It is officially fall now! Pumpkins will come out next month but for September Im loving apples. A bowl of apples waiting to become a pie, or cake, or crisp.I purchased this apple print from an Etsy ...
And there goes another summer. For us it has been the summer of paint.We are repainting the exterior of our house.Early on in the summer there was no question, we would paint our house white just as ...
If you ever need something quick (and simple!) to take to an event or for entertaining then let me share the perfect recipe!You only need 3 ingredients and about 10 minutes time, start to finish!Lemo...
Yikes! It has been weeks since I last posted. Summer is keeping us busy and as August begins Im starting to feel a bit anxious about trying to squeeze every bit of fun out of the last weeks of summer...
Summertime is here!Usually withing minutes of going outdoors to play the boys come asking for something. A towel, or some bug spray, or the squirt guns, or.....Using a little storage shelf, I set up ...
Under our stairs is a deep, narrow closet that we recently updated.Before: Id seen a picture from Country Living magazine where a closet just like ours had been turned into a pantry. They made the be...
10 Things keeping me too busy to blog 1. Putting together raised garden beds so that we can have a vegetable garden again. 2. Working on our new master bedroom/bath/closet/stairs project. This one is...
I know I havent posted in weeks. Ive been busy enjoying spring, keeping the boys busy over April break and finishing up all kinds of projects that have been lingering on my to do list for ages. I cal...
A few weeks ago I had bought one of these metal baskets from Lowe's to hold my ever growing collection of fabric scraps in the sewing room. I never got around to putting it to use though. When I real...
Over the past few years our arts and crafts supplies have grown into a big unorganized mess. I had been using two baskets to hold all the paint, glue, brushes, scissors, etc. etc. etc.Every time the ...
Some random bits of life lately:SpringIt seems that spring is just around the corner! I know this because the snow is gone, the sun is shining, and we have eaten two bags of Cadbury mini eggs already...
I've been getting so many questions about how I covered my chair. So I thought I'd share some of the things that I learned and few helpful tips for those of you who are planning on trying an upholste...
This past weekend I took on a project that I have been wanting to do for so long.It was finally time to do something with the hand me down rocking chair that Adrian's mother had given us two years ag...
Last weekend, at the end of Shane's vacation from school, I thought it might be fun to do a camping trip with the boys. Pitch a tent, dig out the sleeping bags, eat hot dogs.....the works. While we d...
Our niece Emma celebrates her 9th birthday today. Keeping with my handmade gift habit I made a covered composition notebook using this tutorial from the blog V and Co. This is the second notebook cov...
My etsy shop has been keeping me quite busy lately. I am thrilled! Tabletop pennants have been my best selling item since I opened my shop. Last month I had the pleasure of working on a custom order ...
But it's okay because its a sweet, happy, kind of red. One that doesn't mind hanging out with pink. Red in the shape of love. Red that sits pretty upon white shelves.
It has been awhile since I've shared any before and afters. Probably since most of the rooms in this house haven't reached the "after" stage. We recently finished up a few projects in the upstairs ba...
If you're living in a drafty hundred year old house in Maine (or any other cold climate) during the month of January then chances are that you too might suffer from cold feet. Especially if that hous...
The January blahs are here and the only thing I can do is wait it out. Wait for the warmer weather and longer days that I love. Woke up this morning to this: It might be pretty but I still don't like...
The month of January is long and cold. Most of our days are spent inside and without a holiday to decorate around, things were feeling a little boring around here. When I was at the grocery store rec...
It is that time of year when I want everything organized. Especially the toys! Christmas turned our already unorganized system into a total mess. I'd love to have lots of cubbies like this right now....
Now that the new year has begun and Christmas feels like it was forever ago I think I'll wrap up the handmade gift posts.This gift is from the kitchen and for the kitchen. I wanted to have something ...
Another handmade gift given this year was an embroidery of Adrian's parents house. I followed the steps from Whosies tutorial.It isn't perfect but I was pleased that despite my very basic embroidery ...
Now that Christmas has come and gone I can share some of the handmade gifts that we gave.I'll start with the snowman kit that I made for our niece, Brynne, who loves to play outdoors! I saw this at M...
PeaceLoveand Joy! Wishing each of you a Merry Christmas!
Today I'll be finishing up all of my handmade Christmas gifts. I won't be able to share any of those projects until after Christmas, since the recipients may be reading this. (Hi guys!)I was able to ...
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