Hey, Pennsylvania! Are you enjoying this unusually warm weather? Yeah. I brought it with me from the sunny South. **wink-wink** I'm traveling right now. And I miss my boys. Looking at their pictures lifts my spirits! I got a giggle from this series. Clearly, it was quite a task. **smile ...
I don't really decorate for Valentine's Day, but these little mailboxes were too hard to pass up for $1 at Target. They are so cute! It was one of those mental commercial moments... do you have those? I suddenly saw images of these little boxes lining my mantel and the kiddos' happy faces as they each open their own little mailbox to find it filled with treasures. {Who am I to deny ...
I bought this: to make this: and wound up with this. Yuck! Wrong fabric. Poor fit. Too shear. Unwearable. So, I did this: And this: Sewed the band to the bottom, and finished with this: Ahhhhhhh... much better. ...
Are you ready to run down one thousand rabbit holes? Let's start with my husband. I mentioned that I would like a clear case for my iPhone for Christmas so I could do this: Love this!! Found it on Pinterest {of course!}. So, a clear case like this runs around $30. Imagine my husband's delight when he found "clear" silicone cases online for $3. Sadly, not quite the same thing ...
Well, I'm not finished yet, but I wanted to share a quick update on the kiddos' creative space. Remember the before? Here's where we are today. I can't tell you how many times this week that my oldest son has disappeared - only to be found furiously drawing and coloring in his revamped space. {Success!!!} A friend of mine gave me these GREAT "old school" student desks - ...
So, yes, I celebrated my one year blog-iversary a couple of weeks ago. I really celebrated {party of one!} the fact that I kept up this project for an entire year. This has been such a rewarding experience for me. {Enjoy a few of my favorite personal photos from the past year as you read.} {The Backstory} Before I started this blog, I didn't even read blogs. I knew nothing about maintaining ...
