Disclosure: This post is a part of an ongoing collaboration with my friend and business owner, Maria of Dreamy Whites. Over the years, I have promoted Dreamy Whites as a paying customer in addition...
This story starts several months ago when I was doing one of my regular check-ins on The Creative Exponent Community Facebook page. I was scrolling through the recent posts and stopped immediately...
While purging and no-spending through February and into March, I found myself thinking a lot about my favorite things vs. things I have as a default. No matter how many times I've purged over the...
This story starts all the way back in November of 2018 when we visited Jeff's family in North Carolina for Thanksgiving. I went to a beautiful local shop (The Mercantile in Knightdale, NC) to do a...
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by the French Art Shop. I can't tell you how over-the-moon I am to work with this French-based small business and share them with you. As always, all words and...
I have bought and sold (and kept) a lot of antiques over the years. Thousands and thousands of pieces! So, I have learned through trial and error about cleaning and polishing up just about...
Despite a trip to the ER after a day in the car (my youngest son has a stomach bug or severe car sickness and needed fluids), we had a wonderful trip out east to visit our family. We made our first...
As I shared last week, my Victorian-era watercolor box came with a bunch of brushes and other tools. I finally took some time to give them a little TLC and I thought I would share my process for...
It's time to share some more antique and vintage art supplies! Obviously, I haven't bought any this month because of "no-spend February", but I bought an antique Victorian-era watercolor box with...
One of the big projects I want to work on while organizing and purging is scanning antique and vintage family photos, letters, postcards, and documents. Fortunately, I have a lot of them! ...
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