I have run out of motivation to do any real work, and instead have been enjoying the wonderful weather. I’ve attended a couple of parties, helped two friends stage their homes for sale, entertained t...
There are three things that I have been looking for that I refuse to pay retail price for; a camera tripod, a mailbox (mine was damaged by the mailman), and some swivel casters to make a furniture do...
Recently I’ve been thinking about the many different types of animals that I have displayed in my decor. I came upon this post by Kate (Centsational Girl) for BHG and decided to document my menagerie...
Earlier today, Linda from It All Started with Paint emailed me to say that she tried to pin from my blog and received the following message: I sent an email to the Pinterest team, but haven’t r...
I love the look of card catalogues, but the price they are going for is way out of my league. And really, I don’t think I can cram another piece of furniture into my house.I was watching t.v. and loo...
I have had this picture frame for a long time, I remember that I got it at the GW for $3.99 and it’s from Pottery Barn. The photo is of my daughter at Disney World back in 2009, when I took her for h...
My good friend Dawn has two little girls. I feel horribly that although we don’t live far from each other, we don’t have time to get together. I want to visit her family and didn’t want to arri...
I am participating in a craft exchange, hosted by Jami at C.R.A.F.T. A girl after my own heart, she likes to create things for free :) My package pal is a young woman that lives on the beautifu...
I finally had some nice weather today to finish spraying the two étagères that I bought a couple of weeks ago. I love how they turned out and I will now have some fun playing around with the display....
I don’t often shop retail; what I don’t find at thrift stores, I will come up with a way to make it myself. But, every once in a while I find something so fabulous that I must have it. Today I decide...
I am going to a baby shower this coming Sunday for a cousin, twice removed, that I’ve never met. She is registered but I’m not a registry kind of gal. Instead I made her something, that I think will ...
Recently a new Habitat for Humanity store opened in my city. I popped in after work yesterday and found these beauts! I didn’t buy them. Then I worried all night that I should have bought them and th...
Most Fridays, my local Goodwill has a 50% off sale. I don’t often go because the people are cah ray Z!!! For a week now, I have had my eye on a ceramic planter that I really, really wanted, but...
There are so many birthdays amongst my family and friends in April; my mum, my daughter, two of my sisters, my sister-in-law, two friends. Buying gifts for everyone is out of the question, but when I...
I love Pottery Barn, oh yes I do, but I don’t love their prices. When I saw their Ocean Pier sign, I thought, hey, I can make my own version.I knew that not in a million years would I be able to repl...
I was inspired by Tracy at Tracy’s Trinkets and Treasure to make over this old bread box. Well, that was many months ago and it just sat, and sat. I came up with my version of the medicine box, but w...
Quite possibly the most fun trim out there, I wanted to add some to my dining room; make it a little less stuffy.I added it to my shade and to my diy roman shade from mini blinds. So tha...
I would like to refinish my table top, but since I am using it as my craft table, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to put all of that work into it just now.I had to come up with a way to disguise the u...
Beatrice from A Crafty Bee has tagged me in a game of getting to know you. In an effort to make my blog a little more personal, this couldn’t have come at a better time. Here are the 11 questi...
I am taking some things to heart and making some changes. I have added my photo and a little about me since both reviewers said they would like to see the writer. This is a difficult thing for me to ...
On St. Patty’s day we will be celebrating my dad’s 80th birthday. I have been assigned the task of creating centerpieces for the tables. Since I have to make 10 of them, I tried to keep the cost to a...
I’ve been making progress on my dining room; I had my new chandelier installed yesterday. I’ve made slip covers for my dining chairsFound a fantastic fabric to cover my bench. The green is scrumptiou...
Heather, at Inspire Me Heather has a wonderful series going on, where you can submit your blog to have it critiqued by two others, and you can do the same to theirs.Heather puts a lot of work i...
My craft room is gone, so I had to do some creative re-arranging to find space for my supplies. I removed the shelving from the basement and installed it in my bedroom closet. There is plenty of room...
Thanks to all that entered and left such touching and sometimes funny comments. Comment #17 is Sally who said… I would love to just sit down with my husband two daughters - no cell phones, no appoint...
Only 26 entries so far. I am giving away two sets of stencils, so your odds of winning are pretty good :) Visit this post to enter. Junkin Junky
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSEDIts been a long time since I hosted my own giveaway. Remember my rustic herb crates?I have two sets of vinyl stencils to give away. Although I did not make the Rosemary crate, I...
The new year didn’t start out too well for me and it seems that my life is soooo busy. Hopefully it will get back to some semblance of normal soon :) I’m working on emptying my craft room so that my ...
Look at this! A tool provided by Sherwin Williams that will allow you to find colours used in any online photo. This is a photo of my lamp makeover and it picked the colours out perfectl...
It took a long time, but I’m done. And I love how it turned out.This is what I started with The wording was from the Ballard Designs ottoman knock off that I created.I’m not a fan of heavily di...
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