WEEKEND DIY :: Summer memory picnic blanket
It’s Memorial Day weekend! Hurrah! This long weekend always feels like the unofficial start of summer. Last year I was 39 weeks pregnant, praying like crazy I would go into labor (no such luck). This year I’m thrilled that all I have to do is kick back and relax by the pool. For some reason… Continue Reading →
DIY HOME :: How to make a succulent garden
Last week I went to a free Home Depot Do-It-Herself workshop on making a succulent garden. I’ve always wanted to grow succulents but over the years have managed to kill several because I never really knew what I was doing. With a female teacher – who really knew her stuff! – the class was super… Continue Reading →
WEEKEND DIY :: Cement Letters Project
Guess who is turning one this month? It’s crazy how fast the year has gone by! And I swear he gets cuter every day. While I was planting in letters and attempting to make cement shapes it occurred to me – maybe these two should go together! And I love how they turned out! We… Continue Reading →
Nail polish marbled DIY planters
A few weeks ago I bought way too many flowers for this project. So we’ve been planting like crazy, and, wow, the backyard is so much more inviting. Garden crafting is definitely a good motivator for giving your green thumb a workout. So if you have lots of nail polish sitting around at home here’s… Continue Reading →
How to make sachets (+ use as dryer sheets!)
One of my many small pet peeves is dryer sheets. In fact, laundry in general is not my favorite thing. All the folding (and refolding after Sam knocks it all over) and putting away for 5 people adds up! I feel guilty using a new dryer sheet for each load, and it drives me nuts… Continue Reading →
How to make silhouettes of your kids (My Mother’s Day Gift to Myself)
Are you all ready for Mother’s Day? I can’t believe it’s next weekend! Sometimes I still have a hard time grasping that I am a mother of 3. Three happy, stubborn, kind little people. The past five years have been a blur of pregnancies, newborns and breastfeeding. It’s funny, most of my memories are marked… Continue Reading →
DIY Clay Birdfeeder
Happy Earth Day! After a candy-filled Valentine’s and Easter, I love a holiday that encourages kids to appreciate and explore their world. We’ve been spotting more and more birds in the back yard and thought it was high time we crafted up a feeder for them. I now have bird seed obsessed kids, happy birds… Continue Reading →
DIY Glitter Striped Breakfast Tray
Looking for Mother’s Day ideas? This DIY is a not-so-subtle attempt to let my hubby know that breakfast in bed might be a good idea. Definitely subtle, right? Yep, that’s me. Because if purchasing a breakfast tray is not hint enough, now I’ve covered it in glitter! So if a good dose of glitter doesn’t… Continue Reading →
DIY Initial Letter Planters
This year, for some reason, I’ve been bitten by the gardening bug. I have visions of a little plot in the back yard, the kids getting their hands dirty planting watermelons and squashes. We’ll see if I can get our act together in time to enjoy the heirloom tomatoes dancing in my head. My first… Continue Reading →
DIY Colorful Garden Lanterns
I’ve never considered myself a crafty person. Heaven knows I’m not artistic – my stick figure people look remarkably like my 3-year-old’s. But I like to make things. There was never really a way to channel this before I started a blog. Everyone thought I had ADD because I jumped from hobby to hobby –… Continue Reading →
Chevron Laundry Basket (+ $50 Stencil Giveaway!)
Who wants a boring old laundry basket when you can have a fancy one with gold chevrons? That’s what I told my hubby when I announced I would be needing his clothes hamper for a stencil project. He just rolled his eyes and shrugged, like all good blogger husbands do. Despite being a total stencil novice,… Continue Reading →
Recycle old candles and make ice candles
Enjoying the smell of a favorite candle is one of life’s little pleasures. To make our rental house more homey I’ve been using candles much more often. Along the way I discovered I’m a bit of a candle snob. Not only do I want my candle to smell good – I want it to look… Continue Reading →
DIY Paper Mache Confetti Eggs
I’m writing this from Orlando – our room is right near the pool so the patio door is open and the breeze is amazing. So, no surprise, this will be a short post. :) We survived the forever-long car ride, and now I’m ready to sit by the pool with a pina colada. But first… Continue Reading →
DIY Nail Polish Marbled Eggs
My new favorite thing is nail polish marbling. Have you tried it? The other day I decided to dip a few eggs like I did these glasses – and then proceeded to work my way through two dozen eggs. It makes me seriously wish I had more colors of nail polish! And then I had… Continue Reading →
DIY Oven Bake Clay Eggs
Have you started a garden yet this year? I made these clay egg planters to grow wheat grass in my kitchen windowsill. My green thumb only extends to herbs but I still want to grow something green. And nothing says spring to me like the bright green of wheat grass. But since my seeds were… Continue Reading →
Weekend DIY | Heart Pocket Apron + 7 Heart Recipes To Go With It
For all of you who said to keep the heart posts coming, this one if for you! Last week we treated the kids to a breakfast for dinner night, and they were beyond excited. Especially when we used cookie cutters to cut the pancakes into heart shapes. It blew their wee little minds. And it… Continue Reading →
DIY Gold Leaf Clay Ring Bowl
