*This post contains affiliate links. Are you ready for spring? I sure am. I can't wait to throw open the windows, spend sunny mornings drinking coffee on my porch, and adorn my house with spring gnomes. I've been using the gnome theme ever since Christmas. We had a Christmas gnome tree Continue Reading
How to Create a Multipurpose Studio or Craft Room
*This post contains affiliate links. Do you have a multipurpose studio or craft room? For the first time in my life I have a painting studio. It is multipurpose because we use the room for several different functions. Three months ago, we moved into our new house. One of the many reasons I Continue Reading
How to Paint a Vinyl Record
Have you ever thought about buying a custom-painted vinyl record? With the right surface preparation, you can make your own. My daughter wanted a vinyl with pink flowers for the ladder bedroom shelf in her new room. She had CDs of some of her favorite television series and movies on one of the other Continue Reading
Styling Our Gifted 100-Year Old China Cabinet
Getting Rid of Things Before Our Big Move What do you do when someone gifts you a gorgeous 100 year-old china cabinet when you're trying to downsize your stuff? You keep it, of course. Less than a year ago, we sold the little cottage we'd been living in for the last 25 years. It was a Continue Reading
Custom Painted Couple Portrait Plaque
Since I've been painting portraits lately, I thought it might be fun to offer a Custom Painted Couple Portrait Plaque in the Love My Little Cottage Etsy Shop. The picture I chose was of my husband and me standing in front of our house with our dog, Hercules. Painting a couple portrait on a plaque Continue Reading
Our New Charleston Style Home
I never thought we'd sell the little cottage that we'd lived in for twenty-five years, until a friend and I decided to read The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron. After every chapter the author compelled me to list things like: Five Examples of Imaginary Lives I'd Like to Live or Clothes I Wish I Had. Continue Reading
Toadstools with a Snail Acrylic Painting
Have you ever seen toadstools like this? If you haven't seen them in person, you've probably seen them in storybooks and animated movies. These gorgeous Fly agaric mushrooms usually grow beneath birch, pine, or spruce trees. They can be found in late summer or early winter. Don't they make you think Continue Reading
Hand Painted Pilgrim Sign
I made this Hand Painted Pilgrim Sign for our new house because we are moving in just before Thanksgiving. We are decorating our Charleston-style home with an Industrial/Midcentury vibe, but I'm also throwing in a travel theme. Doesn't that sound fun? Since the Pilgrims were the ultimate travelers, Continue Reading
Upcycled Industrial Side Table
If you're visiting for the first time, you don't know that our family of four (plus a college student who is sometimes here) has been living in a two bedroom apartment since we sold our little cottage in June. Selling our old house and building a new one has been exciting, but also a lot more Continue Reading
“Simply Joy” Upcycled Painted Christmas Purse
Have you ever thought about upcycling (yes, that's a verb) a leather purse? This year, I've decided to paint a collection of upcycled purses and other items for Christmas. This "Simply Joy" upcycled painted Christmas purse was designed to reflect the happiness we feel at Christmas when we are Continue Reading
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