Finding Everyday Beauty
beauty essentials Let’s face it–some mornings it is important to feel pampered! One way to feel pampered is by creating beauty–even in small, ordinary ways. Finding Beauty in the Early Morning Sun I...
View ArticleInspired by Red
And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies. ~Christopher Marlowe it only takes a spark I wake up on a Saturday morning thinking, “red might be a fantastic color for the bedroom!”...
View ArticleAwake! It’s spring…time to get organized!
Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! ~Thomas Blackburn tip 1: a place for everything Do you sometimes feel “weighted down” or dreary...
View ArticleInspiring Beauty at Chateau Dumas
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul....
View ArticleCreativity at Chateau Dumas
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted...
View ArticleHeavenly French Lavender
The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows…...
View ArticleCharming French Shutters
You are the ray of sunshine in my life; Flowers bloom in my heart each time we are together. . . I shutter to think what I would do without you....
View ArticleFall Nesting {summer in a jar
The late summer garden has a tranquility found no other time of year. ~William Longgood time for change September is my favorite time of...
View ArticleJunk Bonanza
quick peeks The big junk market event is finally here! The fourth annual Junk Bonanza is in Shakopee, Minnesota — next door to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Over 100 juried vendors from across the country are...
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