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you might recall that my brother and his wife asked me to paint something for them. they said I could paint whatever I wanted which was interesting AND scary. I said yes and spent the better part of this spring...

on my list of things I signed up for in my ‘continuing education’ plan was a virtual surface design class through RISD. I have a plan to cover everything that’ll sit still with my ‘beads’. we worked in photoshop and...

june felt like we were finally inching towards a sense of ease and relief. the weather in new england warmed up and we got outside. we even traveled! selfie with abby at Groundswell in Tiverton cooling off in the pool...

photo by Brittanny Taylor / rainbow top and skirt by 4kinship / caroline necklace & bracelets by me I hired my friend, Brittanny Taylor, take some studio shots for an instagram takeover I had coming up and wanted to get...

a friend from college has been asking me about how to get started in needlepoint. she’s a voracious knitter and quilter so I was a little surprised she wasn’t already a needlepointer. I shared with her the posts* I found...

before I painted, stitched, and sent my bag strap off to the finisher I already knew what I wanted to try next - a tri-fold clutch. I had seen one by anne fisher needlepoint on Instagram and wanted to make...

I bought a beautiful, vintage-ish canvas from Faison Weiss back in the fall when she was de-stashing. it’s about 13” “square” with fun curves and I think it’s probably a pillow canvas. I didn’t love the colors on the canvas...

my brother and his wife, Kristen, have asked me to paint something for over their fireplace, in their family room in Alabama, and I’m equal parts flattered, excited, and nervous. 😬 after getting the desired measurements, I asked a few...

I’ve been working on a few new ideas for my needlepoint canvas designs and I’ve been wanting to offer something smaller. I don’t necessarily think of ornaments when I look at my designs but I know there’s so many other...

I cannot be trusted in a home depot or lowes - I will pilfer as many paint chips that I can fit/hide in my pockets. I’ve been doing it for years and even made #cardart2018 entirely out of shades of...

I made my mom (and dad) custom 14” needlepoint pillows earlier this year and they were a huge hit. so much so, my mom packed them in the car and drove them down to florida for the winter. she mentioned...

over the last couple of years, I’ve taken a few workshops and classes and they’ve been a huge help in getting me out of a creative rut and also creating a sense of community. I mean, I took a pastel...

who remembers this beauty?it’s a stunning flat file I saw in a painting studio in early 2019 and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. the owner said he had a mechanic friend paint it with auto paint forever ago....

I’ve been eyeing the cricut machines for years now and finally took the plunge. I’ve had ideas in the past that were utterly impossible to duplicate at my card art scale. like, no way am I going to make 175+...

I got a late start on this year’s calendar and almost didn’t get it together but it worked! fortunately, the design was laid out last year so it was only a matter of sorting out images. in the past, I’ve...

I’ve been at this needlepoint game for all of 9 months but in that short time, I’ve amassed an impressive thread stash. I just can’t help myself. in my defense, having a big selection makes a huge difference when choosing...

it’s my first ever sale and it’s a biggie!my birthday is next week and I thought it’d be fun to celebrate with 30% off SITEWIDE !! can you believe it? it runs from today until midnight on sunday, august 16....

just checking in. the girls have been e-learning at the college level 🙄 and I’ve been just… surviving? existing? we’ve also been enjoying some online yoga sculpt classes and decided to go full tilt with some matching onesie outfits. how’s...

Canadian tuxedo? cowboy night? how about Bob’s beard?! 😂we’re in our fourth week of our quarantine themed dinners and we had zero trouble coming up with denim for this one. really we could have this same theme each week and...

missing spring break something fierce and we’re back for our third installment of quarantine themed dinners. we went all out tonight with our resort theme and we got lucky with warmer temps for our self-timer photo on the porch. and...

I crushed the bag strap in what I like to think is record time. plus it was a good way to understand how NOT to paint a canvas and how to adjust while stitching. and like I said, the ideas...