Let Them Eat Cake!

Well...
Hello,  I know I have been missing for a few months.  It has been crazy with my dog getting really sick and then I got that nasty cold.  Which was hard, since I never get sick.  Being sick had it's bright side. I got to troll through Pinterest and found some pretty amazings pins!! found a perfect cake recipe:

I made this cake today!

Cake recipe: Blueberry Cake with Lemon icing, Alexandra 3 cheers for you. This cake was wonderfully tasty, light and fluffy.  I only made one change, in the frosting.  I didn't have cream cheese, so I made a lemon butter cream and added a bit of fresh lemon juice to have that tangy flavor that balanced the blueberries and sweetness of the cake.

I also decorated with a lemon slice and fresh thyme leaves! mmmm the thyme leaves really added that perfect flavor to the lemon!
enjoy!
xx
call

ps I will be coming back slowly and hope to be back full time very soon!

QUOTE:

"The night you kissed me, I left a poem in your month, and you could hear some of the lines every time you breathe out"
~Andrea Gibson

Missing

Sorry, I have been missing! Your blogs, your creative inspiration and my time blogging.  This month has been seriously stressful
My pup has been extremely sick, and today she finally comes home from hospital! Sad news, I had to cancel my trip to visit family so I will be spending Christmas with friends thankfully!
I promise to be back at blogging and visiting your blogs very soon.  Once, I get Sass all settled back at home!

Xx
Callie

WISH LIST: Warm toes

I have not jumped on the ugh band wagon over the years! My first pair of uggs was way back in high school when I would go to the beach for surfing in the early morning, these would be on my beach towel ready for when I got out of the water to warm my toes.  So living in Chicago, I would dare walk in the snow with uggs like most chicagoans would.  But I have decided, I need a pair to wear around my house.  I want these for indoor: buy them here

AND I want these for outdoor: I totally dig the blue grey color!!! buy them here

xx

callie

WISH LIST: Prada pretty!

I am not much of a wearer of perfume.  I am very picky about my scents, but when I smelled this perfume by Prada! I have to have it!  Not sure why I love it so much, I typically go for more masculine scents, not ones with sweet caramel or vanilla.

Prada Candy **
          Seriously!
sensual caramel & vanilla with a seductive musk & benjoin.  I really need a small bottle of this gorgeous scent!!!! Pretty please! someone get this for my for Christmas.
xx
call

QUOTE: All in the details

Image: Lonny Magazine-Adam Straus

"The details are not the details, they make the design"
     ~Charles Eames

Seriously! Look at the detailed attention made on the framed sketch portraits! Simple black frames attached to aged silver framed mirrors.  Every detail thought through. The layering is perfect, with the gold based lamp, to the abstract sculpture and artwork that has just the right amount of color to be the center of attention!
      Seriously, loving this showcase of artwork!!!!

xx
callie

ARTIST: Portraits, styles

I have had a fascination with portraits since I was young.  Capturing the image of a person is something that falls under my obsession of documenting my family history.  Throughout history, people of importance were captured in this pieces of art; from royal and noble families to families of influence  and political figures.
Commissioning artist to capture that moment, that moment in time to document forever.   I find them fascinating.  My imagination goes into over drive, thinking up stories about there lives. One of my favorite things to do is walk through a museum and find all the portraits so I can make up stories.
I also have a small collection of portraits through out my home.  People that I know and some that I do not.... would you place portraits of individuals you don't know in your home?

Everyone should remember this portrait of Sharbat Gula, on the cover of National Geographic Magazine.  In this image, someone has made it into a digital portrait.  The original photographer was Steve McCurry, I found the digital image here, but I don't know the artist to credit. I remember when this image was published, I remember her eyes. I always wondered what her life was like.... I knew it was a hard life, a life of war and being torn from her home. Her expression was so penetrating, haunting and yet so beautiful.

In the 1780's Marie Antoinette was the subject of numerous portraits.  I found these 2 at this site.  During her short life of 38 years, many portraits were completed of her

and this painting by Joseph Ducreux from wikipedia, age 13!  she looks older than the child of 13!

Self portraits are another view of how an artist views themselves... like the emotionally filled portraits of Frida Kahlo. 

Portraits of a french singer, Suzy Solidor.  Her publicity stunt to be the most painted/photographed women in the world, The range photographs and painting of various styles, competed by artist such as Picasso, George Braque, Raoul Dufy, and most know Tamara Lempika. Photographs by Ray Man

A posting of current time portraits, love this photograph of Johnny Depp! found here

xx

callie