkin scones are just the perfect treats to enjoy as winter fast approaches.</div>
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I decided to surf the net to pick out some beautiful decorations for October and November. I hope they inspire you!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the eye candy. What is your favorite part of the fall season?</div>
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I know I have been absent for a long time on my blog. It seems like the juat before my kids got out of school, everything become crazy.</div>
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My husband and I had our annimversary, then my son has a birthday, then the list of concerts, and school programs began to spiral out of control. </div>
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I must admit my creative time is basically zero during the summer. Here are a few things I have been working on for my shop and a painting for a gallery to sell.<br />
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In the past I had a series of musical images. I decided to create another painting with that theme. Just before the summer started, I got a chance to start this painting. I have actually gone a little further. I will show you my progress soon. </div>
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These past few months I have been amazed seeing my daughter blossom as an artist. She decided to take an art class at her high school this year. I have enjoyed seeing her progress over time. What is so funny is she first started journaling as a project, so she thought she would share this new art form with me. I actually had already taken an online class several years ago, and had shared that with her what I had done previously.</div>
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This adorable little ceramic piece is a beehive with the little bees on the side. </div>
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Since Bethany is such an avid reader, she created this clay piece of her reading one of her favorite books.</div>
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When we were on spring break she made this little sketch on her to go box from a restaurant. </div>
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I was so proud when her art teacher told me, she is one of her best students. Not only is she a math whiz like her dad, but a creative person like me. I look forward to see how she might blend both of these talents together.</div>
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My daughter Bethany, is always looking at different recipes on Pinterest. She came across this recipe with a very interesting twist on pancakes. Cinnamon roll pancakes! Huh! I must admit I had never seen anything like this before.</div>
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I wish I could say these are our finished products, but the kids ate them up so fast I couldn't get a picture in time. Here is the complete recipe on <a href="http://lovintheoven.com/cinnamon-roll-pancakes/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Love in the Oven</span></a><br />
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Two weeks ago I got together with some friends for a little painting party. The party was to paint a gift for our sweethearts for Valentine's Day. <br />
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I instructed them step by step how to create a blackboard themed work of art.</div>
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Everyone brought some goodies to share with each other. That table was visited several times by us all.</div>
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I wanted to share with you about Pat's painting. She is a former customer of mine. Pat decided to paint this for her friend who recently just lost her loved one. I believe she said it was her friend's husband that had died recently. I think this is such a special gift to remember her friend for Valentine's Day. </div>
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To say that my creative time is slow is an understatement. Since the new year I haven't felt very creative. I did come up with an idea of a new clock design in December, and started working on it during the holiday. Chalkboard look is such a popular design for home décor right now, so I decided this would be a nice touch to my shop. The clock will be available in a few days.Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-86232046049998102932015-01-21T14:10:00.000-08:002015-02-03T12:36:48.598-08:00Flat Tummy Water<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A friend of mine posted this recipe she got off of Pinterest to flatten your tummy. I decided to give it a try. After I sliced up all of the ingredients into the pitcher of water you put in your refrigerator over night. Then I started drinking in the morning. The flavor of the infused water was actually pretty good. It is recommended to do every other day for four weeks only. <br />
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6 cups of <a href="http://www.stepintomygreenworld.com/healthyliving/greenkids/select-the-right-water-filter-and-invest-in-your-health/" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon;">filtered water</span></a><br />
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If you don’t finish it all, please keep it refrigerated. it keeps up to 2 days.<br />
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If you can’t find fresh ginger, you can also use<a href="http://www.livingtreecommunity.com/store2/product.asp?id=339&catid=45" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon;"> organic ginger root powder</span></a>.<br />
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A few weeks ago my husband told me this year his company was having a Christmas decorating contest. The contest is going select three winners. The prize is going to be three gift cards, with first prize being $300. </div>
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I volunteered to help since I love decorating, and hey why not try to win some money. Since my husband is a techy, I thought he definitely needed my help. At first I thought of painting some sets myself, but with this crazy busy season, I decided to go an easier route. I started surfing online line for Peanuts decorations. Then it dawned on my why not look for a school store for bulletin board images. It turns out our local Schoolbox store had the theme I saw online. I already had cotton filling, and used it for the snow. The pack of decorations also had beautiful shimmery snowflakes. My husband suspended them from the ceiling, unfortunately the picture doesn't really show this very well. I added more snowflakes, Snoopy and Woodstock on the windows.<br />
