Jumping off the Hamster Wheel

Export to PDF | Export to DOCSnapshots from my reentry into sanity, as three years of retail frenzy comes to an end… Today is Day 25 since we closed up my store. What seemed like a straightforward idea, has actually turned out to be much cloudier than I would ever have imagined. I don’t think I realized how wound up I […]

The Sunflower Story: Our Final Chapter

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Sunflower is now packed up and moved out. While the memories are still fresh in my mind, I wanted to document the final days of our time in this special space we called “Sunflower.” Although the final chapter at this location has ended… We have many NEW stories to begin! Thank you Sunflower friends, for […]

Thank you, Sunflower Friends (12 months of memories)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCLooking back on the fullest year of my life. Many, MANY thanks are in order. Many, MANY people have become good friends of Sunflower!  The primary people I would like to thank are the members of The Sunflower Team since the opening of our store in July 2014. Kyle Without Kyle’s hard work, […]

Our Grocery Store Beautification Project (The making of Sunflower – part 2)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCA photo diary: How “Sunflower” was born last summer… My husband Tim and I love to take old places and make them new. We normally do this to neglected houses, but last year we did it to an old grocery store. It took a couple months, and added more than […]

The Home Stretch. (Why wasn’t I home sleeping?)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe Home Stretch.  Definition: “The last part of a long or difficult activity.” We are starting to wrap up our final days at The Sunflower Gift Shop this week. It has been “a long and difficult activity” to say the least. But we wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. As this […]

The last calendar of 2014

Export to PDF | Export to DOCA Single Sunflower… “Sunflower #3 Needs a Home” Here is a new Sunflower calendar you can use to brighten up your desk this month. This painting is actually still available for purchase and is hanging in the gallery at my store called “Sunflower.” Now that I think about it — it’s the ONLY Sunflower I have ever painted […]

October 1. Sunflower 1.

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe first of FIVE Sunflowers. Sometimes I get a little carried away with an idea. While some people might think it’s a good idea to paint “a” sunflower, for some reason I felt the need to paint FIVE. Those who know me well, will heartily agree that this is pretty much the story of my […]

Sunflower’s Autumn Hours begin today!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCEnjoy our new earlier morning hours. Sunflower is NOW OPEN Tuesdays – Saturdays: 10am – 6pm   We WISH you would come visit our newest Travelers Rest, SC location! Was it really 10 years ago that I painted “Maple Wish?” I guess it must really be true that “time flies when […]

Home Color has a new location!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhere did Home Color go? If you happened to notice that Home Color is no longer located in the big gray house, here’s the scoop: We are opening a bigger version of what we’ve been doing since 2012. But this time with much more space, and much more help to carry […]