i think the movie ‘lincoln’ (which is wonderful) may have made presidents into a trend. or maybe it was the recent presidential election. whatever the case, i love these limited edition giclee prints from original gouache paintings by artist elisabeth mayville. there’s something so sweet about these paintings, even gerald ford — our 38th president,... 
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oh boy. i felt a bit of pressure on this post. why? well, today’s ‘art goes here’ is very close to home. victoria’s home to be exact! yep, you’re looking at victoria’s lovely new living room. she asked me to suggest some artsy options to go right here over her dwellstudio sofa: and so i did! first up, an economical but beautiful way to handle... 
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this post in partnership with art.com. for the holidays a lot of people on my gift list are art lovers, so i created a new art + you gift giving gallery on art.com. i emailed them the art.com gallery, asked them to have a look around and if anything piqued their interest to let me know. easy online shopping, and framing too — most of these images are available from art.com... 
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so the time has finally arrived and i am moving to my new home this week. i’m almost finished packing but i was having one of those ‘sink or swim’ kind of moments — realizing i really needed some help or i was going to drown here — so i invited some of my favorite bloggers to jump in this week. in honor of my big move, they’re going to share... 
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hello, and happy hallowe’en! now, i know what you’re thinking – is she going to hang spooky art in this lovely entry way, just because it’s hallowe’en?  well, maybe just a few masked beauties to kick things off: boo! ok, it’s out of my system, but i just had to show these huge, spooky portraits by toronto based artist kris knight. oh so... 
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