Getting Your Home Winter Ready
Today is the first official day of Winter. Here in the Willamette Valley that means a significant amount of rain, shorter days, colder temperatures, and possibly some snow and ice. When Spring arrives, many homeowner’s immediately think to do “spring cleaning” but winter is another time of year that performing some routine maintenance can help […]
Community Makes A House A Home
There is a lot that goes into making a house a home. If asked, most people would rattle off things like family photos, a comfortable place to rest and relax, the familiar smell of a favorite meal being cooked in the kitchen. While all three of these are important, I wholeheartedly believe that one of […]
Letter Writing for Project To Love Ourselves
I don’t know about you but I think that being a girl can be pretty tough sometimes so when I heard about Project To Love Ourselves from a friend I knew I wanted to help. The project, started by Whitney Saxon connects struggling girls and women with 15 other adult women who pledge to write […]
MECCA – Upcycle Heaven for Makers, Crafters, and Artists
Growing up, both my maternal and paternal grandparents were what some might call pack rats. They weren’t the hoarder types made infamous by reality television but all of them had grown up during the Great Depression and lived through a World War so they held on to items that others might just toss in the […]
Finally
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For quite some time people have been telling me to start my own blog and for almost as long I have contemplated it. I have taken photographs of parties, adventures and projects for years but just couldn’t take that first step. I agonized over what I would name […]