I loved your story...thanks so much for sharing it. Fifi's keepsake painting is amazing...I love that she incorporated bits and pieces from previous posts. How thoughtful!
Interweb, behold the fabulousness. Very late Saturday night I posted a photo of some peonies I picked in my mom's garden. In the wee hours of Sunday morning, the lovely and talented Fifi Flowers was the first comment (it wasn't quite as late on the west coast) saying she'd like to paint them. Of course I said yes!
Sunday morning I woke up, put the kettle on, and fire up the laptop, and there in my inbox is a mysterious email from Fifi: If you want to be surprised don't open this until Wednesday Morning... I love surprises but am terribly nosy and nosiness won out. Ta da! It was the painting above. She whipped it up that quickly! Note the drapes which are inspired by my prom dress, and the pillow on the settee, which was New Bird No. 2, from one of my first posts. Here is something uncanny - in my living room I have french doors that open onto a wrought iron balcony. But Fifi does not know that... or won't until she reads this post.
Thank you Fifi for making my day, and for preserving my lovely flowers in paint. The real ones are spent, and have exploded in that way that peonies do when their time is up.
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Close this window Jump to comment formOMG... I got a surprise from you! What a fun story! Isn't it sad that flowers don't last forever... thank goodness paintings do... Have a great day!
June 11, 2008 at 9:31 AM
What a pretty painting!! And a fun story too. Fifi is very talented!
June 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Fabulous story! Love the painting and all the extra little details from other posts - clever!
June 11, 2008 at 10:33 AM
more stunning than I could have imagined.
June 11, 2008 at 5:36 PM
That is so amazing! I really love that story! What a wonderful gift:)
June 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
What a lovely rendition. You are so fortunate and fifi is so talented.
June 11, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Aw isn't she lovely?!
June 12, 2008 at 11:15 AM
How wonderful! Inspiration lies in the sweetest places :)
June 12, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Isn't she the loveliest! They are now preserved forever! A-M xx
June 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
What a nice surprise! And such a great painting. I wish I could paint like that!
June 12, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I loved your story...thanks so much for sharing it. Fifi's keepsake painting is amazing...I love that she incorporated bits and pieces from previous posts. How thoughtful!
June 13, 2008 at 1:22 AM
WOW! How lovely! That Fifi is so amazing and talented. -Julia :-)
June 13, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Love this - If only fifi saw the rest of your apartment...she'd have lots of inspiration for her paintings!
June 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM
alll these connections - love it - you to fifi to littlebyrd and back to you again - such a treat on a sunday morning
June 14, 2008 at 12:33 PM
ps. great painting too!
June 14, 2008 at 12:35 PM
oooh, to have such talent!
June 18, 2008 at 3:15 AM
Fifi sure has class! How delightful!
March 30, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Yes,
That "FiFi" captures the essence of Paris.
I think she deserves this tribute. A great Artist.
Yvonne
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May 31, 2010 at 7:26 AM