{"id":47009,"date":"2011-06-25T20:03:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T00:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47009\/tres-chic-magnifique-drips-ink-sunday-inspirationsshabby-chic\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T00:03:15","slug":"tres-chic-magnifique-drips-ink-sunday-inspirationsshabby-chic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47009\/tres-chic-magnifique-drips-ink-sunday-inspirationsshabby-chic\/","title":{"rendered":"TRES CHIC AND MAGNIFIQUE &#8212; Drips of Ink &#8220;Sunday Inspirations\/Shabby Chic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"5\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Lumixpix6-25-11138.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"5\"><em> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><em> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><em><strong>TRES CHIC AND MAGNIFIQUE<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>I&#8217;ve heard the explanations<\/em><br \/>\n<em>of what chic&#8217;s supposed to be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c&#8217;est magnifique,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>tres chic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>merci beaucoup,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and beautiful in every way.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>No chips,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>no dents,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>no scrapes at all,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that&#8217;s how chic&#8217;s supposed to be.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At least that&#8217;s how <\/em><br \/>\n<em>it was explained to me.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"5\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><em>But I don&#8217;t go along with any of that;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that&#8217;s not what chic is to me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>for chic is my reality,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>chips<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and dents<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and scrapes,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>peeled paint<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and all.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wrinkled,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>ruffled, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>signs of wear<br \/>\nand life<br \/>\n<\/em><em>and proudly worn<br \/>\n<\/em><\/font><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><em>for all to see<\/em><\/font><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><em>,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>a testimony<\/em><br \/>\n<em>to living life as it should be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>living long and living well<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and shared with love,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>then gently resting<\/em><br \/>\n<em>to live an even longer life<\/em><br \/>\n<em>among those who love tres chic<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and understand so very well<\/em><br \/>\n<em>what chic is really supposed to be.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>(c) barbara kausteklis 6-25-11<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>Written for Drips of Ink\/<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Sunday Inspirations &#8211; Shabby Chic.&#8221;<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/drips_of_ink\/blog\/543378073\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/drips_of_ink\/blog\/543378073<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>Thanks always for your visits and precious comments.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><em>~barb~<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRES CHIC AND MAGNIFIQUE I&#8217;ve heard the explanations of what chic&#8217;s supposed to be, c&#8217;est magnifique, tres chic, merci beaucoup, and beautiful in every way. No chips, no dents, no scrapes at all, that&#8217;s how chic&#8217;s supposed to be. At least that&#8217;s how it was explained to me. But I don&#8217;t go along with any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19,11,29],"tags":[89,3262,41,4],"class_list":["post-47009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-people","category-poems","tag-barbarak","tag-dripsofink","tag-photography","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}