We finally finished our bathroom this past weekend. It sure has been a long two and a half weeks…but so worth it! The bathroom needed a little more work then just cosmetic changes. We ended up changing around some of the lighting, plumbing and even removed the baseboard heat. The walls needed a lot of patching. Like I said before, it was the first… Keep Reading
Archives for February 2013
Cabochon Paper Clips {& giveaway winners}
First things first! The two winners of the Umbrella Kids giveaway are… Beth who said: Thanks so much for the chance…It will make my meal time so much easier! AND Mattea who said: I love the Owl meal planners!! I really like the wood textured flower art prints too. Congrats ladies! I will be in contact with you shortly. I guess… Keep Reading
The bias cut skirt that didn’t make the cut
When I was participating in Project Run and Play I made a lot of garments. Some of them were never shown. Some of them were never finished. And some of them were “junked” by me and deeply loved by others. This little out of control bias cut skirt was one of them. The moment the girls saw it they were in love.Even though it… Keep Reading
Giveaway from Umbrella Kids {meal planning printables}
I am so excited over this giveaway I have for all of you today! Remember that great set of meal planning printables that I just shared with all of you from my meal planning system? Well thanks to Jolene from Umbrella Kids, TWO of you will be winning a complete set of meal planning printables!How great is that?! You are seriously… Keep Reading
Meal Planning {my system}
I have chatted with many of you about meal planning. Some of you have been meal planning for a while and some of you were like me, wanting to meal plan but didn’t know where to start. Thanks to all of you and your advice I finally came up with the perfect meal planning system for myself. I promised to show all of you my system… Keep Reading
Making progress
We are really making progress on our bathroom renovation. It is hard to believe it has only been one week and it is almost complete. All we have left to do in the laundry area is add a counter top and do a little bit of trim work on top of the cabinets. Thankfully all of the painting is done on this side of… Keep Reading
Valentine’s Day 2012
Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that becomes more and more fun each year. I love how a simple peanut butter and fluff becomes so special once it is cut into a heart. Or how yogurt with pink sprinkles on top is the yummiest thing they have ever eaten.I had big hopes of these two little girls wearing their Sweatheart Dresses… Keep Reading
Fat Quarter Friday {paint chip and fabric swatch organizer tutorial}
I am so glad that so many of you have shown interest in my little paint chip & fabric swatch organizer. I knew I was not the only one who was crazy enough to carry all of their decorating swatches with them everywhere they go. Even though I made this little book with the intent of getting my paint chips and fabric swatches… Keep Reading
Tile & Grout
We started renovating the downstairs bathroom this weekend. It was the first room we built when we moved in 8 years ago and it was rushed. We never installed flooring or finished trimming out the walls. So the bathroom had painted plywood flooring and open edges of sheet-rock that the kids loved to play with. But really those two things were… Keep Reading
A day filled with love…or mostly tractors
When I asked my little guy what kind of Valentine’s Day cards he wanted to make for school his response…tractors! Of course it was, when is it not?When I was searching for tractor cards on-line I came across this cute little tractor mold. Then I thought it would be fun to make a bunch of little chocolate tractors to go along with… Keep Reading