farmhouse holiday series | red wine risotto
This year, I was invited to be a part of a farmhouse holiday decor series with an amazing line-up of bloggers, so how could I say no to that?! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sprinkling in some seasonal farmhouse-style blog posts to (hopefully) inspire our readers. This week’s theme is “farmhouse kitchen and […]
fall porch photoshoot
Thursday morning, I hit the snooze button a few times and then lazily scrolled through Instagram with one eye open until I felt like I could function enough to coax myself out of bed. My throat had been sore for a couple of days and now I could feel that I didn’t just have a […]
30-day watercolor challenge
Hang in there with me while I experience my own personal renaissance! I am just having such a wonderful time allowing my creativity to spill into other mediums. This seems to be what happens to me and I’m going to embrace it fully with a 30-day watercolor challenge. Music and theatre were always my […]
my first foray into canning & $150 Ace Hardware Giveaway
I bought a book on canning years ago. I liked the idea of gardening, growing, harvesting and preserving. Well, that book was about the extent of my efforts at canning until last week. If you have read my blog for a while, you may have picked up on the fact that I love cherries. I […]
landscape dresser no. 4 reveal
I finished “landscape dresser no. 4” yesterday and had the chance to style and photograph it today. The prop-pickings were slim in the studio, but I love how everything came together to showcase this piece. As a reminder, here is how the dresser started. It really was pretty as it was, but I’ve learned that even pretty […]
my five “secrets to success” when selling at an antique market
Many readers have asked, through comments or e-mails, if I could share some of my tips and “secrets” to being successful at an antique market, so I thought I would write a post and share my answers with the whole group. Here they are, my top five (off-the-top-of-my-head) secrets to success… Create a Cohesive Look […]
master bedroom nightstands
I don’t show a ton of the goings-on in my house these days largely because there’s not a lot happening as far as home improvements or decorating changes are concerned. We are transitioning the guest room to Calvin’s room, but other than that, things have pretty much stayed the same. We are changing a few […]
apple orchard picnic shoot
Today was a whirlwind, but packed with activities that were good for my creative soul. Photo shoots are one of my favorite aspects of my job. If you read my very, very early posts, I share how much I love “playing magazine”. I loved that I had an excuse to take pictures of pretty things and […]