I declared this year the year of the Resin Craft. I kicked off the year by making resin necklaces. What I haven’t told you is that all of these small resin posts are leading up to one big one. You see, I have learned an important crafting lesson. Practice a little before you try the …
About a million months ago (approximately) I wrote the Ultimate DIY Guide to Decorating A Room. Sadly that guide has one fatal flaw. It only works if you actually use it. I talked a lot about my “naked bulb (not) chic” family room in that post and well, the room has come along a little …
If you know me at all, you know that cleaning is not my favorite thing. In fact, it is very likely my least favorite thing of all of the things. Ever. I have to concoct all sorts of crazy ideas to get myself motivated to do it like Cleaning Karaoke or 15 Minute Interval Cleaning …
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 …
So this conversation happened at the Lifestyle for Real Life household the other day: “Umm, honey, do you think you could start making dinners again?” I won’t tell you where the rest of that conversation went because I don’t put swears on the blog, but, I do indeed love them in real life. There was …
I’m ready to share my February 2018 Blog Income Report with you. I really didn’t even want to write another income report. Because February was a doozy. February was a lesson in stick-to-it-iveness. Of resilience. Of not giving up even when you feel like you’re a giant failure. February was all work and no results. …
Most people come to Lifestyle For Real Life for the crafts and the food, honestly. I know this. It’s easy to figure out when I look at my post statistics. ***Update 5/1/2018 The links below are no longer affiliate links. I love Billionaire Blog Club so much, I got them to hire me! I’m the …
I hate shopping. I don’t like looking for clothes, I don’t like trying things on in a dressing room, and I really don’t like the horrible feeling of handing everything back to the dressing room attendant because, sorry, nothing fit. Stitch Fix solves all of those problems — and I’ve been using it for years. …
Has anyone been around here long enough to remember an old favorite I like to call Buy It, It Spy It or DIY It? Crickets? Ok, so I happen to think it’s a lot of fun to go on-line shopping and pick out my favorite things and decide whether I should Buy It, Spy It …
I’ve cheated twice in my life. Once, in Chemistry class in High School and, also, on every single diet I have ever been on. Which, yes, I’m counting as one giant instance of cheating. I’m just taking every single diet cheat and rolling it into one giant ball of shame. Is that fair? I mean, …