Archives for April 2012

Today I wanted to share with you about one of our kids.  She is fifteen now but was fourteen at the time she wrote a short essay for a book.  The book was published by the school system and is full of essays from  school employees and students about the Power of Belief.  The idea was formed based on an National Public radio show called "This I … [Read more...]

Good Morning Dahlings!! Today I'm off to a lovely local nursery...not a child nursery...a plant nursery! This will get you ready for gardening if nothing else does! Back soon! Tah Tah!! I have some really lovely garden center pictures for you! It is chilly and very overcast here today  but it never rained so that was a good thing! This garden … [Read more...]

I have a project to show you today that is a bit crazy.  I think it's pretty but I can only imagine  some of the head scratching that might go on out there! Inspiration comes to me in so many ways.  I save many magazines...too many, I'm sure.  Every now and then when I want to have a lazy day I take a stack  and go through them.  I tear out things … [Read more...]

I worked on a few of my thrift store finds yesterday after THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL {in case I didn't mention it yesterday} Here are a couple before and afters Remember the vintage botanicals in the old frames? Before After The botanicals really show up better with a lighter frame don't they? Remember the vintage … [Read more...]

THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TODAYI told you that  covered the ugly pegboard wall in my little booth/shop with brown paper and book pages. I wanted to show you how I did it! This treatment is one I've used many times before. I used to work in amateur theater and primarily did set design. Amateur theater never has much money. As well, our former … [Read more...]

Just a quick post today as i am running kids and errands all over God's creation today!!! Opened officially yesterday and I wanted to show a couple shots. The flourescent lighting really does a number on the pictures but hopefully you'll appreciate them! See how nice the overhead banner turned out? It's hard to read because RIGHT overhead above … [Read more...]

Today I will be making some crepes. There are both savory and dessert crepes.  Crepes are also French street food as well as something you might encounter in a fine restaurant. If you have ever seen real crepes made, they are cooked on a large, flat pan.A wooden tool is used to spread the batter perfectly evenly.They are HUGE also...mine are … [Read more...]