Our summer mantel

summer-mantel

Oh boy I’ve been working on another pretty BIG project this past week and I am almost ready to show you. Almost, but not quite yet. Anyway, I think I am a day late and dollar short for Layla’s summer mantel linky party over at The Lettered Cottage, but luckily for me, she is having… read more »

Photo a day ~ March 2012

march-photo-a-day

Another link up to The House of Smiths, photo-a-day linky party! Again, I just love going through all of my photos from the month that I’ve taken on my phone, and playing with Instagram. I put my collage together in Photoshop Elements, not sure if there is an app for this ??? If so, let… read more »

Our family swing

family-swing

We have had a swing set for years.  Our kids just LOVE to swing!!    My husband and I have always wanted a “tree swing” that the entire family could enjoy.  You know, one that us “big people” could also use and swing really, really high?!? So after seeing a really neat swing at a yard… read more »

An antique chair turned funky!

My Mom recently asked me to makeover an antique chair for her.   My parents have had this chair for years, my Dad bought it 20+ years ago at a yard sale and he thinks it’s well over 100 years old! My Mom wants to use this chair in their home-away-from-home in Myrtle Beach as an… read more »

A "n0 sew" reversible felt headband

My youngest just LOVES headbands and wears one almost every day. She mostly wears headbands I have made for her with bows or flowers.I wanted to make something colorful and different for Myah because she SO appreciates when I make her something new for her hair {oh boy is she is into her hair!}. I… read more »

A french chair makeover

I hadn’t planned on making over any furniture this week, after my big desk project, but you know what “they” say…expect it when you least expect it! And, it all started on a recent trip to Savers.  While browsing through the furniture section, I stumbled upon this solid wood, curvy, French chair that I just… read more »

Mod Podge, Photoshop collage for our Girl Scouts

Lately I have been obsessive with making these sign/plaques/collages, an idea I got from my good friend Laura. The first one I made was for my sister and brother in-law for their 25th anniversary…. The next one was for my Mom for Mother’s Day…. and another for my daughter’s First Holy Communion… And since it… read more »

Polymer clay creations and a linky party!

Have you ever played with Sculpey or Fimo clay?  This is the clay that you can sculpt into cute little creations, then oven bake to a hard finish?   Well, recently after finding some clay on sale, I decided to purchase a few colors and started playing. The first thing I made was this heart… read more »

Oh Christmas tree…

Okay…so I totally dropped the ball on the Christmas tree portion of the linky party.  I suppose that’s what happens this time of year when we are all SO busy, things just get dropped. Anyway, I wanted to post a picture of our Christmas tree, albeit it’s not a fantastic photo since I cut the… read more »

Christmas vignettes….another linky party!

Today starts another fun Christmas linky party!  This one is hosted by Rhoda at Southern Hospitality and the theme is Christmas vignettes.  I’ve said it before, I just LOVE to decorate our home for holidays, Christmas specifically, so I was super excited when I found out about this linky party, the vignette party especially as I have many… read more »