shopping vicariously in France
When Soft Surroundings reached out to me a few months ago, one thing that attracted me to working with them was the way they developed much of their home decor line. Robin, the creative brain behind Soft Surroundings, travels to a place that inspires her… France. This would be such a dream for me, so I […]
tips on styling a retail space
While it’s fairly fresh in my mind, I thought I would answer an e-mail question I received about styling a retail space. A couple of weeks ago, I received this e-mail from Allison of the Golden Sycamore. “I was wondering if you could give me a little advice. I feel like I’m pretty good at styling […]
FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY | jessica's favorites & link party
I am taking a little down time today…enjoying a hike and a nice dinner with Jeff, so I asked Jessica of Dear Emmeline if she would be the “guest picker” for you tonight. Plus, it’s nice to get a little variety in the picks! She’s done an amazing job for me in the past, so […]
MMS Brush Soap
One of the cool things that’s come out of this milk paint line is having the opportunity to work with other entrepreneurs. So many amazing business owners have partnered with me to manufacture, distribute, promote, retail and teach about the products in our line. Many of the people who partnered with us have also been […]
painting a primitive cupboard
A week or two prior to Lucketts, I spotted an amazing primitive cupboard on Craig’s List. I intended to buy it to sell at the event, but I was absolutely smitten with it and decided to keep it. Believe it or not, I’m usually pretty disciplined about that sort of thing, but this piece was […]
Ironstone 201
I get asked a lot of questions about ironstone and you can read about the basics in my Ironstone 101 post. In that post, I answer questions like, “Is all ironstone white?”, “What is ironstone?” and “How do you identify it when it’s unmarked?” In this post, I’ll get into more details about price, which […]
award-winning packaging
I have been really blessed in my business to partner with people who are wonderful to work with and also wildly talented. Sometimes they find me. Sometimes I find them. Sometimes we knew each other already and we suddenly realized that working together made sense. Due to these relationships, I’ve ended up with a business that […]
wisdom from the prairie
We started watching through the classic TV show Little House on the Prairie as a family a few weeks ago and we’re enjoying it so much! It was already a few seasons in when I was born, so I watched a lot of it as reruns when I was older. I liked the show, but I have […]