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COLOUR BOARD # 7 – ‘TO ONE IN PARADISE’

I’m excited to introduce you to the beautiful work of Shelia Donahue….Shelia is the sister to one of my clients and today she is making her debut at the cafe…..she’ll be sharing beautiful inspiration with us through her gorgeous colour boards.  Shelia has a degree in Fashion Design and Art Education….she teaches art to middle school kids and writes a column for our local newspaper.

Let’s show Shelia some true ‘cafe love’ and leave a comment welcoming her to the cafe…let’s check out the first of many colour boards by the oh-so-sweet and talented, Shelia Donahue….Enjoy!! 

From Shelia……’I’m so excited about this new opportunity and I hope you all like the board! The inspiration was Edgar Allan Poe’s To One in Paradise poem…..I wanted to get that ethereal woodland chic look.’

To One in Paradise
By Edgar Allan Poe

Thou wast all that to me, love,
For which my soul did pine-
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.

Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
‘On! on!’- but o’er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast!

For, alas! alas! me
The light of Life is o’er!
‘No more- no more- no more-‘
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar!

And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams-
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.

Credits:

Top Row: Smoke Bush Bouquet: Floral Verde , Embroidered Vines:  Chelsea Textiles, Chandelier Earrings: etsy.com/shop/ivcreations

Middle Row: Chocolate Curl Cake Martha Stewart Weddings, Simply Regal Invitation etsy.com/shop/EllasPaper, Wedding Dress: Vera Wang on Weddings, Bridesmaid Dress: Thread Design

Bottom Row: Espresso Tie: Li Weddings, Wedding Logo: etsy.com/shop/ivcreations, Fountain: Alex Rodriguez Photography

Shelia, thank you SO much for being a part of the cafe…I look forward to working with you and getting to know you…..xoxoxo