Well, I decided to take a little ‘mini vacay’ and enjoy some time gardening with my to little buggers. Thought I could get a lot done planning some DIYs but alas life as a mama of two is very distracting. I got lots of reading of story books, bath times and snacks made but little … Read more
Feliz Cinco De Mayo! Hope you all have a safe & happy weekend. BBQ with the family for us and vicariously living through my wild brother :). Here are a few on my favorite DIY party decorations. Simple to do, you can whip them up today! Enjoy
Hello everyone! Welcome to the making of felt flowers! These are another one of my fav quickies. Felt flowers are perfect to put on clipies (little girls hair clips), on clothing, pins and hair combs. Actually, they go everywhere! Wouldn’t the world be a little better if it was thoroughly adorned with little felt flowers?! … Read more
Spring cleaning is the theme around my house these days and the first room on my list in need of a big refresher is the master bath. I love our paint colors and can live with the tile and cabinetry for now, but my bath accessories and decor need a major update. After scoping out … Read more
Wish I had more pics of this sucker… but trust me it went FAST! This delish pie is composed of a super scrumptious sweet potato pie with bacon and blue cheese lattice. Looks and sounds complicated but it really is not. This is THE dish you want to bring to any holiday potluck. Here we go… … Read more
Does anyone else have a major pickin habit? And I don’t mean your nose! I mean antique hunting/salvage yard snooping / garage sale gawking / flea market fishing/swap meet swooping…. that kinda picking. I have a running list of items that I’m always on the hunt for. Goes a little like this: window frames, bird … Read more
Not much is better than receiving a pretty personal piece of mail (say that five times fast!). You know what I mean. Like when you were seven, ripping open the birthday card from dear ol granny. Or like the time you tenderly peeled back the edge to see the beautiful wedding invite from your best … Read more
Does anyone else out there prefer cookie dough to an actual cookie? Like, I’ll whip up a big ol bowl of dough and only get about six cookies on the sheet because the littles and me have been ‘taste testing’ the dough to see if it needs a lil more of this (which is doesn’t) … Read more
So this DIY covers a couple of bases. First off it is an idea for what you can do with those scraps of wood that are laying about. I have a couple of those, well actually maybe a garage full. My hording tendencies kick in and I can’t get rid of them. I just can’t! … Read more
What a pretty plate right? And it was so easy to do! The is the perfect craft for gift giving. The hubs has been asking for some coffee mugs to bring to work that are not super feminine. What Anthropologie tea cups and cafe au latte mugs are not good enough for you!?!?! Oh well … Read more