"Sweet Scents"

36"x36" oil on canvas.

Available at Michael Mitchel. 

When I first moved to Charleston 3 years ago the smell of the pluff mud was absolutely horrific to my scenes. I had come from the West growing up in the mountains literally in the pine trees of Montana. To me the smell of fresh air and pine trees was/ is heaven! The pluff mud was stagnant, heavy and much to organic for me. It smelled like compost fresh off the farm that you throw in your garden which is an acquired smell.  Now every time I come home from visiting Montana or wherever my travels may take me I step off the plane into that ohhhh so sweet smell of the pluff mud. Home Sweet Home is Charleston where the salty air mixes with jasmine and the slippery muddy waters of the marsh. Oh yeah and somewhere in there you can smell the fresh pralines moving thru the air from Market Street. 

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From Thrift to Charming

We all catch a Do It Yourself episode on HGTV from time to time and think, "I could dot that." Then we buy a few materials and months later we find those materials...paint, sandpaper ect. floating around the garage from shelf to shelf. We'll Im not bragging, but definitely impressed with myself for finishing one of my many small projects. This small side table I picked up at a local thrift store. When I brought it home my husband said, "That thing is ugly, what is it?" Now he loves it! Dang, I'm good. A little sandpaper, a beautiful paint color called, Caribbean Breeze and I have a charming end table and a pop of color for my living room.

Thrift Find Before.

Bold and Beautiful End Table After.