Often I weave a spiritual message or Christian faith based words of encouragement into posts and DIY projects. You can find them grouped together here or under Faith! A look at spiritual gifts.
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…
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…
I frequent all the typical junk joints – flea markets, garage sales, thrift stores, etc., but curbside shopping is a personal favorite. Curbside shopping is open for business 24/7, any place, anytime for anybody. Best of all it’s FREE. You will rarely find something in someone’s bulk trash pile that doesn’t require some TLC and…
Hospitality. What does that look like to you? I think of hosting someone for dinner or giving them a place to stay when traveling. Maybe having coffee at my house. I’m stuck on a very literally picture of the word host. Christ has put me on a path to stretch the meaning and scope of this word in…
 I love all things old…traditions, pictures, china, books, names, people, but ESPECIALLY houses. The hunt of all hunts for my husband and I was for “the” house. We literally searched for years. Something old to fix up that was the right price, the right size, the right location. We looked at countless homes. In…
The majority of the time I seek out projects and junk to reinvent. But, every once in a while a project seems to seek me out. The hunter becomes the hunted. In some unusual way something gets put before me that I wasn’t expecting and BOOM! I have a new task at hand. That was…
One of the best hunting grounds I know and love is Round Top Antiques Week. Twice a year I trek there with one of my dearest friends, my college roommate. We spend the day unrushed, catching up and sharing life. This time together feeds our friendship and our bellies. We eat at the same place,…
I know, I know…I said it out loud. Yes, I hear the words that are coming out of my mouth. It is with great reluctance that I make this statement. But…I have really grown to believe that these men in my life are on to something! We have a deer lease that we go to…
How to Make Paper Flowers Old sewing patterns are awesome. They are cheap, easy to find and provide a touch and texture you can’t get anywhere else. Below are some simple steps to make a beautiful flower out of old patterns you can easily pick up at almost any thrift store, if not your own craft…
As most of my hunting days go, I start out looking for one thing and find ten others. Today was no different. I set out in hopeful search of a table and some chairs for the kid’s playhouse (post on that later). Most of the morning was gone, as I searched one garage sale after…
When I go out junkin (the blanket term used at my house for Mom’s love of hunting) I have a few staple items that I’m always on the lookout for. One of them is carnival chalk ware, specifically dogs, but I have branched out to religious pieces as well over the last few years. There…
If you are down to the wire and the holiday is rapidly approaching that is when all attention to detail gets thrown out the window. Trust me, I’ve been there before, but don’t worry! I have you covered. Here are a few last minute tricks you can use to look like you went to a…
Wow – what a year it has been. This time last year I was wrapping up a season of intense prayer, asking direction for our family. God delivered in a mighty way with a new job opportunity for my husband. This opportunity also brought the need for us to sell our company. The company my…