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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFun 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...
View ArticleDIY 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleAbstract 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...
View ArticleCountry 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...
View ArticlePistachio 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....
View ArticleCreative 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...
View ArticlePaper 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...
View ArticleContemporary 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...
View ArticleFestive 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...
View ArticleDIY 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...
View ArticleFun 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...
View ArticleIcosahedron 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...
View ArticleSimple 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...
View ArticlePalette 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...
View ArticleEasy 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...
View ArticleCustom 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...
View ArticleSwirly 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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