Many people believe that making art or creating artful spaces is "hard work" for "serious artists." I think that if it seems like "hard work" you are missing the point entirely. Here's my radical idea: creating and curating beauty should be FUN. It should be delightfully, deliriously liberating. It should be obsessive, though not necessarily... Continue Reading →
In much the same way a mother never tires of people saying her child is adorable, I never tire of having strangers stop to compliment the beauty of the house and the obvious care that is taken to keep it so. For that reason, and a few others, Saturday's debut yArT Sale (art sale in... Continue Reading →
I’m excited to share the big accomplishment of the season thus far - my updated front porch! Talk about thrifty: with a $13 can of Vintage Coral paint, Paul and I brightened all of our porch furniture and flipped an unused door into a bright vertical planter table. Raiding our Trash Day loot pile, we added a... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned previously, I scored: Big. Time. during Burton Garbage Day. I promised a rundown of all the loot, and here it is! 2 lovely sections of white picket fencing complete with finials (look for them in my upcoming spring front porch reveal!) A gorgeous and very large paneled hardwood door (which will someday... Continue Reading →
Greetings and welcome to the first Thrifty Thursday! The intention of these (hopefully!) weekly posts is: To inspire you to go treasure hunting in your own local thrift stores with a fresh set of eyes. To create a visual record of my hoarding tendencies so you all can intervene as appropriate. Lately, I’ve become obsessed... Continue Reading →
Nearly recovered from the Bunny Business-related exhaustion, I can at last look back at a truly memorable day with some fondness. It’s like labor – you see the cute little faces in the photos and forget the mind-bending pain (mostly). My favorite part of the day was the Spring Celebration activities post-Hunt, themed around... Continue Reading →
Me and my trusty glue gun have been all fired up lately, making beautiful new things and mending beautiful old things. Yet. There are things I can not fix with my glue gun. And they trouble me. I cannot fix the ugliness streaming bountifully from the tiny orange man in the big white house in... Continue Reading →
My Dearest Muse, Greetings, salutations and big ole' hugs! I am so excited that you are here! We are going to write and make beautiful things together! And channel the divine love and inspiration of the whole Universe! And discover my true calling and life's purpose! I know you are excited too. Thank you, and blessings, and, by all... Continue Reading →
Top o’ the day, friends! Here is a brief, life-of-Alison recap: It is now March, and probably colder than it was in January It snowed today. Again. Always. Groundhogs are fuzzy little liars (even Chuck from my hometown in Staten Island, who I am highly partial to). In the world of my “day job” every... Continue Reading →
So little ole’ Burton Ohio is in the deep, miserable phase of winter. Don’t get me wrong, winter is cute around Christmas - the first snow gently frosting the trees and rolling hills, breaking out the warm fuzzy sweaters, hot cocoa and robust red wine by the fireside, etc. But by late January, when it... Continue Reading →
Old, Pretty, and Slightly Broken 