I really should have been more nervous about slapping tile up on our kitchen backsplash for the very first time, but for some reason I wasn’t at all. Not even a little bit. Maybe it was thanks to the fantastic DIY tile class I took at The Tile Shop to prepare myself. Or maybe it
I would start decorating for Christmas on July 5th if G would let me. Unfortunately, he insists that I wait until after Thanksgiving to bust out the Christmas cheer. In recent years, however, I’ve taken the liberty to interpret this to mean “after we eat turkey in November,” so once we get home from our
Catch up on my Tile Shop Tuesday series with my tour of The Tile Shop, posted last week! After drooling over The Tile Shop’s online store, getting tingly with excitement over my in-store visit, and selecting the perfect tile for my new do-it-myself kitchen backsplash, it was time for me to learn how to actually
Remember last summer when (after 6 years of “putting my foot down”) we had new granite countertops installed in our kitchen? Well sure enough, that triggered my desire to give our kitchen an even bigger facelift! I’ve always wanted to do a tile backsplash in the kitchen but it was a project I didn’t want
“Mail a Hug” Care Package My younger sister Brittny joined the Army National Guard and completed her 9 weeks of basic training on the other side of the country last summer. She had very limited use of her phone so we mostly kept in touch through letters, and I missed her so much! I wanted
For those of you who don’t already know, I have a crazy fear of spiders. Like, heart-stopping, run my car off the road, jump into the laps of total strangers, and stop traffic in the middle of a busy intersection kind of fear. When it came time to decorate for Halloween (something I decided to
Today G and I celebrate our 9 year wedding anniversary and this morning I woke up to this: My “Happy Anniversary” pumpkin bouquet surprise! My first thought was: “Oh my goodness! What a wonderful surprise!” My second thought was: “When did G join Pinterest?” He carved “Happy Anniversary” into a huge pumpkin, and filled it
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