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It has been crazy busy around here lately. On Friday I drove with the kids to Ft. Collins to meet up with my friend Courtney. Courtney was on a house hunting trip with her mom and her beautiful daughter. I have known Courtney since I was little.  We both grew up in Illinois and attended […]

I’m baacccckkkkkk! I have to say…this little Friday thing has me working on things I have been meaning to do for awhile now. This project was super simple and EASY. I have been wanting to take my cabinet (that I keep my china and some of my ironstone) and put vintage sheet music along the […]

When you spend so many years not feeling well you can forget how amazing it is to feel good! The past two months I have not experienced almost any of the health issues I have struggled with for the past eight years. I feel healthy. I feel energized I feel focused. I feel able to […]

My husband travels a lot. We are very used to his schedule at this point. When he first started traveling more he once mentioned that he would often look for us at the top of the escalators hoping we would be waiting with all the other people. I have traveled more this year than I […]

When I was little I was constantly making up plays, "sewing" purses with the stapler and rounding up the children in the neighborhood to play school. I also learned to be very resourceful. My mom would never buy the plastic high heel dress up shoes….so I would put blocks in my socks for heels. I […]

For the rest of the summer I will be having Facelift Friday. Every Friday I will share an easy project that will cost next to nothing. I have so many projects that I want to accomplish and so many of them are just like things here and there waiting for my attention. Hopefully we can […]

Madolyn is my only daughter. I am often struck with the realization that she will never grow up with a sister. She will never be blessed to be one of the first people in the world to hold her sister's new born baby, toast her at her wedding and raise their babies together. I have […]

Through the weekend everything in my shop has been marked down if it is IN STOCK and ready to ship. Custom orders are not on sale. Come on over and get yourself some linen messenger bags, mixed media art, custom journal or even a pretty linen dress. Through this weekend only! ************************************************** Sorry I have […]

  Did you instantly visualize Danny and Sandy singing? Who has sung that song at karaoke night? Admit it…OK….if you aren't going to tell the truth than either am I! For some reason this week feels like we are finally on summer break. We have been busy cleaning out our house for a big neighborhood […]

The alarm went off at 5 a.m.. I could hear the rain falling as soon as I opened my eyes. All I wanted to do was stay warm in bed but I knew I not only had to pack the truck up…but I needed to set a booth up and try to sell in the […]

Come and see me this weekend in Castle Rock, Colorado for the first Town and Country Market. It is an outdoor artisan market. June 12, 9-3:00. The market will be located in historical, downtown Castle Rock at the Courtyard on Third Street. If you are in the area I would LOVE to meet you!

  This week I have learned a few things…… *A three year old rarely actually hits the toilet. *My laundry is only caught up for 30 seconds and it starts all over again. *Never under ANY circumstance get on the scale during your period…EVER. *Having a baby fall asleep in your arms is still one […]

Good morning! We have LOVED that summer break is here and we have NOTHING scheduled each day except to play and for me to FINALLY clean this house out! I wanted to let all of you know that I was so surprised at your response to my Crazy Road To Health post. It amazes me […]

    I wanted to do something to thank all of you for your beautiful and huge LOVE of my summer collection!!! I will be busy for the next week creating for a local flea market so I thought I would offer FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed today June 4-6th. For all you lovely […]

I have a little confession. I am loyal..I really am…but sometimes your eyes may wander. This has nothing to do with my husband (he is dreamy and my heart couldn't sway if I tried)…oh no…this has to do with Anthropologie. I have to admit that I have been a bit disappointed lately with their catalogs […]

  Remember my crazy dessert dream and that fabulous "cheesecake" I had while I was in Laguna Beach?? After I tried to order it and it would have cost me $100 I decided to search the good ol' internet for a recipe. Last night I made it and here it is……   I found this […]

On my last day in California we met friends for breakfast in Laguna Beach. We had an amazing breakfast at Nick's and then spent the rest of the afternoon looking through incredible and inspiring art galleries, bead shopping and even an impromptu photo session. When you find an amazing door like this…you HAVE to take […]

The night of the Crescendoh launch party we all stayed up way too late. All us girls curled up on beds…and no…there was no pillow fight. We talked until the wee hours of the morning and had to make ourselves go to bed. The next morning we slept in, made breakfast and talked some more….we […]

Sometimes you need to grab an amazing friend, make plane reservations, fly across the country and surprise a friend that is having a launch party for her new business. You may also need to get ready for said party in about 10 minutes because you were in California traffic for hours. You may also not […]

It was eight years ago. I was three months pregnant with our second child. My mom was visiting and giving me a head rub…which she always does when she visits me (don't you just love mamas). I was extremely tired and talking to both Kelly and my mom. I started to not talk correctly.  What […]

Being that my birthday and Mother's Day were so close together I was blessed with a five day run of celebration. I will not even pretend I was complaining. In my last post I told you that I asked to go hiking for my birthday. We decided to head to Fort Collins to hike Horsetooth […]

When I was a child I never understood why when I would ask my mom what she wanted for her birthday she always said things like…I don't want anything…..I just want to spend the day together….I just want something you have made. It is so interesting how things change as you get older.  I now […]

Because I love pretty…I thought you would too. Happy Friday. Enjoy the pretties! Violet Bella Photography Pretty Birdie    Bohemiennes   Ruta Jasiuniene Volume Twenty Five *********************************************** Our weekend will be the drag race for the boys:-), The American Girl store for me and my sweet girl (and some friends are joining us), dinner with […]