About Me

I’m Tina Neeley, a storyteller with a vintage heart who finds inspiration in the everyday moments and places that often go unnoticed. As the lead writer for Good News magazines published by Exchange Media Group, I’m nearing 500 published stories that highlight the faith, strength, and quiet victories of ordinary people. My work has also appeared in Country Woman, Light, and Tennessee Home & Farm magazines, where I celebrate the simple beauty woven into daily life.

I have a love for giving new purpose to fabric, lace, trims, and other collected treasures-transforming them into keepsakes that carry stories forward. Just as I value these materials, I value the stories behind the people and moments I write about, weaving them into narratives that honor the past and inspire the future.

Building a new home and expecting the birth of our daughter, I planned a special room for my sewing and crafting located next to my daughter’s bedroom.  I imagined endless hours crafting with her toddling in and out of my special space.

As fantasy gave way to reality, my special room looked more like organized chaos than the organized retreat I’d planned.  Unfinished projects littered the room and the desktop could not be seen.  One day, when my daughter was about four, she walked in, looked around, and, as if seeing the room for the first time, said “So, Mom, is this your la-bor-a-tory?”  I felt as if she’d just discovered that her mother was the mad scientist.

Things often don’t turn out the way we plan, but when we look at them with a child’s eyes we often find they are not nearly as bad as they seem, and usually there is humor hidden under all the mess--leave it to our children to remind us of it!

 By wisdom a house is built,  and through understanding it is established;
 through knowledge its rooms are filled  with rare and beautiful treasures. Prov 24:3-4 NIV