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Fresh Mercies

July 9, 2012

It's going to be one of those weeks - the busy kind. The kind that have you meeting yourself coming and going. The kind where you hit yourself in the head for being a procrastinator. The kind where you have to make a list every single day to make sure you don't forget to do each very important thing…

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Back to the Drawing Board

June 25, 2012

Hey y'all - I had to put decorating at the Woodland Cottage on the back burner for about a week or so because I've been doing some seasonal designing back at the old drawing board for a client. Here's just a few little snippets of what I've been up to...

I also made a little Scripture art that I post…

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Free Father's Day Printable

June 15, 2012

I created this Father's Day Scripture art last year and offered it as a free printable, so I thought I'd offer it as a freebie again this year! This is one of the illustrations I lost in a hard drive crash last year, so I was glad it was captured online and not lost forever...

The verse is Psalm 112:…

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Where Bloggers Create 2012: I'll Be There!

June 5, 2012

I'm saving you a seat...

...and stocking my shelves...

...for the "Where Bloggers Create 2012" blog party hosted by the awesome Karen Valentine at My Desert Cottage!!

I hope you'll join me and SO many other bloggers from all over blogland as we share inspiring, fun photos of our studios, sewing rooms, …

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Sneak Peek: Our Cottage Kitchen

May 21, 2012

(the box window in our Woodland Cottage kitchen, May 2012)

For a little perspective, here's a before shot of the kitchen from 2006 when I first purchased the house...it was clean and nice, but VERY vanilla...

Well, we are *finally* finished with all the repainting and reflooring on our Woodland Cottag…

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Our Make-Ready is Almost-Ready!

April 30, 2012

My Woodland Cottage Studio - ready to move in!

Oh my goodness, what a job it has been to rehab this sweet Woodland Cottage of ours! We are VERY close to being finished to the point that we can begin to move in furniture (yay!)...but what a journey it has been!

After looking over all the rooms we dete…

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Our Mobile Home Makeover Featured on MHL!

April 11, 2012

I was so excited and honored to have our mobile home makeover featured on Crystal's wonderful website Mobile Home Living over the weekend! Crystal was just the sweetest thing to work with, and her passion to show the beautiful possibilities (and practical realities) of mobile home living is infectio…

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Time, Tenants, and Transformation

March 30, 2012

My "Woodland Cottage" April 2006

Wow, as I type the date "April 2006" it's hard to believe that it was almost 6 years ago that I bought my first home on my own as a newly single woman. It was a scary but wonderful experience, and there were a lot of great God-stories in how it all came about. I was b…

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Where do I start...?

March 10, 2012

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Don't worry - everything is fine here, but there's just been several things going on that I haven't had time to write about. So let me catch you up a bit on what's happening in my neck of the woods...

The image above is just a little taste of the design work I have been do…

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CHA 2012 Show Report - Part 2: Amazing!

February 16, 2012

(My table at the Designer Showcase - CHA 2012)

I'm finally back for part two of my CHA 2012 report. The first half of the first day of the show, as I said in the part 1 report was a bit of a mixed bag what with my various health issues and such, but it ended on a very high note after a very promisin…

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CHA 2012 Show Report - Part 1: Wow!

February 11, 2012

(me at my CHA 2012 booth)

Hello friends! I'm finally ready to do a CHA 2012 wrap up complete with photos and some reflections on the whole experience. In a word: WOW!! It was an AMAZING experience from start to finish! Here are just a few of the highlights and details...

Setting up the booth on Frid…

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CHA 2012 Show Preparations: Part 2

January 21, 2012

Banners; check

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I am BEYOND THRILLED at how the banners for my booth turned out!! The colors are PERFECT and the details are crisp...yay!!!! I have 9 of these wonderful things to line my booth with - I hope they will be a hit!

This is Annie, by the way, my Summer Just Be…

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CHA 2012 Show Preparations: Part 1

January 11, 2012

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Hello friends! Wow, I have been working non-stop for weeks to prepare for exhibiting in the Licensing and Design section of the Craft & Hobby Association Winter 2012 show and there is finally a little light at the end of the tunnel! The largest job I had was to create severa…

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS

&

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

To all my poor neglected blog pals I apologize for the lack of posting, but I have done precious little else other than create art for the past weeks... Progress has been steady and I am pleased with the work, so that's a good thing, but I hate being so out of touch. …

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New Marketing Piece

December 7, 2011

Howdy! Just wanted to quickly share a new marketing image that I just completed in preparation for the CHA show in January. I am working non stop on new portfolio pieces and I am having a blast! You'll be a seeing a lot more of these girls and all their "accessories" in the coming weeks...

Oh, you ca…

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Blessing(s) in Disguise

November 18, 2011

I'm here, I'm here!! I didn't fall off the face of the earth...although at times over the past month it seems as if I might.

A few weeks ago, with no warning, my hard drive on my 2 year old computer died...kaput...just like that. Since that happened earlier in the year on my previous much older compu…

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Another Sample

October 15, 2011

Wow, another week has passed already! I just wanted to share another sneak peek at what I have been working on this week. This cottage porch scene sample is another image in a series of cottage-themed illustrations that I am creating for potential licensing. I will be taking it and many other new an…

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A Birthday and a Reunion!

October 8, 2011

Happy Birthday to my Sweetie!!!

I love you so much - God blessed me more than I can express when He brought our hearts together!! I hope your day is wonderful, and that the next year is full of adventure and blessings!

We are headed to the south part of Houston for a very special reunion this eveni…

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Sneak Peek: New Series

September 29, 2011

Hello folks!! I wanted to take a quick break from my virtual drawing board and give you a sneak peek at my latest design project. I am creating a new collection of vintage cottage-themed illustrations that will be part of the work I will be bringing to the Craft & Hobby Association 2012 Winter Confe…

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Wildfire Aftermath

September 23, 2011

I finally took the time to download and process all my photos from the wildfire and its aftermath here in the Magnolia, Texas area, so I thought I would tell the story through pictures...

The following photo if from my front porch facing East. It was about 3:15 in the afternoon on Labor Day and I had…

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