parsons chair slipcover tutorial | part 2
If you missed part one of this slipcover tutorial, you can find it HERE. In part one, I show how to make the “body” of the slipcover. This chair slipcover tutorial works for almost any armless chair, but is specifically for a parsons chair with small wings. You can also find the link to the […]
make-do banana bread recipe
In the early days of quarantine, I remember feeling a little panicked about food. Maybe panicked is too strong of a word, but I was worried about the unknown. I have some small experience with food shortage and not knowing what you’re going to be able to get each day. I spent a summer in […]
Live Painting Class | Still Life Pear
Friday, we did another live painting class! In that session, we focused on still life painting and painted a Barlett pear with some leaves. When I first started painting, I wasn’t interested in the still life genre at all, but after painting 100 landscapes off of pictures, I saw some of the issues of not […]
milk paint backdrops, blueberry ink, & creative community
Last week was the first week that I felt like I was settling into a new routine. The previous weeks were about figuring out this new normal…the stress of feeling like I’m bringing toxic waste into the house when I order groceries or check the mail, the struggle of learning how to do school from […]
pick-me-up plants
Saturday night was a rough one. Jeff and Marshall (my oldest) slept in a tent set up in our backyard, so that meant I was on overnight diabetes-duty on my own. For those who don’t know, Calvin, our youngest is a type 1 diabetic. This is just a normal part of our lives and we […]
german ironstone cake stands, a belgian bulb crate, & $100 giveaway
When I shared about the antique butcher’s rack from Maria of Dreamy Whites, I shared a preview of a few other things she sent me. They were worth sharing in their own post because the items are so special. I’ve been sitting here for several minutes trying to think of how to describe the unboxing […]
latest antique haul in Cannon Falls & Red Wing
A couple of weeks ago, I gave in to the itch to get out of the house strictly for fun and, while the floors were being refinished, I went to a few antique stores with my friend, Cheri. We drove separate cars, wore masks, and doused ourselves in hand sanitizer, and took every precaution we […]
Live Painting Class | Mini Landscape Oil Paintings
On Friday, we had another live oil painting class on Facebook. Those have been so much fun and have given me a good excuse to make painting more of a priority. I really got out of it after my shoulder surgery and this has helped ease me back in and practice almost every day. Last […]