✨ A Little About Me ✨ My love for painting started many years ago with those small bottles of acrylic paint. Something about mixing colors and watching an idea come to life on a surface pulled me in, and I never looked back. In those early years I fell in love with trompe-l'oeil — the art of "fooling the eye." I painted stone and brick right onto walls, adding windows and openings that seemed to lead somewhere else entirely. There is a special kind of magic in creating a view of wonder where there was nothing but a flat wall before, and... Read The Rest

I'd never painted a thing in my life before 2015, but the moment I picked up a paintbrush, I was hooked. What started as a simple project—refinishing a pair of my mother's hand-me-down French Provincial side tables—quickly turned into a passion. While searching DIY blogs for inspiration, I discovered the world of furniture art, and it felt like the perfect blend of everything I've always loved: creativity, special effects, faux finishing, and transformation. A longtime dream of mine has been to work on props and set pieces, and furniture art has become my canvas for developing those skills. Every distressed edge, aged... Read The Rest

Have you ever had a passion that is constantly on your mind, 24/7? For me, that passion is scrapbooking and cardmaking. Hardly a day goes by that I am not thinking about a new layout, a fresh color combination, or the perfect way to preserve a special memory. I have been a scrapbooker and card maker for more than 30 years. What started as a simple way to keep my family's photos and stories safe slowly grew into something I could not imagine living without. In 2010, I turned that lifelong love of the craft into a business and opened a... Read The Rest