This website was born from a passion for beauty and the need to share it. For a couple of years now, I have had the idea and desire milling about in my head to start a sort of online magazine. I have been fortunate enough to come across many wonderful websites and lovely online groups with ideas or photos or articles which deserve to be collected and shared. Also, I have a fondness for the published paper magazine, with my particular favorite having been Victoria by Hearst Publications. With all these thoughts coming together, the natural progression seemed to be to put together a website from which to share those bits of loveliness collected here and there. So, Charm & Grace was born.

As for my qualifications, I have a BA in advertising and graphic design… not that that means anything much because when I graduated from college in 1986, none of the work was done on computers. I have had many opportunities since that time to learn and practice computer graphic design, and more recently I have had the opportunity to learn about and teach myself web design. I am still very much in the process of learning, as I suppose will continue to be the case "ad infinitum." What a glorious challenge it is to never really stop learning and growing.

As the website grows and changes, I would love to have input about what you would like to see or about things you don't particularly care for. I really value feedback from you about our home on the web. Please contact us by clicking here.