This is my office. My creative space. We threw it together one weekend when the kids were away (thank goodness) and I had a horrible double ear infection (the worst feeling ever.) The result being that we didn't paint the walls or my desk and that things barely got organized. We just put the shelves up, placed the desk and threw everything in. Over the past 9 months I have slowly been trying to ... View Post
May the circle be unbroken
Well, even as things change, they still somehow remain the same. In other words - this woman's work is never done. Here is a sad little picture of our Charlie Brown tree sans ornaments and most of it's greenery. It was so dry and brittle by the time I took it down yesterday that every time I pulled an ornament off, a chunk of needles came with it. In the end all I had was naked little tree and a ... View Post
See what can get done when I don’t post?
Voila! I did it! I got my house (mostly) done and decorated for Christmas and just in time for Advent. This is from the bath. I just like how this pic turned out. This is the hutch in the dining room - I made some newspaper garlands/trims this year and I think they turned out lovely. (Note: Only one vintage ornament lost it's life in the making of this arrangement.) Here's our advent ... View Post
Holly Jolly
For my own personal Christmas I take a slightly pinker approach than most. Luckily a couple of my clients live in very country style homes and I get to work out all my red and green impulses there. But here at home, I tend to lean more towards the pink and white and very vintage side of things. I want everything to look like it has been slightly snowed on, as if it has all been dusted with ... View Post
The Next Day
You can see what is left of the table from our party. It was quite the shin-dig, with 22 adults and 20 kids plus the 2 in-utero (that we know of.) Next year the grown-ups will most likely be out numbered by the wee ones.... We trick-or-treated, ate tons of homestyle Mac-n-Cheese (thank you Stouffer's,) Mummy Dogs and Kim's yummy salsa. This was our 4th Annual Halloween Hoopla and it is so fun to ... View Post
Full to Overflowing
In the spirit of honesty and self-disclosure, I thought I would show a picture of my less than perfectly-clean house. (I could show you worse than this, but this was what I already had in my My Pictures folder and I am too tired to go take more.) When one does, what I do, for their profession, the pressure to maintain a perfectly clean and perfectly adorned home can sometimes feel a tad ... View Post