700 Drayton Restaurant

I thought I would do a post on the 700 Restaurant since that was part of my color inspiration for my header painting.  This was one of the places I wanted to go into because it was part of the Mansion Hotel.   When my sister came to visit we were heading downtown and I always park by the Mansion Hotel and walk because of the free parking but mainly because we can walk around and enjoy the site seeing and not worry about the meter.  So this day we were actually heading downtown but needed to stop at Forsythe Park Cafe to use the restroom but we found out that on Mondays they are closed, along with many shops, so into the 700 restaurant we went.  I was captivated the moment we walked in!!!!  This was right up my alley of interest that I just couldn't get over it.  After we were showed where the restroom was we came back out and asked if we could walk around and take pictures and they said sure, so we did!!!!  WARNING: Tania if you do not want to see this before you come skip this post!:)

The entrance had this colorful light and a sneak peak of a chandelier in the window.

This was the first inspiration I had for my header.  Orange, Dark Brown, and Leopard Print.  So Stunning when you first walk in.  This is the lounge.

Not sure what this is, bar maybe, in same room.

A small setting area off the fireplace.

Love these two chairs! Main Lobby

Do you just love the leopard print on the stairs?

I love the two tone curtains and how they twisted them for a nice effect.

This is on your way upstairs to the bar and three dining areas. I also, love the long chandelier of course! Also, I really need to learn how to use my camera with all the light coming in the windows, doesn't make for a perfect shot.

The walls are full of artwork and they are so colorful!!  The artwork looks great on this white wall and all white frames it just shows off all the colors and yes the wonderful chandelier.

This is at the top of the stairs and going into the bar.

I loved the orange fabric on the bar stools look great next to all the dark brown.  Plus, they way they have the stools tilted slightly and not just pushed straight in looks great two. 

Sitting area off the bar to the right. Love all the colorful curtains and accessories.

Of course I had to get in the shot. I pretended I was all dressed up with my pretty scarf and that I fit right in.

Another shot of the bar from the other side.

They had so many chandeliers and this one is so colorful hanging over the bar area.

This was on the left side of the bar a sitting area with a piano.

Could you just see yourself sitting and enjoying a nice glass of wine and listening to the piano player and just enjoying the atmosphere?

This is a hallway on the left as you come upstairs and wait for the picture of the room that is straight ahead.

The curtains where heavy brown velvet, so luxurious.  Plus, what a beautiful mirror.

Dinning area room one with blue chandelier.

Dining area room two.  I loved the dining area in the round corner, and of course, all that window light didn't help the picture much.

How unique is this chandelier?

Here is dining area room three and the one I spoke of earlier, this is my favorite one.  Do you just love the gold fruit.  When my sister saw this she new I would instantly love it and so she turned the lights on, she was so right.

I loved the color of the chandeliers and the over all look and of course the artwork so colorful!

Now we are heading back downstairs.

Oh, and this is Craig Carter who we got to chat with and who was so nice to talk to.  He was willing to spent some time with us and tell us a bit of the sites of Savannah. I would just love to have him as a friend!

I loved all the turns on the staircase along with the leopard print.

My sister Pam and the two fun chairs.  I know this wasn't her thing but she allowed me to browse every inch and I loved her for that!

Lighting in the hallway going to the bathroom.

This was another dining area on your way to the bathroom. 

Of course I love the chandelier!!!  I am in chandelier heaven here!!!!

This is a shot looking up into it but darn it didn't come out clear but pretty none the less.  The gold glass against the blue ceiling.  I am not sure if the ceiling was blue but cool in the picture.  I think I need to get rid of the exit sign kinda distracting in its pretty pink glare.

We are heading outside now and love the entrance with the beautiful light and curtains.

As you take a left coming outside you will come to this and way in the back is another area with, of course, a chandelier and another surprise.

I love the color of the white ceiling, the glass chandelier with its black prisms, and the orange brickwork.

Here is the surprise.  A fountain and how cool is she!!!

I love the twist it has and the umbrella with the water coming off of it. 

Here is a shot going back to the entrance.  I love all the white marble (I think it's marble) walkway.

