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I have very little photographic evidence of how I spent january 2022. it was a chance to do things just for fun and actually finish projects I’d long ago abandoned. on our way up to Mt. Washington we stopped in...

photo by brittanny taylor I’ve been consuming murdery podcasts while I paint for a long time now. I can’t listen to music while doing really detailed work (like stitch painting needlepoint canvases!) and prefer stories where I can half listen....

december 2021, you were a wild one. 😅 I was able to spend a long weekend in florida with my siblings to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday and it was so great to be in the warmth and sunshine, with...

the card art that almost wasn’t. 😅I cooked up my idea earlier this year and naively assumed it would be an easy process so I bought some block printing supplies and put off working on it until mid-december. I started...

remember when I designed my own needlepoint ornaments based on my annual holiday card art? I had 13 (of I’m not sure how many) stitched and I attempted to finish them myself last year. they came out horribly and I...

the planning process of a yet-to-be-stitched giant canvas 😅 phew! I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to pull this one off but I’m so glad I got my act together. this 2022 calendar is a little different...

november FLEW by. I spent most of the month getting the needlepoint orders finished up and working on my paintings for the big adoption event. but that was okay by me because I was counting down the days until the...

I’ve been in a tuesday afternoon painting workshop for the last year and half (and added a tuesday morning workshop this fall.) so needless to say I’ve run out of wallspace in my studio and would love for these small-scale,...

october was filled with all the good things that happen when the leaves start to change. we kicked off the month celebrating Abby for her 23rd birthday. (which is a really weird thing to type.) we actually made it apple...

it’s no secret that I love a good nantucket style basket and love spotting them in antique malls and vintage shops. but… I told myself I couldn’t add any more to my collection until I made one of my own....

well that month went fast. abby and I kicked off the month with a field trip to philadelphia to visit my sister and her family. we crammed a lot into our three days - farmer’s marketing, ice cream sampling, antiquing...

I did it! I actually followed through on a promise to myself and completed an online art “challenge”. the parameters for Melissa Doty’s #squareathon challenge on instagram were pretty simple. she offered 3 prompts for each day and called it...

POST & GRAPHIC UPDATED OCTOBER 20, 2021 I posted about the awesome coasters I made and I quickly found out about their problematic CEO and how much the company doesn’t align with my personal beliefs. I’ve used stickermule for awhile...

COASTERS!!I designed these with stickermule and they turned out even better than I’d hoped. so from here on out, I’ll be packing one of these little drink-sweat-catchers with each order. you’re welcome.#thistookforever

I was thinking about back to school and how fun it was to have a new outfit. maybe you could use a new piece of #ecspaints jewelry to add that ‘new outfit’ feel to something you already have in your...

not sure who said it but the phrase ‘august is the sunday of summer’ was spot on. the whole family at fenway for the billy joel concert august was all about family. partly because we have so many august birthdays....

way back in 2007, I designed this long necklace based on the India Hicks cover of Domino magazine. hence the name. I wore it with everything but sometimes wished I’d made it just a little more versatile. I wanted to...

this is the first year, since 1999, that I don’t have anyone starting school. there are no more new backpacks, no new school supplies, and no more moving into a dorm. honestly, it’s really nice to have labor day weekend...

we knew when we bought the house a couple of years ago that she’d need to be repainted in a few years but when we replaced the front porch decking this spring (we could poke a finger through a couple...

we’ve been look forward to july for a long time. since we were all vaccinated, we were able to get my whole family together for our annual july fourth vacation. 2020 was the first year in almost 30 that we...

this photo was a huge hit on instagram last weekend but I thought it was only fair to show the full photo, without the Diddy crop.I’m pretty sure this is my face 75% of the time. 😒 just wanted to...