michelle my belle

i hate to admit it...

but YES, i'm still working on those valentine gifts for our customers!
most of them won't get them till after valentines day, that's is okay... right?
better late than never?
it's valentines week... right?


this isn't exactly what i ended up with, but close.
i'll show you the finished product tomorrow.
i think they turned out pretty darn cute. labor intensive, but cute.

p.s. do you hate that i put my website on the bottom of the photos? should it be my name? i just found, through a friend, where someone pinned my stairs- then it ended up on facebook with over 100 shares and there was no reference of where they came from. any thoughts???

colorful art journaling pages

still working on those customer gifts...
nothing seems to be going right!
meanwhile, here's another art journal spread that i did a few days ago.


this morning- for the first time in a very long time- i made hard-boiled eggs...
inspired dually by:
my friend reenie's sweet gift of fresh eggs from her farm.
and sandra juto's blog post today.
my tummy said "yum"!

hope you had a swell thursday boys and girls. :)

now off to work on some hearts... xo-m

heart crafting for valentines day

i'm trying desperately to come up with a cute handmade gift to give to some of our top customers for valentines day.
and, i pretty much need to finish them by tomorrow so i can send them to arrive on time.
hmmmm.

this is all i've come up with so far...

hopefully i'll be back tomorrow with something really genius to show you!

this is looking REALLY good to me right now!

i love nyc!

i seriously love ny.
the constant humming of the city.
the endless options of seriously yummy food.
the yummy food in conjunction with crazy-cool atmosphere.
and on this trip the weather has been spectacular.

(times square)

IF ONLY... we didn't have to spend 9 hours a day inside the javits convention center!

(boy do they take their bike locking seriously here!)

it's been fun being here for a week, trying new restaurants and seeing friends.
but i'm totally ready to get back home to my family and my studio!

i have so much creating to do!!!

our green front door & entry

the original house when we bought it, had green doors through-out.
it was part of the reason i fell in love with the house.
my husband on the other hand was not quite as fond...

(the front door entry)

but.
he slowly came around.
and we were able to recycle most of the original doors. yay!
our new entry is MUCH smaller than our last home but i love the cheeriness of it so much more!
(the door above is actually a new one that we painted to match the existing.)

a closer look at the cute signage next to the doorway.

i'm still in nyc at the gift show... you can follow some of emilee and my other adventures on our facebook page if you like. :)