The Fantastic Women of PRH!

Oh, I just got permission to post a picture from Katie that is one of my favorites.
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Last week we, the women of a wonderful group called Pretty Romantic Homes on Ebay decided to advertise our creations on our blogs. First I have to mention that they are kindest, sweetest, most supportive, loving women I've ever met. We live in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, W. Va., Idaho, Florida, Australia, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Montana and Michigan (Amy!). But we have an incredible amount of talent from painters to sewers to crafters and other mixed media arts. We love each other and are a very good mix to be together. We can't wait each morning to start chatting and giving advice on how to deorate and make life beautiful and PINK!!!
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Sharon is a painter of the tiniest roses charms you've ever seen. They are just exquisite. So tiny you cannot believe how she can paint such treasures but they are stunning. This has to be one of my all time favorites of her charms because it is pink! And Sharon loves victorian decor. She has the most amazing pink color on some of the walls in her house. You will see some of her home on her blog also. She lives in the tropics. :-)

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Stephanie, our "Queen of Bling" and "Mother of the Bride for November" has more mirrors than Buckingham Palace. The cutest dogs and the sweetest mum in Texas. Visit her store for gorgeous mirrors, jewelry and fabrics. She's my longest "virtual friend"!! That is her wedding dress and she keeps it on display in her bedroom along with "Gone With The Wind" memorabilia. Ooooooh, Rhett!!! sends her swooning! We have to hold her back some days!! :-)
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Bertie who has a wonderful old house and a pink cottage to "play" in. You will definitely want to visit her website and see the incredible things she has. You would never be disappointed. They has victorian, shabby, chic, roses, lace, medallions, and just things you'll want to buy. I love this pumpkin because it looks so "victorian" and is really quite lovely.
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Celeste paints and makes just about anything you can imagine for shabby chic, french and tuscan. She lives in Texas with her hubby and dog Miss Beasey Lee. She is a member of the Decorative Artists of America. She makes wonderful prim items and shabby and chic roses. There are so many things of hers that are my favorite, but I chose this pumpkin because it now graces my home and was a wonderful surprise from this lovely lady!
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Karen is another beautiful rose painter. Take a look at her stuff also. She lives with her hubby and daughter and kitties. One of her daughters recenly went to NY to study! She loves to craft and a self-admitted flea market junkie! We just love having her in the group!
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Connie , and this is ME (!), makes pillows, totes, blankets, tags, decorative hang tags, footstools, chair covers, has a passion for decorating and pink and I craft weekly with a 9 year old scrapping buddy, Tasha. I love to simply keep busy! These little birdhouses are my favorite thing to make. This one wasn't my first but it is my favorite!
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Lorena lives in Michigan with her hubby and daughter. She is also a fantastic rose painter and just a wonderful crafter. She keeps mostly busy with her daughter in high school and being her chauffeur. :-) She has the "fluffiest" roses ever. She also did a wonderful makeover recently for a home for underprivileged women. It turned out beautifully and was raved about on our group for the kindness this woman exhibits.
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Katie is our tiny little "hun" who keeps us in line. :-) She and hubby have goats, chickens and more mild animals running their desert adobe than a petting zoo! (She also maintains a "desert" garden the like of which could sustain an ARMY!!) And she milks them and makes yogurt, ice cream, juices and the most gorgeous paintings you've ever seen. She did one painting of a cottage with roses and bunnies that is actually my favorite (and in a "private" collector's home!) but this vase runs a close second. It's just adorable.
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Rhea lives in Las Vegas with her tall Italian hubby. ;-) She loves to paint and craft and has some of the most amazing ideas for stuff I've ever seen. Pretty boxes, hand painted roses tags, birdhouses, suitcases and ornaments. Beautiful stuff!! I have 4 of her lovely little ornaments like this one hanging on my dining room chandelier in a place of honor because they are so fresh and pretty! Her roses are also exquisite and so "fresh and clean" looking.
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Amy lives in a house with a sweet hubby and 5 little boys! She just got into crafting and has come a long way and is getting very creative with so many things. We're very proud of how far she has come in such a short time. We've nicknamed her Princess because I think she is the youngest in our group and she is a tiny little thing with long red curly hair!
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Ele lives on a farm in North Dakota and has an old church as her shop. You have got to see it! Go to her blog and look around. It is the most amazing place and we all lust after a place like that to "craft" in. She is a "true" farmer's wife and cooks meals for all the farm hands! She is a gorgeous blonde with a daughter who is gonna be a heartbreaker as she looks just like her mom! Ele makes wonderful things and puts them on etsy.

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