I used the glass hurricane and a faux candle in a pumpkin color {I couldn?t find an actual pumpkin pillar candle in the real candles}.  It was 50% off at Hobby Lobby so I felt it would do for this arrangement. I also took a final picture of our...

We woke up to our first real snow of the season this morning.  Just enough to be an inconvenience for those traveling during rush hour.  And it will be nice and frozen for the trip home in the evening.Since I stayed home, I took the opportunity to...

I mentioned last week that one of the things I am doing while enjoying the ?simple pleasures? of Summer is sewing for the new baby that is due to enter our lives in the next 4 1/2 weeks.  Another granddaughter!  I thought I?d share the baby...

I cut it out and wound up buying a vintage looking trim from Hobby Lobby to use on the edge. A pretty simple project and here it is on the table with my newly painted pot sitting on top of it. I?m not sure what else I might make with this fabric...

Most of the homes shared in the magazine are not in the United States, except for one that was in New Jersey, but looked like it could have been in France.  Some lovely homes featured and I would have liked to see more of some of them. Have...

It?s been awhile since my last blog post, but I couldn?t end the year without sharing some of my Christmas decorations for this year.  I think this is the simplest I?ve ever decorated for Christmas.  It is one of my favorite seasons/holidays to...

I have not been online much lately {except maybe Pinterest because it?s quick} and I apologize for not having commented on blogs recently, but I feel like I need this time to be disconnected from the internet. 

I?ve had this terracotta pot sitting on a shelf in our garage all Summer.  I painted it a couple of years ago and added the fleur de lis stencil.  I never used it this year and I was thinking it was time to repaint it.  For Fall, I found this...

This is a challenge I am giving myself.  The challenge is to take a pair of my husband?s old jeans {that he was getting rid of} and seeing how many different things I can make out of that one pair of jeans.

I asked if they were going to be garbage and when she said, ?yes?, I asked if I could have them.  She did look at me funny until I told her that they are good to have on hand for doing craft projects.  I think I will have plenty of dictionary...

I realize more each year that I am okay with keeping the seasonal decorations simpler.  When my kids were young and at home there was definitely more.  I think I put out even less this year than last, and, even now, I feel like I could take one...

Hello, and Happy Valentine?s Day!  I thought I?d share a couple of the Valentine?s I?ve made for my oldest granddaughter (the 5 year old).  I used a couple of the Altoid tins I keep on hand for altering.I picked out some vintage and other...

I got a package of cloth diapers from Walmart and some baby girl themed flannel fabric from Hobby Lobby {half a yard of three fabrics works for 6 burp cloths}.  I washed both the fabrics and the cloth diapers, as the cloth diapers will shrink up....

My second granddaughter arrived on Friday, September 4, 2015 ? 6 pounds, 14 ounces. It?s been wonderful holding such a small baby again, but we are making sure our first granddaughter gets quite a bit of our attention, too.  Anyway, now you know...

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I thought I\'d take a look back at some of my favorite projects, that I\'ve shared here on my blog, from 2015.In February ~ we redecorated in our master bathroom.  We added a cabinet and framed out our large builder mirror. In April ~ I had a...

Some things are so much easier to do these days.  Case in point are these sundress fabrics that are available now.  I sure wish they had these when my daughter was little!  Well, at least my granddaughter gets to benefit.  The fabric is already...

Debra over at Debra used hers for table runners, but I decided to do a lumbar pillow cover for a pillow I have on our living room sofa.  I made this one up with a drapery panel I found at Goodwill several years ago. I chose the fabric that had a...

Just some news to share, especially with those local folks that found me after the last gift shop I participated in {two years ago} for the St. Anne?s Hill Holiday Home Tour - I am thrilled and honored to have been asked to participate again.

I decided to make a little purse for my 5-year-old granddaughter.  I cut out one of the back pockets and included the portion of jeans that the pocket was attached to.  I also cut along one of the binding seams so that I could use that as a...

I?m so glad I take pictures to document my plantings each year.  It gives me a good way to remember how each plant did in its location.  If you remember, I shared one of those with you last month in this post ~ the urn by our garage door.  Here...

The office where I work part-time recently moved ~ cubicles and all.  I decided I would like to dress up one of my cubicle walls where I have just push pinned some family pictures.  I got this idea after seeing how some plastic holders were...

I found a recipe on Pinterest about a month ago ? Nutella Banana Bread by The 36th Avenue.  The picture had my mouth watering, and I was determined to make it and to make it gluten free.  You can find the original recipe here. It was soooooo...