What We Accomplished Wednesday #19

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! Wow, my weeks are whizzing by! I promise I will have something new...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #18

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! First I want to apologize that WWAW is late. I skipped last week...

Starting a New Job - WWAW Will Return Next Week!

I started my new job today and will be working from 8:00 - 5:00 the next two days, then for the month of June I will be working 4:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday for the month of June....

What We Accomplished Wednesday #17

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! My week has been so busy I haven't had time to post anything! I'm...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #16

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! It looks like our spring was a short lived one. Last week was...

Pinteresting Monday - Propogating Roses

How was your Mother's Day? I hope you had as nice a day as I did. My family took me out to lunch at Applebees after church ...yum! Then we went to visit Ken's mom and took her a hanging flower...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #15

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! It's been a busy and challenging week. We traveled downstate to...

Challenges

I am sorry this is not a pretty post, with pretty things to look at, but I just really need some prayers. If you are not a praying person, just close this window and know that I won't love you any...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #14

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! The sun is shining, it is about 63 degrees out and it is a glorious...

Pinteresting Monday - Peonies & Roses

Can you guess what my Pinteresting Monday project is? I can hardly wait for my roses and peonies to bloom, but it will be a couple of months before that happens. In the meantime I faked it. The...

Birds In Painted Frame And A Plea To Noreply Bloggers!

Today I want to share a fun project I did, but first I have a plea to noreply bloggers. You may be one and not even realize it. I've been getting a lot of wonderful comments from noreply bloggers...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #13

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! Wahoo! The sun is shining today and it is warming up. Fifty degrees...

How Pinteresting Monday - Grease Stains Out!

I can't tell you how many items of clothing that have been ruined around here, because I thought I had a grease stain out, but when it came out of the dryer, there it was. Rats! So when I saw this...

Faux Zinc Travel Case

Almost a year ago, I guest posted this transformation of my travel bar Romance on a Dime. I came across it while creating my Projects page and decided it was time to post it here. I love how this...

It's Been an Old World Kind of Week

I love this Old World finish. I learned the technique from Rosemary at Villabarnes. Basically it is just gray primer, followed by gesso that is brushed on, then blotted and wiped off. Then I go...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #12

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! The big freeze has broken! I actually spray painted outside for the...

Pinteresting Monday - The Belle of the Ball

Sorry, I'm a little late with this post, but it was almost still Monday! I found this poor beat up girl falling apart at the seams. If it hadn't been for these wicked and ancient looking teeny...

What We Accomplished Wednesdays #11

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! I had a really hard time choosing features this week. Partly because...

Pinteresting Monday - A Few Laughs Untll Next Week

Due to a bout with intestinal flu, which started last night (when I normally write my Pinteresting Monday post), I won't be sharing any Pinteresting Projects. Instead, I will leave you with some...

What We Accomplished Wednesdays #10

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! I have some projects in the works, but nothing is ready to show yet....

Giving a Homemade Gift

This year I've been trying to be intentional about gift giving. Rather than spending money on store bought gifts, I've been making homemade gifts. I love Pinterest for all the ideas, but I also...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #9

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! I'm back from my little break. I wish I could say I feel refreshed,...

A Break for Taxes

The tax man cometh...and this girl is up to her eyeballs in tax forms! I do our taxes, as well as my two oldest children's. Theirs are easy. Mine, not so much. We have a wedding downstate to attend...

It's been a crazy week. We had two funerals at our church in the past week, one today, which I worked at the funeral dinner. Tomorrow is our last day of our spring session of our homeschool group,...

How Pinteresting Monday - Homemade Air Freshener

I can hardly wait for spring here in northern Michigan. I love to throw the windows open and let in the fresh air. No matter how much I clean, nothing seems to clean the air like a good fresh...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #7

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! This weeks most clicked link was this amazing gallery wall by Faye...

How Pinteresting Monday: Owl Diaper Cover Baby Shower Gift

I had a family baby shower this past weekend. I bought a sleeper, but made the rest of my gifts. The mom-to-be loves owls and bright colors, so when I saw this adorable diaper cover on Pinterest, I...

What We Accomplished Wednesday #6

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! I did a little fluffing in the bathroom...okay, that just sounded...

How Pinteresting Monday - Canning Jars & Jello Molds

While my sister was in town two weekends ago, we went thrift shopping. When I saw these aluminum molds, I remember seeing a use for them on Pinterest, but I couldn't remember what it was. I liked...

What We Accomplished Wednesday # 5

Want to be a pin-up girl? Join the party, and if you are featured, I'll pin your project to my Green Willow Pond Features Board! I'm finding it difficult to post Pinteresting Mondays, Tuesdays Top...