Tag: diy
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Toddler Ruffle Scarf
The other day I was in the fabric store looking for buttons for my hubby’s shirt. (I have learned that it’s much more exciting to work on a new project than to sew buttons on shirts. Guess how long it took me to figure that one out?) 😉 I stopped by the fabric remnants bin…
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Little Bit o’ Happiness
This is a happy fabric, isn’t it? Bright & cheery! I found it in the fabric remnants section and it was definitely calling my name. I don’t know how else to explain it… 😉 I pondered what to do with the fabric…here I am pondering away: It was a labor and sweat-intensive ponder. 🙂 Enter…
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In Bloom
Hello! I hope you all had a refreshing weekend. My hubby was feeling sick this weekend, so we just hung around the house on Saturday. I was excited because I got to go through all my little girl’s clothes and switch out her spring/summer clothes for fall/winter ones. I tell ya, that’s a big job!…
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Schmurtains
I am rather excited to share this post with you. 🙂 if I could duplicate that smiley face a hundred times without being redundant, that would express my excitement quite well. 😉 So, what started as this: (sorry – ipod pic) gradually turned into this: (after a paint job) and while collecting inspiration pics, I…
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A “fun” project for ya…
Hello all! I hope you had a great weekend. We sure did. I went to 2 yard sales on Saturday – they weren’t the best in the world. One of them was advertised as a “Multi-Family Yard Sale in Millionaire neighborhood.” They said they had pottery barn decor and kids’ stuff, so I went with…
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$3 Wall Art
Greetings and Salutations. 🙂 So I was in Hobby Lobby last month (looking for pin backs or some such nonsense) and cut through the wall art section to get to the jewelry section when I saw this: Wow. Big. Cool. And one other word popped into my head when I saw the price tag. I…
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Flower Rings 4 Grads
Hello all! This past week was super busy for us – a lot of kids from our youth group graduated from high school this past Friday, so there was a lot of graduation festivity and fun the whole week. We had a fun time at their open houses! Speaking of open houses…I wanted to get…
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What to do with my Behemoth-sized Wall, Part 2
So, last Monday, I showed you a few ways you could make your empty wall beautiful by following several courses of action. I promised I would share my big fat fail of an attempt with you and how I got to plan B. It started out when I found a great online clearance for a…
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Cupcake Decor
If you follow me on twitter or facebook, you know that I was up to *HERE* with cupcakes 2 weeks ago. (by the way, does anyone really know where “here” is?) Anyway, I promised I would share pics. And so here is the promised post. First of all, my friend, Chrissy, and I were looking…
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What to Do… with an Old Bridesmaid Dress
(Hey guys! I “guest-posted” this post over at Skip to My Lou a few weeks ago, but wanted to post it here in case you didn’t get to check it out!) You know what I’m talking about, right? This is how the story goes: Your friend had a beautiful wedding. (By the way, did you…
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Ribbon Flowers
Hey there! And I hope you had a marvelous weekend! We sure did – the weather was gorgeous here, so we took advantage of it and went to the park…in between the time when my hubby was working on a paper for his class. My little girl LOVES being outside! We have a playground right…
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Lampshade – from drab to fab
Heeeeeellooooooo, and I hope you had a marvelous weekend! I am so excited about this post for a couple reasons: 1) It’s a cute project that makes my little girl’s room even cuter 🙂 2) the main reason, though, is this – remember those 4 pics I shared with you in one of my very…