Homemade Gifts for the Holidays Christmas is coming. It is coming fast. I am excited to be collaborating with six different amazing artists to share their homemade gifts that I love. I personally have, and use, all of these in my life and gathered them together in this blog post to share them with you. I think that supporting artists (especially female) when shopping for gifts and holiday goodies matters. …
I interrupt the daily creative dose of crafty fun and recipes to share from deep in my heart. I have had enough of social bullying in this otherwise amazing world of blogging. I am sickened by those who make crap up, spread it as truth and then operate from the rumors. It is disgusting. It is enough. The damage that gets created from those who are insecure, immature and unprofessional …
I am really thrilled to share the Laura Kelly Design Team 2017! These amazing designer, teachers and bloggers will be sharing lots of fantastic ways to get creative with the dies that I design for Ellison Education throughout the coming year! I feel so blessed to have each of them on the team whether they have returned for a second year or are new to the team! Rina Gonzales – …
This post was sponsored by Cost Plus World Market but all opinions are my own. If you have been following along lately then you know that we in the home are crazy excited about the upcoming Country Musical Association Awards this year, the 50th year celebration! I created some great southern country recipes and showed you how to decorate for a CHA Awards Bash a couple of weeks ago using …
This is not a DIY or a recipe or a party tip post. It is me, raw me. I feel the need to share my heart and so to my blog I go. The killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile (and so many others) followed by the attack on Dallas police is a screaming OUT LOUD wake up call to every single one of us in this country. It …
There are so many things and places that I love! I love the three publications that feature women (Where Women Create, Where Women Create Business and Where Women Cook) and I love shopping at Barnes and Noble. Being featured in the current issue of Where Women Create is such an honor. When the proof of the article that goes with the amazing photographs arrived in my email inbox and I …
This post is super special. Over the weekend I had a bunch of creative friends to my home to celebrate a milestone in my career…the ten page article in Where Women Create magazine. We called it the Create – Make – Celebrate Retreat and we were so fortunate to have Jo Packham, the founder of the magazine, here to join us. She is an amazing force of empowerment, love and …
If you know me then you already know that my faith lives in my heart and spirit. Faith to me is believing…believing when there is no proof, no for-sures and no understanding. Faith gets me through hard times and makes the happy times that much more joyful. I am so proud to be a member of Highpoint and excited to be a small piece in a massive puzzle of people …
I work with a lot of really great brands and I make money doing it. Often times I get asked how I do this and why it works for me so well. So, I am sharing a few key words that support me in my endeavors. AUTHENTIC I truly care about and enjoy all of the brands that I choose to connect with and support. Because this is true for …
This is my first year participating in the One Word Challenge, well officially anyway. In 2008, I determined that 2009 would be my year to shine. In 2009 I met and fell in love with my now husband, Ryp Walters, and have been shining ever since. Being shiny is not always how it appears though. Being profoundly creative and successful at the same time causes a lot of awkward discussions …