Antonio Girls

I did a post on Feb. 2011, entitled Antonio Girls based on a book by Antonio Lopez ((signed for me. Did I mention that?)), I said what an amazing talent he is!  I treasure this book by Congreve Publishing Co. ,1982.

The above is Sylvano Malta designs, Italian Vogue, 1977.

above is called Ribbons - 1978

  Golden Mummy - 1978

The image drawn by Antionio  -1 of 6 -"Fantasy Shoes" studies for polychrome wooden sculptures 1978.

Drawn by Antionio is a  Beauty editorial, American Vogue, 1980. Unpublished

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  Images  Alfa Castaldi, Milan & Mary Bachmann, NY

To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

You can purchase many of the items found on this blog, according to BRASWELL and much more at  BRASWELL. 

We will work with the trade.

Blue & White Ceramics

Lets talk Blue & White Ceramics-

I have always loved anything Blue & White. 

I used to say blue was my favorite color but over the years, I decided all colors are my favorites. 

Green, red, yellow and yes! I consider white a color also - all shades of any color. 

I keep going back to Blue & White. Wonder why?

I ask myself and self answers 

"because it is fabulous."  

I found the above picture of a blue & white kitchen in a magazine years ago.

Those are trumpe l'oeil, plates, books, various things behind the wire fronted cabinets. Isn't this amazing?

This is the Fabulous Blue & White kitchen through a photographer's lens

unknown photographer from unknown mag.

  

Blue & pink! 

in Hamptons by Diamond Baratta, 

2004 Traditional Home

Blue & Vanilla! 

Love these vases + ones seen in the mirror on the wall at other end of the room. 

unknown photographer

Above are two, of a set of four candle sticks, given to me many years ago by friends

"The Ladies" as I call them always ready to shed light on a table.

Oh, I can't forget Henney Penney my chicken!

With Lavender

blue & white gentlemen candle sticks

with my pillow baby behind them. 

And a classic brass topped ginger jar. 

In my humble opinion, expensive blue & white can be put with inexpensive pieces to make a stunning group.

So start collecting that Blue & White and enjoy!

 I am always delighted to hear of your blue & white creations.

To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

You can purchase many of the items found on this blog, according to BRASWELL and much more at  BRASWELL. 

We will work with the trade.

I have been promising images of my working trip to the UK 

so here they are. More to come of the inside of the home in another post.

This is close to my work site. 

Look at that arch isn't it lovely?

This area is known as Chelsea Green.

Another view of the lovely arch

Simon keeps everything tidy and does a wonderful job.

This is an example of one of the court yards surrounding this area.

Flowers were blooming around each home

Flowers everywhere I turned.

When I first got to the UK 3/11 these were the blossoms of the Japanese Magnolia 

in the court yard

and when I left the UK 4/11...amazingly full of blossoms

Every tree was full of flowers, just beautiful don't you think?

To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

You can purchase many of the items found on this blog, according to BRASWELL and much more at  BRASWELL. 

We will work with the trade.

Happy Mother's Day

This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with 

sick toddlers
in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners

and cherry
Kool-Aid saying, "It's OK honey, Mommy's here."
 
Who walk around the house all night with their babies 

when they keep
crying and won't stop. 

This is for all the mothers who show up at work 

with spit-up in their hair
and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.
 
For all the mothers who run car pools and make cookies 

and sew Halloween
costumes. 
 
This is for all the mothers who froze their buns 

off on metal bleachers at
football or soccer games Friday night instead of 

watching from cars, so
that when their kids asked, "Did you see me?" they could say, 

"Of course,
I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.
 
For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice 

a night for a year.
And then read it again. "Just one more time."
 
This is for all the mothers who taught their children 

to tie their
shoelaces before they started school.

And for all the mothers who opted
for Velcro instead.
 
This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook 

and their
daughters to sink a jump shot. 

 This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically 

when a little voice
calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own 

offspring are at
home.
 
 
What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? 
The ability to cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, 

all at the same time?
 
Or is it heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch 

your son or
daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone 

for the very
first time?
 
The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, 

from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?
 
This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes 

and sleep deprivation. And mature mothers learning to let go.
 
For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. 
 
Single mothers and married mothers. 
 
Mothers with money, mothers without. 
 

This is for you all –