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Rather Lovely Rope Balls!

Don’t you just love the texture of these gorgeous rope balls. I bought some of them from Ikea years ago but topped up my display with some home made Monkey Fist knot balls. And if you’d like to know...

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A Fall Craft- Sharpies and Conkers

The horse chestnut tree in my garden has been dropping it’s gorgeous shiny conkers all week and as beautiful as they are “au naturel “, …I thought it would be fun to go to town with a white paint...

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Fun Modern Ball Clock

My office has a new piece of functional fun hanging in the wall, a gorgeous mid century modern ball clock from Regency Shop The clock has solid beech wood balls in colors that really compliment the...

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DIY Christmas Decor: Driftwood Orb

My driftwood orb has had a little festive update. I got the idea from Lizzie over at Saltrock.com. She wrote a great post on using natural material for Christmas decoration ..see it here  and she...

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A Sea Horse Wall Sculpture from Trash

Just over a month ago I moved house… and let me tell you that process produces a tremendous amount of trash in the form of packing materials Although most of it got recycled I held back on a few choice...

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Abstract Watercolor Paintings

So Miss Chicago teen is coming “home” from college this weekend for Spring break.  She was a bit shocked on the sale of our Chicago house and our move to Pennsylvania as we rather sprang it on her. The...

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Country Decor Online Store

As many of you know I moved to Lancaster Pennsylvania at the beginning of the year and I am really embracing this beautiful place. It is really quite rural and right up my street. It is quite fitting...

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Pistachio Shell Art

I may have a problem with nuts! Over the weekend Mr CH and I  enjoyed a rather large bag of Pistachios, but it was not enough for me to savor their loveliness, I had to create something with them too....

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Creative in Chicago Featured in J-14 Decorate Magazine!

So… back in April I was contacted by the Lifestyle Editor of J-14 Decorate magazine asking if they could feature my DIY bling pencil pot in their summer issue. It was a no brainer and I said yes! All...

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Paper Orb Tutorial

Aren’t these paper orbs just gorgeous! They are not difficult at all to make and require no special crafty supplies. Go and rescue that old corn flake packet out of the bin right now and knock one of...

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Contemporary Fabric – Online Store Now Open

Wow talk about me talking a long time to get things going! Four years ago I created a collection of contemporary circle fabric designs and  loaded them onto Spoonflower,  an on-demand, digital printing...

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Festive Orbs for Christmas Decor

For reasons far too boring to go into, all of my Christmas decorations are currently in storage, somewhere in Ohio I believe! I could go out and buy a truck load more but I really don’t want to do...

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DIY Petal Votive

My summer has been hectic. Long story short, I have had to say goodbye to beautiful Pennsylvania and am now back in the not so beautiful Chicago area …sigh. The good news is that Mr Chicago and I have...

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Fun with a Geometric Stencil

Over the summer, the kind people over at Stencil Revolution let me pick out a couple of their stencils to play around with. What with moving house and all that entails, I have only now got around to...

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Icosahedron Decor

Yikes, that is a big word in the title of this post and if it has you confused, a Icosahedron is a 20 sided geometric solid. Nothing too confusing about that! They are super easy to make and look great...

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Simple DIY Patio Tables

These gorgeous little patio tables were submitted by Becky, from flippingtheflip.com, who like me, is a “Thing Maker” and creates stuff from nothing. What’s more she is right here in the Chicago area...

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Palette Knife Abstract Painting

Here is a little abstract painting I whipped up on a 12″ by 12″ canvas. I used water soluble oils and a palette knife to apply the paint. I was going for a soft calm feel and had the thought of water...

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Easy Painting Tutorial

Here is a really easy painting tutorial which will produce a stunning piece of art, worthy of a frame and hanging on your walls. You will need Watercolor paper and paintsBlack penBlack and white...

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Custom Home Decor Using Unique Fabrics

I am in the process of creating a new collection of fabric designs and in the process have been dabbling around in my Spoonflower account. For those of you who have never heard of Spoonflower, it is an...

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Swirly Spiral Watercolor Pattern

I get such positive feedback from my readers on my creations I though it was a good idea to “share the love” Remember this watercolor painting? Well, I turned it into a repeating pattern and it is now...

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