making color wheels with homemade watercolor paints

Before I dive headlong into holiday content, I wanted to share the last installment of my series on making handmade watercolors. To me, experimenting with the paints and exploring the color palette is one of my favorite parts of playing with paints. Whenever I feel stuck, I just start making color wheels and charts and […]
setting a proper table & creating a thanksgiving centerpiece | HGTV articles

Those who have been reading my blog for a while are familiar with me mentioning writing articles for HGTV. I have been writing for them now for almost 10 years and have written over 200 articles and tutorials. It’s an amazing part of my job that came out of simply sharing my work online. An […]
creating like a bowerbird

Last year, I was introduced to the bowerbird through Sibella Court’s book . It’s a gorgeous book about creating beautiful interiors with collected items. As someone who loves collecting, hunting, pecking, and curating, that book was right up my alley. But, I recently did more research on the bowerbird and realized I have more in […]
how to dry & decorating with orange slices

This holiday season, I am in the mood to do some crafting…even more than usual. Last year, I had a lot of plans, but most of them went undone. It was a busy year and I just had to continue to let things fall off of my to-do list. But, this year, I’m excited about […]
Maple Sugar House Cookies & Finding Home Farms

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by . I’ve known Laura of Finding Home Farms for years and I’m so pleased to officially partner with her family’s business. As always, all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. There is a coupon code at the bottom of this post to help you save on […]
making handmade watercolors

You can find the first part of this series about making handmade watercolors HERE. That post shares about the pigments I purchased. In the second post, I shared the handmade watercolor binder recipe I’m testing out. You can find that post (along with a printable recipe and video HERE.) I received so many comments and […]
Casual Blue & White Holiday Table

Disclosure: This casual blue & white holiday table post is sponsored by As always, all opinions and words are my own. I have some more fun goodies sold exclusively at to share with you today! Of course, I’m inspired by classic blue and white color palette. They are definitely speaking my language. As I […]
pre-lit christmas tree review

I just set up my pre-lit Christmas tree for the fifth Christmas and I figured I would share a review of my specific pre-lit Christmas tree as well as my thoughts about buying a pre-lit Christmas tree in the future. This post isn’t sponsored, but the Christmas tree was originally a part of a sponsored […]