



I thought I'd try a Catherine Holman inspired painting on this little school chair. I encourage you to stop by her blog. Cathie creates the most wonderful paintings of houses that make you want to climb right into the painting, knock on the door of the house and go inside for a cup of hot chocolate. I often leave comments that I'd like to live in many of her paintings!
Here is my theory why so many children have learning problems these days.....the chairs are just too darn comfortable. This one is from the 1960s and you'd find them in just about every public school in the country. They were hard and uncomfortable and you set in them from the time you were in first grade until you graduated. So my theory is that when the chair is uncomfortable you focus more on learning to forget about your numb butt that has been glued to the hard chair for 6.5 hours!


Ruby glass and milk glass....what a beautiful combo!
Cookies? Cookies? Did somebody say cookies?


I love all the colors in this piece.....
Upcycled wool trees. What a wonderful trio of Christmassy goodness.
These two guys are hitching a ride to.....where else? A snowball fight.......
The colors in this wool picture just pop and the black frame really sets off the deep rich red....
How cool is this pillow? Somewhere there is a very bewildered Santa looking for his coat!
























Don't forget to check back as new items will be added on amost a daily basis! Oh how I love Christmas decorating, how about you!?!?!?!?

For those of you who follow my blog, you are familiar with Toodee the studio mascot. He usually is getting into some sort of hijinx! The week before Halloween, Toodee always gets a little sugared-up and ultra creative. I made the mistake of leaving a full bottle of sweet tea by him last night and found him in this state this morning with a very cool snoman metal dog tag around his neck (notice the tea bottle is empty). That Toodee! By the way, he shared with me how he made the tag and it will be available in the 




