Brown Paper Wall

THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TODAYI told you that  covered the ugly pegboard wall in my little booth/shop with brown paper and book pages. I wanted to show you how I did it! This treatment is one I've used many times before. I used to work in amateur theater and primarily did set design. Amateur theater never has much money. As well, our former … [Read more...]

A Peek at the Shop

Just a quick post today as i am running kids and errands all over God's creation today!!! Opened officially yesterday and I wanted to show a couple shots. The flourescent lighting really does a number on the pictures but hopefully you'll appreciate them! See how nice the overhead banner turned out? It's hard to read because RIGHT overhead above … [Read more...]

French Friday : Crepes

Today I will be making some crepes. There are both savory and dessert crepes.  Crepes are also French street food as well as something you might encounter in a fine restaurant. If you have ever seen real crepes made, they are cooked on a large, flat pan.A wooden tool is used to spread the batter perfectly evenly.They are HUGE also...mine are … [Read more...]

Giveaway Winner!!!

Bienvenue au ma cuisine! I WILL be making crepes a bit later today...so stop back if you'd like to see that! But, I first must drive to the shop because it's opening day for me! Yay!  Working hard here finishing up a few things and loading the car. Before I leave however, some faithful followers have signed up for the giveaway subscription … [Read more...]

Vintage Book Page Garland

Have you seen the book page garlands that are the rage right now? I've never seen one for sale around here but I imagine you can buy one somewhere. (California again probably....LOL) They would be pretty difficult to ship I guess because they're delicate. Anyway, I've been wanting to make one for the longest time. let me tell you, blogging will … [Read more...]

In The Backyard

Good morning! The weather here is absolutely gorgeous with temps at almost 70 already! The sky is a gorgeous shade of blue with just some scant wisps of clouds! I took a few pics of the backyard to show you some of what's in bloom. I can only show a bit because it is embarrassingly unkempt.....{sigh}...if I ever win the lottery I am hiring a garden … [Read more...]

Mickey Mouse Party and Giveaway Reminder!

Goodness...could we pack in just one more thing over the last few days? I don't think so! Saturday was my grandson's 3rd birthday party. He's a huge Mickey Mouse fan so that was the theme. My daughter does such a great job with kids parties! She has a new cricut machine and enjoyed using that... she said it saved SO much time as before she would … [Read more...]

Rejoice!!

".....but these things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." John 20:31 … [Read more...]