My Motto Is......

Webster defines a motto as "a brief statement expressing a principle, goal , or ideal." So I guess you could say the expression "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" is a motto. With that, I thought I'd show you some pictures of my motto print collection. I really hadn't paid much attention to them until Becky introduced them to me at her home. They are really devious little pictures. They capture your attention and then you MUST have them. So after seeing hers, I started collecting them. I showed mine to my sister and now she is collecting them. When will the madness end?

This collection hangs in the upstairs bathroom.

Some mottos are prayers.

They don't have to be perfect. Notice the water stains on this little fella. It doesn't take away from the charm.

This is one of my favorites because of the colors. *I forgot to mention: Someone wrote on the back of this, "From Mr and Mrs. C.A. Bittilyon, Christmas 1938".

I bought this one as a gift for my sweety.

Lots of the mottos are for welcoming guests.... (This one says, "From Thelma and Wilbur to Will and Mattie, Dec 25-1925")

.....or for remembering friend.

This little sweet one hangs in the guest room.

This one hangs in the hallway along with all of my Scotty pictures. I just realised that I only have one Scotty motto! I'll have to fix that, now won't I?

My patriotic grouping in my family room. The large picture is of a young sailor boy and I had the artist, P. Buckley Moss, personally sign it with my son's name (he's in the Navy!).

Close up of the motto hanging above. It's rather sad, but beautiful at the same time. It's my favorite in the collection.

This is the collection that I keep in my secretary desk along with my Hummels.

The bronze shoe was my daughter's baby shoe.

This one has some gold leafing on it. Probably not realy gold, but pretty anyway.

The Hummel of the boy with the accordian and the little girl with the chicks were given to me. Lots of the mottos are tributes to Mother.

The little boy with the cello was another gift. They were given to me by a Christian woman we knew at church. She wanted them to have a good home with someone who would appreciate them. I cried! She passed away this last year and they are constant reminders of her.

Since my blog title is In the Garden with Miss Jean, I thought I better actually show you a picture from my garden. We've had such hot weather lately. This time of the year the yards really start to look sad and distressed from the heat. I managed to find a cool little corner to share with you. Hi, Mr. Bunny!

What's your motto?