Bring whimsy into your home and garden with playful ideas and projects including home decor, garden design, recipes and more inspired by fairytales and Alice in Wonderland.
This handsome gray bat in my new OOAK Victorian Gothic Halloween Ornament is “Vlad the Cute.” He is looking forward to stepping out in his owner’s Steampunk Victorian boot. In the photo, you can see the how I started the piece using a simple paper pattern that I drew. From there I build up layers…
I just picked up an inexpensive Darice® jewelry display stand, but not for organizing my necklaces. The simple lines made it a perfect display for summer ornaments! The photo above shows three different looks using the one display stand. Summer Ornaments Display 3 summer looks from 1 jewelry stand The first is the “naked” display with just a…
Craftsman Detail for a Modern Ranch One of the reasons that I fell in love with my little ranch house about 15 years ago was that fact that it sat nestled among trees including four gigantic pines. They had stood here long before the neighborhood came into being and gave our modern house a quaint cottage…
“Owls for Every Season” is a set of four seasons brown owl miniatures created from polymer clay representing: winter, spring, summer, fall. I sculpted all of these critters by hand in my rural Pennsylvania studio this month (January) which explains why Mr. Winter Owl looks a little grumpy 🙂 I think Spring is my favorite! Such…
My mom pulled out one of her craft magazines to show me a DIY article on making decorative planter stake gnomes. She asked if could make her a set. (My sister-in-law was charged recreating with the wooden planter). I snapped a photo of the page (bottom shot) so I could remember what they looked like when…
I’ve been taking a break from creating things for my store to do whip up some Minnie Mouse cupcakes for my niece Chloe’s 2nd birthday party. Of course, I couldn’t resist creating a polymer centerpiece to round out the display. About the Cupcakes For the vanilla lovers, I created “pink velvet” cupcakes by adding a…
It’s the day after Christmas, or if you prefer, the start of the season of leftovers. Today my leftover-inspired lunch consisted of a toasted gluten free cranberry ham wrap livened up by a couple of spoonfuls of homemade (husband-made) cranberry sauce. The sweet cheese that you see oozing out of the edges is Giant Eagle…
Decorative Victorian Switch Plate Cover When you design every detail of your dream kitchen, including a splurge on old-world scalloped back splash tiles, it seems wrong to finish things up with a plain plastic light switch plate cover. Over the years I’ve made more than 50 decorative switch plate covers for other people’s homes and…
I would like to do a “Small Business Saturday” shout-out to a local, family-owned business: MJC Kitchen and Bath. If you are out and about on Saturday, stop by their showroom at the Antique Depot in Duncansville. We worked with Harry Duey, his wife Mary, and their son Joe on a bathroom remodel a few…
These rocker-style Peacock Switchplates are for Susan in California. She has a newly decorated wall waiting for them. I thought she might like to see how they are coming along.