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My Submission for Illustration Friday's Cake is from my 2003 HomeMade calendar. The title of this painting is "Home Baked" and is for the month of June. You know, a June wedding? The quote is: A House is not beautiful because of it's walls but because of it's cakes. ~old Russian proverb~
copyright 2002
ahhhh very nice. again. as always. weekly. wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou can't get more happily ever after than that!
ReplyDeleteThat's sweet :)
ReplyDeleteI knew you would have something specifically for this. And very pretty!
ReplyDeletebeautiful delicious painting!
ReplyDeleteopa! THAT is a cake
ReplyDeleteso beautiful environments you create every time!
magic, colorful and happy illos - as usual!
Very cute and sweet! I'm getting married June 10! YAY! Mary :-)
ReplyDeletesweet as usual.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute, lush and colourful! Love the swans, and it looks like the cake is a little house as well. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteHow perfect for this theme and the month of June. Cutecutecute.
ReplyDeletelove the bright colours!
ReplyDeletenow thats a CAKE!!! as usual nice work.
ReplyDeleteThat is so clever and adorable,and yummy looking!!
ReplyDeleteove it!
Luscious cake house,Val!Did you model the bride and groom after anyone? And I love all of the little flowers!
ReplyDeleteHello :o) beautiful cake - yami yami :o) keep in touch, Issi
ReplyDeleteI Heart This! Do more.
ReplyDeleteLovely and tasteful cake...
ReplyDeleteWho's wedding is it?
:0)
fabulous house cake and love that proverd too
ReplyDeleteValGal - You've done it again! LOVE your stuff!
ReplyDeleteNice, I like your detail.
ReplyDeleteI like the look and innocent feeling of your illustration.
ReplyDeletevery pretty cake..enchanting cake!
ReplyDeleteyum!
Charming illustration and I'm glad someone's fixing the roof...:::o
ReplyDeleteSo charming...it's such a pretty picture of fairy tale love:>
ReplyDeleteNow, that's a sweet cake for a sweet day. I love how you always insert the concept of home.
ReplyDeleteSo nice cake....happy cake!
ReplyDeleteI really like your "pretty in pink" house cake...so sweet!The russian proverb sounds extremely wise...
ReplyDelete:)
thanx for your lovely comment.
What a sweet image - Val! Always very colorful and full of life! I wish I could shrink myself and jump into your paintings. I'd love to take a journey into your whimsical homes!
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful, Home Sweet Cake ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Val,
ReplyDeleteExcellent proverb!
It's a very beatiful cake...I in will eat!It's appetizing! Well done.
Nice week
VERY pretty as usual!!...and perfect for the month of June, which is just around the corner!! As usual...I love the bold colors you use...makes me wish I could paint like you paint!
ReplyDeleteI guess that´s why they call some Russian architecture "sugar cake"! (Like the style of the Russian embassy in Berlin.) This is a very romantic entry, with the swans in the foreground as the perfect symbol for a life-long marriage. A perfect June entry!
ReplyDeleteOh such a enchanting scene, just lovely or delicious
ReplyDeleteso cute! Very pretty, i love it
ReplyDeletewhat great cake… er, house… well done…
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece of work! The details and the amazing delicate colors you chose-I love that pond. Kind of a shame these two lovebirds are going to take up residence, because the cake really does look good enough to eat. Love the grooms top hat and tails.
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful illustration. Your illustrations all have a lovely dreamy quality about them. Plus you always use wonderful color schemes. Great job
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet(pardon the pun). I have some Russian ancestory so I know all about that saying. I would love to see your calendar in its entirety. This is a beautiful painting.
ReplyDeletebeautiful charming and whimsical as always. I'm so amazing that you always seem to have something that goes with the week's theme! amazing
ReplyDeleteThis is truly a beautiful house (and yummy too.)
ReplyDeleteso sweet!
ReplyDeleteYou must live in the most beautiful house of all. This one is yummy....but what is yours like? Is it surrounded by rose bushes and trees full of birds singing their little hearts out? Are there blue skies above and pretty pink and white clouds?
ReplyDeleteYour illustration is delightfully delicious!
beautiful beautiful beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLovely illo! And I love the Russian saying!
ReplyDeleteThe content rather than the container!
Hi Val, we have the same idea this week. We tried to go up to the Topanga Canyon Fair on Monday, but it was too crowded! We couldn't even get the shuttle. Darn. Happy illo friday.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sweet sentiment for a wedding ~ a cake house! I love the delicateness of the flowers and the swans add to the elegance. Looks like Happily Ever After should look!
ReplyDeleteso beautiful and dreamy!
ReplyDeleteStunning as always! So magical and colorful. I think you need to come out with a coffee table book. I mean you have the most perfect illustration for everything in the world! That just rocks!
ReplyDeleteAnyway. . .another lush and delicate illustration! Beautiful.
Another beautiful illustration, Val. The colors and flowers in this one give it an almost Indian feel. Thanks for your kind comments about Trowbridge. I DO plan on bringing Mrs. T back as often as possible. I've enjoyed IF so much that I don't want to leave for good.
ReplyDeleteYou are the master of beautiful colors and scenes!
ReplyDeleteI love it val! and all those sweet details. The birds in the sky.. the swan and duck in the lake and all those flowers with such detail!!!
ReplyDeleteFun!
ReplyDeleteNot only does the cakehouse get nice scenery, but the ducks get a snack for when they get the munchies!
ReplyDeleteValgart this is so nice and a vice russian proveb indeed! So cute and sweet!
ReplyDelete'Honeymoon, keep a-shinin' in June...' that line from "Shine on Harvest Moon" popped into my head as soon as I saw this illustration. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, and thanks for the comments on the elves in my cake... Yes, Doctor, now I'm seeing faces in there, too! All thanks to you! Now where did I put those drugs from my lost youth? Maybe they can make the faces go away.
Wait a minute! You didn't say you saw elves... You said you saw Elvis! Okay, now that makes a lot more sense. Sorry for the misread on my part.
ReplyDeleteMy kinda cake. De~lovely!
ReplyDeleteSmooch,
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