Making a House a Home & Foodie Friday

Ah, November 1st! A whole new month lay ahead of us, and a busy one, too! Just our “little” family has three birthdays this month- that’s half of us! Not to mention Thanksgiving and the birth of my best friend’s first baby. So much excitement! I have some very fun things coming up on the […]

31 days {thrifty art for the home}

I love decorating my home and making it feel, well, more homey. In fact, I’m going to be doing a series in November on “Making a House a Home.” I love using thrifty art since I love finding (or making) beautiful things for little money. One of my favorite pieces of art in our home […]

Dresser Do-Over: I Got my Teal!

If you’re visiting from Money Saving Mom today, welcome! I am so glad you stopped by. If you’re a regular reader, check out my post on MSM on how to get maternity clothes for cheap. I’m a pro by now! 🙂 I mentioned a few weeks ago in this post that teal was my favorite […]

old {and young} wives tales: Master bedroom: Storage room or Retreat?

  Thank you everyone for your kind comments yesterday about my blogging “slow down” for this week. After one day, I am already feeling better. Instead of spending a big portion of the day on my laptop, I was outside, blowing bubbles, swinging my girls, and also got in a nap. {Oh yeah, and I […]

outdated cabinet- DO OVER!

I homeschool our son. At our dining table. In our breakfast room. We keep all of his books in this box.  Needless to say, the box is usually running over, and not a good long-term solution. The dining table is usually mass-chaos because we have nowhere else to put the books while we are actually […]

How to Make Cute Little Mints :)

For the past several years, I have been making these homemade candies for baby and wedding showers just about everyone that I help to host {which is a lot!} They almost always get lots of compliments, and who doesn’t want to eat a pair of chocolate baby booties? 🙂  They are super easy to […]

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