I have never really decorated for Valentine’s Day. I have nothing against the holiday, but I guess I’m usually still recovering from the Christmas season (yes, still!) and also preoccupied with hopes and dreams of springtime that my brain nearly skips it altogether except for a quick romantic dinner with my husband. Slowly that’s changing […] Read more…
After putting the Christmas decorations away the other day, my house seemed a little…. bare. I wanted to make something appropriate for winter decor without it being too dreary. I have a gorgeous wreath which you can see in this previous post that actually fell off my front door this year and some pieces broke off. Thankfully […] Read more…
Chalkboard projects have been pretty popular for a while now, and although I love to see what other people create with their chalk and their boards, I couldn’t see it as a project that I would enjoy doing. You see, I kind of hate chalk. There, I said it. Yes I’m a mom of two […] Read more…
Wow- I can’t believe Christmas is only one week away, can you? I even got a head start on shopping this year and I still feel like Christmas is coming too soon. This past week, besides changing dirty diapers and wrapping presents, I found a bit of time to make a one more holiday craft […] Read more…
The holidays are now in full swing and all too often around this time of year, it can be so easy to get caught up in shopping, wrapping, parties, traveling, etc. I sometimes fall victim to this so I realized I needed a bit of a reminder in my home to slow down and remember […] Read more…
Lately I’ve been really into burlap and discovering all the cool and interesting things you can do with it. (I mean creative artsy things, not like storing coffee beans or running in a potato sack race – although that would be fun too.. maybe next weekend? Hmmm) So I went online to find and buy […] Read more…
Where we live, we have all 4 seasons independently. Which means our temperatures vary from below zero in winter all the way to 100 in summer, and in spring and fall you never know if it’s going to be 30 or 80 that day. If you also live in or near the Midwest then you […] Read more…
