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 […]
Mod Podge Craft 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 […]
Becoming a Mother–Part IV
The final installment of Becoming a Mother, my story of infertility and the prelude to becoming a mother to my husband’s three boys.
Maximizing Storage Space & A Link Party!
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 […]
Becoming a Mother–Part 3
The third installment of becoming a mother, my infertility journey.
Decorating the Mantel for Valentine’s Day
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 […]
How To Paint a Topiary Pot
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 […]
My Infertility Story
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, […]



