Succulent Centerpiece
I find #creativeaftermath inspiration wherever I go. For example, a month ago [in between shopping and food] me and D ran into one of my favorite design stores, Hold It Contemporary Home, in Mission Valley. It’s one of those shopping establishments that make you giddy...
Inside Amy Schumer’s Back Door Tour
A few days short of a month ago, #meandD, along with our friends, Matt & Leslie, met Amy Schumer. (Photo by Harrah's Resort Southern California) By “met,” I mean we had our picture taken with her 😉 and although I’m pretty sure we were more excited to meet Ms....
Before & After: Mission-Styled Rocking Chair
I’m a collector of worn out furniture. Although, I guess you probably already had that figured out by now 😉 HOWEVER, what you might NOT know is a couple months ago, I took all my found treasures out of our storage unit and placed them in my upholstery studio. Why?...
Thank You For Visiting
In a few weeks time, we will be having our first official house guest of the summer! Yes, Ann 😉 I’m talking about you! So today, I thought I would share something I had made last summer for our guest room. Isn’t cute?! I purchased this irrational GROUPON last spring...
Where There’s Smoke . . . There’s Fire!
Scary times here in North County San Diego. (Picture by Google Earth) It’s not even fire season yet, but parts of America’s Finest City are blazing 🙁 luckily, however, there have been no reported causalities, which is simply amazing. This is me and D’s first...
Embroidery: The Unknown Frontier
Yesterday afternoon was filled with an adventure I had not yet experience before = EMBROIDERING! NOW before you go and get all impressed “Betty Homemaker” style, you must know I was not doing this by hand. Nope. As you can tell by the picture above, it was a machine –...
Kansas City Royals at Petco Park
This doesn’t happen very often, folks, but the Kansas City Royals were here in San Diego Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for a series against the Padres . . . and we were there for every single game 🙂 Yep, me and D had a nice, mini-vacation this week, staying downtown...
Kit-Cat Kitchen Clock
A couple weeks ago, I received one of the best surprises in the mail = my very own Kit-Cat Clock! I am about all things vintage and I guess my mother knows that better than anyone, as she’s the one that sent me this marvelous timekeeper. It’s currently hanging in our...
Thread A Frame
Lately, I’ve been extremely bored with most stores’ selections in picture frames. I mean when I wish to display one of my photographs, I really want the frame to be as inviting as picture itself. SO, what’s a creative soul like myself to do??? That’s why I decided to...