Happy House *a few of my favorite things* 2

December 13, 2007

Another favorite ~ my newly acquired "Happy House" painting by the oh so wonderful Linda O’Neil. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, then you’ve probably seen Linda’s comments from time to time. That’s how I discovered her. She left a comment here on Creative Thursday. (This is the second time I’ve bought original art, from a connection made on the blog). When you leave comments here, I often follow your link back to your blog so I can get to know you and see what you’re up to.

Right after I moved into our new home, which I had decided to officially name our "happy house", Linda visited here and left a comment (turns out she lives in my old stomping grounds and one of my favorite places in the world Boulder, CO). I wanted to see how she was doing so I followed her link back to her blog and saw this beautiful painting, titled so perfectly "Happy House". I immediately clicked over to her Etsy Shop, Abby Creek Studios, and it was still available, and that was that, I had to have it.

And every day that goes by I feel more settled in our new place and I am realizing just how happy I feel here in my "happy house" with my beautiful painting hanging directly across from desk.
Thank you Linda, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!

(ps ~ Linda also paints great pet portraits and if you love this painting you can get it as a print over at her Etsy Shop )

Comments (13)

It's wonderful color for a Happy House. I am so glad you find it for your home.
I went to her etsy and her dogs and the little car look really familiar. I think I have seen her work before. She is very good.

Posted by: Karen | 12/13/2007 08:50:47 PM

Yes Linda is the best. Not only is she a great artist...she is a great friend .

Posted by: Leigh | 12/13/2007 10:17:15 PM

you TRULY live in a happy house!
what a great piece painting to represent the feeling of your home!

Posted by: chanin | 12/14/2007 12:57:58 AM

Great acquisition! Sooo adorable! Lucky you that you found your Happy House ... twice. :)

Posted by: Tracy | 12/14/2007 01:35:44 AM

Oh. I adore house paintings and I love painting houses.

I love this about the blog world, we get to turn each other on to amazing new artists and share all the love, creativity and inspiration.
I'm on my way over to Linda's Etsy, asap.

p.s. Boulder is a fantastic place! I was homeless there for awhile when I ran away from home at 17 to travel around with a soup kitchen run by other homeless hippies. In Boulder, people were so kind to us. Instead of asking for people's spare change, we just asked people for a spare smile. Apparently, they liked that and bought me ice cream from the Ben & Jerry's on the Pearl. I was a crazy kid at 17. Glad I got a chance to meet beautiful people and visit Boulder.

Sarah

Posted by: Bodhi Girl | 12/14/2007 04:17:34 AM

oops. I think I gave you the address to the blog I don't use much anymore in the post above. Here's my New one.

Sarah

Posted by: Bodhi Girl | 12/14/2007 04:19:34 AM

i love this!

Posted by: kelly | 12/14/2007 11:05:49 AM

Sarah ~ what a great story. You know, I spent 20 minutes on Pearl Street at the Boulder Book Store and decided to move there from Florida. So, that's just what we did!

Posted by: marisa | 12/14/2007 12:36:12 PM

what a wonderful idea to *christen* the happy house and commemorate it with such a jubilant painting!

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Posted by: kelly LOVES whales | 12/14/2007 12:48:18 PM

Oh so pretty, thank you for sharing this art Marisa. And I love love love your new header and the colors - so pretty.

Is your favorite color red? I meant to ask you this like 5 times already. Whenever I see primary colors, esp. red, I ALWAYS think of you.

Posted by: decor8holly | 12/14/2007 04:10:54 PM

I do love RED ~ it's my favorite! how could you tell?
It's only everywhere over here.... :)

Posted by: marisa | 12/14/2007 04:31:43 PM

Well I just now saw this post...thank you so much Marisa! It pleases me to have my little Happy House painting go to such a lovely person.

Happy Holidays in your Happy House! xox

Posted by: Linda O'Neill | 12/19/2007 07:41:11 PM

love the art!

Posted by: exterior painting ma | 06/30/2008 03:16:12 PM