Her Art Nest

Stationery card View the entire collection of cards. A holiday wouldn't be complete without creating a special Christmas card and maili...

One of the best ways to cheer up a friend is with an old-fashioned sweet treat. And this one was introduced to me at a dinner party many y...

Inspiration can come from almost anything. For me, it's color, vintage images, and family. I can remember when I was in third grade si...

Packaging gifts is something I like to do. I do have some loved ones that are hard to buy for or prefer giftcards or cash. I love to give ...

Growing up, Christmas was a huge celebration. My mom always loved the holidays from the tree, the lights, family holiday parties, and the pi...

The most important thing to me is to make a cookie is that tastes great! My mom always seemed to make the best cookies, and this happens to...

As I write this post, it is a glorious crisp fall day in northern Michigan. Fall instinctively brings the thought of pumpkins, mums, apple ...

A few years ago, I was given a treasured gift by being invited to join a recipe card club. Once a month, 12 of us get together to share lau...

As the weather begins to cool, I look ahead to fall by showing you this latest afghan knitted in autumnal colors. I started this afghan abo...

I can't wait to tackle that gift-giving list again this year. I love sharing through my love of knitting and here is my very first co...

I love the early morning, when the sun is just rising in the east; the sky is bright red and I can hear the birds sing. As I sit here today...

What is Fair Isle knitting? With other names like stranded knitting, Jacquard, intarsia, mosaic knitting, it's no wonder the question co...

Gosh! You have probably been wondering where I've been. It's been shockingly weeks since I posted. For a starter I went on a thre...

~ Apricot Bread ~ This Apricot Nut Bread recipe was given to me by my Mom, and probably tops the list as "one of my favorites!" ...

I have been working like a mad woman spring cleaning my office. So needless to say, it has consumed all of my free time. I actually think th...

My mom has to be my "official" introduction to the kitchen. She let me scoot the kitchen chair up to the side of our beige Formic...

This biscotti recipe has been in my family nearly 40 years. I used to make these cookies for my son, Brad, when he was a toddler. They are...

Ahh . . . the possibilities a meal and your husband of 44 years can bring . . . so perfect at the moment. Fresh shrimp from the Pacific, h...

A couple of years ago, I joined a recipe card club with some of my artistic friends at our local scrapbooking store. As time went on, I rea...

"Life is a succession of moments." "To live each one is to succeed." ~ Corita Kent I've been working on some greeti...