Gender	Female
Occupation	Artist in Residence
Location	United States
Introduction	Irony always captures my attention, especially as a pastor's wife and mom. I think old junk is better than new junk. Relaxing is moving the furniture. I feel made over when I paint something. I'd rather stay home than go out. Every time I get freaked out about what you think about me, I remember that everybody needs grace and space, not just me.
Interests	God, wife & mom, old junk, etsy, church planting, old houses, theology, the emergent church, mosaics, flowers, photography, amateur art, history, home-making, biographies, home-business, coffee, food, old dishes
Favorite movies	In America, Napoleon Dynamite, Signs, The Notebook, Speed (I know...), Baz Lurhman's Red Curtain Trilogy, Notting Hill, Love Actually, Chronicles of Narnia, Elizabethtown, Walk the Line, Stranger than Fiction
Favorite music	U2, The Carpenters, Switchfoot, Johnny Cash, my sister Ashley, Rich Mullins, Kelly Clarkson, The Weepies, Sara Groves, Sufjan Stevens, Mindy Smith, Patty Griffin
Favorite books	Anne of Green Gables, Blue Like Jazz, Under the Mercy, 12 Steps for a Recovering Pharisee (Like Me), The Color of Water, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, The Spy Wore Red, Velvet Elvis, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

You're wearing a sweater that stretches down to your feet. What color belt do you put on?

If you check my eighth grade photo, you'll see I'm wearing a black belt with it. It's very slimming.