Chelle's Blog

Setting fire to metal and beating the crap out of it today, for components of a piece, I hope will be in an art exhibit. The only documented nesting of the Willow Flycatcher in Mississippi occurs at Coldwater River National...

Working on our 1961 ranch house in Southaven today. This floor in my old office/Clayton’s old bedroom/Ashley’s old bedroom has been setting for over 40 years, under at least two versions of ugly carpet. ? There was some 40 year...

Sweet little speckled king snake going down a hole to eat mice and moles! God speed, snek! ? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a speckled king snake looks like...

Back in November 2018, I learned that I have a new sister on my Dad's side, through a DNA test from Ancestry.com. Her name is Margo, and she jokes that she has heard the term "new sister" so much lately,...

Here's the interior of Moosh Print Studio. It holds a metric ton of art supplies and tools, so there's no way it will ever not look busy! Inside Moosh Print Studio...

There's a pileated woodpecker, hammering happily in the neighbor's pine tree this morning. ?? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a pileated woodpecker looks like in flight, now you do!...

Another Frankenlamp finished: crystal boudoir lamp with old slag glass shade in the sitting area of our bedroom. ? Easy Peezy, Lemon Squeezy... just rewire the lamp and use led lightbulbs so it doesn't burn your house down. Then add...

How can someone be so bad at hanging wallpaper, yet so confident to glue the hell out of it. I’m removing wallpaper from the upstairs bathroom this weekend. My mood won’t improve. Update: March 27, 2019 After six weeks of...

In the middle of making this rag doll (my first ever, don’t laugh!) for our youngest granddaughter, Isla. Talk about unrealistic body expectations! Thank goodness she has a long skirt. Her crotch literally is right above the hem! ? I...

So excited! The cat tree arrived yesterday for us to install so Sophie, our 18-1/2 year old Siamese, can officially ignore it. I knew to install the thing next to the vent, since Sophie has always been a heat seeker....