Happiness is Homemade

06/19/2026

06/18/2026

05/12/2026

Not sure about you but this is EXACTLY how I’m feeling… but it will be worth it when I can reveal all that we’ve been working on.

04/06/2026

Well…. I kept Audra in suspense long enough! This was my NEW toy- a UV printer. I had to do some training on it, and still need some more, but I was able to get a few things printed.
This ornament is going to Taylor Swifts biggest fans Grandma when I see her this weekend so she can get it to her.

04/02/2026

This is the first item I made on my new ”big girl”, new to me laser. (This isn’t what I was hinting at a bit ago- more on that next week!)
A cutting board for a friend to go in her nieces bridal shower gift basket.

Now it’s off to the spa to get a nice oil and bees wax rub down😉.

03/10/2026

My little business started out 5 years ago in our family room in our basement. I quickly took over the other side of the basement and all of Jim’s warm room in the pole barn.
That first year I packed up for shows and it all fit in my Chevy Traverse and the 2nd year I started stealing Jim’s small work trailer … AND my car!! Halfway through I needed a trailer so I got a big 16’ show trailer with a drop gate that was tall enough you could stand up in and roll multiple rack right into it.
Last fall I started building my own warm room in the pole barn- right next to Jim’s (and then I encroached and stole 1/4 of his (hee hee)!!! We finished up and cleared a path about an hour before the new toy delivery showed up. Here’s a little “photo diary” of its journey.

03/09/2026

So… I did a thing. While I eluded to something big coming -and it still is- this is something else entirely!
I’m adding a new price of equipment to my shop that will open SO many new product avenues. Any guesses on what it is (from those I haven’t told already)???
It’s NOT a new laser and it was big enough it took this big trailer and 2 guys to move it into my new warm room out in the pole barn.

02/18/2026

3 bunks of wood cut up and ready to store on the shelves in my (almost) newly organized barn and work space. That means I’m almost ready to CUT, CUT, CUT when the new laser arrives Monday and when we can roll the new (to me and even bigger!) laser down out of the garage.
It’s a process!

02/13/2026

2 pink totes of paper, 2 black totes of wood scraps gone. It was VERY cathartic!! The day was so nice I was out without a jacket- the fire was so hot you couldn’t get within 5 ft of it until it died down- and I got a lot of the frozen dog 💩 picked up while it burned (HOW MANY DOGS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE?!?!!!!!! 100+ piles!😳)

Taking a few minutes to rejuvenate my soul reminded me that spring WILL come and it WILL be warm again!! I even had a toddy to help with the imagery for spring.

My space is being cleared out and I’m feeling lighter by the day- you don’t realize how much the stress of “stuff everywhere” increases your anxiety!!
Here’s to a great weekend my friends🍻 !