Gingerbread Village from Scrap Wood
I’m so excited to share this fun holiday craft! Iron Orchid Designs is having a contest to create a gingerbread house using their products. I tried to make just one, I swear, but somehow I ended up with a whole…
Fairy Tale Mantle
It’s been a while since I posted anything new, but not much has been happening on the cottage until recently. Things were busy with harvest in the vineyard, and Halloween season with my Etsy shop, and suddenly, the year is…
Whimsy- Rose Painted Wall Letters
I just added a wonderful addition to my studio. On the wall above the counter holding my sewing machines, I hung big wooden letters spelling the word “Whimsy” and decorated them with my favorite stamped roses. My Etsy shop is…
Rolltop Desk Makeover
Hello friends! I’m excited to share my latest studio makeover. I’ve had this rolltop desk since I was a kid. I remember my dad taking me to buy it when I was about eight. It was unfinished wood and we…
Painted Ceiling Pipe
What do you do with an ugly black pipe running along your ceiling? You paint it of course! I used to hang fascinators from the plastic pipe in the ceiling of my hat-making studio, but because I’m sprucing the whole…
Decoupaged Two Drawer Chest for Studio
With everything that has been going on lately, my house has been on hold. It’s hard to get much accomplished in the middle of a pandemic lockdown. But it has been more than two weeks since any of us had…
