I am back with another edition of Friday Frugal Finds! Where I show you what I picked up at yard sales, thrift stores, or my favorite flea market last week. I love seeing what others find at yard sales or thrift stores and it helps give me a vision for items I might find and […]
Cleaning out dead stems from my garden and using them as décor in my home
It all started when I came across this post and picture on HomeTalk. Laura from Top This and That showed how she used something from nature, spray painted it, and then used it as décor on her deck! Any guesses as to what those stems/stick are from? Need a hint? (Ok, I already gave it […]
July goals update and goals for August
Here is my monthly goals update It is both encouraging and challenging to set goals, and see the the progress in completing them or see the work I need to do! Here’s my update for this month. Monthly goals (goals to accomplish each month) Date nights every other week (Yep, did this! LOTS of […]
Friday Frugal Finds: Vintage Coke crate, Blue mason jar, jewelry, clothes and more!
I had a great week thrifting last week after taking the week before that off because we were on vacation. It started with 1/2 price day at Value Village. I picked up a skirt and dress at half price for $2.25 and 2 pairs of shoes – one was $1.99, the other $2.99. (For […]
31 days of….?
Hard to believe today is August 1st…I am clinging to these last days of summer! Thankfully here in GA we will have summer temperatures at least till the end of September so I still have a quite a few more weeks! So I am thinking ahead to fall and October and debating something you might […]
DIY Sunburst Mirror {$4 wall art}
I am a little late to the “sunburst bandwagon” that seemed to run through blogland last summer, but I’ve never been one to be on the peak of fashion or décor so why start now? I actually did make this at the end of last summer before I was blogging here and just haven’t […]
Beach-inspired summer mantel
Hope you had a great weekend! I found some fun yard sale and thrift store finds I will share on Friday and just enjoyed staying busy soaking up these last few weeks of summer. Can’t believe the month of July ends tomorrow! I told you I would be sharing some ways I am adding some […]
Friday Frugal Finds: Thrift store and Antique store shopping at the beach
Since I was relaxing at the beach last week, I don’t have any frugal finds from yard sales or thrift stores to share with you. I did try to find some thrift stores on vacation, but the one we went into was WAY OVERPRICED! And I mean WAY overpriced. A large framed out of style […]
Beach-inspired guest bathroom FINAL reveal! {Or how I redecorated my bathroom two times…}
So let’s visit some before pictures! This is what my bathroom looked like about a year ago. During my first makeover I did some major changes: I framed the builder basic mirror using some simple trim. Read about how I did that here. Then I added some DIY board and batten. That process can be […]
Summer Vacation recap – Destin, FL
Well, I am back! Having a hard time returning to normal life (or maybe I just DON’T WANT to return to reality just yet! 🙂 And yes, the washing machine is still busy washing loads and loads of clothes upstairs. Before I get back into the normal DIY and craft posts (have the final reveal […]