Old Stateline Gardens

01/21/2026

Here’s our official stand-alone Craft-ernoon calendar for January through March!

Don’t forget you need to register! All Craft-ernoons are $20. All materials include included!

www.PinkBenchDistilling.com/Events
If registration is not up on our site for a particular Craft-ernoon, don’t worry, it will be soon!

12/31/2025

Happy New Year!

I’ve always followed lifestyle I call centripetal peripatetic—a lot of moving about, exploring the world, but always circling back to the place that roots me, 🌿 Old Stateline Gardens.

While home these past couple of months, I focused on using scraps—the cut-offs that pile up during bigger projects, the pieces too neat to be burned. From those pieces, I made a small collection called 🌟 What Remains 🌟

I love tiny things (obsessed, really), and this collection honors that. A reminder that even the overlooked bits have beauty. That good things can be built from what’s left behind. That the pieces in our lives—the ones we set aside, forget about, or underestimate—have value. Realizing we already have all we need. Being resourceful. Rebuilding from what’s left. Giving things—and ourselves—second chances.

As I set off once again into this centripetal peripatetic rhythm to teach for a few months, I’m thinking about the pieces of life that matter most to me and already looking forward returning home to Old Stateline Gardens just in time for gardening season.

Here’s to a new year and new possibilities. To taking what remains and transforming it into a beautiful new year.

12/20/2025

Tonight. Always such a fun, festive event. Great art. Yummy food. Ambiance.

12/06/2025

Well, shoot, I intended to be at the 4H Bazaar in Troy today but am knocked down with the flu. Bummed to miss seeing everyone and catching up. I'll be at Real Art Works this Tuesday and continue to have my crafts there.

04/26/2025

📣 I've taken a break from Old Stateline Gardens for a bit 😢 to pursue a full-time job in Oregon using my hard-earned degree in Linguistics. I'm excited to start a new egg carton of languages studied, but not so sure about surviving without a garden this year!

I'll still be selling my wares at Real Art Works in Troy at least through the summer or until they give me the boot 😏. Now that I have a steady job, I'm dreaming of all the fancy woodworking tools I will buy and being able to do more detailed projects.

Thank you to everyone that has supported me over the years-- it allowed me to spend more time with my kids while they were toddlers.

02/25/2025

Gearing up for a round of productivity in the shop. I love it when someone connects with a piece I've made, like this board, and then to see how it gets used. I have some new ideas and designs in the works, can't wait to share them.

02/21/2025

The Stateline House back in its heyday, with gas pumps up front and a dance hall out back 🕺

Today's Tale ~ Here is an old photo (not dated) of the Stateline House on old Highway 2 at the Idaho/Montana line. Good times? :)

01/23/2025

🍞 Ooo la la, debuting the bread knife 🥖 Cuts like butta! These are made from walnut and hickory. Available downtown Bonners Ferry at Chapa Chicken Ranch, ya know, so you can grab some bread to try the knife out.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who supported my small business in 2024. Lately I have been going through my clutter, finding pieces of my old self, like this blurry picture of an old drawing. As I look to the past and plan for the future, this drawing reminds me of the interconnectedness of life, the different paths we take, the patterns we live by, the light and dark, and the ebb and flow of life. Wishing you all a contented 2025!

12/17/2024

12/14/2024

Need a few last minute gifts? I just cluttered my space at Real Art Works and the other talented artists have some unique, beautiful finds. I'm loving Tess Jones's gourd art and homegrown loofah sponges. Can you spot my sweet little elf helper?

12/08/2024

❄️Thank you❄️ to everyone who stopped by the 4-H Holiday Bazaar! It was great seeing everyone--I love the community feel of that event.