Family

Somehow, by the grace of God, we both ended up at Texas A&M University. After years of very close friendship ~ long walks around Ross Field, hours studying at the library, dancing at Denim N Diamonds, eating at Freebirds, Bonfires, football games, the Wrecking...

My junior year of high school was the first time I saw him. My friend Gina wanted to show me who he was.. so she said when we passed him in the hallway, she would say something about purple flowers. I didn't see what he looked like, but I remember laughing at whatever...

    2010 (above ~ Arizona)   2009 (above ~ Arizona)   2008 (above ~ Arizona)     2007 (above ~ Denton, Texas)   2006 (above ~ Denton, Texas ~ don't be jealous of the wallpaper)     1982 (above ~ my brother, BJ, and I ~ Plano, Texas)...

If you don't love it, change it.   Use what you have. I walked around my house... and looked for what caught my eye ~ what made me smile and felt soothing. Milk Glass from Great Grandma Eschbach and little handmade houses and pincushion from Creative Paper Trail....

  Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout the universe displayed Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art Then...

When one of my college roommates called a few weeks ago, invited me back to Texas and asked me to be her baby girl's GodMother, I cried and said 'Yes!' There are so many layers to this picture. The first thing you should know is this is Clare, the moment she is...

**Here is a sneak peek at my weekend ~ more to come** Have a wonderful Monday friends!

And then... Happy Day Sweet Friends... 

The original.. The one that mom and dad know...     The melancholy one... the one that sees the hurt in the world and wants to make a difference...   The actress... Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz...   The peacock... The...

Have you been following Kim Klassen's Inspiration Stay-Cation? She has introduced me to Photoshop textures in a way that has made me fall head over heels in love. She even gives her recipes... She might as well be introducing me to raspberries over dark chocolate or...