Hi, Melissa! I just ran into some of your artwork on Flickr and linked to your site. I haven't taken too, too long to look around, but I love your paintings over on Flickr! You have some great photos, too. I love discovering new artists and their blogs. Umm, to answer your questions, I'm a mixed media artist and stay at home mom who just this year started homeschooling my oldest son (in kindergarten). As I said, I discovered your site through Flickr, the Art & Artists group, I think. My current interests/obsessions are fabric art, art journaling, arts & crafts that revolve around the home and home life, jewelry making, and mixed media in general. I do have a blog, mentioned above, and I am with you about wanting to have a dialogue vs. monologue. It seems like the blogs I tend to keep up with the most are the ones where I've gotten to know the person blogging a bit. I'm not a very good lurker! I enjoyed poking around your flickr acct, so now I'll peek around on your site a bit ;-)

Hi there! I'm not sure where I ran across you blog. It may have been through etsy since I have a shop there too. I like to read blogs about people's lives and their crafting. My blog is an amalgam of these things about me. I think your blog should be what ever you want to share. Stop by and visit me at http://fluffyflowers.typepad.com/

Hi Debra and Felicia! Thank you so much for taking the time to introduce yourselves. I really appreciate it.
I will visit both of you!
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i just now came across your blog from the flickr site inspiration boards and loved what you did with these old frames! so i clicked on your site! enjoying browsing...

Hi Amy! Thanks for coming by!

This is my fourth comment on your blog in one day. I feel a bit pitiful, I'm just reading and reading and reading your blog and loving every moment of it. I just want to say that you should never worry if you're posting too much thrifted stuff, I noticed you apologize alot for it but it's so much fun to read and see and look and celebrate your finds (except for the hands bowl - I'm still smarting over that one). I want to see the 50 buck leather sofa, that has been on my list of treasure to find forever!
I love your finds and your blog! Thanks for sharing both.

Hey Selah! Thank you so much for loving my blog- it makes me feel so good! I so appreciate it when people take the time to comment- the more the better, no need to feel pitiful! I do the same thing!

Thank you for bringing it to my attention that I kind of apologize for showing my thrifted stuff- you are so right! I guess it's because when I started this thing, I wasn't intending for that to be such a big focus- but it has really turned into one of my main things! I am just gonna go with it! Thank you for the encouragement and appreciation.