The first thing you see when you walk in my front door is a staircase. I live in a colonial and that’s just the way it goes. You walk in and you get stairs. Currently they are just wood with some white paint on the risers. Since it’s the first thing you see when you …
I’m sitting here on the other side of the window of a serious Northeaster and all I’m thinking about is Spring Wreaths. Bright and cheery and so very not snowy. I’m in general not a front door wreath girl…not a traditional wreath girl, I should say. When it comes to spring wreaths, I like vibrant …
I promised you in my Easter Egg Craft post that I would be back with some super cute Easter crafts. Well, never one to disappoint, I’m back. I found the most adorable and simple Easter Crafts. I don’t usually go all out for Easter decorating, but I might need to do at least a couple …
One of my favorite parts of Easter is decorating eggs. It’s a combo of two of my favorite things, Crafts and Food! I’m a multitasking kind of girl, so if I can get a two for one, I’m happy. I love scoping out new ideas for Easter Egg Crafts because as my kids get a …
Last year, the crafty word of the year was “Marbled”. (I just made that up. I marbled a ton of different things last year, but I don’t really speak for the rest of the crafting world). This year’s hot topic in crafting? Resin. I’ve seen it used in so many different ways for different applications …
Once Christmas and New Year’s are done, we enter into sort of a dead zone of winter blah. That might not be true if you live in San Diego, but if you live somewhere that it gets cold and gray and COLD, then once the holidays are over, winter can be a bit of a …
When I was a kid, the best thing ever was decorating the Christmas tree. We had a room with cathedral ceilings which meant we could get, like, a 12 foot Christmas tree. My dad would buy the tree, bring it home, let it stand on the back porch for a few days to let the …
I’ve been hosting Thanksgiving for many years. The one thing I always forget about is that for kids, it’s not really the most exciting holiday. This year for Thanksgiving I’m going to have one teenager, a 10 year old, a five year old and a 3 year old. Let’s be honest, if the holiday doesn’t …
ALERT!!! This is your first warning. At the time of the writing of this post we are 65 days out from Christmas. Nothing is worse than last minute Christmas shopping. No, wait, that’s an overstatement. Obviously, there are lots of things worse than that, but why make your life more difficult during the most joyous …
I’m a girl on a budget. Until this blog thing takes off, I’m counting pennies, especially when it comes to the “wants” like home decor. Fortunately for me a glue gun, a few supplies from the Dollar Tree and a little creativity are super cheap! Here are 15 DIY Dollar Store Decor Projects That Only …