There are moments in my attempt to decorate our house that my old English teacher personality kicks in. It probably has something to do with being raised by a librarian who passed down her love of literature to me. There are two things that I always find myself circling back to when I envision our home: lots of old, worn…
Read More
Faux Reclaimed Wood Table Top How-To
How to create a faux reclaimed wood look on a solid painted wood table top using just a circular saw and paint. I’m a fake person. Not fake personality-wise (I like to keep it real in that department) but when it comes to a lot of the elements in our home, I love getting tricky. Cue this song. If you…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #62
Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday! We love to see your crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and much more! We will pin every link to our Pinterest board every week. The people featured will additionally get pinned onto our featured board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us! We want to thank everyone for joining us at Craft Frenzy…
Read More
Taking a Breather
Our weekend has been magical- full of autumn colors, crisp mountain air, and choo-choo train rides. I don’t even care that it rained. We had a blast in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. (If you ever get a chance, go!) This week, the hubby is taking some much needed vacation time, which we will be spending as a stay-cation to get…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #61
Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday! We love to see your crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and much more! We will pin every link to our Pinterest board every week. The people featured will additionally get pinned onto our featured board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us! We want to thank everyone for joining us at Craft Frenzy…
Read More
DIY Halloween Sidelight Signs {and Fall Porch Reveal}
I’m a little behind in the blogger world when it comes to fall decor. In my defense, we live in Charlotte, North Carolina where we just had our first fall weather day this past weekend. And it was magical! You know the kind of day I’m talking about? That first day when it’s just cool enough to get away with…
Read More
Easy No-Sew Curtain Canopy {Little Girl Bedroom Progress}
Raise your hand if you’re terrified of sewing! (Am I the only one raising my hand here?) It’s not that I don’t want to learn. I do. My mother has tried to teach me multiple times on her really cool antique Singer machine. I even took home economics in middle school and learned enough to make a pair of…
Read More
How to Manage Your Time Without Losing Your Mind
I am the queen of wasting time. Since I started this whole blogging journey at the beginning of the year, I should probably get a promotion because even the title Time Waster Queen doesn’t cover it. My biggest nemesis: Facebook. Why do so many of my friends post the funniest, most awe-inspiring, melt-your-heart, drama-inducing, controversy-ridden, hyper-entertaining videos and articles known…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #60
Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday! We love to see your crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and much more! We will pin every link to our Pinterest board every week. The people featured will additionally get pinned onto our featured board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us! We want to thank everyone for joining us at Craft Frenzy…
Read More
3 Move In Mistakes I Made (and How to Avoid Them)
I love it when bloggers get real. I’m all about some super crafty blow-your-mind genius project or a drool-worthy room makeover, but I think what I love most about mommy DIY blogs is when they show us they’re human. As in “Yo watup. Here’s my messed up house in all its glory. See? I’m not a Stepford Wife robot!” (Rejoice!…
Read More
A Ballerina Birthday Party on a Budget
Happy Monday, friends! I am SO excited to share our weekend events with y’all! Our little one’s 2nd birthday is technically today (how did time get away from us so quickly?!), but we celebrated with our wonderful family and friends Saturday, and it was a beautiful day. I said in the very beginning of planning this that we weren’t going…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #59
Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday! We love to see your crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and much more! We will pin every link to our Pinterest board every week. The people featured will additionally get pinned onto our featured board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us! We want to thank everyone for joining us at Craft Frenzy…
Read More
Thrifted Bed Makeover {Little Girl Bedroom Update}
Excuse me while I go cry in a corner. Our “baby” is about to get a big girl bed. It wasn’t on purpose that she ended up with a new bed for her upcoming birthday. It just sort of happened thanks to a lucky Goodwill find. If you haven’t been following along, we’ve been slowly transforming our little one’s nursery….
Read More
A Mack “Daddy” Backyard Project and Family Lovin’
I have to give some mad props to my hubby and my dad for their huge project this weekend. It wasn’t a kitchen remodel or a fireplace installation or anything like that. It involved a giant box with a bajillion different tiny parts that were all somehow supposed to magically fit together. (Will the daddies who have been there, please…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #58
Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday! We love to see your crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and much more! We will pin every link to our Pinterest board every week. The people featured will additionally get pinned onto our featured board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us! We want to thank everyone for joining us at Craft Frenzy…
Read More
8 Ways to Make the Most of Having No Money for Home Decor
The glass is always half full. Every cloud has a silver lining. When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. (Enter any other optimistic cliche you can think of.) Whether you’re the person to greet every day with a smile on your face or not, chances are a lot of us hit those speed bumps in life and money gets tight….
Read More
Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding
Did you read this post title? Is your jaw on the floor right now? Mine still is after devouring a heaping serving of some fall-inspired culinary magic. In our small suburban town on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina, there is a charming well-kept secret of a restaurant that serves Krispy Kreme bread pudding. The second I took a bite…
Read More
DIY Industrial Pendant Light for Under $10
How to inexpensively repurpose a builder grade mini pendant light with industrial style. Happy Monday, friends! I have about three projects going on at once today. I’ve hit total beast mode to knock out several things that have just been sitting and waiting on me to finish. You’ll see a couple of them later this week. I realized it’s been…
Read More
Craft Frenzy Friday #57 and a Moment to Remember
There was no way I could kick off another week of Craft Frenzy Friday and not acknowledge what today means.We probably all know exactly where we were and what we were doing the moment the planes struck the World Trade Center. I was in 9th grade in my 2nd period geometry class, and on any other day, I would have…
Read More
DIY Distressed Thrift Store Candlesticks
We live in a house full of distress…and not the bad kind like “I’m so distressed I’m going to scream into a pillow until I’m blue in the face” but the good kind. The kind where shoes pile up at the front door because we are blessed to have so many friends and family close by to drop in for…
Read More
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- …
- 53
- Next Page »