I  came back from the HAVEN conference one week ago. so INSPIRED!!! and Energized  and I could not wait to get home and implement  and assimilate all of the new information I obtained. artprojectsforkids.org Since HAVEN I have been focusing on ways to improve my blog from all avenues… …photography, appearance, traffic, content, readership, revenue, marketing… Read More AM I LAZY? …5 TIPS to MAKING MY BLOG BETTER

I KID you not, I was JUST going to go onto one of my favoriteLighting websites:Barn Light Electric when I found out that the site is having an AMAZING Giveaway!  get this!!! The Winner gets a $1000 Barn Light Electric gift certificate! you heard me rightONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPEND AT BARN LIGHT ELECTRIC!!!  AND AS IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH TO… Read More BARN LIGHT ELECTRIC GIVEAWAY!!!

NOW, You KNOW I love a POP of color… I love my new lamp. Robert Abbey DEVON Lamp in “Canary” FYI- SAVINGS ALERT I bought my new lamp from 1stoplighting.com and  they guaranteed that if I did not receive it in 14 days that I would be credited $60 dollars… and It didn’t and I WAS!!! ANYWAY… Read More THE DINING ROOM HUTCH MAKEOVER

My Mother in Law was visiting recently and commented on my new  Belgian Linen Drapes.  “Restoration Hardware?”, she asked.  Well, the “Hardware part is correct”, I replied.  The Belgian Linen Panels from Restoration Hardware,  that are the length I need 108″ x 50″,  are $219 a panel.  That is $438 a window  and $876 for… Read More GET THE LOOK! – BELGIAN LINEN WINDOW PANELS (DROP CLOTH)

Yellow is my husbands favorite color.  I like it too and sometimes, I LOVE it. lately I have been a bit CRAZY in love with it.. remember the recently painted Fireplace cover? . I am also  crushing on red and navy…and charcoal…. …deeper colors I usually do not normally gravitate toward… hmmm…I wonder? maybe it… Read More YELLOW IS A HAPPY…. COLOR-SNEAK PEEK

Hard to believe that one week ago  I was beginning what would become an pivotal journey is my career as a blogger. The trip to Atlanta and the Haven Conference. It is an amazing thing… to have done something…in a bubble, to be an enigma to most who know you in your everyday life… Kinda… Read More HAVEN CONFERENCE DECONSTRUCTED

Monday. got here fast. got here too too fast. I will tell you how fast it got here. I woke up and I thought my MOm was still alive. I had to remember that she was gone and has been for almost 5 years. That means someone could have been born when she died and… Read More DOG CONEs TO THE RESCUE!

I woke up today…a bit confused Is HAVEN over?  I was just getting warmed up…am I home?Yes, I am home.Finally.Yesterday, after packing it up, having breakfast with the cousins and  driving the kids past the house I lived in as a teen in Atlanta… …we hit the road! Atlanta to Virginia… The long 8 hour drive went… Read More HAVEN HANGOVER