It’s Day 2 of the 12 Days of handmade Christmas ornaments, and today I’m sharing my DIY monogrammed wood slice ornament. In case you haven’t heard, monograms + rustic + plaid = this year’s Christmas trifecta! (Or maybe I just made that up.) (Feel free to nod your head and smile.) My inspiration for this
Mini Gift Bow Ornament
Don’t you hate it when a blogger shares a fabulous DIY project that you’d love to do yourself but you only have, like, 5 MINUTES before you’d need the finished product? Yeah? Me too! That’s why 11 of my blogging friends and I have decided to get together and bring you 12 days of DIY
Happy Birthday Jar
G turned I-don’t-think-I’m-allowed-to-say on Saturday and although he’s not too crazy about adding another year to his age, Kate and I are birthday people and nothing was going to stop us from celebrating his day! As always, G said, “Please don’t get me anything for my birthday.” (Which is code for: Don’t spend any money.) Usually I
Unpacking Your Home: The Kitchen
It’s the final post in my “Unpacking Your Home” series and today we’re tackling the heart of your household – the kitchen! If you’ve been hanging out with me since the birth of the internet you know that I kind of have a thing for organization. “A place for everything, and everything in its place”
Thankful Tree
How do you teach your little ones gratitude and appreciation? We want to give Kate the moon, of course, but there is such a delicate balance between providing for her, surprising her with fun little gifts, and helping her understand how lucky we are to have all the things we have. We say “no” to a
Sweater Wine Bottle Cover
The best ideas involve a bottle of wine, wouldn’t you agree? Sometimes drinking it. Sometimes looking at it. Sometimes both. On this particular occasion it was both. I was working on my recent DIY Sweater Wreath with a bottle of red nearby keeping me all warm and toasty. I cut the sleeves off of the old cable
Homemade All Natural Taco Seasoning
Taco seasoning makes me crazy. All you want to do is have an awesome Taco Tuesday, and there you are, standing in the seasoning aisle with your cart full of tequila and tortilla chips, taking a look at the taco seasoning packet ingredients, and there you see it… “Silicon Dioxide.” Yup. It’s listed as an






