I love books. Old books, new books, bookstores, vintage papers and of course checklists on paper. I am a paper girl. I read a lot and I would love to share more but then where do we stop? These are my top favorite 12 books of 2025 in no particular order. I would LOVE...
My friend Tim Willard has a beautiful offering for this Christmas season! Click HERE to get this special advent series. Coming on November 30th – A Special Advent Journey This Advent, let’s walk together towards hope. Each weekday, you will receive...
Opening our doors and loving on those in our lives is such a sweet gift. The more I gather the more I learn how important it is and that so many just want to be invited. Invited into community and authentic relationship and the joy that comes from that....
Good morning! Thank you for the incredible discussion last night in our book club! I am still thinking about what was shared as we discussed Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker. The next book is Lee Krasner by Eleanor Nairne. We will meet via Zoom on December 9th @ 5pm...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | Mid-Century Journal Entry No. 11 Welcome to a new series here on the blog that shares our true love of art and design. So many of you started following me years ago because of our mutual love of home, design, homemaking and...
I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it watching the snow fall by the fire in our new home, bundled up taking morning walks with Kelly, on the couch doing our last year of homeschooling with...
Gathering others has been a part of how we celebrate the people we love at home, how we have grown our business over the years with live events and overseas workshops, and how we have been able to take ideas and make them a reality in our diverse and creative...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | Homebody Journal Entry No. 04 Welcome to a new series here on the blog that shares our true love of art and design. So many of you started following me years ago because of our mutual love of home, design, homemaking and creating...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | In the Garden Journal Entry No. 02 Welcome to a new series here on the blog that shares our true love of art and design. So many of you started following me years ago because of our mutual love of home, design, homemaking and...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | For the Home Journal Entry No. 01 Welcome to a new series here on the blog that shares our true love of art and design. So many of you started following me years ago because of our mutual love of home, design, homemaking and...
| My mom is the little blonde second from the left. One more was added to the family when my mom was in high school | We have all had those experiences waiting for the memories to fade. In fact, people will tell you that the memory will fade...
Our APRIL 50% off course special is The Art of Gathering with Jeanne Oliver. Over the past 16 + years we have gathered others through live workshops here in the United States and abroad. Whether we have been leading a group making art along the...
When we moved into our home we took a workshop and made it our studio, we took the old dining room and added a fireplace to make it a cozy sitting area, turned a home office into our family room and we took the larger living room to become our library and music room....
I knew last year that 2024 would be our final year of live workshops. I knew it more than almost anything else and that was way before we had any inclination of moving. When we started offering live workshops here at our home and studio over eight years ago, we were a...
Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2024! Today is the LAST DAY you can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50%...
I’m excited to let you know that I’m part of Art Rituals – a new mini course available now at Everything Art. Build your artful routines, foster creativity and get into the flow. Art Rituals include seven videos from artists where they share their unique ways of...
Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2024! For the next 24 hours you can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50%...
Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2024! For the next 48 hours you can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50%...
Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2024! For the next 72 hours you can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50%...
WE JUST ADDED A WISHLIST FEATURE!! With our new site we are able to start implementing some of the things that you have been asking for. You can now add any course to your WISHLIST. Start looking through our courses and find the courses you want to take before the...
This year I am feeling extra nostalgic about our beautiful time here at our home and land, as our time here is coming to an end, and I wanted to include some of my favorite older countdown images for the sale. If you are a member of our creative...
I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it saying goodbye to a place we have loved well, gathering Ben’s friends for NYE, just knowing my kids are all under one roof (even just for a moment), the...
Thank you for reliving with me the journey to our current home. It was wild, faith building, beautiful and at many points heart crushing. So many emotions came back up as I re-read my heart from eight years ago. I am reminded again that the Lord gets my attention with...
*This post was written almost 8 years ago to the date. Part Three: House Three Finding Our Way Home Read Part One HERE and Part Two HERE. Part Three: Finding Our Way Home There was a calm that had come over my heart in the midst of the waiting. It...
(The photos in this post are of house #2 and the house I am writing about in this post) *This post was written almost 8 years ago to the date. Part Two: House Two 39 Acres and a Whole Lot of Uncomfortable Read Part One HERE. (the photos are from house #2...
(The photos in this post are of house #1 and the house I am writing about in this post) *This post was written almost 8 years ago to the date. Part One: House One and the Day I Lost my Heart and Mind It was a regular day. That means I was procrastinating the...
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