The End

I recently published my first edited book,  Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology ,  with  Small Harbor Publishing . It's an anthology of writing from  Literary Mama  staff over the past 20 years. It's a beautiful collection and I am proud of the writers and proud to share the book.  It seems a fitting moment, as I pondered sharing about the book here on the blog, to reflect on my life as a blogger, and acknowledge that it is time to officially end this blog.   I started blogging in about 2007, when my baby was learning to toddle, when I was learning how to be a mother and stepmother, when I was just starting to see my way as a writer. I needed it back then. I craved it. I had a variety of blog iterations--family, art, creativity, writing things I delved into. There's a freedom in blogging, a casualness, an easy familiarity that's lacking (for me anyway) in other kinds of writing. I loved blogging and the words came pouring out.  Over the years since then, some
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Dollhouse Living Room

Even though this dollhouse has such a small space to fill, I struggled with how the living room should look. I kept the red velvet couch and the red fancy lamp from my childhood, and started to work around that. 



Of course, a TV was needed. So I made one from balsa, coated in nail polish for a shine. The birds switched the channel to the 2001 movie Winged Migration.



The cabinet came from a lot of furniture I bought, but it was hideous. The thick wooden doors were glued open. So I cut them off and sanded it down. With a fresh coat of shabby-chic paint, it looks much more suitable. 




I hadn't planned to use the rug from my childhood, but with the repainted cabinet, and the colorful walls, it actually fit right in. A few knitted pillows, more bird art, some magazines, and the vintage telephone make of this house a home. 


I'm almost done here - last room is the attic bedroom. I have been moving on to imagining the next house. Much more to come!

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Andrea said…
Love it! I want bird wallpaper in my own house now!
February 27, 2021 at 6:30 PM
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