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So far this year I've tried to be more conscious of saving some time for myself. I often have ideas for projects that I want to design for our home but last year I wasn't very good at allowing myself the time to realize these ideas. So here are a few images from my projects so far this year!

A new lamp for our bedroom. I've been wanting to make a star pendant light ever since I made a 12-pointed star tree topper for my shop a few holidays ago. Now all we have to do is wire it up! One of the points is hinged so that we can get inside to change the bulb, sneaky ;)

We finally painted the dining room! One weekend in February with snow in the forecast (surprise surprise) we settled in for two days and got it done. We're so happy with the result and spend much more time in here now. Crazy how a fresh coat of paint can lift your mood. I took this photo before we installed my collection of old English and German tiles, you can see the final result here.

I also finished this wall sconce in our living room in February. I made the inside eggcrate design a few years ago but only just got around to attaching "wings" so it could act as a face to a lightbox. I love the result at night, and it's more interesting to see during the day than a regular old sconce.

This was one of my favorite projects. When we first moved in I saw this little plain square window and thought it would be the perfect place for stained glass. Last year when we visited Steven's family in Manchester I realized that I could enlarge one of the stained glass designs in his Mom's house. Now we have a little bit of the UK right here in Philly.

All of these photos are from my Instagram feed. I'm much more active there, but I promise to get better about posting here in the future.  In the meantime follow me on Instagram!

Especially since I have new pieces for Spring coming soon!

some photos from march

some photos from March

(I like how you can see the change from winter greys to spring color!)

some february photos

This weekend was very busy and very fun, 11 hours on the road can go by pretty easily when you have some good company :)  Overall I think February was a pretty good month for new ideas and projects.  My favorite creations by far were the new pieces to fit over a lightbox and my experimentation with terrarium construction.  I also got to try out making some different breads in February - mainly cinnamon raisin and pumpernickel.  And that photo all the way at the top right is my glass storage box under construction.  After a month of using it, I really don't want to go back to life without it (think large pieces of glass lying precariously on the floor waiting to be stepped on... not fun). 

February was also a month for applying to Spring and Summer shows!  You can check out the list of shows I'm in here.  I should hear back about more shows in March, fingers crossed! 
Here's to March!

january wrap

a 60th birthday :: recipes to make

post-dinner vegetation :: making glass birds

leftover veggie chorizo stew :: stretchhhhhhhh

birds on wires :: a pretty plant

Just a few photos from January to share.

On to February!