When my bathroom was renovated earlier this year, I spent nearly a month shopping for all its components – flooring and paint, shower doors and and fixtures, vanity, baseboards . . . the list seemed endless for a room that’s only 5′ x 5′. And after all the hard work[Read more]

I haven’t posted much of late, for a variety of reasons – one of which is: I’ve been crafting, rather than upcycling. Crafting means I’ve been making things using new supplies, instead of upcycling and using what I already have, and (my inner editor is speaking here) that’s not what[Read more]

Welcome to my little pumpkin patch! Although I’m resisting the urge to decorate my home in all things fall, over the last few weeks I have allowed myself to work on fall-themed craft projects. I’m cranking out more of the sweater pumpkins I made and shared last year, and am[Read more]

Lest you think I’m all moody metaphors and no creativity this summer, I shall share pics of what’s kept my hands occupied of late. I’ve been playing with air dry clay – some evenings just manipulating it for the pure tactile joy it brings me, and the rest of the[Read more]

Look what I grew! This year’s crop isn’t impressive enough for me to take a picture of my zinnia bed – they came up in random places, the seeds clearly displaced (and seedlings eaten) by furry visitors in my yard – but, some are coming up. Enough bloom each week[Read more]

I used to hate it when someone said, “One day you’ll look back on this and smile.” Not because I didn’t believe it, but because I’m not a patient person. I want the perspective only time can provide, but I want it now. I’ve just come in from mowing my[Read more]