Handcrafted Celebrations
To satisfy my spring cleaning obsession + still leave time for normal life- I have taken to organizing a few “little areas” in my home. I figure the smaller the area the quicker the satisfaction comes. Somehow I’ve amassed quite a a large ribbon stash, so that seemed a good place to start.
I simply [...]
When life hands you files…
why not make a little love flag bunting?
We have been busy this last week doing all sorts of incredibly non-creative, boring, get our lives in order sorts of tasks. We have been paying taxes, re-filing life, applying for business licenses… and most dreadfully, preparing to take the California driving exam. Yup… [...]
In honor of the Rookie Mom’s contest we had this week I decided I would share with you my own little Rookie mom mistake.
Five weeks prior to the babies being born, in a craze of nesting instincts, I became suddenly obsessed with needing fancy, pretty burp cloths. I quickly bought a handful of the [...]
Being inspired by the many great subway art tutorials lately, I wanted to include a version in our home. A movable version and the master bedroom seems to be the perfect spot.
An easy piece to make that can speak volumes with just a few simple words.
To make: We used extra pieces of wood we [...]
I had planned today to show you the lamp I am making for our front room. However, at the last minute I decided to go in a different direction with it and turned a 20 minute project into something that may take me 300 years! I will let you know when it is done.
In the [...]
Did you know that in a climate where there is rain and moisture plants can actually grow???
I have been pleasantly surprised by this news lately and am so happy to be growing things. I have potted 2 little orange trees to brighten up our dreary front porch…
and set up a happy home for the [...]
We have a few chairs in our home. Okay, we have a lot of chairs. It has been a running joke- every time we move, all the single guys we know come over to load up and proceed to gasp at the insane number of chairs they are asked to lift and haul into the [...]
The answer to our neighborhood trivia last week was…. The paint chipped beauty of age.
Your comments were so fun for me to read and I certainly agree that I would love the very cool knocker, or the sprite tree to be mine, yum! What I do have instead is a lovely house surrounded by beautiful [...]
I have always wanted a mantle in our home, over a wood burning fireplace, on a wall filled with bricks. Sometimes life just makes you smile and every once in awhile you get exactly what it is you would like.
Our mantel….
I love how warm and homey it makes me feel.
blessings.
PS. The baby stools were [...]
Every old house has it’s quirks. When you rent an old home that is listed well under market value there are bound to be a few strange issues.
Like this wall.
Not exactly my style, it seems to make the wall look bruised- ouch!
The couple who own this home were sadly separated when the husband passed [...]
