{"id":1694,"date":"2023-01-16T10:31:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:20:29","slug":"for-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1694","title":{"rendered":"For a friend .."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you have a good friend who loves to shop and has just about everything it is difficult to purchase a gift for that person. So because I love to paint I decided to paint a gift for her that was not only hand painted but on a unique surface &#8211; an ostrich egg ! I sat in my studio and painted a view of the Indian River Lagoon that we both see everyday, and love. 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So because I love to paint I decided to paint a gift for her that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1694\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,171,170],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-gift","tag-ostrich-egg"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jXmy-rk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=112","url_meta":{"origin":1694,"position":0},"title":"Glitter and Bling","author":"Debra","date":"December 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Usually I have a pretty traditional theme in our home for the holidays - but this year I decided to light the house up with some color and sparkle.\u00a0 I purchased the small pink and red Christmas trees at Michaels two years ago for $1.00 each - a real bargain!\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?cat=138"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pink Trees","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pink-Trees-.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1623,"url":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1623","url_meta":{"origin":1694,"position":1},"title":"Boudoir doll ?","author":"Debra","date":"August 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Well my latest doll, a 1930's pattern for a boudoir doll doesn't exactly look like a boudoir doll to me. 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