Give smiles if you have nothing else. Give encouragement, good cheer. Make beauty come to you through your desire to express it. Your thoughts, deeds, motives, acts, industries, and desires– all can express beauty if beauty is in the heart; all can...
What kind of neighbor are you? It is ironic that the day I am reading the June chapter of Vintage Notions, I am scheduled to meet a new neighbor in my cul-de-sac. I am lucky to be surrounded by the kind of people who throw a welcome party for newcomers, which is where...
I’m reading the May chapter a little later in the month than I had hoped. I have just returned from my biggest show of the year, one that took most of my attention these last few months. The May chapter of Vintage Notions is dedicated to appreciating your...
The March chapter of Vintage Notions is all about celebrating Spring. I still see snow on the ground as I look out my window, but I know the warmer weather is almost here. I can’t wait! As I reread the pages of this chapter, I realized how much I love the...
“We must measure our lives in terms of what gives us joy. When we do that, we build up happiness in our lives out of what we do. Then, with the advance of our years we can say, as did Julia Ward Howe, when asked it if wasn’t harder to grow old. ‘No,...