Ideas to make your home brighter & your heart lighter
If wealth were measured in Legos, then we would be right up there with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Carlos Slim. So, of course, my Lego-obsessed boy wanted to give Lego-themed Valentine’s Day cards to his kindergarten classmates. But store-bought Valentines just wouldn’t do. We’re Lego Creators, after all. We had to make our own. [...]
There was a time when I would have run in horror from a stencil. Visions of kitchsy country kitchens stenciled in forest green and mauve come to mind. But lately, I’ve come to embrace stencils. I’ve not used on on my walls just yet, but stencils are one of my favorite ways to add pizazz [...]
We get invited to lots of birthday parties. Such is life with a 5-year-old. Whenever another party rolls around, I always struggle with what to buy, even when I know the birthday boy or girl well. Because I know that if their party is like most birthday parties, the kids will get lots of presents. [...]
A special little package arrived on my doorstep the other day. It was as exciting as a delivery from the stork! Our retailer’s sample kit of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint — three samples of my friend Marian’s much-anticipated paint, plus some crackling medium, wax, bonding agent and hemp oil. Heaven in a box. Source [...]
Ok, you can stop bowing down now. I’m not a Marie Antoinette sort of queen. But I am a Pinterest Queen. Really. I have the crown to prove it! Last night, a friend and I went to a Pinterest party sponsored by Forsyth Woman Magazine and Winston-Salem WomenConnect at the gorgeous WinMock at Kinderton in [...]
It’s no secret — we are into dinosaurs in a major way. If you think dinosaurs are extinct, you haven’t seen Jackson’s room. They’re everywhere — on the the bed, on the walls, on the furniture, on the built-ins and ALWAYS strewn on the floor. His love of dinos — and my love for [...]
So, I had some pretty handmade pinwheels laying around — yes I did — and I wanted to do something fabulous with them. Here in the south, wreaths are an essential part of your decor. We hang them not only on our front doors, but from our kitchen cabinets, on our china cabinets and our [...]
Yesterday, I told you about my awesome yard sale score of four (likely antique, but definitely vintage) Lexington Furniture wooden chairs for less than $5 each. The first got a “refreshing” coat of paint, my tribute to Coca-Cola. In case you’ve forgotten, here’s my Coca-Cola chair: As much as I despise painting chairs — all [...]
Today, I’m channeling Five-Man Electric Band, or in my case Tesla. Boy, did I love that song when I was a teenager. And from the looks of things, I really love signs. Lately, I’ve been on a handpainted sign kick. Probably because they’re so much more manageable to paint than furniture. When yard sales and [...]
I had a great time at the First Friday Indie Market in downtown Greensboro last week. It was my first craft show since starting Atta Girl Says, and I had a blast. All night before, the friend who was sharing my booth was worried that we wouldn’t have enough merchandise to fill our original 5X7 space. [...]
