Easter’s upon us. It snuck up on me. I am not prepared. I have no Easter decorations out, but I think I’ll drag them out in the morning. In the meantime, I thought I’d share my very small religions item collection.
I collect these for two reasons. I love the subject matter and I love the art form. Southern Baptists don’t traditionally have these things in their houses, they’d have a picture of The Lord’s Supper, but I’m not very traditional in anything I do.
This picture was bought a year ago, but has just now come home with me.
I had trouble getting the color right in the pic, but it’s close enough. The picture is quite large, about 18″ x 24″ would be a good guess. Finding the right spot for it prompted a gathering of the other religious items. I’m particularly fond of the Italian Florentine triptychs. I only have two and was shocked that they do so well on eBay! Won’t be buying any there. Guess I’ll just have to wait until I find more at estate sales. Here’s what I’ve arranged so far.
Now, that’s not all the collection. I was asked last week what was in the blue box on the mantle. More of this stuff, but I was afraid to put it all out. Concerned it would start to look too cluttered.
Another thing I’m especially fond of is the primitive, Bible School craft-night crosses. And I only have two of them. I also have a couple of Madonna planters, but haven’t decided what to do with them or the little things in the cabinet.
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Tomorrow’s the last day to enter for the locker basket. I apologize for not getting around and reading all your blogs. I’m only 772 feeds behind – as of this writing. My intentions, as always, are good. I keep Google Reader open at all times. And right now? I’m so sleepy I can hardly hold my eyes open. There’ll be no blog reading tonight. Heck. I don’t even know if anything that was written tonight makes any sense at all.
Hiya, thanks for stopping by…
It is funny, evryone who visits us are all on the same page, we all relate, but it is good to hear someone do the same thing, we dont feel so bad!Lol!
I was just reading your post on ebay, and shame it was disappointing.I often receive emails to go to forums, but I always decline.Ebay annoys me lately, and as much as I try to get away from it and concentrate on my website, it draws me back in.I know if I cant sell it on the Website, it sells straight away on ebay.I guess it is good that Im selling iether way, but the fees are astronomical!
Have a nice easter,Sue
your collection is just lovely, some really wonderful pieces. have a beautiful day! susan
Hi!~ Love your blog~So glad you found me. I’ve added you to my favorites. I can’t wait to explore your site. And thanks for visiting mine (and for the encouraging words- I really appreciate it!)…
My mother blames that “Southern Baptist lack-of-art” for my lapsed religious life. When I was a teenager I fell in love with religious art, and ended up going to mass with a Catholic friend, just to see the church. Our Southern Baptist church was so plain – the attendance board, the floral arrangment, and generic carpet. And they wonder why I slept through church….