Playing blocks with Lily. Have a happy weekend!

(Photo via Tulip Painter) In my husbands field of work he meets and mingles with a lot of local artists. Several years ago we met the Artist Sarah Richards Samuelson, and made the connection that she lived with my older sister in college. Small world, I know. Sarah is an [...]

*This is another blast from the past post from my old crafting blog*   There is this adorable shop on Etsy called The Black Apple. You might have heard of it. You might not have. Either way, it’s one of my all time favorites. This cute girl named Emily paints [...]

Here are my favorite posts from the last week at those other cool blogs I write for   DIY boot and shoe storage box at The Organized Mom. This is so much easier than it looks, I promise. I made this super easy paper storage box. You can read about [...]

I want to show you how I made the oil painting in my studio, because: 1.It’s super easy. 2.Owning and bragging about having original art work is cool. 3.Yes, you can do it all by yourself. Here’s what you need: -Two boards or pieces of smooth wood. One to paint [...]

My photo studio is located in our third car garage. Here’s a peek at what it looked like as we were in the middle of building the wall. Here’s the front door. Once upon a time I made a website for Middle Gray Photography. Now I am lazy and just [...]

If you follow my Facebook page you know to have your Target clearance hearts ready  today! I bought my hearts in red and pink, but any color you picked up from the Christmas clearance will do. The only other thing you need is ribbon, preferably about 1/4 inch in width. I cut [...]

I have been putting off, and putting off the studio reveal. I think I have realized why. To me, it is such a personal space. I feel like I am letting you peek into a private part of my home. For example, I will never show you a picture of [...]

This is another blast from the crafting past post. I am pretty sure I shot these with a 7.1 Megapixel Canon Powershot Digital Elf. I remember all my past cameras far easier than my children’s birthdates. Don’t even get me started on my first digital camera, the Apple QuickTake 200. Oh, [...]

First things first. Remember my Legend City map? Turns out the cool guy who runs the site on Legend City is named John, and we have been able to meet via e-mail. We have had some pretty cool conversations on the history of the park, and I have been able to [...]

Once upon a time I started a blog all about my family. Then I started a blog all about my crafting. Then I started a blog all about my photography. Then I started a blog for my book club, baking club, photo club, volunteer work, and for some insane reason, [...]

Whew! CES was one of the busiest week of my life. Mr. Wright and his best friend Jon attended, and I was so busy I saw them both only for one evening. And I had to drag them to several tech parties that all turned out to be somewhat lame. [...]

A very big thank you to everyone who recently featured natalme.com on their website!   My laundry room door was featured on Stylist Home here.     My laundry room was featured on The Inspired Room here.     My soap dish cake stand was featured on Waiting for Sunday [...]

Ready to get your groove on? All right, you remember the Hot Ones transfers I showed you yesterday? Now I am going to show you how to make a no-sew pillow with these babies. You don’t have to have an iron-on transfer, but what you do need is two fabric napkins. [...]

Okay, you are totally going to die when you see what I found. Fresh from the 70′s… Hot Ones Iron-On Transfers! Far out man! Check out how sick these babies are… I found all six books. They each had a few missing, but overall I snagged over twenty transfers. Here’s [...]

First of all, I finally started a Facebook page for natalme. Go here to “like” it and start following. I am headed out to CES next week, so if you click on “like” you will be entered to win something fun that I bring home. I don’t know what it [...]

A friend asked me yesterday to e-mail her a link to my laundry room. She and her hubby want to attempt the DIY wood flooring I did. (Please replace “I” with Mr. Wright.) I had to e-mail her six different posts just to show all the different photos. Perhaps it’s time to [...]

I saw the cutest bright colored metal earrings at a boutique a few months ago. I searched and searched for similar supplies to make my own but just couldn’t find anything. Then I had an epiphany while spray painting. (Of course this idea could entirely be a result of sniffing [...]

I have two new chairs. I bought them at a surplus sale with then intent of putting them somewhere else. Turns out they are not the most comfortable chairs in the world, but I still can’t part with them. I used to have the green chairs that I reupholstered in the same [...]

Here’s some of my favorite projects I completed this year! (For the complete list of my DIY before and afters go here)   Embroidery Hoop Wall Hanging Wallpaper Greeting Cards Pressed Penny Bracelet Map Magnets Map Pennant Banner Vintage Fabric Clock Pillow DIY Bakers  Twine Backyard Fire Pit (and playhouse!) Electric Fireplace Makeover [...]