Once again I have to say a heartfelt thank you to my readers for your comments, emails, posts on facebook, and just general concern/comfort in the recent passing of my father-in-law. So many people came to the viewing and funeral – personal friends of ours, co-workers from many, many years of my FIL, church family, […]
Saying goodbye to someone I love… for just a little while
One of my blogging goals this year to myself was to write a few more personal posts… to open my heart and share it out loud with you, my readers. Today is one of those posts (warning: you may want to grab a kleenex.) Let me introduce you to two special people today… This is […]
Top 10 posts of 2013
Happy New Year to you all! Before we jump into new projects, decluttering, and decorating in 2014… I thought we would go back and recap some of the top posts of 2013. Some of you may have joined us half way throughout the year and not seen many of these. So here’s YOUR favorite posts […]
Christmas gift idea: Painted door mat
Need a last minute gift idea? Or maybe a gift that your kids could do this weekend for the grandparents or other family members? I have an EASY, fast project for you that is useful and super cute too! You will need a finished carpet mat. You can either pick up an outdoor mat or […]
Being a blessing to others this Christmas season (with the help of Kroger)
Disclosure: I received a gift card from Kroger, but all ideas and opinions are mine. So I interrupt all the Christmas decorating, baking, cookie decorating, and shopping… to talk about the real reason for the season. It is so easy to get caught up in all the “to-do” list of Christmas – decorating, gift buying, […]
Friday Frugal Finds (last of the season!)
So this will probably be the last Friday Frugal Finds of the season. I am about to jump into a 31 day series during the whole month of October (more on that on Monday – excited about this years theme!), and then November and December will be upon us and yard sale season is over […]
Friday Frugal Finds:Value Village home décor, new pillows, table linens, milk glass, and more!
I had a great shopping trip at Value Village a week ago. I have really been finding some great deals there lately. Liz Claiborne white sandals – $1.99 Set of 4 brown placemats – 99¢ each. Set of 4 white napkins – 49¢ each. Have really needed some new white napkins and these are […]
July + August recap
I don’t know why I always forget and turn these 1 month recap posts into 2 month recap posts but it just has seemed to work that way most of the year. So in case you missed some things around there during the summer when you were vacationing, or enjoying some time off… here’s what […]
Friday Frugal Finds–$2 bench, $12 nightstand, and more
I know you have been just waiting inpatiently to see what this $2.00 piece of furniture was that I brought home from Value Village 2 weeks ago. Here’s the picture I posted on Instagram and Facebook. And then because I did my 5 mantels in 5 days series last week I didn’t post my normal […]
Classic Black & White family photos mantel (part of 1 mantel decorated 5 ways series)
So today’s mantel is a bit different. And I didn’t necessarily have the perfect components to show you but I worked with what I had. The vision I have for a mantel like this is a collection of family photos all layered on top of each other and grouped together on the mantel. They could […]