the gift...

Mayday is wonderful,truly wonderful.You know why?It gave me the opportunity to let Max and his buddy Elijahexperience the pure joy of surprising sweet friends. they were my 'runners', ringing the...

Mayday is just around the corner...

We don't have many flowers in the garden yet, truth be toldwe have 5 daffodils. 5.I am hoping that by next week we have afew blooming branches to make a fewMayday bouquets. (These are from 2010......

Happy Earth Day!

To show my love for our little planet, and my love for you,I am having a special at The Old White House I will be tossing in one of our luscious organic lavender dryer sachetswith every purchase of...

bottled stories...

vintage love... I spent most of the week on the computerabsorbing all of the info that I could to grow my business,applying to art shows for this season,and digging through receipts for our taxes....

etsy love...

This treasury is right up my alley... 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' by kindredquilters Earth Day is April 22nd. Here are some wonderful handmade goodies that are also Earth friendly! Take Me to Lunch...

the attention span of a gnat...

Sometimes having the attention span of a gnat is a good thing... because of it, I am really never bored.I am someone who has to keep her hands busy,I generally don't watch television with the...

the beautiful north...

Recently I was lucky enough to go on another girls weekendwith some of my favorite girls...my sisters.I only wish that all of them lived close enough to join in the fun. we would have made room in...

the weekend...

Popping in to say hello to all and then off to the sewing machine! No time to really style the photos, more 'work' wink winkto be done... I just wanted to share a few pieces from time at the table...

re-done, re-did, re-purposed...

Re-done, re-did, re-purposed, re-cycled... It's all relative to me and my love for the cast offs. Bits from old earrings and necklaces to create a new bauble, it's like piecing a puzzle of jewels...

It's all in the details...

I have been spending most of my creating time making jewelry and I love it , but recently I used some of that time to create pretty packaging for the baubles! Still a work in progress, but at least...

The Marketplace

Have you shopped The Marketplaceyet?Debra has a large following of etsy and online shopkeeperssuch as myself that she has created a party for!I know, isn't she so sweet? If you haven't joined in...

sigh...

Source: wheretreasuresreside.tumblr.com via Theresa on Pinterest ...because this photo captures the beauty of living life with a tender love for all things.No matter how gnarled the hands,no matter...

Old Grey Mare giveaway!

Do you need some organizational inspiration...I know I do!If you do too, than you need to visit OLD GREY MARE Z is having a wonderful giveaway and if youare like me and are at this moment...

chalkboard love...

yes. you. are. love,Theresaxoxoxooxoxo

whistle while you work...

Still working on new items for this Saturday's event https://www.facebook.com/events/416099238474564/Take a look at their FB page for morewonderful artists that will be in attendance! I made some...

Arts for the Cure!

Last week my sister, Molly, came over and we played withthe silverware some more.This time we took the knives that have stainless steel bladesand cut off the handles to makesome new creations. I...

love...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE! via tumblr love,Theresaxoxooxoxox

etsy love...

'a heart' by rabitzz original oil painting heart ... pamelam $38.00 Rustic Valentines Day Decor ... TheLonelyHeart $20.00 Sukan / Red Heart Pillow Cov... sukan $35.60 Vintage Love Heart Charm...

guest artist...

I am lucky to have 5 very talented and creative kids.Each one has their special gift of creativity, they are all an inspiration to me! Today I am going to share Hannah's latest creation. This...

playing with treasures...

Do you hang on to treasures with the intention of using them somehow,but when the moment comes you get cold feet? "It's too precious,""what if I come up with another idea later,""I will never find...

spread love...

The last of the Christmas gifts have finally been delivered so Ican show you these now.I just love how they turned out and all of thespecial people that received them loved them too...bonus!It was...

sparkle on...

Good Morning! We had a day full of sunshine on Saturday,so I took advantage of the sun streaming in the windowand took lots of pictures of the latest creations for the old white house too many pics...

sparkle is important...

Today was the day that I put away our nativity.I could not get myself to put away the wreath yet.I love the sparkle that it gives the room so I willjust keep telling myself that it is a Winter...

vintage finds in the kitchen...

First of all you must know,there was a terrible accident in the kitchen... my girl broke in 3 pieces and as hard as I've triedI have not been able to put her back together again.I can't bear to...

etsy love...

'Will You Be My Valentine?' by ArtisticEndeavors101 Ahhhhh...sweet love..... Enamel copper heart necklace GretchenWalker $98.00 Wedding invitation heart bow... reasons2bcheer... $2.00 Vintage Key...

around the house for Christmas...

I hope that you all had a beautiful Christmas,ours was very special, filled with lots of family time,laughter, love, good food, games,mixed withthe flu.not once,but three different times and not...

Merry Christmas!

I hope that your Christmas day was full of the beautyand love that you so deserve. I also hope to be able to share stories and pics very soon.Our life has been full of all sorts of thingsthat have...

hope...

I hope that we will get some snow like the banner shows,when we go to get our tree this weekend!(That is one of my favorite pictures from our Christmas tree excursion 2 years ago) I hope that I get...

weekend update...

A sale...my little way of thanking everyone for all of the support we have beenshown all summer and beyond! I have been planning a little 'weekend update' for all of youto give you a glimpse of...

xoxo