Many North American communities and towns celebrate the warmth and joy of the holidays by sharing a communal Christmas tree. Traditionally, a super-sized, evergreen tree is erected in…
It’s that time of year―time to get serious about making gifts for the upcoming holidays! Judging from the activity on the FanningSparks Pinterest boards, it looks like a…
Text the word “mailbox” and your messaging app will likely present you with a choice of emojis featuring traditional rural mailboxes. It’s an interesting contradiction―if you text like…
Building on last week’s Let’s Talk Shades blog post, I’d like to jump right into my latest upcycled maker project. This was a dramatic makeover—from dowdy, outdated, thrift-store…
There will be no throwing shade in today’s blog post. Instead let’s talk about shades… lampshades that is!