In Salt Lake city during the Valentine's season especially, don't miss going by Mrs. Backer's Pastry Shop. A fixture in the cit...

I must have been tired, lazy or talking on the phone when I made this box because it just didn't turn out how I like them to turn out. ...

Next to A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities , this has been my favorite Dickens novel. I painted a lot of boxes listening to the un...

I love holidays so much and none more that Christmas. So when we spend Twelfth Night (last night) taking down the tree and burning the hous...

Since I am so lucky to be visted here by a few fun girls from other nations and a few non-political friends as well. I will no longer air my...

Today, Utah State Representative Julie Fisher sent around a 2008 Legislative Survey. The ideas that she has listed as solutions to Illegal I...

This is the medium size version of this box. Instead of reading, "Hearts & Flowers" inside, it reads, "Where there is gr...

Visions of Misletoe still in my head... flowers abloom in pink & red linens on a freshly made bed... appetites for Christmas not yet ...

My brother gave me the marvelous book for Christmas. While the founders of the United States wanted a there to be a separation of church an...

If you ever happen to be in Ogden, Utah. Don't miss this place... YUM!

I'm a person who likes to make goals and I do that all the time, but this year I'm planning to make some resolutions as well. And, ...

We rung in the new year like this. Well, we meaning little c. We, C and I stood by in a sleep-deprived, Grinch -like fashion and wished we ...

I recieved this for Christmas. I love it! On the back it says her weapon of choice is a pen, or language or something and it has a lot of fu...

This is a great film to watch with your children. Little c really enjoyed it and I like films that lead to a good family discussion and thi...

This is a great film about a widower whose wife wished for him to build a reading room in the tough neighborhood where he grew up. I though...

...the Shop has to be a holiday ahead.

Christmas Eve dinner by candlelight... Hooray it snowed!!! Little c in 3 sweaters 3 scarves a vest and 3 pairs of gloves... watching her t...

May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas Day.

I have another book by Joan Walsh Anglund about Christmas called A Christmas Sampler. It's darling. I love her books and have collected ...