A week or so ago I had a panic attack that I’d lost my wedding ring. It wasn’t in its usual spot with my other jewelry, and I started to freak out that it had been lost in the move. My engagement ring was my mother-in-law’s engagement ring first, and I wasn’t looking forward to… Continue Reading →
DIY Peppermint Marbled Glasses
Have you ever heard of water marbling? In my search for holiday nail ideas I found that it’s all the rage for nail designs. People follow this same technique, but instead of dipping glasses they dip their nails. So cool! I love the effect and started dipping all kinds of stuff – fingernails, ornaments and… Continue Reading →
DIY Glitter Ornaments
The last few days our house has been covered in glitter and Mod Podge. We’re getting ready for Thanksgiving, and one of my favorite traditions is decorating the Christmas tree the weekend after. It marks the shift into Christmas and gives the official “ok” to holiday music. But recently I realized that I have no… Continue Reading →
DIY Felt Heart Hand Warmers
Is it getting cold where you live? We’re dipping into the 50′s already. The 50′s! That’s freezing for me! Possibly because I don’t own a non-pregnancy coat (need to shop, stat). Samuel is 5 months now, and I refuse to go anywhere near pregnancy clothes again – ever. Anyway, I’ve found the cutest way to… Continue Reading →
DIY Gold Hangers + 5 More Ways To Spruce Up Your Hangers
Happy Friday! Hallelujah! I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for the kind words last Friday. I haven’t had a chance to respond but I will! My mom passed away last Sunday and was laid to rest yesterday. This blog is a happy place so I won’t dwell (just go… Continue Reading →
DIY Sharpie Mugs
For Mark’s birthday a couple of weeks ago I took up my Sharpies to personalize plain mugs I picked up at Goodwill for 50 cents. (Quick tip – Goodwill has tons of great glassware for super cheap!) After learning here that I could decorate with pens and then set the design by baking, I had… Continue Reading →
handmade | Back to School Teacher Gift
Today we are visiting Caroline’s school for the first time. I can tell she’s nervous – and I am too! New routines, new teachers, new classmates – it’s a lot of change for an almost 5-year-old (her birthday is next week). To get her excited I helped her make gift to bring to her teachers.… Continue Reading →
DIY Fancy Pants Clothespins
A Paper Source store opened in Louisville not long ago and I find myself spending way too much time there. On a recent visit I saw some fancy pants clothespins. Isn’t that a fabulous idea?! I use clothespins all the time – everything from our summer bucket list to closing chip bags. Rather than drop… Continue Reading →
DIY Make-up Brush Holder
Hi, I am Brett from Silvergirl. I’m sharing an extremely easy DIY make-up brush holder to keep your make-up brushes organized and easy to reach. My make-up brushes were just thrown into different drawers and I could never find the one that I needed. With this practical (and pretty!) container, your brushes will be at… Continue Reading →
DIY Summer Bucket List
Happy Memorial Day! And, yes, I’m still here. :) But thanks for your words of encouragement on my impatience. Baby will be coming Wednesday at the latest – hurrah! To me, today is the official start of summer. Inspired my a Saturday lunch at Chik-fil-a Caroline and I put together a Summer Bucket List of… Continue Reading →
Valentine’s Mason Jar Vases
A peak at the roses I gave to Mark this weekend. (Yes, I gave him flowers!) I’m a big fan of lots of small arrangements that I can enjoy all over the house rather than one ginormous bouquet. All I did was tape the outside edges of the mason jar lid inserts and spray paint… Continue Reading →
DIY Bat Garland {Free Download!}
If you liked my a-little-nuts Halloween mantel, I thought I’d share the garland how-to. I’m working to get all of my blogger badges, you see. They give them out for wearing stripes and completely ignoring the laundry. The Paper Source catalog came in the mail not long ago, and I adored all of the cute… Continue Reading →
DIY Grocery Planning Organizer | The Letter 4 Sisters
Don’t forget to enter the custom family silhouette giveaway from The Letter 4 sisters! ~Stephanie THIS GROCERY LIST PRINTABLE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE! I don’t think I’ve raved enough about Jade’s genius on meal planning yet. SHE IS CRAZY GOOD AT ORGANIZING MEAL PLANNING! She had this idea about a grocery list a… Continue Reading →
DIY Easter Egg Crayons
We have lots of little crayon bits floating around … just waiting for Henry to eat. I’ve been wanting to melt them into new crayons for a while. Then I saw this silicone egg baking sheet on clearance at Joann’s and thought EGG CRAYONS! The directions are simple: 1. Peel the paper off the crayons… Continue Reading →
DIY Green Goo
Remember me mentioning that I was pretty unambitious in the craft area? Well, here’s our ode to green with mysterious Green Goo. I’m sure every mom out there has done this already (1 cup cornstarch, 1/2 cup water, food coloring) but it was SO cool! I could have played with this stuff for hours –… Continue Reading →
DIY Grocery Flower Arranging
Mark sometimes comes home from the grocery with a surprise bouquet of flowers (read: we had a fight and he’s apologizing by doing the grocery shopping).I love the thought but not the Kroger arrangements (where do those blue dyed flowers come from?) I usually end up deconstructing the whole thing into several small arrangements. Henry’s… Continue Reading →
