Last weekend was a joint baby shower for my good friend Jill and her friend Sally. I wanted to do something fun for their gifts, so I decided to try my hand at DIY diaper cakes. Here’s the one I made for Jill. The bottom layer is a polka dot blanket she registered for, followed
I was shopping for my friend Kelly’s baby shower gift a few weeks ago and picked out a couple things from her registry. While walking to the gift wrapping aisle I started feeling disgruntled–like I always do–about spending money on something that will soon be thrown away. While frowning at the ridiculous prices charged for
Looking for a quick and easy way to dress up the holiday packages you’ll ship this season? This idea hit me while packaging a gift to mail to my friend Mandy. Mandy loves coffee and hot chocolate so I picked up some assorted flavors at Caribou Coffee and couldn’t help but notice how cute the
Just a few more Christmas decoration pictures from back in the day to show you all! These pictures are from Christmas 2005–our last Christmas in our first house. It’s a bit of a throw-back, but I thought they might be fun to share. Enjoy! DIY wreath over the fireplace: And my good ol’ standard–DIY wreaths
You have to check out this Better Homes & Gardens Unfinished Storage Cabinet Makeovers slideshow–I stumbled across it one day and I’m in love! It’s amazing what you can do with a little innovation and a whole lot of imagination. Here’s just a sampling of ways they’ve turned armoires, cabinets, and cupboards into pieces that
Are you ready for my 10-step duvet cover stuffing tutorial? Now pay attention because there may or may not be a quiz on this later. #1. Get yourself some duvet cover clips – a must have! I introduced these in my 3 Bedroom Essentials post. They’re the trick to keeping your comforter shifting and bunching
Our main guest room continues to be a work in progress, but I’m slowly chipping away at it! My starting off point for this room was the bedding. I found this beautiful duvet cover at Pottery Barn and it was love at first sight! I originally wanted to use this bedding in our master bedroom,
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