source Hi guys! Long time, no see as per usual lately :) Im sorry to be missing so much these days because I dont want to disappoint you readers, especially since we have so many new ones. source Im ...
I hope youre not tired of pistachio shell projects because heres one more :) And this one is my favorite so far! It is heavily influenced by this Serena & Lily chandelier, only mine is done on th...
Another spring means another pair of spruced up store-bought sandals around here :) A trip to Walmart left me with these supplies: The sandals were $13, the buttons $1 each (washable too) and t...
I found such a cute chair at our local Habitat store for only $10. I loved the swooping lines of the arms and legs and I thought I could fit it in our Toyota. Am I the only one who drives around with...
This lamp of mine took a tumble. The kids were rocking the little side table the lamp stands on and it fell on one of the kids. The kid was fine. The lamp shade wasnt. The old, brittle fabric had a b...
I decided it was time to get rid of our old coffee table that the kids had abused and gunked up for too long. And I wanted something fresh and sparkly in its place. Something easier to keep clean. A ...
Um, I think I got it together now. I think. :) Finally recovered the camera from the in-laws (where we had forgotten it over Xmas for those of you who werent paying attention in class :)) and I had t...
So Im painfully aware that I dropped the blogging ball on you. I didnt mean to, it just kind of happened. It was for mostly happy reasons, though. Ive been in a most unusual creative frenzy for most ...
Ive been making some trays. Stylish, glossy black trays of the modern school. And why would I be making trays when its so much easier to just go out and buy one or a couple? Because of this. &n...
Dont you just love skeleton keys and the old fashioned times they represent? How about moss and the lush courtyard gardens where it might grow? I do and so why not combine the two, right? :) Cheaply ...
Our dining room is a luscious brown, but not well lit enough. So in a dark corner I had made up my mind to have a few lanterns shining a light on things. I wanted them to have a Moroccan twist of som...
Living in an older house we had this nostalgic little nook in our tiny little hallway that the people in previous times used to keep the family phone in. I guess it was supposed to be centrally place...
One of my bigger projects of late got done during my blogging hiatus. It was a pain to do but I like the results (even though our bedroom is looking more and more like a 17 year old girls hangout wit...
Our friends baby Hannah should be entering the world any day now. And I felt like I wanted to make something for her and her parents (partly because I had no idea what to get if I were to buy somethi...
So. Im back, surprisingly refreshed after my bloggy vacation :) You guys are super for hanging in there while I was gone! Its funny. Every time I take a little bloggy break my following numbers go up...
Fall is here. Theres a chill in the air in the mornings now that has definitely not been present in a long time. The leaves on the trees are long gone already because of the drought...
So starting kindergarten has proved a little more traumatic than expected, for the kindergartner as well as the doting parents. But after a few days of tears (yes, I was crying too) I think were over...
A few weeks ago we had a birthday party for our oldest whos growing up fast. Im not one to go overboard with birthday decorations but I wanted to make it special for her. So with a little ingenuity a...
School starts in a week. Im running a little behind on my posting so Ill throw in my collected beautiful images for now. sourceThe greens are what got me in this image. Love green. sourceThe light, t...
I was watching Home by Novogratz on HGTV the other week and they were duct taping two wooden kids beds. I mean every last square inch of them! And it looked great. Since we have a beat-up hand-me-dow...
A while ago I found two solid wood boards on the curb. Dark and scuffed-up wood. Looked like they were table leaves in a past life. So I had to come up with a plan on how to use them. With a pair of ...
Presenting exhibit A. Its only mirror number, oh? Four, that Im placing in our bathroom. Because its very normal to have 4 mirrors in a bathroom not much bigger than a postage stamp, right? :) It jus...
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