leather boots & linen aprons
If you’re observant, you may notice I have a favorite pair of boots. They are my go-to for events, photo-shoots, videos, church, tooling around, etc. Basically any time I need to wear “real clothes”. They are the Deerfield boots from LL Bean and Jeff bought them for me for Christmas a few years ago. They […]
barn quilt coloring book & art journaling
I have been working on several projects over the past few months and one of them has finally hit the market! The Barn Quilt Coloring Book is now available. This project was something totally different for me. First of all, it involved drawing instead of writing! But it felt like a project that worked nicely […]
more Lucketts goodies…
I thought I would share a few more goodies I acquired for Lucketts this week. Wooden spoons, more Bakelite, and lots of ironstone! Platters, pitchers… …sweet little creamers and gravy boats… …and this very unique brush box… At least, it’s the shape of a brush box, but I’ve never seen ones with holes in the […]
stacks & rolls of linen
Before we get hip-deep in linens, I just want to say a huge thank you for all of the kind comments left on yesterday’s post. I’ve been struggling a bit with writers-block and, quite honestly, being in a bit of a funk, and those comments unclogged the cork! Seriously! I know I sometimes get stuck […]
2519 posts
I just happened to notice on my dashboard that I have published 2519 posts. This will be number 2520. We’ve been through a lot together… I’ve written those posts on four different computers. I’ve taken pictures with three different Nikon cameras. I’ve moved from my kitchen counter to my basement to a studio. Hundreds of […]
the discipline of art
As someone with a degree in Musical Theatre, you would think I’ve known for a long time that art is a discipline. I really never thought about that as I was signing into the studio for an hour of vocal scales or filling notebooks with the “inner monologue” of the latest part I was playing. […]
farm table & hitchcock chairs
Another piece is finished and ready to wait in the wings until the Lucketts Spring Market in May! It seems so close, yet so far… Anyway, the finished piece is this antique farmhouse table… …and, though they are not 100% finished, these antique Hitchcock-style chairs I purchased last fall… For the chairs, I decided to tape […]
my favorite craigslist search terms
If you haven’t picked up on it, yet, I am an avid “craigslister”. It started with one dining room table about 9 years ago and it has become my go-to place to browse for furniture and other miscellaneous things. I love that I never know what I’m going to find. I love that you can weed […]