I’m so into weaving right now!  I love how it looks and its such an inexpensive way to warm up your walls. I so want a weave but hello don’t have the time or money right now to start a new hobby.  However if you want to weave just a bit of your yarn wall […]

How to weave without a frame the cutes yarn hangings ever!

Doesn’t it seem like ever year the holidays just sneak up on you?  Pop, fall is in the air then Hello its Christmas!!!Well this year I just wanted to dress up my porch for fall through thanksgiving, with out having to change it too much for Halloween. I  added  a few pumpkins to my planters and a crates.  I kept my […]

Easy last minute Halloween porches

Just wanted to post the link to the Studio 5 show I did last week.  I had so much fun doing these weaves and yarn hangings.  They are one of the easiest things I have ever done that have given me such a big wow factor.  If you need to add color to your apartment […]

Studio 5 boho chic Wall hangings a sweater for your wall!

Wall hangings and macramé knots sound kinda 70’s  but I’m so loving the modern Boho chic look they create.  I first fell in love with them when I was doing research for a client for her wedding.  She loved the boho feel and I immediately fell for the backdrops.  We didn’t end up doing this […]

How to tie macrame knots, aka square knot for a darling wall hanging

Whenever I come to New York I love going to stores that are found nowhere else in the world tinsel and trading is one of these iconic places.  I first fell in love with  Tinsel and Trading when I read Treasured Notions, a book about how the store came to be.  I’ve been to this little gem of a store […]

Tinsel and trading the sweetest NY store around. vintage Halloween

I  love to organize and I have been doing it professionally for years.  I think it stems from all those little containers my mom got me to put all my barbie shoes in or maybe it was because my mom was so organized that I just thought thats how things were done?  who knows,  but […]

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Do you think I post too many recipes for cakes?  Ok maybe I do but I love love love a good baked good!  This is one of my absolute favorite cakes.  Even a devout chocoholic I can safely say that this is one of my all time favorite cakes.  and its so pretty!! This cake doesn’t […]

The best Coconut Cream layer cake recipe

 Hello by now you know that I love to spray paint anything that does not move, well lets face it if it moves it might get painted too!  wink.   There are a few tips and tricks to painting stripes and dots on glass and wood  so lets get started. 1.  First you need to decide […]

How to add stripes on jars and frames using spray paint