Everyone has dreams, big ones and little ones. I'm not sure I really ever want to own a store in real life, but it's a dream my husband and I have tossed around for years. Today, I'm welcoming you to a miniature version of my little vintage garden shop dream. I want to thank Miniatures.com for sponsoring this project, all ideas and opinions are my own. If we ever owned a store it would look a little something like this. An old building with lots of rustic brick. Shaker shingles are a ... continue reading...
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Dry Erase Pumpkins
Anyone else here still holding on to their love of Thanksgiving? Oh good, we must be twins. I'm not sure why everyone is busy decking the halls when we haven't even dressed the turkey! Commercialism, am I right? Well, let me show you the cutest DIY dry erase pumpkins you are going to want to add to your Thanksgiving table stat. Are you hosting the whole family, cousins, neighbors and their dog? Perfect. These are inexpensive to make and you can throw together a whole slew of them to set a ... continue reading...
The Cutest Holiday Craft
Y'all. This little ideas is the cutest holiday craft ever. Super easy and fun to make, you can use them a million different ways! I made one craft for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas, but I bet you can come up with a ton of other ideas and I would love to hear them all, so tell me in the comments. We love to make cute collar attachments for our sweet greyhound, Gigi. She looks best with a little flower on her collar, doesn't every girl? My mom made these flowers for her a while back. Her ... continue reading...
My Indoor Plant Care Tip
I'm a wannabe plant lady. I love the look of real over faux plants any day, but keeping them alive is a struggle. Luckily, I've stumbled across one little care tip that has catapulted me into indoor plant success. That's saying a lot. I've killed my fair share. If you have ANY indoor plant tips, please comment below because I'd love to hear them all. This is my small contribution to the indoor plant friends in the crowd. ???? The idea started when my girlfriend got put in charge of her ... continue reading...
Updating and Old Pot
It's funny, I'm kind of a junk hoarder but I make my mom purge out her stuff a ton, lol. It seems like every time I go to here house for a visit we are redecorating this room or that and she has a pile of things she has cleaned out and saved for me to go through. I'm always pushing her to get rid of stuff she doesn't need or use. But I hang on to all kind of stuff. ???????? Oh well. Lately her trash has been my treasure and this little pot vase thing came home with me on my last visit. I ... continue reading...
Batch Painting With My Wagner Paint Sprayer
You know I love my Wagner paint sprayer and I use it all the time. Sometimes I paint entire rooms, often I paint furniture, but the one little secret I haven't told you about yet is painting the little things. Batch painting is a little trick I do every few months and it is SO HELPFUL for a few reasons! Thanks to Wagner for sponsoring this post, all opinions and ideas are my own. I hoard random things from thrift stores and garage sales, often buying things I'm attracted to, but don't know ... continue reading...
How To Make A DIY Scrap Wood Snowman Family
Learn how to make A DIY scrap wood snowman family with this easy tutorial. Nothing beats a good scrap wood project idea that is perfect for your Christmas decor. This little DIY scrapwood snowman family makes my heart warm like hot chocolate! I seriously had so much fun rummaging through my junk drawers to make these snowmen from repurposed bits and pieces of screws and scraps we had tucked in jars and drawers. You can make them too! The big secret to these ... continue reading...
The Best Tool for Painting Walls
Does painting a room sound daunting to you? Does painting sound messy? Well, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. The best tool for painting walls. That's a bold statement, but I'm serious! Let's talk about my upstairs balcony for a little bit as an example. I want to thank Wagner for sponsoring this post, all ideas and opinions are 100% mine. Our upstairs balcony overlooks the living room and when I lay on the couch I look up at the space above and feel like it just needs a little ... continue reading...