As I showed off in my house tour, my dining room fixtures look like this now: They started as the same drop pendants, but with a thin marigold colored glass shade. The shade was so small that the fixtures disappeared…
Micah’s Dragonskin Bag
Last Christmas Atticus was included (in utero) in Bear’s immediate family’s gift exchange. He got some crazy cute clothes “from” his little cousin Kai (including the tiniest velor tracksuit ever made), and as a fetus he was responsible for his…
A Crafter’s Christmas starts in July
One of my ultimate goals it to be the house on the block that everyone shakes their heads at come Christmas time. The ones that are so ridiculously over the top that people refer to us as the Griswold house.…
This explains things…
Maybe this is why it takes me so long to get anything done.
Worlds Most Basic Quilted Coasters
One of the biggest adjustments for me in moving into this house was going from nasty crappy apartment carpeting to hardwood floors. There are so many things about having no carpeting that is just fantastic – especially to someone with…
Inspiration Wall
Ever since Christmas my nesting has hit hyperdrive. I’ve had a million and one projects lined up patiently waiting for me to finish up construction and painting and Christmas, and I was trying to race through and finish them before…
The preparations begin
I take a lot of crap for my creative endeavors. I really need to write up a whole rant on the subject, but lets just leave it for now by saying that for as many years as I’ve been trying…
More Christmas leftovers
Fit by LoLo olivia dunne nude OK, OK, even I’m getting a little tired of Christmas by now, so I really need to wrap up some of these things I’ve got sitting around here. I really wanted to keep all…
O Christmas Tree…..
I may have mentioned that we go bonkers for Christmas around here. A little bit. Around the edges. But we come by it honestly. Bear’s parents set the standard that we can only hope to aspire to. Next year I’ll…
Following up on the finishes…
I figure I’ve already given this one away in the header, so I better show it off for good. If you’ve paid any attention to my project progress bars (and really, who would since I’ve obviously barely paid attention myself)…