THE BLOG — Musings

This was our family Christmas card for 2014 - I am a passionate photo-journalist and Alaska did not disappoint. It is grand, overwhelming and 360 degrees of non-stop views. We felt we had finally experienced a frontier moment. We took a helicopter to the top of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau (the highlight of our trip) and in Skagway we rode the White Star Railroad. We were able to see bears and moose, albeit confined to an animal preserve outside of Anchorage. It is beautiful, quaint and mostly unchanged. Having spent my childhood in Oregon I have a special affinity for the Pacific...

  This week I spent most of my time prepping a new home for the holidays. The home is not new but the client just made it her own. And I could not of done it on my own.  I had to call for backup in the form of three young moms who couldn't have done a better job! The client was anxious to display a new collection of Prudence Brewster reindeer. And no home is complete without a bit of MacKenzie-Childs Courtly Check. This lampshade was exactly what was needed to bring zest to her new arrangement of Antique...