On My Mind & In My Heart

I may be getting ahead of myself, as we are in the midst of all of the things that we give thanks.  One of the things that came to mind to me today,  is I thought it was very gracious of Santa Claus to have given us the benefit of the "Naughty or Nice" list as parents!!  My children have always l...

I saw this post first by Sherri Wellborn with her re-blog, of this story by Gary Woltal.  Gary's story will stop & make everyone think this Thanksgiving and be thankful for what we have & not what we don't have. While we are human & have emotions no doubt, this should keep most of the negativity ...

Sebastian Barrett St. Troy has written an AMAZING piece for us!  Sebastian has been with us a short while & many of you may not have discovered this wonderful gift we have here on Active Rain.  Please take a time to visit his garden, & his blog, & read his wonderful "Masterpiece" (as has been man...

This is truly one of my favorite places whether it be for for Staging An Event, a brief Escape or Stopover, or Vacation.  Recently it was a packed city with all of the brides coming in for the big date of 11-11-11.             The lobby is full of Elegance ~ Art, Bronze & Most Importantly "Comfor...

I have been publishing a series of introductions on the Artists that I have been so proud to have had the experience of working with....I hope you have enjoyed their work as much as I have & I feel Art is so important to our lives & of "Staging" our environments ~ homes, commercial properties, of...

We understood after reading about the Elevator Speech Contest, that it was worth to us way more than points.... Rebekah Radice is always wonderful at bringing us a way to gain business, marketing, or tech tips, & with this contest ~ confidence in speaking concisely about our business, & relations...

I mentioned previously that there were a few components that helped propel me forward into Staging.  Part of the equation had to do when I would check into Hotel Rooms & the way they had been Staged for guests.  I try not to be too critical, but for some reason a few things in these two photos di...

Mona Gersky took in these two lost brothers.  A very sad story with their owners indeed.  These two have the sweetest faces!!  Unconditional LOVE!!  I wish I could take them here.  My daughter adopted two black labs from the shelter (brother & sister), as she could not separate them either.  They...

Peter von Artens was born in 1937, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began studying art in 1950 at the Miguel Venegas Cifuentes Fine Art Atelier in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He attended the Catholic University of Chile Fine Arts School in 1957.In 1958 he received a scholarship from the Hispanic Inst...