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   Before I share the videos I am loving this week I wanted to thank you for all of your sweet comments about our home in the 2013 Holiday Housewalk! That so many of you said over and over that you see love in our home brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for taking […]

{THIS GIVEWAY IS NOW CLOSED} It has been hard for me not to talk about this e-course! I have been wanting to do THIS course for almost two years now. Even before my first e-course, Creatively Made {rediscovering the beauty of your gifts}, this course was stirring in me. The course was supposed to happen […]

Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is hard to believe that we are into the Christmas season. I am so honored to be included in Jennifer Rizzo’s 2013 Holiday Housewalk. If you are coming from KariAnne’s blog I want to welcome you. KariAnne’s home is always so beautiful and full […]

The 12 Arsty Ornaments of Christmas begins today! To read more click HERE. To register click HERE. Here is a peek at the video projects! This course is full of such creative teachers. Here is the line up:  Teresa Collins, Jenny Doh, Christy Tomlinson, Jeanne Oliver, Margie Romney-Aslett, Amy Tan, Julie-FieFan Blazar, Maggie Holmes, Junelle […]

We have added all of the new product in the shop and want to celebrate with you! We hope you love the new Gathering Collection. To celebrate with you I would LOVE to give away one Paige Camera Bag! The Paige Camera Bag is made from gorgeous upholstery weight Damask fabric. The inside is made […]

The Gathering Collection has arrived! We hope you love the beautiful fabrics (both vintage and new) that we have used. I am especially excited about the special embroidery work that we have included in this collection. With my love of France and especially the embroidery that can be found on the vintage French linens…I am […]

I have been asked again to teach for Christy Tomlinson in her annual The 12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas! This year I will teaching how to make two projects! We will make hand painted wall art and ornaments and I can’t wait to share the project. In the past I taught how to make a […]

**SOLD OUT** Do you remember when I first told you about my idea for The Living Studio {city art walks around the world}? “I wanted each retreat to be one of a kind. Each city has a heartbeat all its own and I wanted to hear it and share it. I wanted the retreat to […]

It has been a busy (but fun) fall and I thank you for your patience while you have waited for our winter bag collection. Next Monday we will have new bags (and a few other treasures) in the shop. We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on. I know you will […]

If you are lucky enough you will find a friend that will deal with desperate phone calls and pleas to fly to Mexico to create art. If you are lucky. I wouldn’t have taken this trip without Alexis.  So glad I don’t know what it would have been like without her. If you have followed […]

Our November interview in our video series, Creativity Takes Courage, begins right now! ******* For those of you that are new to the blog I want to tell you a little bit about the free series. 11 months ago we expanded our creative network to offer free videos, new online courses, live “chats” and now […]

  I am back from San Miguel, Mexico and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. As soon as I empty my suitcases and kiss all over my family I will share photos. I left in October and came back into November.  I am going into some of my favorite months with friends […]

Here is a little peek into week three of Home for the Holidays! It has been such a fun course and I am inspired by the talented and kind women that are a part of the course. I can’t wait to create so many fun, easy and inexpensive gifts for friends and family. There are […]

Until recently our Benjamin preferred to sit with Kelly and me in the sanctuary each Sunday. If the pastor asked if anyone wanted to accept Christ…Ben would raise his hand. If the pastor asked if anyone wanted healing for back pain..Ben would raised his hand. If the pastor asked if anyone wanted healing for a […]

It was a short night for the adults here at casa Oliver. We were getting all of the videos up for week two of Home for the Holidays. I wanted to give you a little peek into week two because it is soooooo good! These women are amazing! {You can still join us} Week two […]

Happy weekend! We are busy getting week two ready for Home for the Holidays. I wanted to share some of the beautiful things that made me smile this week. Enjoy! Early this week my new Avett Brothers CD arrived and how can that not make a girl smile?  *** Just another reminder that I need […]

It just hit me today that I leave for San Miguel, Mexico in 10 days. Just hit me! With our three week adventure on the east coast and the launch of Home for the Holidays I had kind of not thought of it. I don’t know how I forget the countdown for the first ever […]

I can’t believe that the first week of Creatively Made Home {Home for the Holidays} is almost here! Only TWO more days! I wanted to share just a little, tiny sneak peek of week one. Week one will be all about decorating for the holidays. Besides all of the decor project videos there will also […]

I always had the mom that told me I was special and talented and could do anything. You know…the mom that tells you amazing things about yourself and you roll your eyes. You think your mom tells you nice things about yourself only because she is your mom. That is part of it. The other […]

Before I get started I wanted you to see a video that I made just for you. I wanted you to hear a little bit from me about the course and why I would even make it in the first place. {and yes…I have bangs now…and I am really diggin’ them and so is my […]

Good Morning! I am so excited to tell you that I have two new originals for sale. Let me tell you a little about each painting. “The Greatest of These is Love” This painting is of three young girls all dressed in creams and whites. On their heads are floral wreaths. The words etched into […]

I am a creature of habit. I like coffee first thing in the morning. I can’t work on the computer without my hair being pulled back. I like to watch movies with the lights off. I have five books at once on my nightstand so I can read according to my mood. Whether I am […]

It was November 2001, days before Thanksgiving and only a few days before my sister’s wedding. Family had flown in from all over the country and we were hosting Thanksgiving dinner in our first little home in Ft. Collins. Jack was just a little over 1 year old and this would be the first Thanksgiving […]

We have been on vacation for two weeks now and between all of our history absorbing, coffee drinking, marathon walking, children fighting or hotel hopping…I have had time to think. I have written many times that I am a doer and this often leads to me not hearing. A child can stand at my side […]