when i first began running into blogs that called to me, christine’s was one of the first. somehow we became aquainted through her blog and via email. i will never forget the excitement i held when i was out in los angeles with my husband on a trip and driving to santa monica to meet [...]

happy. fun. whew what a week! actually what a few weeks! all good and just let me say…. my heart swells with all the shop love. there is a newsletter brewin, look for that and of course SIGN UP is over here. this season i am bound and determined to buy as much handmade as [...]

  it has been a full weekend over here filled with goodness to the brim. i lurve (hey happymama) weekends like this. mornings filled with quinoa and dried fruit. a day in the big city over the hill with two from the emmick clan. a stop at the flying cupcake, crimson and tate where i [...]

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.   ..frida kahlo  it is time for the soup! yep, that is right – it is sunday! today i actually had some studio time. i really REALLY struggle with the whole “studio time”. my day consists of so many [...]