Every time I go to an antique mall where I have a chance to interact with a dealer or an owner, I am thrilled, because I invariably learn something new. Last weekend, I learned that people collect old glass slides that were used to teach art history back in the Read more…
Last year, in a Living with Art post called “Picture-Perfect Porch,” I hung a canvas outdoors. The results looked like this: A year later, I am happy to report the canvas is in great shape. It has not been stolen, ripped, ruined, or pecked to death by Hitchcockian birds. Sometimes Read more…
The residents of Planet Internet have long since established the crafty value of a pair of shutters. I have only one new point to add, but I think it’s a pretty good one. In a word, paper clips. And yes, you might wish to point out to me that that’s Read more…
When people come over to my house, they are immediately greeted with art. It’s hanging on the walls. It’s hanging from the ceiling. It’s practically running up to them, barking and sniffing their No Parking zones. (Thankfully not, though. There is no sniffing. We have no pets. Or art with Read more…
So let’s talk about my laundry room for a second. First, I’m very grateful that we have not only a washer and dryer, but also a room where they can live. In our 20s, we logged the hours walking across South Boston with overstuffed bags of laundry on each hip, Read more…
“Trash to treasure” is a very common phrase in the arts and crafts world, but this week, I’m really just interested in the trash receptacle. Specifically, I’m interested in this trash receptacle, which cost me $2.99 at my local grocery. Why am I interested in this trash receptacle, you ask? Read more…
This week, I am pleased to report, I finished up the Walt Whitman makeover that I started before tax day. Now I’m just waiting for someone to show up and make ME over. My hair needs help.
So my friend Don has these totally amazing Doctor Who demitoss cups. After I admired them on Facebook, she sent me this picture. Maybe it was the six or seven separate and discrete times I looked at this picture, but suddenly, my kitchen seemed pointless and devoid of all meaning. Read more…
So first of all, this. At Goodwill. For five bucks. I have this thing with Walt Whitman. It’s not that kind of thing, because A of all, one of us is deceased, and Number B, he’s just not that into me. Even so, it’s a legit thing, a connection that Read more…
As fans of The Princess Bride already know, Rodents of Unusual Size DO exist – and now we can prove it by crocheting them to life! You can find the pattern for the ROUS in my Etsy shop, or you can make him with Buttercup and Westley. Not a crocheter? Read more…