Botanical Birthday Box

Today’s project that I did for Hero Arts is totally inspired by the sweet, lovely Danni from ( oh hello friend. ) The colors, the doily, the little package… Have you seen her blog yet?  No?  Then you are in for a treat!  Grab a cup of coffee or tea and get comfy.  Then click […]

I smell new stamps + a giveaway!

Hi everyone!  Did you have a good weekend?  I sure did — I was busy stamping projects to share with you, as I am the featured blogger over at Hero Arts this week!  YAY!  Love it when it’s my week, it’s always so much fun! And!  This week is extra special because we’re showing sneak […]

Nothing smells as sweet…

…as our prairie rose. She’s growing right outside the kitchen window and her cheerful blossoms begin the day with a smile. Most years, just as she’s coming into full bloom we get a huge hail storm, or a wind storm, or some-other-Texas-size storm — everything’s bigger in Texas, you know — and then I miss […]

Simple sympathy card.

I think sympathy cards are so hard to make.  I try to distract myself from thinking about things too much by trying new techniques.  For this card I tried two techniques. First, I scribbled little squares with markers all over the Silhouette Vase stamp, then misted it with water that had perfect pearls in it […]

Yay for crafty Austin artists!

I was so excited to meet some local artists at the Renegade Craft Fair! The first was Leslie Bonnell, owner of The Stitch Lab. Her shop carries tons of awesome fabrics like this sweet deer and stove — that I have no idea what I’m going to do with just yet, but had to have!  […]

Eye candy, Texas style!

Here’s some Texas style eye candy from the Simpson Prairie field trip on Sunday! Yum. And!  If you’re in Austin, come on out to Wild Basin tonight for the May Chapter meeting of the Native Plant Society of Texas! Mark Klym from Texas Parks and Wildlife will be talking about hummingbirds — love those sweet […]