Nothing beats a picnic, especially a stay-at-home one. Recently I brought a friend a picnic after she injured her foot. We sat outside in her garden which eliminated the worry of driving, parking and…

Convert a vintage Hollywood Regency gold mirror tray into a contemporary incense tray. You can find these vintage trays in different shapes on eBay or Etsy. They range in cost from $10 up to $50…

What better way to feel minted than hiring an independent artist to create your own personal announcement. Now we can all feel like Hollywood A-listers! The birth of a new family member allows one to…

Handwritten words on paper can soothe us in unknowingly palpable ways. In the turning of the pen in hand and the nib on paper, buried thoughts are given time to unfurl and reveal themselves. Long…

Don’t be fooled by the calm of uncharted waters. It can be quite confusing for bloggers and webbies to know if it’s okay to post an image of someone else’s work. A few years back, I found a graphic poster on Mockingbird which made it all perfectly picture clear

Keep a fresh outlook on your daily path. Treasures abound . . . in one’s relationships and daily life. I found and foraged this old fence board for the purpose of creating a sign for my brother and sister-in-law’s 30th wedding anniversary. It wasn’t until my intention was truly focused that I actually noticed

I found this beautiful stack of thin cut rounds on my run. They were calling out my name with that beautiful arching “C” for Cornell of course! When I drove back later with my van, my “C” had waited for me and now greets friends at our front door.

Balmy Alley in the Mission District of San Francisco boasts a decades-long history of some of the city’s best and most concentrated urban wall art. The murals began as an artistic expression of anger over human rights and political abuses in Central America. Today the alley contains a variety of murals from human rights to