Romantic Homes Photo Shoot
Last October, I drove down to West Virginia to photograph the home of Melanie, from the blog Sweet Melanie, for Romantic Homes magazine. This was the second time I was hired as a photographer and stylist for a magazine, so I had one shoot under my belt, but I am still very much a rookie. I stopped […]
onward
There is a season for everything. And we’ve been through a lot of seasons together over the eight years I’ve written this blog. When I first hit the publish button, my kids were in diapers, my husband was a full-time youth pastor, and I was a stay-at-home mom, taking a stab at starting […]
furniture updates…
I have spent the better part of this week playing catch-up and getting back into the swing of things after my trip. I had a full day in the studio on Wednesday, though, and it was so great to be in my creative space again. I cranked my music, got some things checked off the to-do […]
caring for my longer hair
When I posted my updated profile picture a few weeks ago, I received many comments that were along the lines of, “Oh my gosh! Your hair!!” I’ve had my hair mostly short for the past few years. Every couple of years, I would get it into my head that I would grow it out, but then […]
sketching
I know that many of you come to my blog for furniture makeovers, tutorials, antique finds, and home decorating inspiration, but I couldn’t take a piece of furniture or my sewing machine with me on the plane to China! What I could take, though, was my sketch book. I was painting a portrait a couple […]
beijing | day one
Whew! Well, I’m back in the US and it’s so nice to be back with home with Jeff and the boys, to sleep in my own bed, and to eat familiar foods again. What an amazing trip, though. Truly a memorable life experience in so many ways. It was so much that I’m still processing it […]
the cottage bed craigslist score
Last fall, Marshall got a new mattress for his bed, so we had an extra twin mattress. I’ve been hanging onto it in the hopes that I could find a great twin bed frame to match, so I can set up a comfy, fluffy bed at Lucketts. I had one last year and it was […]
the business of blogging | social media
Welcome to part 5 of my series “The Business of Blogging“. In this installment, as advertised, we’re talking about social media. I started writing this post a couple of weeks ago and I realized I sounded really hostile towards social media in general, so I decided to set it aside and write about it when I […]