by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Right now I am humming “Singing In The Rain”. Right now I am posting with a cute, four year old on my lap (he is humming “Singing In The Rain too). Right now I am still sick. Yes, on day 8. Â Really ready to feel well. Right now I have business...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over the past three years that I have been running my business I have been floored by the creative women out there. I have had the privilege of becoming close friends with many of them. I have met amazing women from all of the United States and around the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 11, 2011 | All
Once we finally get the kids to bed Kelly and I will often head our opposite directions with Kelly building bikes and me in my studio. Other nights we will go to bed early and read. And when we don’t feel like we are going to collapse from exhaustion we pop up...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 9, 2011 | All, Travel
{Top Ten List} 1. Beef Bourguignon tastes the best when you are sitting around a table with a dear friend 2. When I heard the theme was hillbilly…I didn’t really have any concept of hillbilly! 3. That being hit on at the Yella Beak by a woman is fine with...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 7, 2011 | All
I get regular emails asking me what we eat with gluten allergies. I am trying to do better with sharing these recipes and answering questions when you have them. I think breakfast can be a hard transition for people because people are used to eating pancakes, cereal,...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 4, 2011 | All
{Colorado Blogger Get Together} Are you a Colorado blogger that would love to meet other local bloggers? (or do you love to read blogs and would love to meet other creative women?) I would like to invite you to join me April 2, 2011. The evening will start at my...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 1, 2011 | All
I am so excited to be offering a LOCAL art class. I am hoping that this will be the first of many that I can offer in Castle Rock and the surrounding areas. Grab a girlfriend and meet me at The Barn {yes, my favorite vintage shopping place} for a fun night making art...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 1, 2011 | All
These past months I have been busy planning and putting the spring line together. I am hoping that you will find this next line the best one to date. As I write this tonight I feel so blessed on this creative journey I have been able to travel. Thank you for...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I seriously have a movie problem..I love movies! LOVE!! I have girlfriends that I see movies with regularly and Kelly and I often go on date night too. When I go to movies with my girlfriends I kind of come home with ideas for Kelly…… When I saw Country...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
What is your passion? When you are given a few hours to yourself what do you dream of doing? What do you actually make the time for? When I think of passions I think of all the things that recharge me and make me who I am. Nothing makes me feel more alive than hiking...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 24, 2011 | All
Over the years I have gotten better at choosing more natural cleaning supplies. It is only recently that I have been making more of my own. This was a little hard for me at first because I love when everything smells “clean”. {I love cleaning supplies..so...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 23, 2011 | All
Like many Americans we have gone gluten free {at least two out of five}. The rest of the family has easily adjusted to our diet. I have been gluten free for the past 11 months. Â Hard to believe how quickly that time has gone. You can eat gluten free and still eat very...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
In this big creative world I have met old souls that I have connected with right away. Some women I have met in person, others I will only know through our emails and others I will only know through their writing. There are women that have made their mark on my heart...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 18, 2011 | All
It is easy to feel comfortable behind the lens. I love that I am the one capturing our day to day lives. It is different being on the other side of the lens. This was a fun activity for me because it was out of the norm. I have become more comfortable about it over...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 16, 2011 | All, Travel
{All photos on this post are by the talented Traci Thorson} Last summer, while I was visiting my parents, I was able to take the short drive to Na-Da Farm. We both homeschool our children, the kids had recently become pen pals and we were all looking forward to...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 14, 2011 | All
{while we were dating in 1998} Around our twelve year anniversary I wrote this post about My Love Story {Part One}. It tells of love almost at first site, a quick engagement and a marriage 8 months after we met. It talked about complete peace on our wedding day. I...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
We know what we love. We know who we love. The sweetest of gifts are those little things that surprise you with the joy that they bring. Love unexpected. There are too many little things like that in my life so I will just share a few from this week. I have lived in...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 10, 2011 | All
Last year around this time I watched helplessly as one of my good friends and her husband buried their three week old daughter. They had tried for years to get pregnant without any success. They then tried for years to get pregnant through IVF. Years without a baby...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Do you remember as a kid lying on the couch with your feet up in the air and your head down by the floor? Didn’t you love the different perspective of the ceiling and parts of the room you usually didn’t notice? I always loved hanging upside down on the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 7, 2011 | All
