We’re preparing to take a 9 hour road trip with our three children tonight. This past summer, we drove 12 hours with Elijah and Eliana when I was pregnant with Isabelle and made it to our destination safely and sane. Now that Isabelle is able to vocalize her feelings outside of my uterus, this may […]
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Favorite Things Swap (#favthingsswap)
There’s this thing called “Favorite Things Swap” that I discovered through Instagram; it is basically like secret santa, but not for Christmas gift-swapping. You receive a name and send said person a box full of goodies while at the same time, someone else sends you a box full of goodies. Sounds like a win-win, right?! […]
DIY Fail (or, When To Just Give Up)
I had big plans when I spotted a vintage travel case at the thrift store. Big plans, I tell ya. Said plans were to paint it pretty and use it to store things; fabric or maybe dollhouse furniture, craft supplies even crossed my mind. So I taped it up, primed it with plastic spray primer […]
Kitchen Conversion Chart (Free Printable!)
Things have been busy at our home lately. Our days are filled with a lot of driving to and fro, running errands, picking up Elijah from school and Philip from work, cleaning, cooking, more cleaning, entertaining wee ones, and trying to squeeze in time to work on home projects. My mind wants to do more […]
Our New Broken Chair
Last Monday, Philip started a new job. It was a long day filled with missing our children and a lot of outside walking in business attire. He was exhausted, yet on his way home he saw this chair sitting out as trash and thought I would like it. He was right, I do! Did I […]
DIY Bow Tie Bracelet
Remember when Avril Lavigne made ties styling for women? Yeah, I guess they were never really stylish. At least not the ways I saw them worn. But let’s move on from ties and onto bow ties. Because bow ties are cool, right? And everybody could use an easy DIY in their life. For the record, […]
Washi Tape Makeover
I found this marble maze back in April at a thrift shop for $2.50. I like the wood, but felt it was missing something. I considered painting it around the edges like I did with the pig cutting board but due my indecisiveness, I wanted to do something a little less permanent. Washi tape, meet […]
Making More Progress
You guys, we have a gray living room! Wahoo! Nearly six months later (remember the last time we made progress?) we finally are seeing more gray. It is such an improvement from the yellow we had before. Don’t get me wrong, I love me the color yellow, just not on our walls. Lessons learned, right? […]
Apartment Therapy’s Room for Color
On a whim last week I submitted my newly styled bathroom for Apartment Therapy’s Room for Color. Surely it won’t make it in, I thought, there are so many more appealing rooms out there! I was gladly proven wrong when I spotted my bathroom on Apartment Therapy’s site. Whaat! It’s a little surreal, guys! I’ve […]
August Thrift Store Finds
August was good in terms of thrifting. I actually had the time to dig through one store’s bins of what seemed like junk. Because I only had miss Isabelle in tow during this particular trip, I was able to find some pretty cool things. In those seemingly junk bins, I uncovered a little baggie full […]