That feeling
photo via pinterest
This week, I have experienced that really awesome feeling.....you know....like when you get an email back from your editor about the 30 page document {that may or may not have taken 8-10 hours to produce} you sent her, and she has nothing to say but "this is great, wonderful, fantastic idea, amazing, cool!...." or when you email your web guy to add categories to your website, which he quickly does, and you have inventory loaded in one night that you have been putting off for weeks months!Killing it.....that feeling. It's a goody.xo,Barb
Sweet Little Papered Side Table named Matilda
This little table you guys.... is such a fun one! A little paint, a little paper from Spoonflower, a little custom wooden knob {designed by yours truly}.........and BOOM!It is amazing to me...every, single, time......what vision and passion can do for something as simple as a cast off piece of furniture. It is such an example of hope, and that is thrilling to me. Every week here at Knack...I experience hope and renewal...and that is nothing to shake a stick at.Miss Matilda is available for sale in the online shop here, and of course...if you are anywhere near our brick and mortar shop located at 11 Lois Ave., you can swing in and see her there as well!Have a great Monday!xo,Barb
Organization, and how it gives me creative powers
At the beginning of the year, I showed you the good the bad and the ugly while cleaning out my studio. I had let things get out of hand, and it was time to reign it back in. For me, a clean organized space really, truly gives me creative powers. Things have progressed quite nicely since this last post. My work shop is a work horse......so I try to maintain a balance of pretty but yet still highly functional...because let's face it, it will be dirty as soon as I turn my sander on.I talk about my organization habits in a little more depth with Heather Powers over on her blog HK Power Studio. Check it out!.....and I don't know about the whole "cleanliness is next to godliness" type thought process.....but it does feel heavenly indeed to have a place for everything and everything in its place .xo,Barb
Gratitude
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Let us be grateful and give thanks....in all situations. There is always....always something to be grateful about!
When we are grateful, a smile forms on our lips.....and then joy comes.
xo,
Barb
A fun project with wooden bowls and FrogTape®
Well, my first official project with FrogTape® is up, and I could not be more excited about how these wooden bowls turned out!I have been saving these bowls for months...specifically for this project and am so glad they are finally here in the flesh! I used FrogTape, hemp oil, and old fashioned milk paint in my favorite colors. I even threw in a Knack custom milk paint color. How do ya like that? That blue that you see...is all me, and a new favorite of mine!Head over to the FrogTape® blog for the full tutorial, and my step by step instructions for this project! Let me know what you think! Oh, and the gorgeous flowers in this post.....those are by Julie Dodds of Willow Florals.....dreamy, right?!If you would like for one...{or all}... of these bowls to come live with you, they are available here at the shop and in the online shop {right here!} as well!xo,Barb
I received compensation to complete this project for using FrogTape® products. All opinions, projects and ideas are based on my own experience.
This snowy day makes me happy about new candles
all photos via P.F. candle CO
Here in SC we have had snow all day today, and are expecting more snow, ice and wind tonight. They say we may get 6-10 inches, which is almost crazy for these parts. It usually does not get so wintery around here...but we have had our fair share of frigid this year......I love the chill of a snowy day. Not the chill of outside, {although that can be fun too} but the chill of being inside, warm drinks, staying in pajamas all day, reading good books, and movie marathons. However, it is 6:30 pm and I am just now sitting down to chill . Something got into me today, and I cleaned, vacuumed, organized cabinets, and did laundry! Literally for hours...I worked and worked....but you know what? It makes sitting down with a warm drink, good food, and a blanket all the more rewarding.You may ask what candles have to do with any of this.......well, I'm getting to that. One of my favorite things...are candles. I love the soft glow of candlelight, I love that candle light means a cozy gathering of friends, a moody evening at home.......or the celebration of a clean house. Do you do that? I mean, the celebratory candle lighting at the end of a long cleaning day........do you do that? I do.Candles signify clean, warmth, cozy, sweetness......and I am super excited about this brand new candle line coming to Knack the first week of March! P.F. Candle company, with scents like campfire, teakwood & tobacco, amber & moss, and spruce you just can't go wrong. I really love that this is a company run by a husband and wife team out of Los Angeles, CA .....and all of the candles are hand poured, soy, and in simple apothecary packaging.I love candles, yes I do....I love candles how bout you?xo,Barb
This Blue Girl named "Aureliana"
This lovely side table , that is solid as a rock....just needed a little paint update in order to become a superstar. Blue is one of my favorite colors...and I end up painting lots of furniture in shades of blue....but this girl is just so lovely and graceful...and her color stirs my soul deep down in its very depths.Looking at her makes me think of depths.....depths of the ocean perhaps, depths of love shared, depths of mercy.....seriously. Does color do that to you? I'm telling you.....color is a gift in this world of ours....Aureliana is available for sale at Knack, and in the Knack online shop as well. Do you need a little soul stirring blue in your life? I think we all do....xo,Barb