Category: Holidays

  • Valentine Party Recap + recipe

    Valentine Party Recap + recipe

    Well, hey there! Happy Monday to ya! I mentioned Friday that I was hosting a Valentine’s Party for some of my teen girls, so I thought it would be fun to share a little picture recap with you. Here’s the whole area set up: And how about a closer look at those tissue pom poms?…

  • paper heart garland

    paper heart garland

    How about a little paper heart garland action for ya? ONE: create a heart template out of a piece of cardboard or stiff paper. TWO: using the template you just made, trace a heart onto a book page. a while ago, I got this book from a library sale for 25 cents. I know some of you…

  • christmas is for the hurting

    christmas is for the hurting

    I’ve had a hard time with Christmas this year. The lovely home tours that are usually so inspiring to me? I haven’t even looked at most of them. We decorated our home for Christmas, but I only put up about 50% of our stash. The main thing I keep thinking is “I can’t wait until this…

  • chalkboard art, imitation, and husbands

    chalkboard art, imitation, and husbands

    Several months ago, my husband and I built a massive chalkboard for our kitchen. I believe this was the first time I revealed it to the world via social media. The construction of it was quite an adventure. As was the transportation of the large piece of MDF via our car which was already filled…

  • Simple Valentine’s Decor

    Simple Valentine’s Decor

    I’m not usually one to do much for Valentine’s Day. But I’m finding quite a bit more motivation to make holidays special now that my kids are old enough to actually notice things like that. And so this year, I did a little more decorating than just throwing a wreath on the front door. Here’s…