I'm just getting in from enjoying the beautiful Collegiate Peaks in Colorado, so I've asked our MMS Milk Paint Primary Educator, Abbe Doll, to share a tutorial with you. I haven't had a chance to...
Mustard Seed Yellow Kitchen & Updates
One of the amazing things about having a line of paint is seeing what people do with it. Sometimes people send me pictures of their work and it just knocks my socks off. When I received pictures...
Better than Drop Cloths…
My family room has been undergoing some changes over the past few months...years, really. It's been one of those slow makeovers that has happened (and is still happening) as the money and time are...
Victories, Defeats & Christmas in April
I'll start off with the victories. I made it through the first block (4 weeks) of P90x. I can already see and feel improvements in my fitness and have lost some pounds and inches. I'm going for...
Christmas Recap
Today was a wonderful Christmas. It was definitely one I will look back on with great fondness. First, we got about 3" of snow last night, which was magical for both Christmas Eve and...
my real Christmas table
I set a lot of fancy tables for photo shoots, but to be entirely honest, I'm much more of a paper plate and lap trays kind of hostess. I do love pulling out my fine china, linens and silver, but I...
Shop Lucketts Giveaway
If you've read my blog for any amount of time, you know I have a great fondness for the Old Lucketts Store. I loved shopping there for years and had the privileged of becoming a vendor there about...
more christmas decorating
I'll admit it. I was a bit of a loaf yesterday. I would try to get some work done, but I would end up standing in a room, staring around blankly. I finally surrendered to the fact that I was...
Decorating for Christmas
My tree is normally up the day after Thanksgiving, but this year we kept pushing it back. We were busy, yes, but a part of me was a little "Christmased out" from a few years of ornament making...
A bit of France in Petaluma
Sorry I've been quiet the past couple of days, but it's been a whirlwind that started when I woke up Tuesday at 3:00 am to get to the airport to fly to San Francisco for a day of workshops and book...