In the past we have simply taped Christmas cards to the archway in our living room. And as fancy as that was, I wanted to change things up and not have to fight pulling tape off while worrying about taking the paint off once the cards come down. So last year I thought of incorporating …
Last year I saw all these DIY bloggers making pillows out of placemats and I thought it was a genious idea. So right after last Christmas I scoped out Target and found this placemat for $1.98. I snapped it up and decided that I would be ahead of the game and make a pillow from …
For my son’s Mickey Mouse Birthday Party I had the idea to make a garland to string around the deck. Here’s how I did it: I made a template for the ears shape. Feel free to use it for your own personal use. Click on the image to access the pdf. I printed the template …
When I decided to have a Mickey Mouse party for my 2 year old’s Birthday I knew that I wanted him to have ears. They’re kinda a big deal when it comes to the mouse and all so I thought we’d have them in place of party hats. I saw ears for sale at Target …
I began this project a couple of weeks ago but then life clearly had some other plans. Tonight I finally finished it and cannot wait to show it to you my new patriotic home decor piece! My front door has been naked for some time and the Spring Wreath that I made last year is …
We’ve lived in our home for about 3 1/2 years now. We’ve done a whole lot to our home in that time. We’ve painted nearly all the ceilings, trim, and walls, replaced the flooring in nearly every room (excluding the two bathrooms we’ve yet to redo). In the kitchen we painted the cabinets and replaced …
For quite some time A, my older son (who is almost 4!) has really enjoyed playing with the play kitchen at the library. So a few months back I started scheming about how I could possibly make a play kitchen for him and S for Christmas. We considered buying a kitchen since that would be …
So my nearly 4 year old son is completely smitten with spiders this year. He requested to be a spider for Halloween and I’ll be sharing pictures of the costume I made tomorrow. And of course you have already seen the Pottery Barn inspired spider chair cover I made for him. And he loved it. …
So things have been rather busy around here but my husband and I have squeezed in a little bit of time to work on the house. When I came home from my trip to Virginia he surprised me with a freshly painted front door and trim. The door was hunter green before and now is …
This past week I finally got around to making a Spring wreath. It’s the second wreath that I’ve ever made. I made one for my sister back in 2012. This one, to be exact: I used a straw wreath that I got at Joannes, wrapped it in jute twine, then attached a few burlap flowers …
I was inspired to make some fabric covered cork boards after seeing some beautiful ones on Etsy. I gave one to my sister and I hung the other one in my studio space in the basement. I looked up some tutorials on other blogs, but I decided to go a slightly different route, so I …
I love filling our home with inspiring images, quotes, and verses from the Bible. I really liked this image for A’s room but the colors and fonts just did not suit him so I played with different colors and fonts until I had an image that I’m happy with. He can’t read yet, but if …