Lots Going On!

Hello Gorgeous! How’s your week going?  Really well, I hope! I’m at that place, where I’m sure I’d get ‘rear-ended’ if I happened to come to an abrupt stop.  Know the feeling? Uh-huh! Thought so! Tregae and I welcomed our latest Shop Sister to the gang today.  Patti has graciously agreed to tackle our behind-the-scenes…

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Our Sale Continues Through Mother’s Day!

Hello, gorgeous! Looking back at the last week makes me think I should have amended my “mother/son/daughter contract” long ago!  I should have made it abundantly clear that neither of them could move more than thirty miles from home! What was I thinking?  Or, not thinking! These two little love birds, Andrew and Nina, are…

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Mother’s Day Sale Starts Now!

Hello Gorgeous! I hope you’re doing well!  Gotten your vaccines?  Hope so!  For me, it’’s just a bit of extra insurance.  Certainly a personal decision! Yes, it’s almost May!  Incredible!  Who’s in charge, anyway?  Must be a Mom, who gets things done, takes charge and gets results! Same goes for the mentors in our lives.…

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Demo Day, this Saturday!

Hello Gorgeous! I’m hoping your week is going smoothly!  I can’t complain.  I just wish  last week’s orders at market would show up immediately!  Patience never has been easy for me! In the mean time, I’ve spent some time this week, working to remove all things  winter, from the boutique. While not completely finished, it’s progress,…

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Shopping at Market!

Hello darling! Well, here we are!  Have you ever heard the saying “rode hard and put away wet?  That’s how I felt, at 6:15 on Sunday morning, when I looked in the mirror.  I never sleep well, when traveling the next day.  Well, enough of that! Once there, at the home and gift show, with…

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I have lots to tell you about!

Happy Spring! Don’t you just love this time of year?!  Everything is waking up after a long sleep.  Nature is the great optimist.  It just keeps returning, getting bigger and prettier each year.  I think someone slipped this climbing rose some secret sauce, because I can’t remember it going this crazy before with new flowers.…

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Happy April Sale! Spring is here!

Hello sweet friend, Happy April!  It feels like if I stopped running, May, June and July would slam right into me! April first, thirty-two years ago, I had a sneaking suspicion that I was with child. So, pregnancy test in hand (yes, they had those things back then!), I found out I was correct!  I then…

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Hello from Texas!

Hello Friends!, We’re here, in the heart of Texas!  Perfect weather…high 70’s!  If it stayed like this all year, there’d be no hope for California! Here I am, with my girlfriend’s little sister.  In front of the Alamo, no less!  No, we didn’t go in.  I’ll read up on it one day! We enjoyed lunch…

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News from the shop!

Hello gorgeous!   It’s St. Patty’s Day evening.  Papa and I are settling down, after a yummy crock pot, full of ye old corned beef!  Have you done the 23 and me thing? I did and I don’t believe I have any Irish blood in me.  I still love corned beef! Darlene and I spent…

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Commonly asked furniture painting questions

Greetings!, The folks at Porch.com asked me and other seasoned furniture painters, to offer their best tips for successful furniture painting. As someone who loves to give advice, to her children and furniture painters (a much more receptive audience), I was happy to chime in! You might find these tips helpful! Furniture Renovation Q&A Painting…

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Guess Who’s Coming to Town?

  Hey, friends! If you follow the creative world of Iron Orchid Designs, then you know Lynne Brundage, her husband, JR and daughter, Meghan!  Lynne is the creative force behind Ellen J. Goods, a beautiful shop in a 100 year old storefront, in Medina, New York. They sell wonderful vintage pieces that they’ve restored, beautiful…

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