So I start a new website and my daughter promptly shuts my hand in the car door, smashing most of the fingers on my right hand and breaking the middle finger.  Hurts unspeakably.  I am, of course, right handed. Suddenly I have to use scissors, write notes, button my blouse, and everything else either with my left hand or very gingerly with my bruised thumb and pointer finger.  This makes for some interesting spelling variations when typing. So if you see any mistakes please contact me.

It had been my hope to add to the "How To" section on a daily basis, but with the difficulty with taking pictures and manipulating small objects, this probably won't happen for a while.

On the upside, the smashed hand gets me out of a certain amount of house work which gives me more time to set up dioramas.  I have several going, but am a little stuck because, while I can move (doll) furniture around, I can't do fine work like sewing curtains.

The one I'm currently working on- pictured in the projects section- is an experiment in using a focal point to design a room.  The rug was what began it all. The colors-black, white, gray, and olive- became the inspiration.  At first I decided to limit myself only to those colors, but when I introduced the grandfather clock, which has a red interior, I decided to add a splash of red to the room to make it pop.  It is still a work in progress with many of the details still lacking, but it's halfway there.  I hope you enjoy it.  Let me know your opinion.