Today I welcomed September with open arms! Fall is a time when I feel the most creatively charged and over-the-top inspired. So many plans for fall… apple picking and pumpkin carving, long walks in the golden sun through the woods, cozying up and drinking hot tea with honey to name a few. Today I took …
Category Archives: vintage
A locket ring
Oh, I am so excited about this (and will be very sad to see it go as my little finger was quite enjoying its adornment amongst the moss and feathers!) It’s a terrific vintage cameo ring with snippets (in mini-print form!) of my painting The Woodcutter’s Daughters. A red-winged blackbird graces the outside of the …
wild by nature
Was searching online for animal stories of old and I came across this lovely, lovely old book which is online in it’s entirety full of inspiring, sweet little images. So now stories of spiders and moles, beetles and bugs and silly nuthatches are going through my head. I have been collecting feathers! I think I …
rainy sunday
Became completely, totally absorbed in my painting today, listening to the soft raindrops outside the window. What a feeling and a terrific, productive Sunday! When I was finished with the long painting session I had paint all over my hands, arms, legs, and a glob between my toes! Afterwards was flipping though a neat old …
barn sale at the farm!
My Aunt Diana is having a fabulous barn sale! As always, everything looked like a magazine spread and I was like “are you actually selling this??” as I sorted through the goods. My mom bought this rug. It has survived three barn sales so it had her name on it! I bought the most charming …
letterpress block
I was going through a box of inspiring things today and look what I rediscovered! It’s a antique letterpress block. I have a whole box of them but this one takes the cake. I am guessing this was from a storybook of some kind? I don’t know much about these, but oh, I love it!
a perfect day to feel…
Another morning visiting my favorite spot to ramble along the trails and sit by the pond. The morning weather was perfectly overcast so I was able to stay out until 9:30 am! Usually I plan to be indoors by 7:30 due to the the intolerable heat and humidity. There has been a heat wave here …
some more sea love
It’s such a hot, humid day I am wishing to live a bit closer to the ocean, satisfying my craving by painting up ships and other summery things in the air conditioning. But I had to share two more things from the other day, the cutest sailor themed bathing suit from the early 1900’s. It …
treasures from a sea cottage…
Stumbled upon a beautiful cottage while visiting the seashore for the day in Ocean Grove, NJ. The house was open to the public for tours, so I went in. Such a collection of pretty victorian things, and the little home with its two-story rocking chair porch had such charm! Small rooms under the eaves in …
blue things
For now I have been collecting blue things and making little arrangements on my bookshelf. The tea set is an absolute favorite and I think I’ll take it off the shelf and use it! I tend to change my collections of found things quite often so we’ll see where the next one takes me. I …