Before and After weekend… without the After

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! At my brother’s college graduation the speaker said something to the effect of “The mark of a good life is that you’re excited to go to work on Monday and you’re excited to go home to your family on Friday”. A. and I have been trying to live [...]

5 Links to Love this Friday!

Another Friday is here! Woo hoo! Not sure where you’re reading from, but if you’re in the Northeast it was another week of snow snow snow. While I’m getting a little sick of the shoveling, it sure is pretty! Looks like we’re going to have some more this weekend, so hunker down with some hot [...]

Something Lovely… More Fretwork

So I posted earlier this week on my love of fretwork and my unadulterated joy at finding Moroccan fretwork stencils online (I later found them on Etsy as well!) so that I could cover my walls (… and stairs… and floor… and furniture) with the beautiful trellis work. Now, I realize that this may not [...]

Making a home… Moroccan Fretwork

I have been mulling over a fretwork post for awhile now. There’s so much I love about it that I wasn’t sure where to start. It’s no secret that I love fabric, so fabric with fretwork is at the top of my list. Other than that, the only place I thought I could use my [...]

Friday Link Love

Time to start this back up again! I’ve been letting my blog reading go by the way-side because of crazy life and I miss all those lovely bursts in my day! So here’s  a wrap up of things I’ve picked out of my reader to share with you today. Have a most happy (and probably [...]

Something Lovely… Handmade Valentines

I can’t believe we’re in Valentine’s Day season already! It seems that I only just packed up the Christmas decorations (and to be honest… the candles are still in the window and I refuse to take them down until February), but if you’re a Handmade-Valentine-Maker then you need to start early! Valentine’s Day in my [...]