Each season in the garden begins the same way — quietly.

In February, our Missouri sunshine is reminding us of the coming spring, but the air still carries a chill. But it's time. Time to begin pressing impossibly small seeds into the waiting soil, knowing that as the days get warmer, the seeds will sprout...and bloom...and make their way to my flower workshop where they will become the "everlasting" flowers they were created to be.

This year, among all the flowers I'm…

     One of the reasons I love crafting with natural materials is that they’re already beautiful before you ever start working with them! The colors, textures, and shapes aren’t manufactured — they’re organic. That means even simple projects tend to look finished, intentional, and visually pleasing without needing a lot of extra steps. Since the materials are doing the "heavy lifting" by providing ready-made beauty, quality does matter. So where do you find high quality…

     I was 30 years old with 4 young children and I didn't have the energy to climb up the stairs. Really. I had to CRAWL up the stairs to my bedroom...and it happened overnight. After exams and tests and spending a disgusting amount of money on my health, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia. The next couple of years were spent rebuilding my health, which for me, meant cleaning up my diet, learning to manage stress, and trying to eliminate toxins from my environment. It was…

     Life can feel like a race, can't it? Whether as a busy young career woman, a sleep-deprived mama of littles, a no-time-in-the-day-for-ME mom of school-aged kids, and even now as a "Nana" to a growing tribe...I can find myself longing for a simpler life. Don't you? I look wistfully at photos of people sitting on their front porches sipping lemonade and realize that my summers fly by without much "sitting" or "sipping"! So how do we get there?

    For me, part of…

                                
     Yay! I'm so excited that you're here and ready to host an amazing craft night! I know...it can be stressful. Having hosted more crafting events and workshops than I can count, I know that sometimes it's not "fun" to plan a "fun" event! So, in my very first blog post I'm going to give you 10 steps to make it easier...and hopefully fun...to pull this together! Let's get started!

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