This year we are doing all of our outdoor decorating and sprucing up on a budget. Usually, I spend around $50.00 at the garden center on pots and plants for this front entry area. I like a lot of color here by the front door but I just don’t want to spend that kind [...]
How a University Graduation Address Can Launch Your Midlife Reinvention
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 from The University of the Arts (Phl) on Vimeo. I just found this video yesterday while doing some research on Neil Gaiman. While it’s a university graduation address from this time last year it TOTALLY applies to those of us launching midlife reinventions right [...]
Photo Sunday: Bridal Veil Bush
My Bridal Veil (Spirea) bush is finally blooming. I will need to prune it again once the blooms are off as it’s about to take over the front corner of the yard. It’s a good 9 or 10 feet tall and almost as wide! I’m madly in love with the delicate little [...]
Adventures in Pompom Land
Adventures in PomPom Land: 25 Cute Projects made from Handmade Pompoms by Myko Diann Bocek I’m pretty much in love with every project in this book. They are cute, whimsical, colorful, miniature and made with handmade pompoms. No fuzzy store-bought pompoms here! From the back of the book: Welcome to Pompom Land, where handmade pompoms [...]
Fabulous Friday: 11 Graduation Gifts to Make
It’s that time of year again. Graduation! While all of my kids are now out of High School they do have friends who are still graduating and we do know people graduating from college. It will still be a couple of years before any of our three college students graduate but you know I’m [...]
Sundance Catalog Inspired Necklaces with Cousin Components
When you tell people you are going to make things for a living you often hear, “Can you make money at that?” or “How will you pay your bills?” You never hear, “You will spend an unbelievable amount of time CLEANING up!” But you do. Yes, indeed. You spend an awful lot of time [...]
Mixed Media Greeting Cards
I wanted to share a couple of new mixed media greeting cards I created recently for FaveCrafts. The first one is a Mixed Media All Occasion Card with a little ink, acrylic paint, a stamp roller and some washi tape. A little of everything. You can get the full instructions by clicking on [...]
Mother’s Day and a Midlife Reinvention
Mother’s Day was a mixed bag of emotions for me. I spent a little time thinking about the family I grew up in. Hurts, abuse, unmet expectations, lies, betrayal, disappointment. And I spent a few minutes thinking about the four babies I carried that I didn’t get to raise. So much sadness. I spent [...]
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