The Chapel Market-What I’m Bringing
Happy Monday, friends! We spent the weekend helping a certain friend of ours build some walls in his office space. More accurately, Matt spent the weekend doing that and I spent it a little under the weather. New day, though. I hope to get a ton done this week, but...
Small Town Life: a new series
I live in a small town. There are local drug stores, a town square (where we own our shop!), and a Pike Pioneer Museum. There are small sidewalks, kids biking, and ice cream cones melting. scooter rides in the town square I never thought we'd live here forever, and...
what i don’t do…confessions of a blogger, shop owner, & homeschooling mama
When I mentioned in my post about how we are fitting in writing the book in our schedule, I made a joke about making a list of all that I don't do....people seem to be asking a lot and I thought it was funny. But then y'all laughed and said I should. I got a couple...
Guest Bath Peeks
We have been done with our guest bath redo for a few weeks now, but I can't seem to get myself together to actually photograph the thing from start to finish! It'll get done soon, I hope, but I thought you might like to see a couple of sneak-peeks into the space: My...
New in the shop: vintage quilts, little artists, & paddywax (& something for you!)
I've come to the conclusion that I'll rarely have time to photograph the store with my real camera equipment, and have resigned to posting iPhone pics...and letting it go. It's been a while since I showed you the shop displays, and we have new, fun lines coming in so...
Worthy Reading
Good morning, dear ones. It's unusual for you to hear from me on the weekends, but I was inspired and I didn't get to drop by as often as I'd like this week. As a blogger, you find you run out of time to read other blogs everyday or every week, even. I have some...
Writing a Book: Week #1
We survived the week. This was week number 1 of writing a book. I can tell already that this will require a learning curve. It'll be like opening the shop, a major presence in our schedule and a constant source of to-do's. Matt was out of town all week for work, so...
Summer Is, Part 2
This summer has been so crazy for us. I've had 4 or 5 work trips, and our vacation was so rainy, it really turned into a work trip. There were major projects we wanted to check off our lists, and now that you know about my book, I can tell you we went back and forth...
Summer Is…
sprinklers dancing & rainbows shining, muddy feet & frozen treats. dirt in fingernails, earthy scents, and morning mist glistening. Sunlight warming cheeks, basil running plentiful, and grass tickling toes. Time slowed still, t-shirts only, little gardners...
Ava’s Room Sources
It seems I've had a month of celebrating friendship, and my heart feels like it could burst...but more on that soon. I spent the weekend with Marian, Ashley, and a slue of other fabulous friends and bloggers at Haven. Our advanced painting class went really well both...
Haven Advanced Painting Workshop
Hello friends! I'm heading to Haven in the morning, and today has been NUTS. Not only have we been working at the shop & getting kids registered for (home)school, we've been cutting up 200 coupons to take to Haven, packing, and gathering up paint and supplies for...
Ava’s Room Reveal
Hello my lovely friends! We just made it home from a quick weekend getaway to the beach, but I couldn't wait to show you Ava's room reveal today!! This was little Lou's (her nickname) room a couple of years ago, and honestly isn't a totally fair "before," because this...
Giveaway at Jones Design Company
Well, folks, my best friend in the world is in town for a few days, so I'm just bubbling over with excitement & giddy-ness. I have some FUN reveal posts coming soon, but today I wanted to pop in to tell you that I'm over at Emily's place today, Jones Design...
shop talk: thoughts on delegating, hiring, & letting go
I was having lunch at AmericasMart (you hear me call it "market") in Atlanta a few weeks ago, and as I was standing up to leave, someone said, "Shaunna?" Well, I have one of those names you don't hear all the time, so I knew they must have been talking to me...it was...
Beach Peeks
Good Morning! Wow...to say I was filled up and bubbling over after your comments on writing a book, is the biggest understatement of the century. I was all emotional just writing the post, and brother, you all had me tearing up all weekend with your comments...they...
The Post I Wondered If I’d Ever Write
I honestly don't even know how to begin this post. It's been sitting in my drafts for a couple of days. There are dreams you have when you are almost too young to dream. While others are playing and running and mess-making, you happen to capture a God-sized dream...
Williams Sonoma Giveaway with Wilsonart!
Happy hump day! Um, does anyone love the geico hump day/screaming camel commercial as much as I do??? To get you through, we're celebrating with a little giveaway today brought to you by the folks at Wilsonart (thanks for your comments on my "dream" kitchen post!!) I...
coastal bedroom desk & writing space
Working on our bedroom at the beach has been so much fun for me~ probably because we have put off switching things around in our bedroom at home. I'm living vicariously through myself. huh? To the right of the bed, there's a desk that is original to the room...it...
dreaming of a white kitchen
Good Monday to y'all! I'm thrilled to start the week, as I've dubbed this one my "slow week for the summer." Ha! We'll see what I can do to change that, as I know I probably will. On to business today... If there's one room in our house, that I would possibly gut...
Coastal Bedroom Updates
With all the rain at the beach, we got a lot of little projects done at the condo last week. Remember what our bedroom looked like before... Some of the furniture was beautiful, just a little orange and dated, so it was staying with a little updating. We have...
