We’re going to be homebodies for most of the summer, but all of that changes in August.  I’m going to be doing some professional and personal travel and I hope to meet some of you along the way. My first stop is the Haven Conference (August 1-3 in Atlanta, GA.) Would you believe this is the only picture I have from last year’s conference?!  I was involved with planning the event and teaching, so I was a busy girl.  This year, I’m just teaching one class – Advance Painting with my dear friend Shaunna of Perfectly Imperfect.  She’s my southern twin in so many ways it’s spooky.  She just says “Ya’ll” a lot. We’re going to be running a part lecture/part workshop focusing on Milk Paint and Chalk Paint.  It should be a lot of fun and I can’t wait to hang out with all of my friends from blog

Today was one of those days.  I had a lot that I wanted to accomplish and I was productive to a point, but then I got hung up and couldn’t work on the projects I wanted to work on, which resulted in frustration and wanting to chuck my sewing machine out the window and eat large amounts of dark chocolate.  I didn’t do either, but I felt like it.  I work well under pressure, but sometimes the busy-balance is just right and then something else is piled on top and I want to crawl into a hole.  Today wasn’t a bad day, but it was just one of those days.  I know tomorrow will be better. Due to the frustrations experienced, I don’t have anything new and exciting to share.  As I was sitting at my laptop, staring at the screen, writing something, deleting it and rewriting it, I remembered

 I’ve received a few e-mails lately about how it is living with white furniture, a white kitchen floor, a white bathroom floor, especially with little boys, so I thought I would address it in a post. I’ve been making white slipcovers and using white bedding for about 9 years.  I started because of practicality and my limited sewing skills.  All white slipcovers could be bleached and the light color and lack of pattern would hide my crooked seams.  I’ve also always been a habitual furniture re-arranger, so my slipcovered furniture accommodate that impulse.  When we were ready to buy our first sofa (not a hand-me-down), I went with the white slipcovered Ektorp sofa from Ikea (the one that is still in our family room.) It’s worked well for us for about eight years and has survived teenagers and babies.  The white cotton twill slipcovers are $50 each, so I buy

 I’ve received a few e-mails lately about how it is living with white furniture, a white kitchen floor, a white bathroom floor, especially with little boys, so I thought I would address it in a post. I’ve been making white slipcovers and using white bedding for about 9 years.  I started because of practicality and my limited sewing skills.  All white slipcovers could be bleached and the light color and lack of pattern would hide my crooked seams.  I’ve also always been a habitual furniture re-arranger, so my slipcovered furniture accommodate that impulse.  When we were ready to buy our first sofa (not a hand-me-down), I went with the white slipcovered Ektorp sofa from Ikea (the one that is still in our family room.) It’s worked well for us for about eight years and has survived teenagers and babies.  The white cotton twill slipcovers are $50 each, so I buy