For quite some time I had been wanting some kind of water feature in our home. The sound of trickling water is soothing to me...but I was ne...

I was honored for my steel moon earrings to be included in this amazing treasury by Voladoradesign .... You can get to the clickable one He...

The handwriting is from a long and skinny antique ledger kept by a woman for a church describing the daily events...I love the handwriting s...

We like a nice fireplace at our house. If we had one, that is...don't know why we didn't think of this so much sooner. My husband an...

(This necklace is currently for sale in my Etsy shop) The comments that I received from my last post have at times, left me in awe. Speec...

Today I am listening to the Patty Griffin station on Pandora and enjoying the rest of the day from behind the big picture window glass becau...

Yesterday, my son Christian brought this home for me. He remembered I had been searching with hope that another vintage record player woul...

I flip the pages and arrive at my article in the current issue of Artful Blogging . It is a surreal experience. I am somewhat stunned I gue...

They seem to appear from the canvas, with searching eyes, somehow manifesting from the drips and smears; a soul of their own doing. Brou...

I received this letter today. It was resting upright on my jewelry table when I awoke this morning. Of course the tears came...in this lette...

Another favorite of mine is birds...this is a particularly stunning engraving from an 1876 Almanac. I have included the cover. Though it is ...

I thought I'd share a little project with you today. It is a necklace holder/display created with vintage glass knobs and a hunk of anti...

Provincial Earrings Egyptian Alabaster and Turquoise Earrings I was gone all day today, and in my rush to get some creations posted,...

Today is one of those days. One that I need to focus more intently on what I refer to as my "Mental Gratitude List". I have days l...

I have quite a large collection of antique cabinet cards... These are a few of my favorites. I'd like to send random cabinet cards to th...

When I was a girl, I went to Crystal Springs, Florida with my family...and rode in a glass bottomed boat. I will never forget seeing the fi...

Last night I broke down just a little...just a little. At my jewelry table in the darkness (surrounded by the circle of light from my old de...

...well, it really is more of a laundry room turned place to house my burgeoning collection of old things. I can't sit in there yet, but...

Such architecture and finery... I found these as I was cleaning my little studio yesterday...there is a whole set, joined together by twill...

Susan, you won the little oil can assemblage featured in the current issue of Somerset Life ...would you contact me so I can send it to you?...

Talisman of the Sea; amid the reports of bomb vests and shootings and those who are lost, you are here to remind me of the sound of th...

It has been quite some time since I've created an assemblage. I have been focusing my energies on creating "functional" art...