A Perfect Gift

For Christmas,  my Mom and Dad purchased a small oil painting for our apartment. It seems like an odd gift but it was one if those things that was meant to be.  We were out shopping this weekend and stumbled across a wonderful gallery in St Charles.  There were so many pieces I loved but didn't see any I just couldn't live without.  As we were walking out the front steps this piece caught my eye. It was smaller and tucked in the corner of the front display window.  I loved it immediately and had to go inquire about it.  The painting reminded me of Moe and I's three week trip to Europe this past summer.  The place we stayed the first week in France had the same look and feel as this little cottage.  Moe and I both love oil paintings and have been in the market for awhile as we are trying to slowly but surely replace our cheap frames and prints with some more substantial art.  When my mom said it could be our Christmas present I could hardly contain my excitement.   Now that it is in the apartment and by my front door,  I couldn't be happier with the gift!  Each time I look at it, I get swept away in the memories of our trip :)  It truly is a gift that keeps giving every time I look at it.   

- Miss J