Dear Chicago House, It will be the third summer I have tended your garden and I am at last seeing the results of my labors.Your garden had great bones when […]
Three Easy Tips for Combing Fabrics
Dear Chicago House, I have just made some new throw pillows covers for the sofa in your sun room, don’t they make you want to sit down and have a […]
Blossom Art: Arty Farty #36
Dear Chicago House, It is snowing in my garden today … snowing blossom that is….but hey in Chicago you never know. I couldn’t help myself, I collected some fallen petals […]
Free Blooms
Dear Chicago House, 1 pair of secateurs + 2 minute walk around the garden = Beautiful jug of free blooms. This lovely little spray are simply boughs of blossom and […]
Spring Color: Tulips in Action
Dear Chicago House, When I left last week to pack up and supervise the move of the sibling house, Chicago was still rather cold and decidedly lacking on the spring […]
Bye Bye Sibling Townhouse
Dear Chicago House, The sale of our lovely St Louis townhouse, which we called “The Sibling” (you are our main house after all) went through today. It was on the […]
A Free Printable Greetings Card: Abstract Triangles
Dear Chicago House, I had a sudden desire to create a graphic with triangles this week and after 20 minutes on Adobe Illustrator I had designed this. It is the […]
Cupcake Frosting for a Rainy Day
Dear Chicago House, Was it too much to ask that your basement stay bone dry after 3″ of rain in a 24hr period? At least it was only a small […]
Abstract Art and Photoshop Filters: Arty Farty Friday #35
Dear Chicago House, The abstract pencil art I shared with you last week actually got finished and just in time for Arty Farty Friday today. I am really quite pleased […]
An Hour with my Box of Pencils
Dear Chicago House, It has been a crazy month for all sorts of reasons too boring to go into here but there is nothing like a bit of creative indulgence […]
