These monster-sized Valentines were created using primarily My Porch Prints botanical/floral and RomanticaArts digital papers. I decorated each one from my personal stash of doilies, vintage lace, charms, vellum, and of course, shabby, crinkled seam binding. My dad’s more masculine Valentine was fashioned from Tim Holtz…
This year’s handmade Christmas cards were fashioned using a Shabby Chic File Folder design. (I have an unexplainable obsession with file folders right now, and this project fulfilled that creative longing.) My Porch Prints on Etsy has some wonderful feminine digitals that are perfect for a Shabby Chic…
JJ, a gorgeous Main Coonish cat, was surrendered to the Lancaster shelter with dental problems. As an 8-year old senior, a few of us were highly motivated to get her rescued or adopted before the shelter manager euthanized her. (There has been a rash of cat and dog killings…
When the weather finally cools down in Santa Clarita, and the constant threat of wildfires encouraged by unrelenting heat and high winds becomes a faint nightmare, I welcome the subtle changes that Fall brings. Leaves that turn golden, then orange, the woody scent of chimney smoke, and homemade soups and…
