My mom has always been incredibly talented and crafty.  My earliest memories of her include sewing, painting and creating craft projects.  Her most recent undertaking is hand made soap.  After searching the internet for soap making supplies and techniques she decided to head on over to Michaels. She bought two different molds, blocks of soap [...]

In my on going master bedroom series I started with the original post titled “The Master Bedroom is my Current Project.” In this post I discussed all of the design ideas I had for my master bedroom and set out to tackle each one of them.  I needed some additional lighting and as shown in [...]

I love going to a garage sale and discovering something amazing for an unbeatable price. Who doesn’t right? I have this fantasy of finding something for 10 cents and discovering at the Antique Road Show that it is worth several thousand. I know this is very unlikely, if not impossible, but that it why it [...]

I love things that sparkle. I adore the way a piece of costume jewelry reflects light or a rhinestone glitters in the sun. I try to add a touch of glitz to every vignette I create. I think it is important when grouping items together to incorporate many different textures. Mixing textures adds interest to [...]

Today I am joining Julia at Hooked on Houses.  She is the lovely hostess of today’s event, Hooked on Fridays. The focus of this blog party is to share what really makes us smile. I am hooked on fabric!!
 
I am not normally big on shopping. I usually go to the mall or a store knowing [...]

 
I love this slipcover!!!! I just think it is amazing. My sister recently created it for a customer of ours.  The client brought in some gorgeous vintage curtains and had Melinda create a slipcover out of them.  She used the scalloped edge that was the bottom of the curtain as the skirt. She then centered [...]

Here is an update on the Master Bedroom Project.
I finished painting the chandelier and I just love it! I am always amazed at what paint can do. It has really transformed from an outdated, ugly brass chandelier to a gorgeous accent piece for my bedroom. In case you don’t remember or didn’t get a chance [...]

Yes, it is true, a little piece of the beach has arrived in Santa Ana and you can find it right here at Alchemy. I have just introduced a new line of merchandise that includes sand dollars, starfish, coral and all sorts of pretty polished sea shells. Stop by the store for a visit and [...]

Finished painting the chandelier. Looks amazing! I really hope to get it hung in my bedroom tonight.

In vegas! Be back on Monday and I’ll be painting a chandelier. Check my blog soon to see how it turns out!