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Mr. Handsome’s Gift to Me

April 1, 2019 by 32 Comments

It’s already April, but I just realized that I never showed you the Christmas present that Mr. Handsome gave me. He’s so good at coming up with thoughtful gift ideas. Several times since we have been married, I have accidentally found out about a gift before Mr. Handsome gave it to me (more on that another time), but this one was a complete surprised. What do you think?

I admit that I cried when Mr. Handsome gave me this portrait of myself, along with a sweet note saying that he wanted to paint what he considers to be the most beautiful sight. I have to laugh, though, because the picture is currently hanging on our wall next to the crazy chicken that he painted last week.

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  1. Jen

    April 1, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    Beautiful! Your husband is very gifted. How very sweet of him! Does he have a private place to paint so you don’t see what he is working on? A wonderful and romantic surprise ❤️

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    • Ellie

      April 2, 2019 at 8:11 am

      Thank you, Jen! He has a little room where he paints, and he told me that he was working on something, so I didn’t peek in there.

      Reply
  2. Regina Shea

    April 1, 2019 at 10:53 pm

    What a beautiful painting! He did a wonderful job of capturing your lovely eyes. Thank you for sharing Ellie.

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    • Ellie

      April 2, 2019 at 8:12 am

      Aww, thank you, Regina!

      Reply
  3. Anonymous

    April 1, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    Mr. Handsome’s painting is beautiful! Ellie, I definitely can tell it’s you. Thank you for sharing, it was a nice surprise for us readers too… Jane

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    • Ellie

      April 2, 2019 at 8:12 am

      Thank you, Jane! Glad you enjoyed seeing it. Have a wonderful day.

      Reply
  4. Anonymous

    April 2, 2019 at 2:19 am

    That was an awesome Christmas present. I think that the chicken picture needs come down and be replaced with one of your baby next to you:-)

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    • Ellie

      April 2, 2019 at 8:12 am

      Oh that’s a good idea!

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      • Anonymous

        April 2, 2019 at 12:38 pm

        Yesterday I was gazing at the picture of baby ready to go with Mr Handsome in the post you just did before this current one. The reason I was ‘gazing’ is that I noticed the richness of emotion expressed on Mr H. face. It really is special. Perhaps that picture, even reproduced as a painting, would go good beside this one, imho. Anyway about this painting, he really captured the beautiful woman he chose.

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        • Ellie

          April 3, 2019 at 8:53 am

          Thank you! 🙂

          Reply
  5. LL

    April 2, 2019 at 6:57 am

    haha awwww that’s so sweet!! 💝

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  6. Benita

    April 2, 2019 at 10:10 am

    Mr. Handsome did a great job! It looks just like you, and I agree with the above poster about putting the crazy chicken elsewhere and replacing it with a picture of your baby.

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  7. Beth

    April 2, 2019 at 10:47 am

    The picture of you is beautiful. Mr.Handsome did a wonderful job. I love it. Know you need one of the baby, or one with you, Mr Handsome and Mr,Handsome Junior.

    Reply
  8. Lily

    April 2, 2019 at 10:51 am

    It’s so sweet how he uses his talents to make you gifts instead of buying them. Knowing all the time and thought he put into your gifts makes them even more special. It would be a neat idea to make one of the baby and one of himself to hang next to yours.

    Reply
  9. Candi

    April 2, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    Oh that’s the sweetest thing ever Ellie! He is VERY talented to do that good of a portrait! It is definitely you…what a keepsake for the rest of your life!

    Reply
  10. Anonymous

    April 2, 2019 at 12:41 pm

    Re the chicken picture, that says to me….please don’t
    transform into a hen pecking nag!

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  11. Louise

    April 2, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    Mr Handsome has captured you beautifully, what a lovely and thoughtfully gift. Also I love the crazy chicken picture it is so characterful.

    Reply
  12. A.

    April 2, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    You forgot the water mark.

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  13. Anne

    April 2, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    That is very impressive! How long did it take him to make it, and has he painted people before? He did a great job!

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    • Ellie

      April 3, 2019 at 8:48 am

      Thanks, Anne! It took several days, with him working on it a couple hours each day.

      Reply
  14. Angie

    April 3, 2019 at 8:07 am

    What a gift!!! You are blessed! ❤

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  15. Marilyn

    April 3, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    Beautiful and so accurate. Mr. Handsome is a talented man.
    Joan,Marion and Marilyn

    Reply
  16. Justine Elizabeth Kessner

    April 6, 2019 at 12:13 am

    WOW Ellie!!! Mr H, really captured U, and other pic is fowl!!!! Mr H’s painting have great energy about them, and that’s what I love about them!!!!! Ask him, how the “cow” 😉 is he, LOL!!!! How Mr h doing, I love U 3??!!

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    • Ellie

      April 6, 2019 at 8:40 am

      Thanks, Justine! The cow is doing well. LOL.

      Reply
  17. Deya

    April 7, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    Hi Elli,
    Besides the fact that the painting really looks like you, it is a very realistic and expressive paiting. One can see he did it with love, your hair, your eyes and beautiful smile came out very nicely. He did a good job in putting on canvas the beauty he sees everyday. Happy for you guys! 🙂

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    • Ellie

      April 8, 2019 at 12:00 pm

      Thank you, Denya! I’ll share your words with my husband. Have a lovely day.

      Ellie

      Reply
  18. Syll

    April 8, 2019 at 6:56 pm

    Beautiful painting of you Ellie
    Mr Handsome is very talented..
    Hope little Buddy is well ,
    Have a great day

    Reply
  19. anonymous

    April 25, 2019 at 11:01 am

    This is a nice painting done by your husband, but it doesn’t look as nice as you really do in photos. I guess if your readers really met you, they’d be in awe of you in person.
    1 Corinthians 13:12 English Standard Version (ESV)
    12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

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  20. Donna Mayfield

    June 16, 2019 at 10:34 pm

    What is your husband’s real name ? Just curious. And PS I won’t tell anyone else !

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    • Ellie

      June 17, 2019 at 3:13 pm

      Hi Donna,

      Mr. Handsome is an anonymous artist, so he dones’t go by his real name. 🙂

      Ellie

      Reply
  21. Rosemary

    June 17, 2019 at 7:03 am

    I’m new here, so please excuse my question, but what is your husbands real name? When he sells his paintings, what is the name he goes by. His paintings are very nice.

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    • Ellie

      June 17, 2019 at 3:16 pm

      Hi Rosemary,

      It’s good to have you as a new reader. 🙂 My husband is an anonymous artist, so he doesn’t go by his real name. So glad you like his paintings. Here is the link to a page on my site that has photos of a bunch of his past paintings: https://nashvillewife.com/meet-ellie/mr-handsome/

      Ellie
      Ellie

      Reply

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