Through the window was another dining area but I didn't take any pictures in there because there were people eating.  Maybe next time I will take a peek.

There is so much detail in this restaurant.  This is by the front step going into the restaurant.

This is the outside patio.

Oh, and do you remember we originally came in here for the restroom?  Well, do you just love the wash bowl?  I really wasn't dressed for such a beautiful experience but who cares I was in heaven!!!  I hope you have enjoyed this day trip and to my friend Tania this is the place I was talking about to go to and have lunch if you are interested, you know I will be so into going! :)

xo

barb

Header Removed

I just wanted to let you know that I just wasn't pleased with the header I painted so I have removed it.  I guess I am to picky and couldn't get over it.  I see so many blog header's that seem to just fit the person who is writing the blog and I hope to one day find that perfect one that I am happy with.  I really loved the lady I painted on my last blog header so I will see what I can do with that.  So thank you to all who respond and cheered me on I really do appreciate all the comments.

xo

barb

Photo Challenge Bonus Page & Week 9

Well, I can tell you it is a wonderful thing to be caught up with this challenge, I can take my time and enjoy the process without thinking I am behind.  I am not sure how I will come up with photos of me for the bonus pages, but I just what to let you know that I feel funny being all by myself in front of my mirrors in the house trying to come up with that perfect shot! :) How silly.

Bonus Page: Charlie's Angels Feb month end.

I called this one Charlie's Angels because when I was gluing the photos down it just reminded me of that show for some reason (the three girls with guns instead of cameras).  I know this dates me but I liked that show back then when women got the job done! 
The picture on the right was edited in photobucket and as I was playing around with the different effects buttons and I liked this one, I think it was the fresco (sorry I did it a while ago and can't remember).  Also, I am finding it hard not to use the gems I just think they add something to every page.  I just love bling can't help it God made me this way so what is a girl to do. :)  The reason I used the one on the page on the right was to mark the beginning of the sentence.
Plus, I have to say it is weird to do so many photos of myself for these bonus pages since I really am not that stuck on myself. I think when my children look at this book when I am gone they will feel that I am with them and we can laugh together on how silly there mom was and I like that thought.

Week 9:  Pink Magnolia, March 5th

This page is just a beauty it just looks so girly and I love that, I am all about flowers and everything famine.  I loved taking pictures of this flower and was glad to meet a new neighbor in the process.  Wouldn't you just figure that the owner would be taking her dog for a walk and was just getting back home and here I was in her yard with a camera and she says "can I help you"?.  I would have to say that it was only three feet into her front/side yard and didn't think I was to over trespassing but I was on a mission. :) Well, we got to talking about all the flowering shrubs she had in her yard and she even gave me the tag off one of her pink magnolia trees just so that I could have it!  She was so nice and accommodating.  So to you Shirley, Thank you!

She told me before she went into the house that I was free to take some flowers home with me and I tried taking the two beauties that I mentioned in my last post but as I was trying to break the branch all the petals fell to the ground!  I decided that I would need to take one that wasn't fully open and it work so this is the one that made it back home with me.  As you can see this was taken in my bathroom where a lot of pictures are taken since that has the best lighting. :(  Go figure.

I was playing with different effects and loved these two. This one I used the spotlight effect and I like it because you aren't distracted by it being in the bathroom.

This one is my favorite and was edited in photobucket under the retro effects called old photo.  Do you just love the pink color tone? I am hooked, so vintage!! 

This is the result of me touching the flower the next day, all the petals fell off without barely touching it.  I guess I was glad to have taken the pictures the first day because I wouldn't want to go back and get another one so soon. :) I hope you have a great weekend!

xo 

barb

Pick a flower, hold your breath and drift away.

