ith her cute smile, bright eyes, warm personality, youth and innocence, Marie has everything you could want in a "girl next door."

But there's more. With her highly adventurous spirit, she has everything you could desire in a "girl next door."

She also has a great deal of patience, which she displayed while I took an unusually long time preparing for "Marie stool" shown at left.

For "Marie stool" I wanted the kitchen in the background to be dark so all the qualities of Marie's wonderful skin and hair would really project. But the kitchen had to be light enough to see the blue in the cabinet doors.