Nov 13, 2012
The other day when I asked (on Facebook) if I should replace my current chalk wall design with a Thanksgiving theme or just go right ahead and do Christmas, the response was unanimous. I really thought that someone, would be all enthusiastic for the more wintery of the two Holidays. I expected at least a [...]
Oct 20, 2012
So the Fall decorating continues. As I travel through my first year as a blogger, I am a little amazed at all of the creativity that I see. I find it fascinating that we are all doing a similar thing (decorating for a season or a Holiday), but each of us is doing something just [...]
Sep 22, 2012
So, not only did the first week of September see the unofficial end of summer, Mr. Social Media’s birthday, the first day of school, the continuation of on-going bathroom(s) renovation(s) , and a trip to the emergency room, it also marked my sixth month as a blogging machine. For six months now I’ve been banging [...]
Jul 6, 2012
I DID say that there was a possibility that I owed you more than one project this week. This project initially went up at The Ironstone Nest while I was away at the Haven Conference. It sounds like Laura’s family is chugging along with their new addition – Congratulations to them on the birth of [...]
May 30, 2012
Congratulations are in order for Debra from Bungalow, she has won the MissMustard Seed T-shirt and clay tag! And more congratulations go to Judi! She will be getting one of my original chalk tags. Judi, if you leave me a comment before tomorrow – you may choose which of these three pieces you would like. The [...]
May 24, 2012
It is Friday once again! Time for the regular Friday feature. I make something and then I show it to you… only THIS week, I made something and I’m going to GIVE it to you!! Before I left for my trip to the annual Lucketts Spring Market, I promised that I would bring home presents. [...]
May 8, 2012
So. I’m getting ready. For what? Well, I have already mentioned my road trip to visit the Old Lucketts Store (I’m torn here – on their website there is no apostrophe. . .). Next weekend (May 19&20) is their annual Spring Market. It’s a huge extravaganza of antiques and “stuff” from over 170 vendors and [...]
May 7, 2012
I realize that most of my audience here are the moms them selves. Do the moms really need a simple craft idea for Mother’s Day? Well, moms have moms, too. And I have found that sometimes, only sometimes, the dads and the kids? They could use some. . . guidance. This simple idea is also very versatile. [...]
May 2, 2012
If you’d like to see how these beautiful erasable chalk tags were made and see some lovely pictures of the finished product, please click through to see my first guest post over at Days of Chalk & Chocolate. If you’ve been reading this blog since the beginning you will already know that being asked to [...]
Apr 29, 2012
It is another beautiful Sunday here in the Hudson Valley. The cold and rainy weather earlier this week makes it all the more welcome. I’m itching to get outside and get on my mower. The grass really took off this week with the rainfall. I worked late last night and then again this morning and [...]
