For some time now, I’ve been wanting to add a garden to my yard. The only problem, no dirt where all the sunning takes place. Finally, an epiphany: garden above ground!  Read more>

I am a wannabe crafter. I do dabble on occasion however, life, a small living space and an addiction to television does not always make crafting possible. Though there are very few crafting fields that I’m not intrigued by, my main concentration is mixed media and collage — specifically I love combining paper, fabric and sewing or embroidery to make a piece of art. Lucky for me, there is a magazine that encourages me to dabble in my loves called Cloth Paper Scissors.  Read more>

Styles come in and out of fashion while many are reinvented. Kelly Wearstler can be greatly credited for bringing back Hollywood Regency style but with a fresh, modern twist and thus, turning the chapter on 90s minimalism. With it, she has brought back color, opulence and frills to stark interiors.  Read more>

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Container gardening always seems to look  harder than it actually is. There appears to be some kind of special training or membership to a secret horticultural society, required to venture this task. You look upon other gardens and say, “isn’t that beautiful, I wish my house looked like that!” Stop wishing and dreaming and start doing. In my opinion gardening is just like everything else in life – at first you’re scared of the unknown and you don’t want to make mistakes. You will learn more from doing, failing and trying again than you will from reading and wishing. The basics of container gardening can be broken down into 4 categories: what, where, how, and why not.  Read more>

I had my first ‘hot under and over the sheets experience’ one winter in Vegas. My friend, Nikki, was playing the female lead in “Spamalot.” Due to the extremely dry desert air and 9 shows a week, she couldn’t turn on the heat or it would dry out her voice. So she got an electric mattress pad. I jumped into her bed one morning to watch a movie and have never been so happy-toasty since!  Read more>

One  question I am asked all the time is, “I found this great “treasure” at the flea market…how can I erase any negative energy/chi from it?”   Here are a few Feng Shui remedies to remove any negative vibes from the item in order to achieve the goal of Feng Shui – harmony and balance…in a room, in your home, in your life.  Read more>

An easy way to add pop to a room is to accessorize with pillows. It can instantly change and brighten your furniture like a good piece of adornment on a dress. I recently made my own pillows out of felt because I wanted to customize the design to my taste. You can do just about anything with this stuff using colors you choose and templates you create. Although I sewed my graphic felt designs onto the pillow fabric, you could just glue it using fabric glue. When I was done, I went snooping around the Web to see what else was out there and gathered some fantastic examples as inspiration for you to make your own. Or, if you can’t be bothered, you can just buy them.  Read more>

I usually work backwards, or at least in a powerfully non-linear way. I have had two pillow inserts for YEARS now, waiting to be embellished with pretty decorations. I don’t necessarily need more pillows around the place, but it bugs me that these things have just been sitting there, adding to my to-do list. So off I went looking for fabric only to find nothing suitable for the very specific idea I had in my head – something red, maybe with florals, without being too girly or frilly. Solution: make my own design using felt. Brilliant! I love this product because it is inexpensive and needs no extra sewing to keep the edges from fraying.  Read more>