Author: Bev Owens
About Author: Bev Owens writes under the pen name BevsPaper on a variety of topics. She is the author of the blog Native American Totems. Bev co-authors a blog reviewing products at DIY: Do It Yourself Reviews.
Published articles: 25
You can decorate your baby nursery with a western flair and create a room that can grow with your baby. Mixing items that are infant specific with items that were actually meant for an older audience can really make a unique look and give your nursery a personality of it’s own. Decorating a baby nursery …
Have you considered using decorative flower vases as a part of your overall interior design? A tall vase placed in the center of a dining room table can add a finished look to your decor in the room. So many times we have to dig out a plain old boring vase out of its hiding …
Are you looking for some traditional Halloween candy ideas? Are you tired of getting those boring bags of candy at the grocery and box stores and giving them to the Trick or Treaters who come to your door? I have some ideas to share with you to hand out something more traditional this Halloween. If …
Besides the common baseball cap or trucker’s hats that are so prevalent today, what other types of men’s hats are there? In the not so distant past men wore hats with style. Young men are starting to bring those hat types back into fashion again and I think that is really cool. Our grandfathers wore …
A trend being used in the interior design field right now is to decorate in the Granny Chic style. It is a fun way to add the charm and warmth of the things that Grandma used to have in her home to the furniture and accessories that are available in today’s shops. Decorating with Granny …
Have you been looking for an affordable collectible? Could I suggest old sheet music as an answer? Collecting this old paper can be fun and not be a heavy burden on your budget. Since the old music sheets were produced by the millions and so many people kept them, they are relatively inexpensive to purchase. …
Are you looking for some free ripple crochet patterns that are simple to make yourself? Over the course of the last few months I have created my own version of the classic ripple pattern in two different versions of afghans. I won’t begin to take credit for the classic design of the ripple but I …
Indiana is filled with many areas that are wooded which makes autumn quite spectacular. As Mother Nature paints with only the colors she can conjure up on a palette, the landscape in my home state becomes breathtakingly beautiful in the fall. In most cases, one does not have to travel far to enjoy the vibrant …
Using pastels as his favored medium to paint with, the Canadian artist Nicholas de Grandmaison spent over forty years of his career doing portraits of Native Americans or the First Nations of North America. Born in Russia from an aristocratic lineage, Nicholas de Grandmaison lived and created art in Canada for most of his artistic …
In many Native American tribal traditions, Crow is known as the keeper of Sacred Law. It is even said that a special book with the laws given to the red race at the beginning of time by the Creator is covered in Crow feathers. As humans we sometimes have difficulty seeing the difference between the …