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Stunning, Julie!! What a gorgeous way to end the year! Can’t wait to see all your art in 2014. 🙂
Happy New Year! xo
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Thank you, Teresa – I’m excited to see what the new year brings too!
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Knew those eyes immediately. They look just like her. Striking. Did you see the Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night. Shirley MacLaine was among the five honored. What a stellar career and life she’s had. Love that she wanted to be in Downton Abbey.
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Unfortunately not – I don’t get regular TV reception, and don’t have cable either, but I’ll look to see what I can find on the interwebs – thanks for the tip!
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Wow, this is my favorite! I must catch up on putting these on Pinterest. Adorable!
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I should show you the first attempt, Catherine – it’s good and awful at the same time!
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😉
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She’s quite lovely!
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Thanks!
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Stunning. Happy New Year to you, too, Julie!
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Happy New Year to you too, Jarm!
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Holy Cow-wa-bunga, Julie!!!!!! And I ONLY use that word when I’m really impressed…which I am with this Downton series! So.much.fun.
Your drawing is a dead-ringer!!! I have to know what your daughter is thinking of all this!!!! She must love it!
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I would like to know too! So if you are reading this, Livvybean – whatcha thinkin’?
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Wow!, So beautiful, Julie. That up-nosed look… *giggles*
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Her eyes drove me crazy, tough to capture correctly.
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Whoa. Great!!! 😆
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Thanks, E.
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