Easter is one of my favorite holidays and it gives me a good excuse to indulge in some new, beautiful things to spruce up my home.  Here are a few cute ideas I just love!

There are so many great ideas out there!  From little Easter cookies, to hand painted…

My love affair with all things miniature began when I was 10 and spent the summer with my Aunt and Uncle.

The little girl across the street had the most amazing miniature dollhouse. I had never seen unlike it before, and haven't seen anything like it since. Crafted by her grandfather and completely lit and furnished, we played with it for hours on end.

I've always dreamed of having my own miniature dollhouse and a few years ago my husband surprised me with a beautiful Cape-Cod…

"Hi. My name is Elayne and I'm an addict"... Isn't that what people say at 12 step meetings?  Well, I think  I need to find one as I have discovered the wonderful, time-eating, totally addictive world of Pinterest.

No longer do I have time to scrap or stamp or create or cook or eat or watch TV or clean or do laundry or even worry about what my 3 kids (all grown) might be up too.  No time to suffer through empty nest syndrome (daughter just moved…

I would assume that I'm not the first mommy on earth that realizes how difficult it's going to be to let her children go.

And I'm sure I'm not the only mom that begins to prepare for the inevitable empty nest and all of the things that we hear it will bring.

For me, my children moving out, and my home becoming an "empty nest” represents yet another loss in my life.  I've had lots and lots of loses, so trying to prepare myself ahead of time is now just what I…