have BIG news! I applied for the Plaid New Horizons award and won!

I just love the early stages of design, it’s like falling in love…I even forget to eat!

popular and cute Ms. Claudine Hellmuth sent me some of her products to play around with

Between taking care of my “grandpugs” and seeing my son off to Thailand…and trying to get some work done…and keeping the dogs from killing my cats….
My nerves are seriously frazzled and I’m POSITIVE I’ve earned a day at the Four Season’s Spa. Maybe two. And possibly even three.
I’ve taken myself off the computer for a [...]

too busy, really.
I’m getting ready for my double trip- first to Costa Rica and then right onto CHA summer show from there. I’m nowhere near ready for either! Trying to figure out what to pack, what to ship is crazy hard because for one week,  I’ll be at the beach and then go right into [...]

I think we can learn a lot from cats.
This morning, Nugget just lived in the moment, laying on the back porch watching the birds at the feeder. When a small breeze would blow, he lifted his nose to the air and enjoyed the gentle scent of honeysuckle. Mondays tend to make me feel a bit [...]

AND, if you’re in or around England on May 3rd, tune into QVC for my papercrafting show and don’t be shy about calling in to say hello! AND YES!!! I will have the SCRAPPER KEEPER ALBUM!!! finally!

painting I did a few years ago after visiting Paris

Here’s a little painting I did the other evening, done in acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. For some reason,  I keep painting cats and birds. I’ve been doing this for a long, long time and each time I do it, I think , “ok, now it’s time to move on” but, I never do. So, [...]