Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birch, colors, decorating, handcrafted, handmade, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pine on December 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Despite all of the holiday programming on television and the fact that I live in a neighborhood with many children and so many of the neighbors’ houses and yards are ablaze with Christmas scenes, I’m still not quite feeling Christmas-y. But Steve’s handcrafted trim is certainly helping.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged acrylic blocks, beauty, decorating, digital printing, home decor, Inspiration, interior decorating, nature, paperweight, Photography on September 19, 2018| 1 Comment »
That was how my creative process worked … in the dark of winter what might I like to see on the kitchen table or on a window sill or weighing down my papers … something that would remind me that spring will return. Acrylic blocks that fill with light, in sizes 4×4 and 6×6.
As we ease into autumn, at least so far here in New England, I hope to create time to sort through my images and create more of these lovely items. Until then you can also periodically peek at my Redbubble shop and see if you find something to your liking. 🙂
Posted in Inspiration, tagged decorating, flowers, gardening, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, plants on October 23, 2016| 1 Comment »
I need to prepare for winter in all sorts of ways. I am beginning by planning my garden. I finally, finally, finally cleared away those things that had died or had served their time and their purpose. I consolidated the potted herbs that thrived like the oregano with those herbs struggling but worth nurturing like the tarragon. Spread around me are empty pots, vases and votives. So many votives in different colors and sizes. I love lighting tealight candles in the winter time, not so much to banish the darkness but to bring out the beauty as light and shadow dance on the various surfaces.
In previous winters I’ve grown tomatoes and potatoes in addition to herbs, sprouts and edible flowers. I live in a house with many windows so there is a wonderful greenhouse effect. Though I sometimes freeze the plants do surprisingly well as light pours in at different angles throughout the wintry days. It’s not yet happened but it will — the oak tree that towers over one side of the house will lose its leaves and even more light will enter. I try to remember that as I plan my gardening strategy.
It is also a decorating strategy. What is it that I want to see and perhaps even need to see in the winter time as I enter a room or hallway in my home? What do I want others to see? While I don’t think I think it through that thoroughly it is a rather, soothing creative time. It might also be a procrastination time … there are so many books I need to read, want to read, and things I need to write. But I choose to believe that putting those things aside, concentrating on this task of cleaning, arranging and strategizing is part of my creative process.
I am done for the day and pleased enough with the results so far. My to do list for next week includes buying a small bag of potting soil and then I’ll begin to plant my sprouts and we’ll see what else falls in to the soil.
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