{"id":61,"date":"2007-12-07T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T19:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/?p=61"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T14:45:36","slug":"holiday-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gift Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/?attachment_id=255\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg?fit=417%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"417,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"potterbookmovie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg?fit=281%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg?fit=417%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-255\" title=\"potterbookmovie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie-281x300.jpg?resize=281%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg?resize=281%2C300&amp;ssl=1 281w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/potterbookmovie.jpg?w=417&amp;ssl=1 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/paperwhimsy.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/07\/potterbookmovie.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\u00a0<a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=417,height=445,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/paperwhimsy.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/08\/potterbookmovie_2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span><em>Beatrix Potter&#8217;s Journal<\/em> is a compilation of bits and pieces of the artist\u2019s life from 1882, at the age of 16, until 1913, when she married.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>The journal is fairly large, measuring 11.5 by 10 inches, with padded covers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is beautifully illustrated book, with watercolor paintings, ephemera, and old photos.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>It contains several foldouts of maps and letters, even a small photo album.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span>Embedded in a niche in the back cover is the first <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit, <\/em>in the original black and white print.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>I have always wanted to create a really beautiful journal, and when I first saw this book, I knew it would be a great example of the way I would want mine to resemble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span><em>\u00a0 Miss Potter<\/em>, a movie starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, is a charming story loosely based on the biography of Beatrix Potter.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>As an artist, I loved seeing the studio, the home, and all the beautiful landscape which surrounds this story.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>Both of these offerings would make wonderful gifts for any artists in your family.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>You will find more information on both of these in the sidebar.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>And I love to know you if have seen either of these, and hear your opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Beatrix Potter&#8217;s Journal is a compilation of bits and pieces of the artist\u2019s life from 1882, at the age [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[354,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rande","category-attic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6473C-Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6542,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/6542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeblair.com\/inspiration\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}