I’m still piecing together notes from Kate’s final months as a 3 year old and am so happy I found this one: Tonight I read It’s Time to Sleep, My Love to Kate and started the book by telling her that she’s my love. After story time I turned out the light and climbed back into
DIY Spiderweb Halloween Table Runner
I don’t know who decided spiders should be a decorative part of Halloween, but I’d like to have a word with them. I have a horrible, crippling, terrifying fear of spiders. So far in life I’ve ran my car off the road, held up traffic at a busy intersection, and persuaded a delivery man to come inside and
Unpacking Your Home: Part 1
Oh, unpacking. Wouldn’t it be great if moving required nothing more than the clothes on your back and a toothbrush? Actually, I’m pretty sure I’ve been there before – I believe it’s called college. When I was 17 years old I moved out of my mom’s house and into my new life in a college
Repurposed Sweater Wreath {Fall Wreath}
We had a garage sale this past summer, and at the time it felt SO GOOD getting rid of so many things we no longer needed. Now I’m kicking myself. Usually I’m the opposite of a pack rat (“let’s get rid of everything!”), but then I wanted to make a pattern to recover our ottoman and
Let’s Talk Foreclosures
A friend of mine recently spotted Chip and Joanna from HGTV’s Fixer Upper at a coffee shop. Actually, scratch that. Her husband spotted them, went back to their car where she was waiting and said, “You need to go in there!” Her husband! Five man points to him. G wouldn’t have a clue who they are, but
DIY Mummy Pumpkin
Kate and I have been having fun playing around with no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas this Halloween season and here’s our latest creation – a mummy pumpkin! After seeing Pottery Barn’s mummy pillow I thought, “Hey, that’d be a great a great way to decorate a pumpkin!” Not only did this orange ball of seeds turn out super
Tour of the DIY Blogosphere
Pretty much anything my friend Beth (my blogging bestie from Unskinny Boppy) asks of me I’ll do, so when she invited me to be a part of a “best of DIY blogs” tour around the interwebs, I said, “Sure thing, girl!” There were rules and timelines associated with this – all of which I had the






