Anyway, while in a Canadian Provence (I don't remember which one) my sister, aunt and I went on a jewelry making excursion which landed us at this women's house named, Stormy. Her house was amazing.
Inside and out, one of the coolest houses that I have been in.
Now, to the point :) In her front entry-way, she had an entire wall filled with paint-by-numbers. There was no theme or anything, just a bazillion vintage paint by number paintings. (pardon the horrible disposable camera pictures)
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She also had another wall, in another room, covered in religious, Jesus themed paint-by-numbers.
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I was instantly in love with paint by numbers.
in stinking love.
It was then that I knew, one day I would have to be a paint by number collector.
One of my 2010 goals is to do one myself, and my sister bought me two kits for Christmas.
In the meantime, I have been obsessing over vintage ones :)
I decided that I would really like to do a wall of them, in my hallway, but with a theme.
After scouring Etsy, I decided on my theme :)
pink flowers
Here are some of my favorites
This lovely pair of paintings found here:
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this lovely found here
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this one is kind of my favorite
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and this girl totally fits into the theme according to me :)
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I literally stopped searching after these three because I didn't want to "want" too much :)
So, all of you thrifters, flea marketers, or other vintage-y treasure hunting people... If you find any vintage paint by numbers that fit into my theme, hook a sister up :)
seriously, they make me smile so much!
And speaking of things that make me smile, while looking through pictures from that trip, I came across this one:
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Doesn't it make you so happy to know that somewhere in this world, there are places where people paint the streets awesome colors??
love it!
xoxo
janel
If I had a street like this, it would be my favorite place!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. I will be on the lookout!!! I'm in love with that street. I think every street should be colored various colors and designs. Wouldn't that be grand????
ReplyDeletevery cool my hubby got me a paint by number for christmas I have yet to have time to do it but I can't wait to get started. I love that street how wonderful :D
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely night!
Carrie
aww, paint by numbers are now my new fav thing thanks to this post.
ReplyDeletefantasmic. i want to live on that street. great photo!
ReplyDeleteI am totally one of those people that look for items people collect or love. It seems to me every time someone tells me of their collection I come to find I am looking for those items. IS that weird?
ReplyDeleteWhen Elsie posted she loves cute little fox. I seem to have it on my brain to find her one--but no luck:(
I always find paint by number at my local thrift stores but never really thought to buy them. I will keep my peepers open wide for you. PINK FLOWERS!!!