Accepting “The Nester” Challenge (Dear Me)
Whenever I get the chance, I visit The Nesting Place This week, she wrote a beautiful post, entitled Dear Me. She invited us to write our own letters of advice, to our 16 year old selves, in honor of her sister’s new book debut. Her sister writes the blog, Chatting at the Sky, and I…
Read MoreHalloween Decor Inspiration
Greetings, dear lovelies! You may or may not be interested to know that I slept like a boulder last night, thank goodness…without ibuprofen p.m., even! Just because I am obsessing over working on the new shop, I have no thoughts or energy to create Halloween masterpieces, like some of you…so why even try?! While I…
Read MoreShopping for the Shop, Part 2
I’ve been suffering from some pretty annoying insomnia, these past days. It’s all about the new shop! I’m getting hooked on ibuprofen p.m.! I lay in bed at night, listening to the crickets sing outdoors in the night and think about nothing but the SHOP! Enough, already! I’m heading over there shortly, to talk to…
Read MoreQuick Fix! (Magazine Basket Make-Over)
Greetings!, I scoured the antique fair here in Sacramento, today! It’s a monthly event, under the freeway and I always try to go. The only disappointment about today, was that I missed the Karmelkorn concession! I found all sorts of treasures including this little magazine basket. I knew it had possibilities and that the teal…
Read MoreNew Treasures at Veranda Antiques
Last time I was at Veranda Antiques, there was a whole lot of “moving and shaking” going on! Tom and Dave have moved their space and it is amazing! Trust me, when I say my top notch photography does not do their space, formerly the kitchen in this cottage, justice! Lora, the high priestess, is…
Read MoreThe Miss Mustard Seed Paint Store Is Open For Business!
Just like many of you, I’m anxiously awaiting my Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint delivery! Knowing that it won’t be long, I thought I had better open my On-Line Shop and be ready to roll! So, (think trumpets, drum roll, dancing dogs, roaring crowds) …. All orders placed by November 1st, will receive a 15%…
Read MoreBanana Sour Dough French Toast
Well, here we are. Day 5 of a wonderful week at Lake Tahoe. The weather couldn’t be better. This morning, I’m proud to say that I was quite resourceful, creating a breakfast masterpiece! Is it the mountain air that feeds my voracious appetite? Or it simply a case of the piggies? Either way, it was…
Read MoreA Favorite Childhood Memory
Hello there! I’m up at the family house, at Lake Tahoe, for the week. We’ve just said goodbye to the last friends to visit. I love enjoying the company of good friends and I also love sitting back, enjoying the solitude. This is the best of both worlds! Since I have no furniture projects to…
Read MoreHappy Labor Day!
la·bor day Noun A public holiday or day of festivities held in honor of working people, in the US and Canada on the first Monday in September. If I’m not mistaken, for some time, my dad had my mom convinced that Labor Day was in honor of mothers going through labor, during childbirth! God bless…
Read MoreDreaming of My Work Shop
As the weeks pass, the vision I have for The Treasured Home gets clearer. It’s a slow process, but what’s important to me, is that the vision is as uniquely “mine” as I can possibly manage. I saw this image in my on line adventures and love the table. Mr. Wonderful is going to make…
Read MoreIt’s Almost Here! (Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint)
Back in the early days, in my other life, selling food to restaurants, I helped launch a new line of “fresh” sauces. That was back in my pre-children days, when traveling for a job was a new adventure. Now, just 25 years later, I’m so excited to be riding on Marian’s (aka Miss Mustard Seed)…
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