20 December 2011

Cottage in Blue

Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Oh, it looks like the perfect Cottage Magazine cottage doesn't it? This could be on a lot of dream house lists. I walked past it when I was wandering in the old village of Mt. Pleasant on Sunday. It is even my shade of blue. I hope the occupants are very happy.

Check out this amazing painting of a quilt. Wow. I found it because I was thinking of trying to paint a quilt but I'm so blown away by this it seems pointless. I should just finish sewing up the bits and pieces of a crazy quilt I have in a trunk and be done with it. I've gotten out of the habit of handicrafts ever since I .....ahem....got a laptop and it sucked all the hours out of my day.


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13 comments:

  1. Rick10:20 PM

    Amazing painting. Watercolor. Wow...

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  2. Charlestonjoan10:38 PM

    Hey Rick! Can you paint me one like that?

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  3. Charlestonjoan10:38 PM

    Pretty please?....

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  4. love new things10:48 PM

    Its great write up Joan....visit for Orange Festival at Sohra(cherrapunjee)

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  5. Charlestonjoan11:27 PM

    love new things - I just missed it! Best oranges in the world.

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  6. Lowandslow7:31 AM

    Great, comfy looking home. Also high maintanence. You take the bitter with the sweet, as they say. ;)

    S

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  7. Rick11:59 AM

    Joan, I don't have the skill to paint something that meticulous. I haven't put watercolor to paper in over a decade.

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  8. Charlestonjoan9:25 PM

    Rick - It is amazing isn't it? Some talent there but it also costs $4,000.

    Lowandslow - I guess so. Someone is clearly putting a lot of work into it.

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  9. Jack11:30 PM

    Yes, Joan, this one is pretty close to perfect.

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  10. Kate6:03 AM

    This is a picture-perfect home. I agree that it is probably high maintenance...lots of flowers and shrubs. The painting on the link you provided is spectacular!

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  11. Marcheline7:20 AM

    There is nothing better than a cottage with lots of gardening to do... I should know, I live in one, and LOVE IT! 8-)

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  12. CharlestonShines8:01 AM

    Joan, you may have been kidding about giving up the idea to paint a quilt BUT don't give up your idea.

    My wife painted a simple pattern using a yardstick on a large stretched canvas (maybe 48' square) and we enjoyed it for years. Then, again, we didn't have lots of beautiful photos like yours to grace the wall! :)

    Here are two pattern examples - http://www.equiltblocks.com/four/Annies_Choice.gif to the more complicated http://www.quiltbroker.com/images/qb_july99_quilt_pattern.jpg

    Happy Holidays!

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  13. Rick3:40 PM

    Lotta work. Lovely result.

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