What's On Your Wall Wednesday-Work office

I've joined another weekly linky party. It's called "What's on you wall Wednesday". It is hosted by Barb at Grits and Glamour. Be sure to click on her blog name & it will take you to her blog where you can see what is on her wall & find the list of all the other participants. It's fun to see what everyone is putting on their walls.

This week I am going to show you what is on my walls in my office at work. I work in a small insurance agency selling personal lines insurance. Since I live in a family of all men at home, they don't like all my girly things. So I bring my girly things to my work office to hang on my walls there.

I love shabby chic, roses, fairies, cherubs, mirrors (I'm really not vain, just need to make sure I am still alive) & anything frenchy. So the walls of my work office reflect this. I also sometimes sell on ebay & the items on my wall are the types of things I sell on ebay.

Here is one of the walls in my office. This is the biggest wall. I'll show you each piece individually.
I bought this picture off of ebay. It is like a shadowbox, so it has a framed girl with roses within a larger frame. I love this picture. I think I paid about $7.00 for it. I usally don't buy framed prints off of ebay as these are the type of items I sell, but I loved this frame so I had to have it.
This rose painting I bought at Ross. Can't remember what I paid for it, but since I am so cheap, it couldn't have been more than $10.00.
This cherub picture I bought at a thrift store for $3.00. I am so upset that I broke off & lost the flowers from the right hand side of the frame. Do you ever do stuff like that? The cherub is raised up off the backing for a 3D effect.
This rose picture I bought from Ross years ago.
This is my ultimate most favorite picture. It belonged to my Great Grandma. This is the print that got me loving roses & collecting rose prints.
This frame I purchased at a craft/antique show for $3.00. I printed out the rose print from my computer & put it in the frame.
This frame came from a thrift store for $2.00. I printed out the fairies/cherub print from my computer & put it in the frame. The glass is the frame is bubbled out. That is why there is so much glare in the photo.
This frame came from a thrift store & I paid $5.00 for it. This is my largest framed print. I love the fleur de lis's on it, very frenchy. I bought the rose print at an antique store & it fit the frame perfectly. I snatched the glass from an old print that I no longer liked. And ta da, I have a beautiful picture. I had to take the photo at an angle so there would be no glare & you could see the print.
Can't remember where I got this little mirror. I just loved the shabbiness of it.
This is another wall in my office. This wall is the one I look directly at.
This rose painting came from the thrift store. I paid $5.00 for it. I accidentally scratched off some of the paint on the urn. Boo hoo. But since I like anything shabby, the scratch just adds to it's character (I'm trying to make myself feel better about scratching it).
This frame my sister in law gave to me. It originally had some print in it that I didn't care for, but I liked the frame, so I printed out a rose print by Catherine Klein to put in it. This particular rose print is my most popular print that I sell on ebay. Note to self, need to start selling on ebay again.
This clock came from Michael's last year. I love the colors, the shabbiness and because it is Frenchy. It also has a crown which I love. So how could I pass it up? Plus I always need to know what time it is. Don't want to miss out on my lunch break.
This came from Michaels last year too. I love the cherubs!
I got this mirror a few years back from an online website called ABC Distubuting. I love how it has tin. I always wanted a tin mirror, but I really want one made from an old ceiling tin, but this one will have to do until then.
These next 2 photos come from a third wall in my office (which is the smallest wall). I didn't take a photo of this wall as it only has these 2 items, plus a calendar and the temp control for the heater. Not really much to look at.

These cherubs I bought off ebay to use at my wedding reception about 3 years ago. I never did use them, so I brought them to work to brighten up my walls.

This mirror came from ABC Distrubuting. I love the shape of this mirror.

So that is what is on my walls at my office at work. I did not show you the 4th wall in my office as it is the back of file cabinets and a book shelf for some of my papers. We disguise the file cabinet backs with plants that trail down. I don't have a real office at work, it is more of a pass through that we made into an office. But hey, it's mine!!! And I get to decorate it however I like.

Decorating my office with the things I love makes coming to work a little easier. We should always surround ourselves with the things we love. Don't you agree?

So now go on over to Grits and Glamour and see what is on everyone elses wall. And before you go, be sure to leave me a comment on what you like on my wall.

