
Almost a Year Later...
On March 23 it will be 1 year since I posted anything in this blog. With everything that has happened and is happening in the world my...

My 7 Days of Art
This last week has been a stressful week for multiple reasons. First, like many people, I have been watching the news and staying updated...

Let’s Replace Fear with Beauty
As I sit on a bus listening to the kids laugh and talk my mind begins to wander. I remember being this age and loving field trips. The...

Inspired by the sun...
As Sunday has come I realize that I haven‘t written a blog for the week yet. Life has been busy and stressful and the blog just seemed...

Up-cycle, Reuse, Repurpose
Growing up my grandpa had an old shed. The shed was filled with coffee cans full of old nails, nuts, bolts, and screws. There were old...

When I have a bad day...
Have you ever had a day from hell? I’m sure you know the kind. From the moment you wake up nothing seems to go your way. You make clumsy...

Trials of Unicorn Spit
Over the last few years I have used a variety of paints and stains to achieve a desired color or design for our projects. Some stains and...

Finding Beauty in the Tragedy
Life is an art. Mistakes happen, but the way we embrace and change them to create beauty is what makes life beautiful.

Searching for connection... The struggle is real!
We agreed that art is more about personal connection than simply its beauty.

Art heals the broken pieces of my heart...
My mom has never seen one of our clocks, but she is part of every one.

The Naked Truth about being a Pig Pen
Being nicknamed Pig Pen has never felt like an insult because to me, it means I’m growing and learning every day with every mistake.

How it all began...
In college I had to come up with a fake brand for a label I was designing in my art class. The name Thystle struck me as something that...

Christmas Week
The best part of our projects is getting to be creative with the man I have chosen to spend my life with!














