I am a white mocha fanatic. They are definitely my guilty pleasure of choice. Now that I work more and drive a lot I find myself often stopping at Starbucks for this guilty pleasure more than I proba...
My thrifting closet. Hello Everyone!! I know it has been forever since I have posted and this is why. I have been whipping our house into shape. I have been going through every nook and cranny in our...
Yesterday was my day off. One of the best things about my new work schedule is that I have to work occasional weekends. You would think this would be a downside to the job but I have found it to be a...
I don't know how often I'll do this, but I decided my first weeks on the job as a librarian I would take a photo every morning of my outfit. They're not the greatest since my remote de...
Drum roll please.... The winners of the challenge are as follows: Week 1: Robbie's awesome mod podged yarn vase Week 2: Robbie had the most votes again, but since he won week 1, Sarah's cut...
Just a quick little update on the shop. I have added international shipping. I'm shipping out the first shipment this morning and then I'll ship again on Saturday morning. While I was look...
Craftyminx Store Link The online store is open! Here's a little information that might help: I'm only selling leftover stock so there are very limited numbers. I will not be making any mor...
This week's supply is kind of a wildcard. I want you all to recycle something for your supply. It can be leftovers from another project (like the pictured yarn ends) or something else in your ho...
Remember when I announced that I wouldn't be doing any more shows and would be selling off my old stock? Well, I've been working on getting everything online and I'm almost ready to op...
This week's supply is Buttons! I'm a true life button hoarder. My favorites are the brightly colored plastic ones, but I don't discriminate which buttons are added to my stash. Since I...
I hope to accomplish these things: Plenty of cuddle time with the pups. Finish a project I'm working on with vintage sheets. Take photos of purged stuido supplies for an online yard sale. Finis...
I'm having an incredibly hard time focusing today. Thankfully, I have been doing a lot of "this is how to do my job" videos and document writing so I don't have to be super focuse...
Sorry I'm a day late. We have had a 4-day weekend and I didn't realize it was Sunday yesterday until the light was leaving. I've completed all the posts for the rest of the month so th...
As I said in the Thoughts on... Budgeting post, since we started budgeting we have started getting serious about meal planning and grocery shopping. So I finally feel like I'm prepared to share ...
This week's supply is Mod Podge! This is probably one of my favorite craft supplies. I went through a period of time where all I did was collage things with mod podge. I got really good at it a...
Since March is national craft month I thought it might be fun to host a little blog challenge for the month and use the linky tools account I have for everyone to show off their skills. So here...
Well I let the cat out of the bag a few days ago on twitter... Mark one off the 30 before 30 list! It really does feel pretty surreal at this point. I didn't think it would happen so quickly....
This break was just what I needed!! I've written about my battle with depression and anxiety on here before, but I did not tell you all how badly I was suffering with it for the last few months...
I'm taking a break from the blog for a week or two to focus on some professional goals. I'll be back, I promise! I just need to move my brain into full-on library mode for awhile. Thus is t...
I've always loved Valentine's Day. Not because I was a girl who had plenty of Valentines but because I love pink and candy and hearts and cutesy stuff :) So here's a little view of my ...
Sheldon got me a huge amount of glitter for Christmas so I've pretty much been glittering things since December. The dogs better watch out, they're probably getting some kind of glittered a...
I saw this on Pip's and Robbie's blogs and thought what the hey, I don't show off my messy handwriting enough, So there you go. Here's the questions so you can join in: 1. What i...
I went to update the tutorials page the other day and decided I didn't like it. I'm in the beginning stages of a site-redesign right now and just decided to go ahead and update the page bec...
In my post on budgeting I mentioned how meal planning has become a big part of our lives as well. While I intend on doing a thoughts on... meal planning post in the future, I thought I'd just sh...
Since one of my big birthday goals is weekly DIY posts and it is February I thought I would start off with some Valentine DIYs. If you're not into the lovey dovey holiday don't worry, you c...
So we did it. We made it past the first month of living on our budget. The first week like with diets is always the easiest and the following weeks were a little harder. I've been using the you...
Thursday night I was at Target and saw some moccasins that were on clearance for $6. They immediately reminded me of a tutorial I saw on the Five Sixteenths blog and I knew I had to get some so I cou...
Click to enlarge It has taken me a few days to finish up my list. I'm not sure why, but this year was really hard to nail down what I wanted to put in writing and what I didn't. I'm ...
It has been ages since I have done a "what I wore" post so I thought I would share my new favorite dress with you. I wore this to brunch on Sunday. If you don't know about Red Velve...
1. #janphotoaday day 15: happiness is coming home to my boys!!, 2. #janphotoaday #morning Dash wants some gray sky action too., 3. #janphotoaday day 17: water, 4. #janphotoaday day 18: something I ...
You are no longer following . Undo?