His job:

Student naval aviator (advanced – tailhook), just finished a bunch of formation flights. The first plane in the movie is being flown by him.
My job:
Illustration and teaching kids.
In one word? “Coloring” sums it up …

We just got home from our SC trip, and had a pile of mail! We actually had the post office hold it while we were gone, but deliver it yesterday so we’d have it when …

Check it out. I have cards with aviator wings on them, for Navy and Marines… great for winging announcements, invitations, thank-yous, or general notes.

Also, emblems/insignia/whatever you want to call them. The Naval officers’ crest, and …

These are non-themed cards that are going to be great for “Welcome to the base” notes for your new neighbors, thank you notes for winging gifts, quick letters to let your family know how training …

Well, they’re here! After long hours with a pencil, then a pen in hand. Then, you know… a mouse.
My brand new notecard sets! Let me introduce you!

This is my holiday note set. It includes …

I just realized I’ve been REALLY bad at this blogging thing lately…
It’s not that I don’t have things to write about, or that I don’t want to, or that I’m not thinking about it. It’s …

They’re ready, and in the shop! The baby is hanging from the tailhook of the jet, which is appropriate since the T-45 is the plane used to learn how to land on carriers with the …

If there’s one thing that says “summer” to me, it might just be corn on the cob. When my family visited my grandmother in Michigan every summer, “Doo-Dah” would bring us corn on the cob …

If you’ve done much reading on this blog, you know that I love to cook and eat delicious foods. Unfortunately, they’re not all the healthiest choices, so my husband and I have decided to make …

You may or may not have realized by now that my husband is in the Navy. He’s a student aviator right now (starting formation training today!!!). Anyway, I’ve begun to make a series of military …

I was at work the other day when I thought of a hedgehog on a tire swing. I don’t think the children remind me of hedgehogs or anything like that… but children are cute and …

Please give a warm welcome to the newest members of the Joyful Abode family:
Stationery sets! It’s been in the works for a long time, and many, many doodles later… a huge order of paper and …