The V.I.P.

by Michele | Apr 22, 2013 | Other

I have been working in my daughter’s kindergarten classroom every other Thursday, helping her teacher with prep work or getting projects ready…anything that needs to be done, really. Since the beginning of the school year, there has been this major...

The Girls

by Michele | Apr 17, 2013 | Other

I had a brilliant idea about a year ago (in actuality, I have brilliant ideas almost everyday…only about 2% of them actually come to fruition, though). I was struggling to keep up with the demand but not in the financial position to hire a traditional staff...

The Ever-So-Trendy Chalkboard Wall

by Michele | Apr 8, 2013 | Other

They are all over pinterest, blogs and magazines…entire walls turned into chalkboards. It is so trendy right now. In fact, I read in a home design magazine that among the top ten interior decorating faux-paus listed were “turning every vertical and flat...

Farmers Market and the Wood Thing

by Michele | Apr 1, 2013 | Other

A couple of weeks ago, Sabrina coordinated a booth at the Monrovia Farmers Market.She hooked up with one of our newest paint addicts, Donna who just took the Annie Sloan Paint and Play Workshop, and the two of them loaded the truck with a handful of goodies from knot...

The Girls Bedroom-Reveal

by Michele | Mar 27, 2013 | Other

I stood in the kitchen last night after the kids were in bed and looked at my husband…I said, “now that the kids room is done I have another project in mind.” His shoulders slumped a little, he rolled his eyes and said, “of course you...

The Chandelier Conundrum

by Michele | Mar 26, 2013 | Other

We are at the final stages of the girls bedroom redo. It was my major “to-do” for the month of March. And, with just five days to spare, I can cross it off the list. This last weekend, my husband said he would help me put up the final touch…the...