About Me

Hi, my name is Faye, thanks for stopping by to check out what I am passionate about. 




Where I've Been and Where I Am Going

I'm from Minnesota, but California raised. California is still where I call home. I am married and have two kids a girl and a boy both teenagers. We became home owners 10 years ago and have the never ending task of  home improvement projects which I absolutely love so please share your design ideas.  I love self help, journaling, organizing, creating, adventures, gardening, revamping and beautifying the space that I dwell in and that surrounds me and others.  I love making gifts.  Connecting with my community is important to me. My parents all live close and nurturing those relationships with my family and friends are important to me.  I love food and making it and sharing it. I recently joined a community choir.  I believe in life long learning and am always up for taking a class or having an experience over more stuff.  I love to travel and experience new places. I just joined the local Dahlia Club with my mom, and COVID really made me realize my love for having color in the garden and all things flowers. Follow along with me in this journey we call life.

Professionally, I worked for 9 long years at a bank and worked my way up to Project Manager, I have stuck with numbers since leaving the bank and worked from home while my children were little and not yet in school.  My husband is a contractor, he builds solar systems for people.  I help him run our family business PerryBuilt Construction, and work for a financial planning business as well.

I started out blogging a few years ago and then stopped.  I think I didn't know really where I wanted it to go.  My father encouraged me to write more and share with the world my crafty projects.  And I am passionate about so much more....  Did I have to have a specific direction, other people asked me if I wanted to be a writer, where I wanted this to go?  I was overwhelmed by not having all the answers.  I was afraid of negative criticism.  And now, I am blogging again so that I may share what I create, whatever that may be.  If I can inspire just one person I will have achieved my goal.  I am writing for fun.

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