I call it an odalisque. It was a directed exercise in my life sculpture class and I'm particularly pleased to finally have a mantel broad enough to display it safely.
Yes, eclectic is good. Among other things, it speaks much more precisely of the people who live in a place if the style is a mixture. Besides, who can afford to keep replacing things to keep everything in the same idiom?
Thank you! You know, I can't remember where or when I found the topper. It's handwoven straw, but I've had it for so long that I would guess I may have found it in Olvera Street in Los Angeles, because Mexican Christmas markets were my best source for straw ornaments until IKEA came to town. Straw decorations are trés Suedois.
I still miss the little porcelain-headed angel that my mother threw away years back. I guess it was a bit cheesy, but I earned it by being a good student in Mrs. Rudolph's (yes, really!) 2nd grade class.
Yes, I do a Veddy Swedish Tree -- though finding the various traditional ornaments has been the work of years. All those cheap bits and bobs get expensive and rare once you transit the Atlantic. But it Must Be Done, you know. It's one of those things you usually get in emigrants, one way or another. Some aspect of nostalgia gets sealed in amber as homage to the homeland. My mother makes dopp i gryta and a jillion different cookies every Christmas, for instance, despite an avowed indifference to all things Swedish.
Yes, I have all the Moomin re-issues that are out so far. I've been very pleased with the production quality, not to mention being able to show them to my anglophone friends.
I always admired Liberace for his integrity. (Is he the inventor of What you see is what you get?) Supposedly, after he died, the people inventorying his home for the big auction were driven nuts because he'd have Faberge and Woolworths right next to each other. You own home is supposed to please YOU.
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Looks most festive!
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I still miss the little porcelain-headed angel that my mother threw away years back. I guess it was a bit cheesy, but I earned it by being a good student in Mrs. Rudolph's (yes, really!) 2nd grade class.
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God jul!
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Yes, I do a Veddy Swedish Tree -- though finding the various traditional ornaments has been the work of years. All those cheap bits and bobs get expensive and rare once you transit the Atlantic. But it Must Be Done, you know. It's one of those things you usually get in emigrants, one way or another. Some aspect of nostalgia gets sealed in amber as homage to the homeland. My mother makes dopp i gryta and a jillion different cookies every Christmas, for instance, despite an avowed indifference to all things Swedish.
Yes, I have all the Moomin re-issues that are out so far. I've been very pleased with the production quality, not to mention being able to show them to my anglophone friends.
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Supposedly, after he died, the people inventorying his home for the big auction were driven nuts because he'd have Faberge and Woolworths right next to each other.
You own home is supposed to please YOU.
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