2024 home project recap
If you’ve ever lived in a house that needs some work, even if it’s just customizing it to suit your tastes, you know it’s important to stop now and then and appreciate how much you’ve done. It’s easy to focus on projects still hanging out on the to-do list and lose sight of all of […]
January 24, 2025, original art sale preview
The last time I had an original art sale was last April! Ack. What happened?! Well, I know that I was writing, working on a book proposal, gardening, working on house projects… I did some commissioned pieces and a lot of sketching and studying, but I didn’t have many finished works last year. My goal […]
four things | fourteen
I’ve heard from several of my blog readers that they enjoy my Four Things series and it’s given them ideas for how to share on their own blogs or social media or even just in their personal records. I’m so glad to hear that! I always hope my blog posts will be a jumping-off point […]
my next big project(s)
After working as a creative entrepreneur since 2008, I have learned that projects come in seasons. Sometimes those seasons last for years and sometimes they are brief, fleeting. Some seasons I repeat, in new ways, over and over again because I enjoy them so thoroughly and feel called back to them. Some seasons are experienced […]
white chicken chili recipe
I have a new favorite soup to add to my weekly rotation – white chicken chili. Okay, it’s a chili, not a soup, but it falls into that soup, stew, chili category that I love so much. I make a huge pot of the soup du jour at the beginning of each week, store it […]
the Repoussé pitcher
When I shared my Christmas dining room last week, I received so many comments and questions about the silver water pitcher on the table. It’s a sterling silver pitcher by Kirk Stieff in the Repoussé pattern that was first introduced in 1828. I’ve shared about this silver pattern before since it is my family’s silver […]
four things | thirteen
Here we are at the first four things of 2025! I’ve enjoyed this little round-up of favorite things. Even if you don’t share online, I would encourage you to keep a list of what you’re up to each week. It can be informally as a list of what you’re reading, what you’re watching, what you’re […]
slow and steady artistic growth
For many years, I have championed the idea that practice makes better. I recently saw something to add to that from James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. “Two simple rules: 1.) You get better at what you practice. 2.) Everything is practice.” Sometimes, with my art, I wonder if I’ve improved and, if so, how […]