Willow Homestead

Since taking up leather tooling , my husband, Hank, has come up with more crazy unique ideas than I thought possible.  It all starte...

Small, unassuming metal stamps have been taking over my house for the past two months.  And there seems to be a direct correlati...

This past Christmas one of my friends on facebook posed a question regarding homemade gifts.  She wondered if they were still appreciated ...

"It's official!  Hank and I are headed off on a second honeymoon.  Next month we'll be married for 15 years.  Our first honeym...

You read that right.  I said jetpack . A couple of summers ago, Mr. Hank Schimstock (shown above) stumbled across a three-fer deal...

Because my husband, Hank, is too modest to toot his own horn, I shall toot it for him.  Or rather...I will toss aside the cheap, little, too...

Yes, it's true.  The infamous Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story has come to reside in our living room.  Of course, we all laugh at t...

My husband, Hank, is one of those type of guys who can fix a 1939 Electrolux and re-upholster a Mission Oak armchair in the morning, shear...

Last month Hank and I decided to clean the dirt out from under our fingernails and don our Sunday best for a Classic Hollywood photo shoot a...

2011 marked the Tenth Anniversary of the Hunnert Car Pile-Up.  Sadly it also marked the end.  After ten years of cars, music and slicked ...