another chance

   For those of you that emailed me because for one reason or another you weren’t able to attend the Washington Workshop.  My dear friends at Prairie Art Stamps in Springfield, IL has convinced me to hold a special Workshop just for them.  It’s slightly different, but still loads of creative goodness and fun.  I will […]

55 years ago today!

55 years ago today!

55 years ago today, this special couple promised to love each other forever and ever, in good times and bad.  They eventually built a little house and raised a family of five kids, four girls and a boy.  The house was small, barely 1000 square feet, it was tight but so were we.  It is a house of […]

a new baby!!!

a new baby!!!

We are going to have a new addition to our family.  Before your jaw drops any further, I’m going to be a grandma!  My son Nick and his wife Bonnie are expecting their first child (my first grandchild) in September.  I am so happy for them.  We had hoped at their doctor’s appointment this week […]