Arts and Crafts of India-Blocks,Prints and Patterns

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Journeys into Jaipur always has helped me search for the old blocks used for printing..Each journey has gifted me one or two blocks.An arrangement on the side table where the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blocks stood along the fiery Red Hibiscus flowers.This morning waking up to the withered and fallen flowers was a sight. Blockprint cushions and bedsheets always had a soft corner at our home.The Indian touch lended an air of elegance in the rooms...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ry-OlPwY80xUPYGMxWQxbL3OKGpjqBzGppLvyFiwyCzSfQ-KHrnfn8dvNTnyv4XRlTCvZWOhs58jw6XvGmN0Uga3ZxhpsrAnPbg_G3ZfZlMAx3dl1E6GHikyh6gwul3dyMUmTXqsmDY/s1600/IMG_1703+1+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ry-OlPwY80xUPYGMxWQxbL3OKGpjqBzGppLvyFiwyCzSfQ-KHrnfn8dvNTnyv4XRlTCvZWOhs58jw6XvGmN0Uga3ZxhpsrAnPbg_G3ZfZlMAx3dl1E6GHikyh6gwul3dyMUmTXqsmDY/s640/IMG_1703+1+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Arts and Crafts of India-Blocks,Prints and Patterns

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PRIVACY ISSUES

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></em><br></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />FRENCH DOORS AND SLIDERS<br><br />(for Lynette)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3VVjGiQcP_tRH48m2zBx_HKXRq94nAB41zZQPiS7imQSh200FDdAI4LidNY66Oe5dCO-zxGxNC8lBKud14ZTqy5x4eHSmOpdZ8CWu9FyojVMRDSE5hIl_nwCrX0ZEXU_CFcnPbcib4tA/s1600/untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3VVjGiQcP_tRH48m2zBx_HKXRq94nAB41zZQPiS7imQSh200FDdAI4LidNY66Oe5dCO-zxGxNC8lBKud14ZTqy5x4eHSmOpdZ8CWu9FyojVMRDSE5hIl_nwCrX0ZEXU_CFcnPbcib4tA/s640/untitled.png" width="640"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Houzz</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br />I love rooms with french doors.  There is something fresh and appealing about a room filled with open-pane doors, a welcoming to the outdoors and the wonderful light-filled rooms they create.  I love photos of rooms with rows of french doors, like the one above - lovely views - open and unobstructed.  You can see the green of the gardens beyond, the flowers, the sunshine...  the neighbors.<br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/privacy-issues.html#more">Read more »</a>

PRIVACY ISSUES

FRENCH DOORS AND SLIDERS (for Lynette) Houzz I love rooms with french doors.  There is something fresh and appealing about a room filled wit...

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GOOD GREIGE CHOICES

<div style="text-align: center;"><br />SUMMER.... WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>This Summer season has flown by so quickly</em></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>and I've barely mentioned gardens at all</em></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>(probably because I have been trying to ignore the awful state my own garden is in)</em><br><br /><em></em><br><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowBrr0UtDXzupslgZ18iR31TI6J9CZTffMnXlhhfrV_g1SX2DDXUaRHMnLEtXalTogPLwJjQTKLDUR-gvf5yhASJBYAKahbbVHtKAREI94WaBQjaoEPn9_iIldWQ8zMmsAVT_kbXjFkjf/s1600/IMG_2923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowBrr0UtDXzupslgZ18iR31TI6J9CZTffMnXlhhfrV_g1SX2DDXUaRHMnLEtXalTogPLwJjQTKLDUR-gvf5yhASJBYAKahbbVHtKAREI94WaBQjaoEPn9_iIldWQ8zMmsAVT_kbXjFkjf/s640/IMG_2923.JPG" width="480"></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFvHcXU7OvzEJppvxHAix7QAt9ZXNfYF7PVLhY2lyRCnNgMdky4fXzOusa6bHm0Fg1mmdSF5rLJK6909hNpl8wLkDxSc1fw_s5SzBxdflRZCzymlP2g-Tz4ctzh_cPCa18qDK8PgdaeSQ/s1600/IMG_2923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em></em></a><br></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>But I do have the pictures I took of the garden at </em><a href="http://www.gardenstoresaltlake.com/"><em>Ward and Child</em></a><em>, a rather wonderful home decor and </em><br><br /><em>garden shop I try to stop by when I visit </em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>Salt Lake City, where my mother lives.</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5efgjEyREAcfXkHk7akogEQkNQzOP7UwESTXLzxqO2VxEVqcky5lwLShiUhrIguIwP40nqYfMaN7xI7-5sJv0kqIxRr2E4rGTXUDsG0JiSG1zku9V9Mjdqr0dtbV-yh9w-rCuN1Ugiwe6/s1600/IMG_2925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5efgjEyREAcfXkHk7akogEQkNQzOP7UwESTXLzxqO2VxEVqcky5lwLShiUhrIguIwP40nqYfMaN7xI7-5sJv0kqIxRr2E4rGTXUDsG0JiSG1zku9V9Mjdqr0dtbV-yh9w-rCuN1Ugiwe6/s640/IMG_2925.JPG" width="480"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em>and I really loved this unique and musical water feature there</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><em></em></div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/good-greige-choices.html#more">Read more »</a>

GOOD GREIGE CHOICES

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