It’s April, which means Easter is right around the corner. Can you believe it? A couple years ago we threw a beautiful Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatter’s Tea inspired brunch, and I was thinking it might be time to bring that back this year for an Easter brunch. What do you think? We had so…
We all deserve to love our home, whether we own or rent. So I am going to do a series here on Personalizing your rental. I’m hoping it will inspire you to make small changes to let you fall in love with where you live! Justin and I sold our house in June last year. …
The fireplace in any home is typically a gathering place. It’s the central place in your home where you want to spend time and is a huge focal point. You can see our, when you first walk in the front door or when your standing in the kitchen either cooking or eating. Partly because our…
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Even though Thanksgiving is over, the Holidays are in full swing and there will be many many occasions to set a table. We have some simple table setting tips to let you enjoy more pie and worry less about decorating the table! Tip #1. Use Fruit as a place…
People, it is warm here in sunny AZ. I always thought that since I grew up here, I could tolerate the heat so much better than your average non – native. But throw in a couple years past my 30th birthday (I’m not saying how many) and oh yeah a pregnancy, and I am soooooooo…
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and for those of you who went to the JITT Market this past Saturday- I hope you enjoyed it and found some really great items! It looked amazing! Over the weekend I re-finished a vanity that I use to do my…
Can you believe Mother’s Day is almost a week away?! From the time I was a little girl, I always remember my mom telling me that she would much rather receive a handmade gift than store bought. And now that I am a mom, I totally understand this! I think the neat thing about making a…
Last week I asked you guys for some Easter basket goodie ideas that didn’t involve candy, and you all knocked it out of the park! Several of you mentioned play-dough. I remember my mom making play-dough for me when I was a kid, but I have never made it. You guys. . . . why…
Confession time – Coley and I used to be Goodwill addicts. We would go Goodwill together almost every week, and then sometimes even run into each other when we hadn’t planned it! Of course that was back in the day when we had two kids between us. Now that there are 5 and a third…
Perusing on Pintrest one day during nap time, I came across THIS tutorial by She’s Kinda Crafty. It dawned on me that it’s already April and I have not put up any Easter decorations. So I found some left over scrapbook paper in Easter colors in my craft room, and thought I’d attempt this cute…