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A Lesson in Painting Laminate
Remember a few weeks ago when I designed the mood board for Abbi’s room? Well, I decided to finally getting around to painting the black Expedit bookshelf that we inherited from the people living in...
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Image Labels for Toy Storage
Remember that laminate painting debacle a few weeks ago? Well, it did turn out alright and I finally got around to a project I’ve wanted to do for a long time. As any mom out there knows, getting your...
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Microwave Neck Warmer
I am in great need of a new mattress, but that major purchase is a little bit low on our priority list right now. That means that sometimes I wake up with a pretty kinked neck and sore low back. I’ve...
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DIY iPhone Prop {tutorial}
Last week Abi and I flew from Boston to Salt Lake City to visit family. I knew that I needed something to help entertain her for the long flight so I downloaded some movies onto my phone. Then I...
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New Year Organization
*I meant to have a great “welcome 2013!” post this morning, but time got away from me. And one of my goals for this year is not to stress too much when things aren’t going exactly to plan. So I made...
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Valentine’s Day Vignette
Well. It’s Valentines Day so this post is right on the boarder of being irrelevant. Actually, it’s probably fallen on the “too late” side. There’s always next year though, right? We don’t have a...
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DIY Apothecary Jar Filler {an easy tutorial}
I love apothecary jars (and who doesn’t?). But I had one problem with them. I hatewhen they are empty. I can never find exactly what I want to fill them, or if I do I have had to shell out a good...
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The Many Meanings of Cross Stitching
For most of my life my mom was sick. She spent all of her time in the chair in her bedroom or the sun room. Until her hands got too weak, she spent her days cross stitching. Our house was full of all...
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Easy Fathers Day Gift {that just keeps giving}
This year for Fathers Day the main man in our life will be out of town (in fact he’s out of town for the whole month of June. booo) so I can’t surprise him with some grand gesture*. It has to be...
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Here’s my house!
In the 7 years of my marriage we have moved 8 times, including 4 different states. That’s a lot of moving. This stay in Boston was going to be a long term deal. And it has been the longest stay so...
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Nursery Pillow and a Leather Key Chain
A few weeks ago, when I realized that my sewing machine was going to be in storage for maybe close to a month, I got a little bee in my bonnet. I made 2 skirts, a dress for Abi, a few pillows and a...
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A night for clothespin nativity ornaments
So I have a pretty nice gig at my church. I get to work with the Activity Days Girls. They’re all the girls in the congregation ages 8-11. On the first and third Tuesday of every month we get...
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Simple Holiday Bow Bunting // Giveaway {closed}
Sometimes I’m a little bit of a Grinch around Christmas time. It’s just all those decorations (gasp!). It’s not that I have anything against the decorations parsay. In fact, I LOVE Christmas...
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Activity Day Girls Quilt
We wanted to do a fun little something as a gift from all the girls in Activity Days for our Bishop this Christmas. A little quilt seemed like a fun idea. For an activity one night I cut out some...
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Crochet Baby Blanket
As I’ve mentioned before we just moved to North Carolina. And for a few months we’re living with my sister while we look for a place that we like. When we were about an hour from pulling up to their...
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DIY Felt Circle Bunting Tutorial // Giveaway {closed}
I have always wanted to make a little bunting made of felt circles for Abi’s room. The only thing standing in my way is the fact that I would need to speed FOREVER cutting out a billion little...
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Paper Mache Tray Tutorial at I’m Topsy Turvy
Hey there! Are you guys like me and rarely remember to wear your jewelry? Well, I was finally sick of it so I made myself a jewelry tray. I’m sharing the tutorial over at I’m Topsy Turvy today....
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Falling Leaves Wreath
I have this square wreath made of grape vines that I keep on my front door year round. I usually just hang something seasonal from the top and switch it out as the year goes by. Well, I haven’t...
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