A couple of years ago I received the greatest gift ever. I had seven of my grandkids in my shop all making stained glass projects, mostly as Christmas gifts. As an artisan you often watch others and learn techniques and styles, their sense of color and flow of a pr...
This is my first attempt at writing a blog so I asked my almost 15yr old daughter "what do you write in a blog?" because she seems to know so much more about this than I do, although I won't tell her that.
I cannot stop smiling today. I watch my grandchildren, 2 and 3 years old, a couple of days a week. They keep me young jumping in puddles and every project takes much longer than it should. But I love every minute of it.
I was always one of those people who put on deodorant as part of a routine and because as a child my mother told me to. Then, as life goes on and the switch in some of our brains actually turns on (don't laugh), some of us begin to wonder- ok, I beg...
Sometimes, I feel like I am in a different country trying to cope with the time difference. But it's only an hour. What's the big deal, right? It happens every year. It's not like it's a surprise. So, why the big drama. It's psychological. I have convinced mysel...
Yet, it’s another day waiting to find out if we are going to get more snow or not. I am like so many of you. I am done with winter, done with snow, done with shoveling. I am getting low on some herbs I use in my products. Hopefully the panic doesn’t set in too soon...
It makes me crazy that we pay more money for fewer ingredients. Today, I am referring to laundry detergent. There are some very expensive ones on the shelves and they really don’t clean that well. They mask what they leave behind and poison us and our environment in do...
Well, I have finally done it. Our website is live. This is a scary, nail biting moment for me. I know I am over thinking and obsessing about the smaller details and need to stay focused on the bigger picture- but.... that's not me.