Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. – Charles Mingus Last week, I started a series of simple, yet elegant wrapping ideas. I will continue this series every Saturday for the next 3 weeks (can you believe there are only 5 weekends before Christmas?!?). Would you join me? I would love to inspire…
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Simplicity (2)…..
Caramel glue gun…..
What happened to November? It seems like just yesterday when we were getting ready to go trick-or-treating and now, we’ve skipped over November and jumped right onto the Christmas sled…;o). I put away all of my fall decorations today and we will soon be dusting off our Christmas ornaments. But before we get all tangled in Christmas lights, I wanted to…
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A Thankful Walnut…..
I am thankful for the first breath of life I took as I entered this world. I am thankful for the one that gave me that life and chose two wise souls as my parents. I am thankful for those two souls that gave it all for their children’s happiness and still do. I am thankful for my siblings, a…
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Simplicity (1)…..
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication – Leonardo da Vinci This year has brought some not so easy life lessons to our little family. But because of them, we have learned that as long as we have God and each other in our lives, we are capable of being happy. We have found a new appreciation for the simple things in life and a greater love for things that money cannot buy. As the Christmas season…
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Michaelangelo has got nothing on you…..
Fresco is the Italian word for “fresh”. Painters would do ‘fresco’ painting on fresh, wet plaster walls – a process that allows the colors to sink into the plaster, giving you a glowing kind of color that is very different from what you would otherwise get if you painted on dry plaster. The most famous fresco is the Michaelangelo masterpiece found on the ceiling of the…
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