I received a special little something in the post over the summer and I am quite proud of myself for keeping it secret for this long!
My very FIRST published pattern!!!

A very proud moment for me. One that I hope to repeat many times over!  :)

Of course this special moment would not be complete without having a [...]

My mother was minding her own business today when she got a call from an old friend in Florida.
“Did you enter a contest for the Bonnie Hunt Show????”
“Uh,….yeah.”
“Well, I was watching it this morning and they said your name and YOU won!!!!”

My mom wrote in a very funny caption for this picture:

“Repeat after me” [...]

Yeah, baby!

D80!!!!!!!

Camera Body photo taken by Ken Rockwell.

My good Blogging friend, Claudia emailed me this morning to let me know that I made it to the front page of Etsy!!!
Woo-hoo!!

You don’t know how hard these past 2 months have been on me.I’ve had some exciting news to share that I had to keep to myself until today!!
Back in June, a Fashion Editor for a teen magazine notified me to ask if they could feature a pair of my earrings in one of their upcoming [...]