Eye miniatures were a thing about 200 years ago. These miniature portraits, usually painted with watercolor on ivory and incorporated into jewelry, focused solely on the eye. I’m…
It started out like any other Sunday, lazily sipping coffee and easing into the day—an ordinary Sunday morning. An hour or so later, I found myself surrounded by…
Anyone who has ever visited South Carolina’s Lowcountry would be familiar with the sweetgrass basket. These baskets, arguably the region’s best known art form, are rooted in Gullah…
Filigree is a delicate embellishment in which very fine strands of gold or silver are twisted or curled into a design and then soldered into jewelry or other…
A picnic is a meal taken outside as part of an excursion or outing. But in today’s post, I’m pushing that definition and taking an excursion to my…