Welcome to the kickoff week of Women and their gifts. I hope you will take a minute to sit down and just listen to some girls chit chat each week about their gifts. It is a fun series to help point out that we are all gifted in unique ways, how we can use those gifts…
DIY No Sew Blue Sky Curtains This is an easy & fun project that has endless possibilities. When decorating this fun free spirited craft room we needed a window treatment that was light and airy, let natural light flow in and gave way to daydreaming. What could be better than a fade to blue sky…
I work best off a theme. Birthday parties, decorating any event really. A theme provides a launching point for the ideas to start flowing and pictures to start conjuring in my head. When my girlfriend and I were decorating for another friend we asked her a question to help us develop a game plan and feel for her…
In case you are late to the party I want to give you a complete list of all the unique and inspirational places we like to frequent. The last ten weeks have been a blast as I have shared the places our family spends time together on the weekends, looking for tiny treasures and making memories….
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 Just a little thought for the day. When I reach for my phone it is a good time to mentally recall the picture above. It is also a time to think on Jeremiah 33:3. Sometimes God…
Laundry Drying Rack DIY After dropping off my two big kids at school I drove the same way I always do. Like a beacon in the night this bright yellow gift shone from afar. Of course I drove straight over and rescued this abandoned crib from the fate of the dump. Neighbors eyeballing me like…
Tips For Round Top Antiques Week So glad you joined us for week ten, the final week of our Where We Hunt series. I saved the best spot for last! Antiques Week happens twice a year in Round Top Texas and some of the smaller surrounding towns. Towns like Warrenton, Burton and Carmine. Most people around…
We are a Nascar family. My husband was introduced to the sport years and years ago by my dad. They have enjoyed many a car race together. The races never fail to entertain – who gets the pole, what’s the point structure this season, who wrecked who, did they pass inspection? It is a regular…
My major in college was Industrial Distribution. What is that you ask? Basically it is an engineering business degree. Sounds odd I’m sure for an artsy type girl. Anyway, one of my favorite classes was fluid dynamics. I’m sure this is the perfect opportunity to insert some kind of bar/drinking college joke, but I will…
Welcome to week 9 of our series, Where We Hunt. One more week to go as we reveal our secrets, tips and favorite spots to hunt for the best junk around. Join us next Friday for the last hot spot and a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! This week we explore junk yards! Sounds like an obvious spot for…
Today I am not writing about decorating or junking or painting. Today I am hoping you will humor me as I pay a small tribute to my dear friend and companion, my dog Rusty. Todd and I got Rusty for Valentine’s Day 1998, he was six weeks old. Rusty had a rough start. He was a…
Whenever I am working on a project that needs painting or has a saw involved my “workspace” is the porte-cochere between my house and our guest house. The guest house was a garage in it’s past life, before we bought our house and turned it into a retreat for company. That means we don’t have…
Ahhh…the most obvious of all hunting grounds for purveying goods. Here are a few tips that hopefully are new to you! Here are my who, what, when and where of garage sale shopping Who – What kind of shopper are you? There are many varieties in the yard sale world. If you aren’t having luck,…
British Jam Tart Recipe We really love going to the movies. Well, all of us except my husband…but that is another story. I took the kids to see Paddington a few weeks ago. It was a cute movie about the unintentionally mischievous bear of the famous children’s books. We all enjoyed it. Out of the gate the…
I’m a saver. Not necessarily in the good money kind of way. Not in the hoarder way either. I’m the kind that buys a new outfit and saves it till I have somewhere important to wear it. I save my favorite scrapbook paper and stickers till the perfect project comes along. I save scripture verses…