There hasn’t been much happening in the thrift store department as of late. Pregnancy has pushed me into a sincere decluttering mode and the busyness of life has left little time to spend thrift shopping. However, I have carved out some time for thrift stores these past two months. Here’s what I managed to drag […]
Back To Normal
So, it’s the new year and this is about the time that things start going back to normal. Although that may be the case, I feel no where near back to “normal”. Have I mentioned things have been chaotic lately? Pregnancy brain has been brought to a whole new level with this pregnancy, which makes […]
Merry Christmas!
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 Merry Christmas, guys. We’ve been working silly in the kitchen today preparing for tomorrow. Our Thanksgiving turkey came out so good we couldn’t help but make another […]
Christmas Cookies
I have some pretty fond memories of decorating Christmas cookies as a family when I was a kid. This year, I added it to a mental list of things to do before Christmas. At first, I was so overwhelmed with other things to do that I almost called it off. I ended up going for […]
Easy Dip Dyed Gift Tags
Wow, Christmas is right around the corner. We’re talking three days, people! My gift baking is done but I can’t say the same about the gift shopping. So although I may not be completely ready to wrap gifts, I am slightly prepared to wrap them. I made these gift tags last weekend and love how […]
DIY Geometric Coasters with BIC Merry Marking
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BIC®. All opinions are 100% mine. Yearly, I deal with – what I like to call – my DIY gift dilemma. I always have these grand ideas to make plenty of DIY gifts and then, in the blink of an eye, it’s a week […]
Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows
I recently discovered the wonderful world of homemade marshmallows. I was pretty intimidated to make them myself but it turns out they aren’t that hard to concoct. I made some and dipped them in chocolate for Eliana’s Zebra Party (more on that some other time) and they were a huge hit. Here’s how I did […]
Practically Done!
Praise God! The construction phase of our home renovation is officially done. Alright, it has been for about a month now. The front yard is still sporting piles of leftover dirt, we still have some painting that needs to be done and there is no art on the walls but let’s focus on all the good parts […]
Naturally Dyed Tea Towels
Dyeing fabric (and other things, like string) may or may not be an obsession of mine. I’ll let you guess which side I fall on. So naturally, I dabbled in making my own fabric dye from plant sources and it was pretty awesome. I used turmeric and onion peels to achieve a mustard-y yellow color […]
Stopping By
Wow, it’s been a crazy couple of months. The kind of crazy where when one busy period ends, another one shortly follows. We managed to pull together Eliana’s zebra party and immediately after turned to Thanksgiving planning. I gotta say, I love Thanksgiving. It may be my favorite holiday. Last year was my first year […]