My sweet aunt Diane gifted me a terra cotta bunny figure in March for my birthday, along with a lovely lunch at one of our local wineries. A...

  With April's arrival, Easter draws closer... and while I like to focus on 'seasonal' decor rather than specific holidays, some...

Daffodils are my FAVORITE flower. Have been since I was a Little Debby and loved watching 'Daffy O'Dill' dance in Disney's ...

Here at the edge of the 'winter-spring' seasonal transition, I try to keep the coziness of winter's soft textures going by mixin...

I just have to ask: Do You Wanna' Build a Snowman?! Since we have a bit of winter weather left (thank you Punxatawney Phil), I thought I...

    Donna at Funky Junk Interiors blog hosts a weekly linkup,  encouraging her followers/readers to share their recent projects.  This past...

Sometimes, you have to do a project or make a thing just for fun . Like when you've been deep cleaning your studio/office and feel burie...

a contributing factor to this year's theme, O CHRISTMAS TREE  was finding three gorgeous flocked trees at Target. then i found two white...

while most of my holiday decorating this year involves re-using a lot of elements i already have along with a few new things i am making, th...

wreath number two for this year is a fun one... i rounded up some old ornaments that i don't ever use,  and gave them a whole new look w...

yep, i'm stubbornly holding on to the fall season over here! our triple-digit summer temps didn't drop until Halloween week, so i am...

yes, Deb loves sweets - edible or not! and since Halloween is all about the treats, i just make my own calorie-free versions - like faux car...

one thing always leads to another 'round here.... after i turned some old green sweet sweater succulents into green sweet sweater pumpki...

every autumn, i get a huge uptick in blog traffic searching for my Original Sweet Sweater Pumpkin  tutorial . they're a fun bit of seas...

yes, I'm still over here re-imagining alla' my pumpkins! this time, i dug into some boxes and found a past project that's been o...

fall is coming.... yes, that sounds ominous to me! maybe to you, too. as hot as it has been in So Cal this summer, i'm enjoying long day...

after a prolonged summer break, i'm back to share some happy news: a new version of my original 'glass globe pumpkins' has been ...

one last post before i take a break for the month of june...  this 'discovery' came one DAY after my last blog post, which was all a...

this project may not 'bowl you over' (geeze, i'm old) but i hope it will inspire you to use things differently  in your home dec...

after sharing an epic paint fail ( and a fix! ) in my last post, i thought i should share another paint project - one that went WELL! inspir...