By now I hope you have had a chance to check out the new website. I have gotten many emails asking about my new site and blog redesign. I thought this would be the easiest way to answer your questions. First of all I knew it was time for me to have my own website. I...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Good morning! I hope you have been taking some photos this week. {previous post HERE explains the whole thing} I have to admit that my photo taking was not too impressive this week with the snow storm and all. I am hoping to get outside over the next three weeks and...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 3, 2011 | All
Hello everyone! I am excited because today I am sharing with you my first video. Let me clarify….I did a really awesome one and the sound was bad. I did a second one and it was OK but the sound was also jacked up. I made a third as the the sun was going down, I...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I will think of new pieces I want to create all of the time. I will draw them out and put them in an ever growing pile of ideas. The truth is….I have not painted anything since New Years Eve. We gave the kids tons of choices for New Years and they chose art...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our oldest son is 10 and we had not had “the talk” with him yet. I had been encouraging Kelly to talk with him while they were alone and he kept telling me the timing hadn’t been right. Feeling like he really needed to be told before someone else did...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
About a month ago my friend Kim shared a website with me that I had never seen. What Katie Ate is a foodie blog by Katie Quinn Davies. From the moment I saw it I was mesmerized. In fact, I wanted to live in the blog and perhaps roll around naked in a few of the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! It is incredible here….60 degrees with snow coming in a few days (can you believe that temp difference?). Kelly took Jack and Madolyn for a BMX ride and Ben is playing outside with the neighborhood big kids. He...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have a been a lover of fashion since I was a little girl. I have shared before how my mom wouldn't let me buy the plastic high heels so I would put square blocks in my socks and pretend I was wearing high heels. I couldn't get my ears pierced until I was 13...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I love to take photographs and you will usually see me lugging a camera around with me wherever I go. My friend Courtney and I thought it would be fun to take photos with a purpose for the month of February. A way to show all the beauty around us through the lens. We...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 26, 2011 | All, Travel
I have a little time right now so I am taking advantage of it to tell you about Alt! It was amazing. Really. Incredible. Talented women/men everywhere. Wonderful speakers and the perfect environment to have your mind blown away by all the talent...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am back from the most incredible conference. The Altitude Design Summit {ALT} was even more incredible than I could have imagined (when does that happen?). As I am getting back into the routine of home, meals, laundry, school, business..I wanted to take another day...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 18, 2011 | All, Travel
I am really excited to start the new year getting together with good friends and talking shop. I leave tomorrow for the Altitude Design Summit. It will be four days of dinners, sessions with amazing bloggers/shop owners, brainstorming, creating, parties and even a...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 16, 2011 | All
I wanted to let you all know that I have stocked my shop with the last of the winter line. This will be the final curtain call on the winter line and then all my attention will be on the spring collection. There are so many new things I am working on and I...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
There will always be negative things in this world but when we have our hearts open…our eyes open… There is still so much that is lovely, joyful and beautiful. Somedays the beauty is all around you and so obvious. Then there are the days when it is...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 13, 2011 | All
Really. Take a deep breath. If you can do that you have the loveliest of gifts….life! At this moment each one of us probably knows of someone fighting for that breath or feel the loss of someone that has breathed their last. About a year and a half ago I was...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 11, 2011 | All
For Christmas I got two new books to add to the pile on my nightstand. Aren't the covers alone just gorgeous! Makes me want to get into my pajamas (oh, I am already wearing them..and I have been all day), make some tea, crank the heating blanket up and climb into...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 10, 2011 | All
Sunday morning we woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground. This was a stark contrast to the previous day when I had gone running in 60 degree weather. As the morning went on the snow came down harder and it was changing our little town into a winter...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 9, 2011 | All
…I just got distracted! I carry my camera everywhere. I take photos everyday. Last year I was really good (for awhile) posting photos on my photo blog and then life. just. got. busy. So…..I will TRY to do better. I can not promise. Try. So, I would love...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 7, 2011 | All
I saw this for the first time today and just wanted to share it with you. I hope it puts a smile on your face. Have a wonderful weekend. {please pause my playlist before you play the video} ****************************************** I am offering 20% off my...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 6, 2011 | All
I don't want to brag but I had some pretty mad hair skills growing up. Rarely in history has hair been so wide and high. When I was really little (before I took over my hair care) my mom would dry our hair by setting us on the toilet…lid closed of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jan 5, 2011 | All
I homeschool my children so most days they are with me. On Thursdays they go to their enrichment school ALL DAY! Yes, as much as I love having them home with me …I also love my days by myself. Tomorrow is Thursday and the first day back to their enrichment...
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