I often wonder, when reading an old letter from one person to another from long ago…did the writer ever wonder if they would see their loved one again in this life? In the ever-westward moving of the...
Pages, pages, pages… Pages to paint, stamp, glue, doodle, embellish, glitter & write on… …all of it a REALLY, really fun way to learn more about myself… Just who AM I, anyway? This little f...
It sits on the shelf now…tidily nooked in the china cupboard in my mother’s house… But once upon a time it sat near a little girl. A gift lovingly given to one that wasn’t to be long for this w...
{isn’t she sassy?!} Oh, the journaling! I’m definitely getting hooked, I’m afraid… A few more pages to share with you…I promise—I’ll get to different things in my next post! My title page: {lac...
{beautiful image by Hope Wallace Karney} Oh, so many fun things to do in this life! Here’s just another one…something I’ve been meaning to begin for so long… Art Journaling…I was so very intimidated ...
There are those small, quiet moments in life that may—just may—go completely unnoticed… …but sometimes, if you’re very lucky, a loving eye will SEE such a moment, and capture it, holding it tight…sav...
The beginning of May always brings such lovely things to mind…the sweetness of flowers on May Day, Mother’s Day…and our wedding anniversary on Monday {our 24th this year}! So many things to cel...
I didn’t even know it existed… I’ve always heard people referring to their “family quilt”, one made by a great-grandmother, or great-great auntie…I didn’t think we had one in our family… Well, we act...
{it’s absolutely impossible to convey through these photos how immense these trees are…} We went into the woods one day last month. Not just any woods…the redwoods…. Muir Woods, to be precise.&...
Classically trained to the level of masters in the art of baking in their homeland of Switzerland, Theodore and Marie dreamed of opening a bakery of their own… Coming to America to begin life anew, t...
Hello, my friends! Just a few things to share with you today…had a bit of a creative binge earlier this week thanks to Vintage Street Market! I don’t make a lot of tags, but for some reason, that’s w...
Laying on the chenille-covered bed in the beautiful bedroom at my grandparents’ house, I would gaze at the portrait on the wall… The old, Victorian-age portrait had hung there as long as I cou...
Hello, my friends! Whew! It’s been a while since I’ve posted…life’s been bustling along here. Just to fill you in, the day after we returned from Disneyland, my beautiful teenage niece ca...
Hello, my friends! When your oldest daughter surprises you with the gift of three unexpected weeks of her dear presence, you take every advantage of that time that you can…. …and that’s just what we’...
A few sheets of aged, thick watercolor paper sitting at the back of my closet for years…carefully preserved, but not being shared… On my mind, the sheets of paper were pulled out, shown to my daughte...
Do you feel it? The breeze getting a little warmer…budding blossoms on trees just ready to burst…birds singing in the greening gardens… Spring is almost here! …in California, at least! I couldn...
Some stories aren’t always happy…but that doesn’t make them any less sweet…perhaps it makes them even sweeter… This is just a little story, but a story that shows the beautiful character of a beautif...
{image found online} My Boyhood Home The home of my boyhood, the place of my birth It is dearer to me then all others on earth Its charms are still with me wherever I roam I’ll never forget my...
{on both these pieces, I used lace and seam binding at the top to represent the windows I was imagining…} Hello, my friends! Just a quick post today…the beginning of another busy, wonderful weekend… ...
{My great-grandmother Estella is the young beauty sitting on the far right, next to her father…} Stuck in a drawer in an unlikely place—my parents’ garage—a treasure was found this summer… Not a trea...
{photo of Matilda late in her life…very blurry, but lovely all the same…} Matilda…I don’t know as much as I’d like to about Matilda, but she’s filled my thoughts for days now… I do know she was an an...
The beautiful, young Dutch girl fell in love.—deeply in love. The object of her affection was the village miller…he was handsome, he was generous, and he was poor. He most likely had no money t...
Just a simple story today…sometimes those are the best, I think… Just one journal from the life of my grandmother LaPriel. That’s all I have. One year of her life faithfully documented in...
{“Remember” journaling tag from Crafty Secret’s “Creating with Vintage Patterns” CD} It was an exciting time…and a terrifying time, as well. Sixteen-year-old Anna was about to embark on a journey tha...
Hello, my friends! Another Valentine post…it’s coming fast and I’m trying to get a few done before it’s too late! Here’s my first project from the heart… …a little Valentine collage, featuring ...
Hello, my friends! Just a quick little post today to share some sweet little Valentines with you… {a re-purposed glass spice jar given new life filled with sweet Valentine treats} …a couple of easy p...
{wreathed baby and bluebird copied from my baby book} A dark, cold and snowy January in Boston…the new mother-to-be, realizing the time was finally here, was escorted to the hospital in the wee hours...
Hello, dear friends! Oh my goodness! I sure missed visiting with all of you the last couple of weeks—blogging is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?! But sometimes it’s also a wonderful th...
Hello, my friends! A quick post to let you know I’ll be taking a short blog break—just until the end of the month. I need some time to help my daughters (and me!) adjust to a new homeschooling experi...
Once in a while, something comes across your path that describes you perfectly…better than you ever could yourself… I found that very thing just yesterday on a lovely, like-minded friend’s blog…she g...
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