In the Kitchen: Grandma Jo’s Pears
We have two small pear trees in our yard, and every year I marvel at the bounty those trees produce. But it took me…
We have two small pear trees in our yard, and every year I marvel at the bounty those trees produce. But it took me…
Saturday is the official first day of fall (also my birthday!), and the second of the harvest festivals. It's a time to take stock,…
What a week this has been! My plans for garden related projects and daily painting went off the rails as I caught up on…
One of the really cool things about writing a blog - or probably writing anything, really - is that what you write sticks around,…
When we first moved into our house years ago, it was late October, and the yard was full of question marks. Most of the…
We've got something really, really exciting going on over here! For years - since right after we moved into our house almost 14 years…
It's that time of year again. Summer is winding down, we're in full-on back-to-school mode, and I am craving the structure and routine that…
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This week I’ve been working on designs for some pretty floral plates, based on some of my recent print designs. I started out with some loose…
How to use Echinacea. Home grown echinacea tea for use in herbal healing.
In yesterday’s post I mentioned Plastic Free July, and I realized that this is a great platform to help spread the word about this movement. Plastic…
This spring saw a lot of transition here at the Monaluna studio. As planned, I put the shop on pause while I shifted my focus from…
It’s been too quiet around here, guys! May saw a flurry of activity as I finished up my next collection for Windham Fabrics (sneak peek coming…
I can’t believe it’s already May, friends! I had a whole thing planned for April, with lots of Earth Month goodies, but I had several hurdles…
A few weeks ago I got to chat with Stephanie Socha for her podcast Make and Decorate. It was a fun conversation, and we talked about…
One of the joys of having a yard full of fruit trees is that there is always plenty of produce. We have something delicious in season…
This year I’m tiptoeing into the idea of #the100dayproject by doing a painting each day. If you’re not familiar with the project its a really cool…
I really can’t believe it’s almost Valentine’s Day! I’ve been hard at work finishing up the next collection, which I’m illustrating digitally, so it’s a lot…
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