weekend project
DIY succulent wreath, currently rooting. To be published on Gardenista next week.
View Articlefeeling nutty
A little after school project by Solvi and I, using this template from Lilla A. (found via Finch), beach nuts and some golden, silk thread.
View Articleleaf prints
Gramma came to whisk Olie away for an overnight yesterday, so while Solvi and I waited for the dryer repairman, we celebrated Spring Break in our own way: with leaf prints. I vaguely remember seeing a...
View Articlepressed seaweed DIY for Gardenista
One of the projects I was working on this week was a pressed seaweed DIY for Gardenista. The kids helped me gather supplies last weekend, and this week we made the prints. Here’s a look at the process....
View Articlebeach combing portraits with jenn booher
Score! The first find of the day, a sizable chunk of cobalt glass, sets the bar high. One of the first artist that I ever featured on designskool was Jennifer Steen Booher, a fellow lover of Maine and...
View Articlecape cod traditions on gardenista this week
Solvi helps with bayberry harvest. This week on Gardenista, I featured two DIY projects celebrating the bounty of Cape Cod berries. The first, hand-dipped bayberry candles, starts with harvesting...
View Articleleaf silhouettes
Somewhere on the journey between concept and completion is where art happens. Inspired by the antique shadow portraits used in my Halloween Hall, this week for Gardenista I set out to make similar...
View Articledried vegetables and other timeless traditions
Longtime readers may remember that each year I mark my calendar for the Friends of Minuteman Park annual harvest festival. Not only does this event afford an excuse to take in the splendor of New...
View ArticleDIY Succulent Wreath
Today on Gardenista you can enjoy my latest DIY adventure: a long-lasting, and truly original, succulent wreath. It looks daunting, but if you order a complete kit (like I did from Succulent Salon),...
View Articleexperiments with live christmas trees and gilded nuts
While prepping a post on live (potted) Christmas trees for Gardenista this week, I was inspired to create a decorative scheme that was as organic as our new evergreen. Therefore, the kids and I set...
View Articlethis year’s expedition in wrapping paper
Last year the kids and I made our first homemade wrapping paper using potato stamps. This year we refined the process with cookie cutters. Read the complete how-to on (yeh, you guessed it) Gardenista....
View Articlea little down east on my desk
Last week for Gardenista, I was challenged with the task of creating a “non-cheesy” desktop zen garden. I will say, the project had me flummoxed (world’s best word) for a day or two. Until I...
View Articledried fruit at home
This week Solvi and I made dried fruit at home for an article on Gardenista. It was fun and easy and made the house smell wonderful for hours! Click here for the complete how-to, as well as “the...
View Articleanother room down… more or less
Thank God I work for a design blog, otherwise I fear I would never get anything done on my house. As it is I actually find myself volunteering for Remodelista deadlines, just to force my hand. My...
View Articlerazor clam pendant
Remember Sheila’s “installation with razor clams” on her living room shelf? This week, I too got creative with these elongated shellfish, when, inspired by the porcelain works at Parma Lilac, I...
View Articlethis is work?
This week I had so much fun putting together a spectral dining room for Remodelista’s Dark Shadows week. Though it took some time and effort, it hardly felt like work. As I said in my open to the...
View ArticleDIYing up a storm
Just a glimpse at what I’ve been up to… For Remodelista: DIY Black Beeswax Candles. My family has a passion for black beeswax candles, which we procure at great expense. I wanted to see if it was worth...
View Articleautumn bough with snowy cotton
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I made a bough with foraged fall foliage and cotton bolls. See my complete DIY on Gardenista.
View Articlekeepsake book: studio carta, designskool collaborative no. 3
Spring has sprung! And with it weddings, babies, and all things “new beginnings.” In celebration of this season of rebirth, for our 3rd project Angela and I chose to resurrect one of her old talents:...
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