We have another family of Carolina Wrens living in our kitchen window box! I wasn’t going to bombard you with photos (since I thoroughly documented the last family of wrens from eggs, to goofy looking chicks, to the day they left the nest), but yesterday they did something so bizarre that I had to get my camera. [...]
Summer is definitely not my favorite season, but all the sweet, ripe fruit available this time of year helps make up for it. I can’t decide which I enjoyed more—photographing these gleaming berries or gobbling up my first piece of delicious triple berry crisp. This recipe is a keeper. I’m going to munch on this all [...]
This is for Gretchen and Leigh who wanted to see my new hydrangea! I just so happened to have snapped a few photos the other day. I think she needs a name… Geraldine! (A name from one of my all-time favorite movies, Some Like It Hot.)
Want to see something beautiful? These coneflowers are the newest addition to my butterfly garden (thanks Dad!). Most flowers are pretty because of their petals, but the center is clearly the best part of a coneflower. They’re so intricate—even from the moment the bud first appears. My coneflower-inspired doodles certainly don’t live up to the [...]
Thanks to everybody who entered the giveaway! I used random.org to choose the 3 lucky winners, and here they are: Alena, Carly, and Gina—I’ll email you later this afternoon to get your shipping information. Giveaways are bittersweet for me, because I really wish you could all win. Some of you said you had a hard time finding [...]
In my quest to improve my hand lettering skills I purchased a copy of Typography Sketchbooks by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico. It’s filled with page after page of gorgeous lettering from the sketchbooks of over 90 talented designers. I’m so glad I added this amazing inspirational resource to my bookshelf. I don’t think it [...]
For the past 2 or 3 years I’ve kept an eye out for the perfect Jenny Lind bed for our guest bedroom. Last week craigslist finally came through for me! What’s your favorite craigslist/flea market/ebay find? My new-to-me bed is definitely one of my top five favorites. The bed needed a good polishing, but furniture polish [...]
Do you remember the chalkboard mug and chalkboard platter I made last year with Pébéo’s porcelain chalkboard paint? Well, the folks at Pébéo got in touch with me. They kindly sent me 3 bottles of their Porcelaine 150 chalkboard paint to share with you lucky people! This is super special paint. It’s not regular chalkboard paint, and [...]
I came across this recipe on Pinterest recently, and since lately I’ve been a dessert making fiend I had to try it. These bars are so good that they rival the s’mores bars I posted last month! When I was photographing them I said to myself, “How about a photo with a bite taken out [...]
I’ve always considered hydrangeas to be old lady flowers. I don’t know why. Let the record show that I’ve changed my mind. That either means that I was wrong, or I am now an old lady. Our neighborhood is bursting with big fluffy hydrangea blossoms right now! I love how just one bush can produce [...]