My summer vacation has officially started! It was a long and grueling school year which seemed to last 4ever but this morning, when I awakened and remembered that I am on vacation.... ((sigh)) it was bliss. Over the weekend, I started cleaning the Sunshine Room (my little studio)...moving ...

As promised, an update with some of my swap gifts and creations! JoAnne hosted "Be My Valentine" matchbox swap. Not just any ole matchbox, but the smaller ones, to be filled with three teensy ATC's (these were a true test of dexterity and vision!) My swap partner was Kimberly, who created th...

I've been busy the last few weeks working on projects for several blog swaps... one of which was A Swap for All Season's Mother's Day Swap. The goal was to find a special vintage brooch for our partner to wear on Mother's Day. Now I have to tell you that Linda, our hostess, was amazing! She...

Happy Monday! I began my day by the usual blog hopping; checking out everyone's news and gorgeous pics.... one of my first stops is always Crescendoh! to see what Jenny Doh and her creative team are up to... I especially love their "curator of the week" segment. It was through this chain of ...

Our youngest, Bianca, turned "21" last Friday, the 13th (she loved that!).... since she has a summer internship in Chicago, we had her home for just 48 hours.... It was a short--but very sweet visit! We dropped her off at the airport just 3 hours ago and my heart is still aching (when will I...