UPDATE! A few years ago I made these adorable flip flops with my daughter’s Girl Scout Troop and I thought it would be a great time of year to repost this. These DIY Custom Flip Flops are so simple to make and you can make a pair to go with every summer outfit! ***This post …
Here in lovely New England it is currently 49 degrees, windy and raining. Someone please pigeon flick Mother Nature and let her know summer is next week and we are expecting it to be, you know, summer… 80’s, sunny… I’ll take Hazy Hot and Humid over this March we’ve been living with four months. The …
***This post contains affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you!*** I was appreciating my Keurig coffee maker a couple of mornings ago. Before Keurig came along, I had a regular coffee maker, but I never used it. …
We have two important summer holidays coming up that require a show of Patriotism. I made this Memorial Day – July 4th Paper Wreath out of pretty inexpensive craft items and I love that it will get to do double duty for Memorial Day and Independence Day in July. This is an easy wreath to …
I’ve done a little Thrift Store Shopping over the last couple of weeks and I thought it would be fun to share some of the things I found. Some of them are really pretty and different. Some of them are terrifying. Stick with me til the end. If you dare. Thrift Store Finds First, a …
When the weather starts to get warm I pull out my Crock Pot. Generally slow cooker food feels more wintry/fall-ish, but when it’s hot outside and you don’t feel like heating up the kitchen, the Crock Pot is a great option. This week I made a Gluten Free Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese and it …
I found an old Betty Crocker Cookbook. It’s the 40th Anniversary edition and I think it came out sometime in the 80’s because it’s got a lot of optional microwave cooking methods which I think is hilarious. I’ve made a couple of recipes from it before, these Chicken Wings and these Honey Almond Apple Puffs, …
I can’t believe I haven’t shared my love for Ebates with you guys yet. I know you’ve seen the commercials on tv that say it’s like free money for shopping and that sounds TOTALLY ridiculous and like a giant scam and that you would never make any decent money from it. I thought that, too. …
***This post contains affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase I will receive a commission at no cost to you!*** As soon as I got my first Home Chef box, I thought, “What a great gift for a recent grad!” The kid in their early twenties who is …
So, I’ve made a commitment to redoing my fireplace with the German Shmear application. That’s the one you’ve seen on Fixer Upper where they shmear mortar over the brick so that it’s mostly white with some red peeking through. However, I have learned my lesson on jumping right into a craft and not doing a …