Pallet for Home

While visiting a friend in Harrisburg this weekend, I had a chance to stop by PA Fabric Outlet. Housed in a century-old former bakery, the offerings were so plenty that I had trouble focusing my attention in any one direction. Rolls of striped ticking fabric, swaths of soft gray suede, antique...

I was this month's guest blogger at Laydeez do Comics This month Phillipa Perry, author, psychoanalyst and wife of Grayson Perry talked about her graphic novel Couch Fiction. Other speakers included Ian Williams creator of the excellent Graphic Medicine and Columba Quigley.LDC is a graphic novel reading...

Outright.com is the best Internet business website ever! I linked my paypal account so it automatically inputs my etsy transactions and sales, my receipts that are uploaded on shoeboxed.com, and am going to the bank to link my business checking tomorrow. Everything will be automated and outright even estimates how much you'll have to pay in taxes each quarter. Best of all, it's free! It's got...

ZapPictures, Inc.Still Breathing has endured as one of my favorite films since I first saw it about a decade ago. Brendan Fraser plays a San Antonio musician, Fletcher, whose father and grandfather both had visions of the women that were meant for them and subsequently found and married them....

Yay for me! I'm so excited and proud when I googled myself the other day and found a whole article dedicated to Reclaimed Wreckage and my work by Trendhunter Magazine. I absolutely loved the magazine but reading the article was exactly what I needed to kick the motivation up today and come up with...

I have taken on an incredible challenge. On Nov. 19-21, I'll be walking 60 miles over the course of three days, camping out at night with thousands of other women and men taking this journey with me.A couple years ago my sister Stacey, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She’s been through countless...

I recently bought a tattered old book called The Business Guide; or Safe Methods of Business by J.L. Nichols, A.M. With headings like "Practical Maxims for Getting on in the World" and "How to Apply for a Situation", it makes for an interesting read. But reading wasn't my real purpose for buying the...

Two weeks ago, I moved in to a second brick and mortar shop (the first being The West End Garage in Cape May NJ). The Milkhouse in bucolic Glenmoore, PA, is well on its way to being a destination antique and housewares mecca. As often happens in life, my biggest challenge led to a solution...

My new rubber clutch is the perfect night-out bag with its compact size, durable exterior and conversation-starting material. It hangs comfortably from a rubber wristlet and carries a lipstick, cell phone, cards, and keys with ease. I named it the Corrine Clutch after my mom, Corrine Miller, who spent...

The house has been on hold... too much going on with my day job! Yet, it's still on my mind. I still frequent blogs and check HGTV more often that I should. After talking with Abby (friend and fellow artist for my family's company), I have decided to make the formal living room a den/craft room that...

“We get to listen”by Stephen HaffThank you for including me.This speech is based on my personal experiences. Whenever I assert a universal truth, please take it with a grain of salt.You may have seen a flock of birds, maybe starlings, thousands of them, flying wing-to-wing in breathtaking formations, folding in on themselves, then flowering, blossoming out, like a rose opening layer after layer;...

On Monday morning, May 3, 2010, Carman woke up very ill. She had gone to bed early the night before, which is highly unusual for her. She has always been a night owl, but because we have been so busy with school finals and prom, we didn't think much about it.Just after 1 AM, I awoke to hear her calling for me. She was nauseated and experiencing strong pains in her abdomen, on the lower right side....