Today is our wedding anniversary! My husband is a great guy and works so hard for our family.  Many long hours at the office and then works around the house too!  We have never called a plumber, electrician, carpenter, etc because he has taught himself how to do almost anything! We built this house together and the work he has done is just … [Read more...]

Of course you've heard by now if you're ANYBODY that is.... the color of the year from Pantone is Emerald. For a minute, let's ponder this Pantone thing. I mean, this COULD be a think tank of mahvelus decorators all sitting around saying things like "what a simply DIVINE color" or "this color just SPEAKS to me" or "it's so ORGANIC, so … [Read more...]

I have a lot of corks....I mean really, a lot.... Here's the disclaimer I DID NOT DRINK ALL THIS WINE at once No, seriously I did not drink all this....honest.... A couple years ago I found this game board. It was covered in corks! I wanted a game board for the boys room and then I put all the corks in these jars and figured I'd use them … [Read more...]

I was out last week looking for some paper mache hearts because I wanted to do this project. No luck...couldn't find any. Obviously there has been a run on paper mache hearts....obviously it's the same issue I addressed beforeSeasonal Schizophrenia !! I should have bought them in December I guess. So, I stopped in the fabric store for something … [Read more...]

What inspires you? What color just makes you happy? I am inspired by many things but a big inspiration for me is color... I love shades of blue....always have.. aqua turquoise aquamarine cobalt robin's egg sky ocean teal and almost any combination of those colors that will make me go "aahhh..." I even have a Pinterest Board that is titled … [Read more...]

I am in the process of repainting my kitchen white  and find I have been falling in love with red.  I've posted a lot of kitchen pics that have red in them on my FB page lately  so it seems to be something I'm drawn to. I love French style and red fits beautifully with that as well. As I was cleaning up the studio the other day and sorting fabric … [Read more...]

New Year.... New Day.... New plans.... New adventures.... New always equals change.... Change is hard......and not always good.....but without change  we'd be walking in circles chanting the Volga Boat Song.......right? Right...... If you've followed me awhile you realize I was just a tad bit OVERWHELMED by life last year....I took more than one … [Read more...]

Day two of some projects from 2012 that either were highly viewed or were some I especially enjoyed! Hope you enjoy looking through these!This little angel turned out to be a real trash to treasure makeover...link I really loved this French China Cabinet I did last year.It took awhile to sell but eventually it did.link This isn't really a project … [Read more...]