Shopaholic Magazine

There are some places it seems you just can’t do a thing with and I have one of those places along side our chain link fence. I have tried for the last five years to plant everything from trees and shrubs to all kinds of flowers and vines. It either looks terrible and scraggly or doesn’t grow at all. So this spring I bought a set of pot holders that you would normally clamp onto a deck rail. The people I bought them from helped me figure out a way to hook them onto the chain link fence so I could place flower pots on the fence itself to give it some color and I love it! Read more…

Fourth generation artist Nicole Etienne paints in a style that marries traditional elements of still life painting with a lack of strict geometric perspective – the influence of cubism. Her paintings have an spirited, contemporary feel that reflects the artist’s own personality. It was as a student at the Lorenzo de Medici School of Art in Florence, Italy that her style really began to develop and her work began to come into its own. Tapestry, Etienne’s Green Apple shows off one of her series of studies of fruit that is now available as a tapestry wall hanging from Decor4u.com. The image of an apple, green tones shading to red, fills almost the entire piece. The dark green leaves blend subtly with the dark background. The word “apple” is chalked in script underneath. The subtle, elegant tones of the tapestry will suit any room in the house. Read more…