Creativity comes in many forms, some purely decorative and some for function. I love lamps and feel they can finish a room just as jewelry completes an outfit. Lamps can…
While at the thrift store with a friend, I found a coffee table that had a space for two panes of glass on top. Of course the glass was missing…
For years I purchased the wire tomato cages and mid-season my tomatoes were too heavy and big for the cages. A man and his son in our neighborhood made these…
We celebrate Valentine’s Day by cooking together. Taking the time and giving a little more planning and effort speaks volumes. We decide on a menu we don’t have often and…
Sometimes I just need to make something. When I get that urge to create, my friend and I head to the thrift store and I wander around until something looks…
About February I get a case of spring fever. Outside it looks like an under-exposed gray-scale photo. The days are dark and dark longer. I need light and color, life.…
I love horses and had two beautiful paint horses. When we moved we sold them and I have some photos of them that are special. Some with my girls riding…
I have a daughter that quilts among many of her talents, and one day while on the phone I mentioned a fabric I had been looking at. “I don’t normally…
I have always appreciated original art. Recently I have been able to try my hand at painting and I am having fun. It is hard to put yourself out there…
I love Pinterest and sometimes lose track of time (hours) while creating my boards and wish lists of all the eye candy posted there. Needing Christmas ideas I decided to…
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