Lyna Dawn Farkas

Faux finisher certified with City and Guilds of London Decorative Art and Restoration. Author, teacher, consultant, co-host of Artistically Speaking Radio Show. Also creative brainstormer, love to laugh, latte anyone?
Visit my website, In the Spirit of Decor, to see samples of my decorative finishes and glass
Tag Archives: heartfelt
A Rite of Passage
My friend Wendee became a flight attendant when she was 50 years old. That was about 20 years ago and I’ll never forget the day I met her- a small, petite woman with short silver/white hair and a glint in … Continue reading
A Choice that Changed my Life
Today is Mr Doodles birthday. As I drove by the small area with a creek that I found him and his 4 siblings near 15 years ago, I realized that life is all about choices. What if my boyfriend Derick … Continue reading
The Importance of Mindfulness
It started with a small book of poetry. One of my flying partners gave it to me-sharing that she met the author, Neville Cloleman on a flight and that she felt the book was meant to be mine. “Fly with … Continue reading
How do you feed your soul?
This holiday season, I did something that fed my soul big time….I was a Doggie Santa. It all started last Feb when my friend Karen had a birthday lunch and asked us all to donate money to Chainfree Asheville. Not … Continue reading
The Gift that grew…..
Last October, my designer friend Barb and I were talking over dinner about the holiday season. And by the time we were done with dessert, we had created a way to bring the Spirit of Giving to Asheville in a … Continue reading