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Pink Magnolia Tree

Since we moved to Savannah last May this is the first spring I have seen here and now is the time for new flowers to bloom! I know we don't get the snow like the north but we do get the cold whether and lots and lots of cloudy days so this is spring to us and I am loving it!   I was out driving in our neighborhood yesterday trying to capture this pink blooming tree for my photo challenge for this week.  I had noticed it last week and wondered what kind it was, then to find out it is called a Pink Magnolia and what a beautiful scent, smells a lot like lilacs.  The magnolia is one of my favorite flowers, next to the peony & hydrangea, but only thought that it came in white so to see it in pink what a treat!!   Since my challenge only requires one photo (okay I do use more that one sometimes) :)  I thought I would do a post on these beauties.  They were taken on three different sites.

Love the clear blue skies next to the pink!

I have a White Magnolia flower that I painted in an outdoor painting class last year so I think I will try to paint a pink one as well since I think it is absolutely beautiful.

I love this shot because it shows the pink flower with spanish moss hanging from its branches with no leaves just bare twigs.

This one is pretty because of the pink flower, grey spanish moss, and the beautiful blue sky.

This was at another person's house.  These two were just beautiful together.

Absolutely beautiful!!! (now how many times did I say "absolutely beautiful" words just cannot describe them). I hope you have enjoyed these beauties as much as I do and now I can't wait to do my photo challenge.   Blessings to you today.

xo 

barb

Flowers whisper what words cannot say.

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Photo Challenge Week 8

This week's photo was taken on a walk with my hubby on Tybee Island.  The crane in the picture is in this spot a lot and was willing for me to take a couple of shots before he walked away.  The day was nice and sunny and the crane looked so white against the blue water which came from the reflection of the sky. 

What is really neat about this picture and why I picked it is because if you look at the crane's reflection in the water the details of it are visible but the bird itself is totally white!  How cool is that!!  I don't know maybe this happens a lot to most people but it was a first for me and I was thrilled.  When putting this page together I almost glued the picture upside down because of the reflection but caught myself before it was to late.

The layout itself is pretty simple and I wish I would have done the little picture in a circle instead of a square but I will leave that for another challenge page.  Have a blessed day.

xo

barb

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

author:  John Muir

Week 8: The Crane Feb. 26th

Thrift Store Craft Project

I love going to thrift stores you just never know what you will find.  For this project I used one of my  floral dishes I already found from a second hand store and a candle holder base I found at a local Goodwill.  When my friend Tania and her husband came to visit in January she found this same dish at Two Women & A Warehouse antique store for $1.00 and we decided we were going to make them into matching pedestals.  We were trying to look for matching candle bases so we could do this project together while they were here but we just couldn't find the right candle base to attach to them so we never did do the project together.  

When Tania got home it didn't take her long to find her base and make this project and that is one of the things I admire about her she is not a procrastinator, I on the other hand am and that is one thing I don't like about myself.  When I saw hers it turned out so beautiful and I was determined to get this project done so I was on a mission.  This was such a quick and easy project and I will be making more in the future, all you need is candle holders, dishes, and glue now how easy is that.

This dish is beautiful and I couldn't wait to finish it.  The cream and gold trim with the pink roses are the ones I tend to gravitate to the most they just seem a little more vintage to me.  I have a wooden drying rack that I keep out all the time just for these dishes so that I can admire and use them daily.  I love using them because they are so feminine and pretty and who says you have to use them only on special occasions, everyday is special and a gift from God so I use them often. 

I found this at a local Goodwill store for $.99 and fell in love with it right away!  I just love the detail it has and was the perfect size I was looking for for this project.   I so love the hunt and that is why I get a lot of things at the thrift store, to me this item has been cast aside and unwanted and I have rescued it.  I know that sounds weird but that is how I have always thought. 

So now that I have my dish and candle holder base ready with just alittle 5 min. Epoxy you just glue them together and wait for them to dry.  I know it says 5 min. but I usually wait until the next day to pick it up I would just hate it if it fell apart and broke before I could even use it so I play it safe.

When it is all dry you end up with a beautiful pedestal.

I have placed mine in my craft room on my working table, put ribbon roses, and a pink plastic flower in it for future projects. It is such a wonderful feeling when you complete a project and you can just sit back and enjoy it.  So to my friend Tania, I think of you everyday!!! :)  Blessings to you.

xo
barb 
Friends are like quilts:  Lives pieced together, stiched with memories, and bound by love.
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