truthfully tracelaine

You Guys!!  I am so excited!  As I have mentioned before, my husband has a wood shop that he allows me to make whatever I want out of the scraps that he discards. I use the scraps, along with wood glue, staples, paint, stain, scrapbook paper, and any other trinket I find to make a unique crafty project.        Well, putting these craft projects together has been such good therapy for me. It truly makes me very peaceful.  The only problem I have come across, (besides the occasional sanded knuckles) is that eventually I run out of space to put all of my little projects.  So, with that in mind, I decide to jump in and see what would happen if I made them available for others to see and buy.  I rented a flea market booth and decided to open my own little craft boutique.     It really took a lot of courage for me to jump out there. I worried that the product wouldn't be attractive to to customers.  I worried that n...

Abbi and Ethan What a beautiful, crazy, exhausting, emotional beginning to Fall.  As summer ended, we found ourselves in the midst of wedding ceremonies for two of our girls.  One had been planned for quite awhile and the other literally came together in less than two weeks.   Both fell within a week of each other.  But at the end of the day, we had a wonderful time, gazed on two beautiful brides and gained two sons-in-law that we are so happy to call family.  Isn't she a beautiful bride?      It was around 8 o'clock on a Saturday evening when we got the call.  My husband and I had been installing cabinets and having one of those exhausting days when everything that can go wrong did.  We were ready to call it quits and sit for awhile when Abbi sent me a text.  Yep, a text! It basically said, "we have set a date.  We would like to get married next Friday in Papa's back yard.  We would also like to have the rec...