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Pink Rose Topiary Paintings

February 10, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Pink Rose Heart Topiary Painting

I wanted to share my latest paintings today – some pretty topiaries with tiny pink roses. Cute, huh? Perfect for a little girl’s room. These are two paintings of a series of three. I’m working on the third topiary this week. As I started to write about these paintings I had to remind myself of […]

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff

Mod Podge Craft Organizing

February 5, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson 8 Comments

Mod Podge Craft Space Organizing

Pin It It’s taken nearly a month but I finally got my craft workspace organized and cute-ified. You know, there are some pros and cons about having your craft space in your bedroom. I mean, it’s hard enough keeping a craft room organized but throw that in with your personal stuff and you get this […]

Filed Under: crafts, Decoupage, More Stuff, Organizing, Techniques

Becoming a Mother–Part IV

January 21, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson 2 Comments

Becoming a Mother

The final installment of Becoming a Mother, my story of infertility and the prelude to becoming a mother to my husband’s three boys.

Filed Under: Just Saying, My Stuff

Maximizing Storage Space & A Link Party!

January 21, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Maximize Storage Space

Welcome to the final installment of Clear Your Clutter week! What a great week it’s been too with all of my awesome cohosts! Master Closet @ Mrs. Greene The Bathroom @ HomeMadeville The Kitchen @ The Country Chic Cottage Kids’ Spaces @ Attempting Aloha The Garage @ Condo Blues I hope you drop by and […]

Filed Under: More Stuff, Organizing

Becoming a Mother–Part 3

January 15, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Becoming a Mother

The third installment of becoming a mother, my infertility journey.

Filed Under: Just Saying, My Stuff

Decorating the Mantel for Valentine’s Day

January 14, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

spray-paint-hearts

How do you decorate after the holidays? Do you leave everything bare, or bring in natural elements? Or do you just dive into RED for Valentine’s Day? I have never decorated for Valentine’s Day. Ever. When my kids were young they were lucky if I made it to the dollar store to pick up valentine’s […]

Filed Under: Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, Paint Types, Spray Paint

How To Paint a Topiary Pot

January 11, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

how to paint gingham

Hello! Well, with all the ‘wordy’ posts lately you might’ve been thinking I haven’t been painting at all. Au contrere, mon frere. Which, loosely translated, means, You’re wrong, my brother. I think. I’m not really too sure. I only took a few years of high school French and it was more than a few years […]

Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, patterns, Shading, Techniques, Transfers, Tutorials

My Infertility Story

January 8, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Becoming a Mother

Your comments about My Story yesterday caught me completely off guard and overwhelmed me. Thank you so much for sharing your stories. I won’t lie – it’s a bit of an emotional struggle writing about all of this, even though it was more than 30 years ago. Or maybe it’s just the full moon tomorrow, […]

Filed Under: Just Saying, My Stuff

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