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Decorating, projects, and recipes for Spring
preserving cuttings in my gardening notebook
Do you remember the gardening notebook I put together in the spring? You can read about it HERE if you missed it. I thought it would be fun to keep a record of what I planted and how I cared for...
classy rain gauge
Well, it happened and, perhaps, was inevitable. I bought a rain gauge. I was already gardening, birdwatching, seeing a cardiologist, and telling stories of the good old days, so I might as well...
antique iron plant stand
One of the things on my Lucketts shopping wishlist was a plant stand. I was open to the style of plant stand, but I envisioned a tiered wrought iron plant stand and I know it would be hard to get...
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A Slice
of Life

four things | seventeen
We had an ice storm last night and into the morning, so Calvin had an "ice day" off school. The roads were just wet this morning, so Jeff still went into work and Marshall went to his college class. It made for a slow morning, though, and a day that felt like it...
Creative
Business

Traumwohnen & tips on being featured in a magazine
My very first magazine feature was thrilling. It was a small blurb about my blog in Flea Market Style magazine and I was over the moon. When I started my business, I was interviewed by the college student who designed my business cards, logo, and blog as a class...
Artistic
Endeavors

the ongoing battle in my studio
I love my studio. It's a little creative sanctuary for me. But, in this sanctuary, there is an ongoing battle that followed me from my last studio. It's the push and pull between wanting a tantalizing buffet of books and art supplies in view and wanting room to...
Furniture
Makeovers

Giving an antique whirligig a makeover
A few months ago, I decided to check out an antique store I hadn't been to in a while - the Fayetteville Antique Mall in Fayetteville, PA. I used to go there regularly when we lived in PA, but I noticed more vendors were leaving over and the quality of the...
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Things Home

the ongoing battle in my studio
I love my studio. It's a little creative sanctuary for me. But, in this sanctuary, there is an ongoing battle that followed me from my last studio. It's the push and pull between wanting a tantalizing buffet of books and art supplies in view and wanting room to...
Free Painting Classes
While most of the world was under stay-at-home orders in the Spring of 2020, I connected with my online community by offering live art classes every Friday for a few weeks. It was such a pick-me-up for me each week! I received wonderful feedback from the class participants who joined me live or have taken the classes since, so I decided to put them into an online course format and offer them for free. Sign up and learn to paint with oils in nine classes that cover everything from making a color chart to painting a grazing cow…
Marian’s Original Art Work Gallery
I have art sales a few times each year to sell my original work. Subscribe to my blog to make sure you are notified of upcoming sales. Works include landscapes, seascapes, still life, abstracts, portraits, and animals. Prices start at $35…