My name is Alicia. I love to make things.

I live with my irrepressible husband, Andy, a sweet Cardigan corgi puppy named Clover Meadow, and two bossy kitties. We play house in a little chocolate-brown cottage in Portland, Oregon, with a neglected rose garden in front and a featherbed-topped hammock out back.

From humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest Portland, Oregon, Powell's Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores, with seven locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms (www.powells.com), serving customers worldwide.

Powell's distinctive synergy today underpins four full-service bookstores (Powell's City of Books, Powell's at Cedar Hills Crossing, Powell's on Hawthorne, and Powell's at PDX), two specialty stores (Powell's Technical Books and Powell's Books for Home and Garden), and Powells.com.

I'm Tina...wife, artist, student, photographer, writer, traveler, adventurer, entrepreneur, shopper, decorator, dancer, singer, foodie, reader and blog author.

I have so many interests that my blogs have truly become my place to explore and share them all. My cyber-explosions of ideas and inspiration! Photography, vintage everything, shopping, travel, art, history, paper crafts, writing, music, food, books, films, design, architecture, interiors, antiquing, thrifting, gardening, decorating and more!