Couch Talk Brownies are one of those staples in the American diet that I didn’t grow up with. My mom preferred “gourmet” desserts, so we rarely had cookies, cupcakes and brownies. My only memory of brownies when I was younger was when…
Couch Talk In the beginning of the summer, we complained of a drought. Now, we have so much rain that that my tomatoes are rotting from sitting in water on the ground. It was my first-year planting heirloom tomatoes, and I tried…
Couch Talk The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity from my son’s daily football practice and games to my husband and I taking out annual getaway for our anniversary. Again, I haven’t had a lot of time to paint but…
Couch Talk My children start back to school this week and it will be a time of re-arranging and learning a new routine. The school days goes quickly and I learned last year that it is easy to squander what little time there…
Couch Talk It’s amazing that our summer is at its end, and I am soaking in the last few days with my littles. We read a lot of books, tried many new foods and spent a lot of time together. It was one of…
PaperArtsy Blog Post: Mash-Up Stationary I was over at the PaperArtsy blog, sharing a set of Stationary using various stamps and this amazing bubble stencil. You can hop over and see the process HERE. Tea and Poetry Our theme…
Couch Talk We have had some really high temperatures again and I have lost several plants to sun burn. That and a lack of water. I am not the best water girl. I always get pre-occupied and then it is too late…
Couch Talk Last week was our busiest week of the summer, perhaps the year. Our church had Vacation Bible School every evening, in addition to the various activities we planned. My children attended a few library programs, which have been wonderful this…
I don’t have a lot of chit chat this week so I am going to get right to it. Daily Art Practice I followed along with another Etchr Studio class, this one by Melissa Lakey. I love the loose illustration style and…
Couch Talk We have been having a bit of a draught here in the Northeast but thankfully God sent rain this weekend. After about a month, I had to water my plants and of course the next day, it rained. We installed raised…