Just a little color change...

One morning...

while cruising through Pinterest

(which is easy to fall victim too and the morning is gone before you know it)

I saw this lovely piece.

I had to try this color combination right away! 

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

Scandinavian Pink + Graphite

I'm making technical progress...woohoo!

PROGRESS...

feels so darn good!

As you may remember a few weeks ago I was distressing over

online presence here.

Finding time for the learning process and growth...

When you're told having your own business will take up all your time... 

LISTEN & BELIEVE

While I've been successfully in business for myself for well over 25 years...

starting over with a new venture can be consuming + exciting!

Even more so when you're a small business

and you are the one who wears

ALL the hats...

designer + painter + buyer + bookkeeper + technical support 

shop keeper + sometimes pick up & delivery (though I'm cutting that one out)

all while trying to keep the home fires burning 

(sometimes not so successfully)

Right now I'm wanting to step it up, widen my audience 

show my furniture pieces online...

that means I now put on the hat of photo stylist!

Miss Mustard Seed

Questioning where to go next...help me out!

I just finished up this collection of turquoise furniture...

loving the way it turned out and hoping my customers will too!

coffee table with decoupage squares

set of Stanley night stands with faux wood tops

Now the last piece to get to is the 8 drawer dresser in the background.

It's a beautiful cherry, and I'm stuck on what to do with it.

That's the quandary!

I'm Suffering Social Media and Online Presence Frustration!!!

I know I have to do it...

I actually enjoy the creativity involved...

...though the amount of time it takes to do it correctly and effectively 

is hard to find!  

A little music Maestro...

I recently came across and purchased a few music books 

at the rummage sale I posted about HERE

And while I see many crafty things to do with sheet music 

I thought I'd go on a little search to see what I could find and share

in the way of musical ideas and tutorials.

Perfect day for loving green...

Why do I love what I do?

There are so many reasons to love what I do...

...but let's just focus on one...

SHOPPING!!!

Happy mistakes...

I picked up a couple of tables 

on my bi (sometimes tri) weekly visit to 

Consignment Classics in Encinitas

last Friday.

Of course I don't have any before photos

as I was in a hurry to get them painted...

sometimes I'm just excited to get started,

forgetting to take photos along the way.

But that's not what this story is about,

it's about problems turning into 

Happy Mistakes!

This is what I'm talkin' bout...

I've been mentioning 

(in just about all my posts) 

about the extra space I'm taking on at 

Leaping Lotus

Before

when it was just a thought

Now...

reality hits!