Sunday, January 13, 2013

Color Us Ours

Charlotte: I'm thinking about quitting my job. Sometimes I walk by one of those Color Me Mine pottery places and I'll see a woman having a lovely afternoon glazing a bowl. That would be a nice change.

Carrie: Sweetie, if I was walking by and saw you in there, I'd just keep on walking.

Flashback Carrie and Charlotte.
Charlotte wears Lilly Pulitzer's
Not So Crabby skirt.

Sometimes my sister and I like to plan out our mid-life crises. "When I have my nervous breakdown," I'll tell her, "I'm going on a road trip to Sedona." Or sometimes, "When I have my nervous breakdown, I'm staying at the Ashram in Malibu for a week and eating nothing but goji berries and sprouts."

My sister's imaginary meltdown typically involves the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. There in the shadow of the Topa Topa mountains, she will retreat to the resort's Artist Cottage and Apothecary, where she will blend her own perfume and learn the lost art of mobile-making.


Usually, daydreams about forced downtime and hippie arts & crafts are good indicators that we need to schedule a few days off from work. That's not happening anytime soon for me, so I was thrilled to get an email from a fellow Junior Leaguer that she was organizing an event at Paint 'n Pour in Redondo Beach. At this art instruction studio/ wine bar, you can sip chardonnay while you replicate a "Painting of the Month" - in our case, one of the Manhattan Beach Pier. No artistic ability? No problem - a friendly instructor will guide you through it step-by-step. 


Here's what our paintings were supposed to look like.


Here's how my little disaster looked half-way through the class.


Uh oh.
And here's how it turned out.


The Merry Husband has suggested that we give it a place of honor where no one will ever see it in the master bathroom. It's that good.

10 comments:

  1. You crack me up. I love this post!! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It looks VERY close to the original.

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    1. I think it gets uglier every time I look at it. :)

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  2. Too funny! As someone who is taking a break, icanso relate! If I could, would run to Italy with George Clooney!

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    1. Oh...George Clooney. The Merry Husband and I were watching the end of the Golden Globes on Sunday. When he walked up to the stage, MH says in awe, "He just keeps getting better looking, doesn't he?"

      Yes, yes he does.

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  3. Planning out a mid-life crisis sounds like something my girlfriends and I would do - too funny! The painting looks fab.

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    1. Thanks so much, aMk. I have a feeling that with your crafty skills, you'd have created something living room-worthy!

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  4. I think the painting looks great too--we are our own harshest critics.

    I nominated you for a Libster Award on my blog! Please read about it on my blog if you would like to participate.
    http://ilovjedi.blogspot.com/2013/01/libseter-award.html

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    1. Elyse, thank you so much for thinking of me. Congrats on your Libster Award!

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  5. Third time's the charm? This post keeps eating my comment.

    I like your picture. To my eye it looks very like the original, and I'd be glad to come across it in a bathroom. Very jolly.

    For some reason I have often imagined myself as a slightly mad and gently glamorous old lady, tending bonsai trees in a flat overlooking Paris. Truthfully, I will probably find myself aged eighty-five going, "Well, THIS career hasn't turned out like I thought it would either, what on earth do I do now?!" :)

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    1. I'm so sorry you weren't able to comment. I don't know why, but I was having some problems last week too. Seems to be worked out now.

      Bonsai-tending...this had not occurred to us, but now that you mention it, it does seem like a very appealing career. :)

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