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For Thanksgiving my family and I traveled to my mom's for the holiday. We enjoyed the week of my moms delicious home cooking. What also was a treat was visiting with old and some new friends. </div>
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After we left the Ice show, we walked into the main atrium of the hotel. There they had a Christmas show with an ensemble. They each took turns singing some good classic tunes. During some of the performance we were amazed by an acrobatic act on a ring suspended above us. </div>
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When I decided to create a new clock I thought this would be perfect with a fall theme. However, the functional art piece will be good for any season. </div>
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The fall season is such a gorgeous time of the year. I love all the natural beauty that the season has to offer, along with the beautifully decorations that people create.<br />
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Several years ago, I started creating my own polymer clay ornaments to decorate my home. The following year I started giving them as gifts and offering the decor in my Etsy shop.<br />
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I hang my decorations on my fireplace mantel.</div>
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The rich colors bring such warmth and cheer.</div>
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This pumpkin would make a great hostess gift.</div>
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I wanted to show you a pumpkin I painted several years ago. This design was inspired by a drawing I have in my sketchbook.</div>
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I also wanted to share with you my porch decoration from last year. The pumpkins were painted to look like candy corn. I think this was my favorite creation so far!</div>
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I have been floating this idea in my head of having a linky party for sometime. However, I wasn't quite sure how to get started, so I started searching the web for help. After talking with my Etsy friends for any advice or suggestions, they said they would love to join me in this visual celebration. <br />
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Our first linky parties theme will be Celebrate Fall. I would like you to join us, and share some images on your blogs. When you think about the fall, what comes to mind? For me it means cool crisp mornings, bright beautiful leaves of orange, red, and yellow. I also think about beautifully decorated porches with scarecrows, and festive dining room table décor. What also comes to mind are all the lovely baked goods, along with hearty soups and stews. I must admit I'm not into the ghost and ghouls. <br />
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I hope you share the season's natural beauty of colorful trees, as well as recipes, crafts, or Martha Stewart like decorations. A tutorial you have created would be fantastic to share. <br />
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Please contact me with what your post would be about, so we can link up. I am hoping to get up to ten blogs for the first event.<br />
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The party will start October 24th at 11 a.m. I or one of my team members will send you a confirmation along with the other links to post on your blog. Scroll down my blog to the Creative Gathering badge. Post it on your blog. If you don't get invited to this party, don't worry, we will have another one very soon. <br />
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As I posted before; please no ghoulish images. Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-87295959261164826132014-10-09T09:29:00.003-07:002014-10-09T09:30:25.832-07:00Fall Inspired PaintingIt seems like these past few months. I haven't been feeling that creative lately. I have worked on a few projects, but I get caught up with something else around the house. It has been so frustrating to get back into the groove. So, recently I was able to sit down and paint a little. <br />
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It felt so good to be able to create again. This painting is inspired by the end of fall season, when the leaves begin to fall, and winter makes its grand introduction.</div>
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For many years getting my kids to eat dinner has been a challenge. For years I tried to convince my two older children that French fries are in fact potatoes. They still didn't buy until two years ago. Now they love baked potatoes! </div>
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Well, a few weeks ago I came across a different way of baking potatoes. I thought this would be a great side for dinner. Here is the <a href="http://indulgy.com/post/EuKXR9W3T1/sliced-baked-potatoes-thinly-slice-almost-all-th" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">recipe</span></a>. </div>
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Here is picture of the complete meal. Everyone enjoyed it! Who knows what will work next time, but at least this one was a winner!Mechellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761319655108400214noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205327378030203726.post-36506590316419110332014-09-25T07:42:00.001-07:002014-09-25T07:45:14.343-07:00Suwanee Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend our little city put on Suwanee Fest. This year marked a first for having the festival for two days. Each year the festival is kicked off with a big parade. There are bands dance troupes, string orchestra from our local junior high school. We also have Miss Suwanee, which include toddler, child, middle and high school and Senior Suwanee. Well, you get the picture. It is a lot.<br />
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My son Jordan, is riding with cub scout troop in this big truck . Of course I couldn't see him again this year as usual. My husband is the guy in the middle just behind the truck. He is also a troop leader.<br />
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This will defiantly give me some inspiration, when I think of making some new products for the coming year. I added some images of some of the colors, that I hope might give you some inspiration as well. </div>
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Here is a link with more colors for <a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/color/2015-pantone-color-of-year#slide-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">2015</span></a>.</div>
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