Thursday, June 17, 2010

A Trade With My Buddy Barb Keith

I have long wanted a mosaic by Barb and finally I've got one! And oh how much I love it. She made me a mosaic of our family cat, Raymi, and it is just beautiful. The colors are fabulous, and the expression is so her. I love the whiskers! And she framed it and got cards of the mosaic made for me, too. So cool! She put so much thought into it all and I just adore it.

It's funny because I had considered making a mosaic of one of her pets, too, but since she has a few, I didn't want to single one out and make the others feel bad, haha. So I picked birds, as Barb has made many mosaics of birds and so I felt pretty confident she loves them. :) When I was getting close to finishing the mosaic, Barb and I had an email discussion about how long we've been penpals and friends. We came to the agreement that it was sometime in the beginning of 2007. The next time I worked on the mosaic, I saw us in the birds, and then it was only fitting to name the mosaic, "To Friendship." Thanks Barb, for the mosaic and the friendship!!

13 comments:

  1. A beautiful story. I like how both mosaics show the essence of what they're portraying.

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  2. Lucky girls! Love the eyes on Raymi. Love the colors on the bird project. What a great swap.

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  3. Don't know why your comment isn't showing, Rebecca, but here it is: Lucky girls! Love the eyes on Raymi. Love the colors on the bird project. What a great swap.

    I'm sure it will show up after I post this, LOL.

    Thanks all of you :)

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  4. How wonderful for two friends to trade beautiful art that comes from the soul! You are both lucky ladies!

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  5. SOOOO lucky! I'm so happy to have the birds hanging on the wall right next to me here, and also to know someone so wonderful like Christine! :)

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  6. Both pieces are beautiful. I love the eyes of the cat, and your birds are really sweet.

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  7. Very special! FANTASTIC pieces, both.....amazing trade!
    Beautiful expression in both your mosaic & words, Christine!

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