so this is my latest purchase from winners....i absolutely love it. i bought it for the diningroom wall. i attempted to take pics of it hanging...but with the glare from the window and the #@#$ panelling ....grrr...anyway i took it down to show you all....without the glare :cry: it's a great size....3' x 3'
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Sorry Cathie--- I thought you took your pic from Winner's down because you coudn't get a shot of it because of the glare of the glass in front of it but I now realize there is no glass ------DUH! OMG! I wouldn't tell you to put glass over St. Olga. Heaven forbid!!!!!
from what i know about paintings, they shouldn't be behind glass....i constantly tell hubby this, however he refuses it acknowledge mthis...perhaps he needs to hear it from someone else...i've heard the glass can 'burn' the paint...not sure about this....all i know is i can't look her straight in the eye :o
now you r a funny woman!!!! st. cathie.... i like that !!! :)
Woops - I forgot to say that is a great find - at Winners. You're a strong woman - I would have broken when it hit 1/2 price.
St Olga - "Priceless". I think maybe it should be St. Cathie for tolerating that other woman in the LR. :rolleyes:
ya, more like...you want to hang her where???
If the glare of the glass is bothering you----why not pop the glass out--- take it to a glass place and get them to cut a piece of non- glare glass. That way you can enjoy it from all angles---any time of the day. My Sis has a cottage with a lot of windows and all of the pics are done this way. Just don't do St. Olga! :) Maybe call and get an approx. price first. We had 2 fair size pics done years ago and they were around 60 dollars for both. Kind of worth it though if you can see the pic. It was annoying because they were over the sofa------big glare from a distance most of the time.
Cathie, I just love your pictures......very unique. As far as your DH's picture I thik that's a picture of the Madonna.........what's on the chest, is that a heart or some sort of pendant, because if it's a heart, that's the Sacred Heart of Mary. Don't laugh at me but I love that picture, it has such a serene look on the face....
Would St. OLga be the patron saint of 'what were you thinking?"?
I love the pic you found Cathy. Your husbands um well, I had a great laugh :D
I'm really not one to talk though, my DH thought Star wars pop cans would be a valuable thing to collect- unopened. :rolleyes:
Ya right, the cola ate right through the tin cans and ruined everything in his "collection box". Paper and pop in a dark out of the way box = lots of smelly mold :biglol:
I love those moments when you don't even have to say "I told you so" :D
At least a painting, however ugly, could be worth something;)
Thanks for the laugh girls!!
is a awesome buy cathie, very nice......... :clapping: love to see a pic of it on your wall........i so love that Ikea commercial :laugh: dh always tells the kids that it is me..........start the car.... :D anrol you can come shopping with us any time....as long as you dont ask me to pick you out a sofa :D
smiles
janetc
no...defintely not a paint by number kipper :biglol: but it's definitely original. :p
anrol i'd love to have a girlie shopping day!! poor St. Olga is hanging in the livingroom...at my bac of course...he he an odd thing for a sinner such as i to have hanging anywhere in her home :cool:
Between you and Mel I just laughed so hard the tears were just streaming down my face!!!!!!! You guys are toooooooooo funny! I hope you're not hanging St.Olga in the bedroom :biglol: :biglol: :biglol: Do you have a garage? I'm only kidding! We'll all laugh when we find out she's worth 3 million $ and painted by some famous dead artist! Maybe you had better check it out! Anyway----can I go shopping with you and Janet???? Both pictures are pretty unique! ;)
LOL!! Seriously?? Pretty impressive paint by number kit, I just remember seeing simple ones like: Siamese Kitten at Play. Hey, just be happy it's not done on black velvet!!
kipper...he won't evevn let me take it out of that frame....cuz i agree with you...a different frame 'might' make it more appealling....but he feels it should be kept intact. he doesn't believe me when i tell him it's apaint by number.
mel....lower your voice honey...i can hear you just fine.... :clapping:
any more control??? i never had any to begin with.....the way i see it.....well, actually i don't ....i don't look at st. olga at all...... :o :biglol: :biglol: :biglol:
Hehe Cathie, you make me laugh. I really like your Asian find, it looks great, and fantastic price too.
I could learn to love your husband's too, maybe, but she needs a different frame! Something more ornate and guilded. He might be right though, she might be worth something... is the painting signed? It might be worth taking to an art appraiser to see. The worst they can tell you is " it's value lies in it's appeal to your senses". It might be fun to check out just for the heck of it.
OMFG Cathie!!!!! What the HELL were you thinking???? Don't you have any more control over that man???
:D Mel
Can you hear me??
hubby loves her,......and swears she's worth something......not sure to whom though..... :hurl:
now mel....i'm trustin' ya here.....no laughing...remember i have impeccible hearing....even from 4000 miles away.....but truth be known, it's not fair for me to keep saint olga all to myself.....she was meant to be shared..... :biglol: :biglol: :biglol:
WOW!!! Great Buy Cathie. LOL...now I'm dying to see "Saint Olga" hehe
Mel
no it's a plaster frame....weighs a ton....with a metal look finish...it has a shadow box, inlayed with black velvet and the asian princess is made to look like ivory.. and yes, it does go well with the other pics/prints on the wall...thanks!
i realize this is definitely not for everyones taste.....but i so love it!!! hubby...well he's not so in love with it!! i should post you his 'find' :biglol: :biglol: we got it in a local antique shop.....i call her saint olga :biglol: :biglol: the joys of compromise....i just keep my back to her... :laugh:
I love the frame.
Start the car . . . .
Cathie is that a metal finish on the frame. The style goes well with your other pictures on the wall good buy.
oh, janet i forgot to mention i got this at a steal....it was originally $169.99...and i'd been eye balling it for awhile..only one in stock...it eventually got reduced to 50 bucks....yipppeee!!! i felt like the woman in the ikea ad.....START THE CAR.......START THE CAR :D