Apples 25 Sep 2010 | 12:31 am

It is officially fall now! Pumpkins will come out next month but for September I'm loving apples. A bowl of apples waiting to become a pie, or cake, or crisp. I purchased this apple print from an Et...

Gray Summer 9 Sep 2010 | 01:30 am

And there goes another summer. For us it has been the summer of paint. We are repainting the exterior of our house. Early on in the summer there was no question, we would paint our house white just a...

A sweet and simple summer recipe! 6 Aug 2010 | 01:19 pm

If you ever need something quick (and simple!) to take to an event or for entertaining then let me share the perfect recipe! You only need 3 ingredients and about 10 minutes time, start to finish! L...

Frames and Finger Painting 28 Jul 2010 | 09:45 am

Yikes! It has been weeks since I last posted. Summer is keeping us busy and as August begins I'm starting to feel a bit anxious about trying to squeeze every bit of fun out of the last weeks of summer...

The 4th of July! 5 Jul 2010 | 12:46 am

An Organized Summer! 16 Jun 2010 | 07:00 am

Summertime is here! Usually withing minutes of going outdoors to play the boys come asking for something. A towel, or some bug spray, or the squirt guns, or..... Using a little storage shelf, I set ...

Utility Closet: Before and After 3 Jun 2010 | 01:30 am

Under our stairs is a deep, narrow closet that we recently updated. Before: I'd seen a picture from Country Living magazine where a closet just like ours had been turned into a pantry. They made the ...

10 Things 20 May 2010 | 02:52 am

10 Things keeping me too busy to blog 1. Putting together raised garden beds so that we can have a vegetable garden again. 2. Working on our new master bedroom/bath/closet/stairs project. This one i...

Random Somethings: spring, school vacation, someday projects 27 Apr 2010 | 02:07 am

I know I haven't posted in weeks. I've been busy enjoying spring, keeping the boys busy over April break and finishing up all kinds of projects that have been lingering on my to do list for ages. I ca...

A tisket, a tasket, a hardware store basket! 2 Apr 2010 | 07:50 am

A few weeks ago I had bought one of these metal baskets from Lowe's to hold my ever growing collection of fabric scraps in the sewing room. I never got around to putting it to use though. When I reali...