Silk Toadstool Christmas Ornament DIY Tutorial
Oh my… we’ve been making these most adorable silk toadstools for our Christmas tree. Each one takes a few minutes to make and, at this rate, our tree will be laden with toadstools! I found the silk fabric in wonderfully natural colors at Joannes Fabrics. It was on sale too! The foam balls are from […]
Velvet Pumpkins :: DIY Tutorial
I’ve admired velvet pumpkins for years. There is something so awesomely luxurious about them. I love velvet. It makes me remember my grandmother… or rather, her formal sitting room… the one children were forbidden (unless on vary rare special occasions) to enter. It had plush velvet couches that a child could draw on simply by […]
Charming Fairy Houses
I’m so proud of my whimsical Fairy Garden book, Magical Miniature Gardens and Homes. I can’t tell you how awesome it is to hold it in my hands and page through it, looking at the photos of the fairy gardens I made. It brings back such meaningful memories. So, being a fairy garden expert […]
Summer Road Trip :: From Portland to the Maine Mid Coast
Kitty has entered that new phase in life where shopping is totally an awesome thing to do. Two years ago you couldn’t get her near a shop, especially one that had clothes in it, clothes that had seams and labels in them. Forget asking her to try anything on… never! Couldn’t be done. Now, […]
The Dragonfly Story
I had an impulse to share this story today and, as I’m working on following my intuition, here it is. I know there is someone out there who is needing it today… ** Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living […]
Maine – The Way Life Should Be
As we crossed over the state line into Maine, a great green sign greeted us… Welcome to Maine, The Way Life Should Be! Yea!!!! We all whooped and holla’ed in excitement. Our vacation road trip had begun! What a gorgeous state Maine is. Big sky, rocky coastline and greenblue sea. Clean and crisp and […]
The BEST Summer Ever!
Summer is rushing by. It’s going so fast I can hardly catch my breath. I have an overwhelming desire to slow it down, slow down the seconds so that I can consciously savor them all. I’m feeling like this because each day has been magical, filled with such cool summer moments. We all agreed last […]
My Magical Macrame Workshop :: Squam
MACRAME, friends!!! It’s my new obsession and quite the most gorgeous yummyness to ever come back into fashion. Macrame is an ancient technique of creating beautiful geometric and organic shapes with nothing more than string and knots. If you think macrame is that awful brown acrylic owl wall-art your granny had hanging in her passage, think […]
On The Vintage Trail in Vermont
Every once-in-a-while, my friend Cathrine and I set off on an adventure. We go ‘antiquing’… peppered here and there with coffee stops and fine dining. It’s so much fun!! New England is teeming with antique shops… ranging from cute little curated vintage stores to barns full of ‘old junk’. We find treasures galore. So many […]
Berry Picking :: Summer Fun in New England
Kitty and I had the most magical day picking blueberries together. We picked A LOT! Two buckets full of the sweetest berries ever. And, they were HUGE! We are loving creating new family traditions as we navigate these New England seasons. This land is bountiful and so full of gifts. When we asked our friends […]