Notice anything different? I'm sure you do because my site got a complete overhaul! My business has changed quite a bit over the past few years and it was time for the website, blog, and online...
A Fresh Look & New Prints
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Rufus Porter Style Mural & My First Paintings
A part of organizing this month has been scanning old documents and photos (I'll share more on that in another post) and uploading old photos that were saved to a disc to an external hard drive. At...
Miss Mustard Seed is 10 years old!
A little over 10 years ago, I did a google search for "home decor blog" and discovered a whole new world. Well, new to me. I found "my people"...housewives, moms, and decor enthusiasts sharing...
The Creative Exponent
I met Shaunna about 9 years ago at the Blissdom blog conference and we hit it off almost immediately. As fellow "furniture girls", we knew of each other, but we hadn't connected until that event. ...
Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint turns 7
On April 27, 2012, I announced to the world (well, to my blog readers), that I would be launching my very own line of milk paint. That makes this Saturday, April 27, 2019, the official 7th birthday...
why I write this blog…
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the whys behind the things I do. For the new business ideas I'm currently cultivating... Why am I working on them? Is it simply to earn more money? To...
Instagram Q & A | Milk Paint Line
As I shared last week, I invited followers to ask questions on my Instagram Stories and I received so many questions that I decided to sort them into categories and answer them in blog posts. In...
A walk down Lucketts lane
This weekend is the Lucketts Spring Market and it's the first time since 2010 that I am not there. Lucketts has been such a huge part of my business since the beginning, but it's now over 1,000...
rugs & quilts & other things dreams are made of
As my business has grown and hit milestones over the years, I've learned that things seem to come in waves. There will be a lull just before another swell. Right now is a swell. My first fabric...
no-sew custom dinner napkins & fabric launch
After years of design work, coordinating, learning, waiting, and creating, my fabric line is finally going to be available for sale (find a store HERE), so this week kicks off the official launch of...
Hello!
I’m Marian, aka Miss Mustard Seed, a wife, mother, paint enthusiast, lover of all things home and an entrepreneur, author, artist, designer, freelance writer & photographer. READ MORE to learn more about me, my blog and my business…
