BLUE MONDAY: BLUE BIRDS

Hi everyone! Today is Blue Monday hosted by the sweet Smiling Sally. You can go to her blog and see a list of all the participants in this fun day!
The other day I mentioned that I went antiquing and hinted that I had a few things for Blue Monday. However, I am not prepared to show these little treasures as of yet because I have to do a little research on them first. Sooo, I am going to do a post on a set of pictures that I ordered from a website that is just out of sight (an expression my mother-in-law always used and I just love it!). The website is All Posters.com. Maybe some of you have been there but for a long time I tossed out my catalogs because I thought it was just posters! But no, upon further scrutiny I stumbled across a grouping of pictures that I thought would be perfect for my new blue master bedroom up at the cottage. Well, when they arrived I was so satisfied, overjoyed, ecstatic!!! They were so cute, framed in distressed wood with glass and just the neatest artwork. The artist by the way is Swan Patel and I am going to do a little "search" on him at the website when I have time. So without further ado: Above is the bluebird. I am in love with birds and I just love how this painting was rendered. Isn't he cute (I always have a sixth sense on the gender of my birds).

This is the coordinating picture in blue, pineapples and flowers. Sorry about the quality of the photo, I promise to read my camera instruction book!

This is a closed up of the distressed white washed frame. I love it! :-) It is a really good quality frame with all kinds of markings and nail holes, as if it were used once for some other purpose. Way cool!!

And of course I have to show you the other two pictures that go with the set. Obviously they are red so excuse me for showing them on Blue Monday!

And here is the bluebirds friend in red. This is definitely a she, can't you just tell? What she is, I have no clue. We'll just call her a redbird.

And last but not least we have the whole set. Horrible photography. It looks like I took it when I was staggering drunk! I promise you I am only drinking herbal tea and once again, I promise to read the book. I was also trying to balance myself by standing on a little stool, no small feat for this clumsy blonde!

I ended up putting these up in my living room here because they went so well with my furniture and decor. So, last week I went back to the website and looked up beachy sort of pictures for the cottage and found some darling framed prints of old beach houses painted in pastels. Can't wait for that prized parcel to arrive!!

I urge you to go to this website. There are a gazillion choices and I suggest you click on the framed prints, otherwise you will have to do the matting and framing etc...and that can be costly. These four pictures were $69.00 a piece which I thought was very reasonable. On the beach house pictures there was a 20% off deal going on.

Thank you for visiting me on Blue Monday and be sure to go to Smiling Sallys blog to connect with all the other bloggers and their Blue Monday treasures!!

xoxo

Jane