hearty lentil soup with sausage | recipe
My mom has been making a variation of this lentil soup for as long as I can remember. If you haven’t noticed, I prefer creamy soups. I just enjoy them more than brothy soups and they can still be healthy with just a few adjustments (like cutting just a little bit of cream with milk […]
15 creative exercises to fill your sketchbook
Last night, I said it out loud. “I am finally starting to really see myself as an artist.” I have put the title on my profiles and have reluctantly used it in introductions, but I didn’t really feel it down to my bones. I don’t know what shifted or what gave me permission to internally […]
timeless decorating & design inspiration
While I’m always inspired by magazines, I tend to hold onto them for a while and then drop them off in recycling or pass them along to someone else after a time. Fresh inspiration comes in and there is only so much room for magazines that I’m not likely to revisit as a resource. But, […]
weekend art studio shuffle | organizing
A few people have suggested it for the past few months, but I have resisted moving my knitting/embroidery crochet stuff out of the studio. I like to have all of my creative things together and handy! But, my recent book-buying-bender forced the issue. After sitting in the studio for a while, staring at a stack […]
impressionist still life series
After over a decade of creating as a profession, I’ve learned that I have creative seasons and that suits my generalist approach to business and creativity. I like to dabble, explore, learn, and “have my fingers in a lot of different pies” as my friend Shaunna puts it. And those seasons are shared here on […]
antique travel dip pens & pencils
I have loved writing supplies for as long as I can remember. Shopping for school supplies was almost better than Christmas. Almost. (I even still do back-to-school supplies for mom.) I loved picking out just the right pens and pencils and zipper pouches to put them in. One year, we did some of our back-to-school […]
January 2022 Favorites
Even though I wasn’t posting regularly through January, I still kept a list of some of my favorites when I would notice them. I’ve learned that if I don’t write them down, I’ll forget all about them! Sharing my favorites each month has encouraged me to pay attention to things I enjoy – what I […]
ensuite bathroom makeover
Do you remember back in the summer of 2020 when we were working on our ensuite bathroom? Well, I shared the plan and some of the process (you can see the process post HERE), but I wanted to share the final reveal in my book, . It was important to me that some spaces and […]