I love the idea of a fancy advent calendar with sweet little numbered packages for each day as the children count down to Christmas. I dream of being organized enough to have one all ready to go by the time December 1st comes around. But,… Continue Reading…advent calendar … 15 days late
My sister and her sister-in-law have a little holiday motto: wrapped and done by december one The amazing part about it is that they actually adhere to it! {me, not so much} Perhaps, like my sister, you have found {or made} the perfect gifts and… Continue Reading…free printable holiday gift tags
A few days ago the Nester posted about her fabulous coffee filter wreath. Miss Nester posted links to other impressive creations like this one made with natural coffee filters and this pretty one but I was in awe of this amazing light fixture She used… Continue Reading…coffee filter foof {tutorial}
Of all the projects I’ve done, I’m pretty sure the book page wreath is my favorite. Old book pages + ruffly texture is pure prettiness. Nonna took the idea and ran with it {as she so effortlessly does} and created a few new styles of… Continue Reading…share your project {book page wreaths}
I spent yesterday with my friend Rae while our husbands were doing important things like putting out fires and rescuing kittens from trees {by the way, do you know that fire fighters don’t really do that? Ryan gets slightly annoyed at the mention of it}.… Continue Reading…ruffle wreath {a tutorial}
***UPDATED*** {see end of post} What a fun week it has been. I have enjoyed putting together these tutorials and have loved even more all of your comments! I am so grateful that I have been able to inspire many of you through these projects. … Continue Reading…5 days of favorite projects {day5}
Little known fact about me: I DON’T OWN A HOT GLUE GUN. I know. Crazy. How I’ve made it through my life as a project-doer without one is beyond me. But for today’s installment of I needed one. So I took the kids on a… Continue Reading…5 days of favorite projects {day 4}
So, I hate to disappoint you regular readers, but there is no What I Wore post today. Believe me, you wouldn’t want to see anything I wore this past week anyway. And it was sort of nice to have a break from awkwardly posing in… Continue Reading…5 days of favorite projects {day 3}
Did you all make some flowers yesterday? I hope you were inspired by one of my current favorites! Now on to day two of This one is fun and while I’d like to think I made it up, I’m pretty sure it’s out there somewhere… Continue Reading…5 days of favorite projects {day 2}
I love a good project. In fact I feel a little lost when I’m not working on something. This week, I’ll be putting together a tutorial each day on some of my favorite projects, which {I think} are also some of yours. Let me start… Continue Reading…5 days of favorite projects {day 1}
Thank you so much for the kind & encouraging comments on yesterday’s office reveal. It was a fun room to put my personality into and to try some new things and I think it turned out better than I had hoped. And did you like… Continue Reading…home office specifics plus a mini-tutorial
The day before the boutique my sister called to say that many of her friends were interested in coming but they didn’t really know what it was. Ryan and I had a vision for what we wanted it to be, but explaining it was a… Continue Reading…The Summer Boutique
I saw this image the other day in a Potterybarn Kids catalog and was inspired to create my own little flower mobile for the baby’s room. So, off I went to the local craft store and bought many many white & cream flowers. and a… Continue Reading…a mobile that isn’t a mobile