Kim

Themed Thursday-Furry Friends Real or Faux

It's the 2nd week of Themed Thursday sponsored by KD at Southern Whimsy. This weeks theme is Furry friends real or faux. I've decided to show you my collection of Teddy Bears. When you are done looking, go on over to Southern Whimsy & check out what everyone else is sharing. Oh yeah, you can click on any photo to make it larger (if you want).

These 3 bears I have in my office at work. The one on the left my hubby gave me for Valentine's Day a few years back. The middle bear I bought from Tender Heart Treasures. The bear on the right is suppose to go in my game room at home, but I forgot until today that he was at work. I'm not sure where I got him.

Here are some more bears I keep at work. The left bear is another Valentine bear. The middle bear I think was from Valentine's day as well. The bear on the right I bought for myself as it was too cute to pass up. I love her sweater!
This bear I bought off ebay for $2.00. Can you believe it? He is probably at least 15" tall. He stays at work as well. Doesn't he look a little sad? He shouldn't be, he has lots of friends to keep him company.
This is the last bear I keep at work. I got this bear in Munich Germany in 2003. Don't you love her outfit? I could kick myself that I didn't buy the matching boy bear as well. I also bought a Steiff bear in Germany, but he is hidden away in a closet somewhere. At least I hope he is.
These 2 bears are my Valentine Bears in my family room at my house. I do have a matching boy bear to the one on the left, but not sure where he is. Maybe he is off buying a Valentine's gift.
This Boyd's bear sits on a shelf in my hallway. I love bears with hats. I can't resist them.
This bear I bought at Walmart a long time ago. The dress came from Tender Heart Treasures years ago as well. I combined the two to make a cute country looking bear.
Not sure where I got this bear. Just thought it was cute.
This is my newest bear. It is a Steiff bear & I bought it at FAO Schwarz toy store in Vegas last month. Can you believe this store has a one year return policy? I couldn't either. So if I get bored with this bear, I could always take it back in a year. Yeah right. Me get rid of a bear? If it was ugly I might consider it, but he is too cute to return. He came in this cute little suitcase. It even has travel stickers on the lid. Toooooo cuuuuuute.

This sweet little Boyd's bear sits in a tea cup. I love her purple hat!!!

Isn't this Boyd's bear precious? I love her felt hat & sweater.
These 2 Boyd's bears sit in our bedroom guarding the door. The bigger one has a music box inside. I used to collect music boxes, so this was a "2FER1" deal.
This is my real furry friend Missy. She is sleeping on my son's desk chair. It is her newest "favorite" place to sleep. She is about 12 years old. She was my MIL's cat until my MIL passed away. Missy is what we inherited. She is the sweetest cat.
My husband isn't too fond of Missy as she scratched up his beloved leather couch. After that, she was banned from the house for about 2 years. She has only been able to come back into the house since October & she must stay in my son's room. She is pretty good at doing so. Every once in awhile she ventures out & sometimes hides under our bed. She's not too fond of my hubby either (cause he is a meanie). The rest of my family adores her. Even my sister in law who is highly allergic to cats will pet her & love her when she comes over to visit.


And finally we have my grandson Gunner laying on the bear we got him for Christmas from Costco. It is made for a child to lay on it on the floor. The head of the bear is like a pillow. Gunner likes to lay on the floor to watch movies so when I saw this huge teddy bear rug, I had to get it for him.

Here is Gunner on Christmas morning right after he opened up the bear rug. He loved it. He carried around the house all Christmas day.
So as you can see, I love bears. Well at least the Teddy Bear kind of bears. I wouldn't want to meet up with a real bear. I guess my love of Teddy Bear's started when I was 8 years old & my grandparents took me to Yellowstone. I saw the grizzly bears & my Grandma bought me my first Teddy Bear. It came with a collar & leash. I thought it was the greatest. I wish I still had it.

I do have my most precious bears put away. I saved the first 2 teddy bears my son got when he was a baby 25 years ago. And I still have the bear that my best friend in high school made for me. As well as my first Steiff bear. I hope I can find them one day.

I hope you have enjoyed my collection. Now be sure to leave me a comment & then run over to Southern Whimsy to see some more furry friends. Next weeks theme will be "Shoes". I'll have to think about that one. I'm not a big shoe fan (even though I wear big shoes), but I'll see if I can come up with something.