ushering in spring with faux florals
Oh, girls… I am down in Florida right now having a personal creative retreat and it’s been soooo good. I can’t wait to sort through my pages of notes and share it all (or a lot of it) with you. But for today, I’m featuring one of my fellow creative business owners… I’ve followed Courtney […]
February 2018 Favorites
It’s the beginning of another month and that means it’s time to look back at some of my favorites from the previous month. As I wrote this post, I realized that there is a theme of “spending” spread throughout the highlights. Spending time with friends and family, how and when I spend money, spending energy […]
Creative Retreat Planning
I’ve been saying for months that I need to press the pause button, so I have some uninterrupted, concentrated time to think and recharge. My thought is this would be a day at home and everyone in the house will pretend I’m not there. Yeah, I know that was wishful thinking! My kids can pretend […]
hiding ugly office stuff & hanging sconces
Before I go into today’s post, I have some exiting news! Free Spirit Fabrics has been acquired and that means my fabric lines will still be produced! That means I need to hunker down and start working on colorways for the second collection again. I’m so excited that Bunnies Birds & Blooms will be available, […]
Want to paint 100 stills with me?
Before I lose you altogether, at least hear me out, okay? Painting is a learned skill, meaning you can learn to do it and get better and better as you practice. Even just a couple of years ago, if you had asked me to paint an apple on a canvas with oil paints, I would’ve […]
100 oil stills | no 1-20
If you follow my on Instagram, you know I have started my next art challenge! I am much more focused when I have a challenge before me, so when the 100 meadows project ended, I needed a new one. I initially thought I would paint faces/portraits, but I realized I would be painting off of […]
craigslist cabinet progress
With school holidays and snow days, this week has been a short one, but I have managed to get some things checked off the to-do list. One of the main things I wanted to work on was the cabinet in my office. Since I knew it would be a time-consuming painting project (with having to […]
making way for hardwoods | ripping up carpet
I’m sharing everything in reverse when it comes to the office makeover, but that’s just how it goes sometimes! I usually write about what is most “at my fingertips” and sharing progress on the room was a lot more fun than talking about ripping out carpet. But, it’s an important bit that some of you […]