Author: Erin

  • Design File: Childrens’ Spaces

    Lucas Studios Fern & Feather Source Do I have any readers left who come for decorating posts?? 🙂 While I was pregnant I spent a lot of time compiling and categorizing all of the inspiration photos from previous posts. I will soon have them available so that you can click an icon for each type…

  • The Whisper-Seekers

    I am waiting on a whisper. I have come to a fork in the road. A “good one.” A challenging one. But today I feel tired from it. Wondering, back and forth, which way to go. Today I am sitting at the side of the road waiting on the Lord to reveal his plan. It…

  • Dear Wynn {ever mine}

    Dear Wynn, I wrote the other day of the curious riddle of motherhood.  How you would have me hold you all day long.  All the while my mind will run over the things that need to be done:  clothes to be washed, dinner to be cooked, and yet no hands to complete those tasks.  For today…

  • Welcome to our New Old House!

    Hi friends! I am excited to be participating today in the Parade of Homes sponsored by blog Poppies at Play! Our new old house is the final stop on the virtual home tour! To my new visitors, welcome to Rare & Beautiful Treasures! I am glad you are here. My name is Erin and this…

  • A Walk in the Woods with My Dad

    This post was written for my Dad on the occassion of his birthday, April 29, 2010. . . . If my memory is to be trusted, I spent a good portion of my childhood taking long walks in the woods with my dad. Now, as a grown woman with a child of my own, 99%…

  • My Hometown: Pictures and Commentary

    We took Wynn to Michigan last weekend. It was my first chance to take him to my “home” and it was so special.It was his first trip to the beach as well-it was chilly but still beautiful. Beautiful Beautiful Lake Michigan Oh the hours my sisters and I spent swimming in these waters growing up.…

  • A Winner and a Wynn Update

    I want to thank you all so much for the suggestions on helping Wynn to nap! I ended up taking him to the pediatrician a few days ago because in addition to waking so suddenly and frequently from his naps, he was waking with scary gagging/choking sounds. Our pediatrician thinks that reflux is to blame…

  • Just Lovely

  • The Curious Riddle of Motherhood {plus a giveaway!!}

    Hi friends! I apologize for the shortage of posts this past week. Boy oh BOY are we sleepy around here! My precious little mister has become a daytime cat napper. He is sleeping well at night but during the day he jolts awake after 10 minutes of napping and it is nearly impossible to get…

  • Dream

    Life is better with a dream. Have a plan hidden in your heart to sustain you. Believe God for big things. Feast on faith! Don’t settle. At this point in my life my dream is to have a cottage in the country-a fixer-a low mortgage payment if any at all, lots of home improvement projects,…