burlap mat tutorial

{Hooray for Tutorial Tuesdays! And hooray for guest tutorials!  Put your hands together and welcome my incredibly talented and delightful sister in law, Katie. She’s resourceful and clever and the nicest person on the planet. You can enjoy more of Katie over at her blog. Today, she’s going to teach us how to make burlap [...]

words can be framed too

A few weeks ago I found an old copy of Jumanji at Goodwill. (Love this story!)

I tore out my favorite illustrations, spray painted old frames white, and carefully arranged it all over the piano.

How is that for $1 artwork and inspiring words?

pocket accordion book

Welcome back for another Tutorial Tuesday! The Pocket Accordion Book Tutorial builds off of the Accordion Book Tutorial I posted last week, but you can make this even if you didn’t make the accordion book. [Or you can skip the tutorial and head straight for my etsy shop... just kidding! You can do [...]

ceiling fan transformation

Howdy…

I’m Sarah’s husband, and she has graciously allowed me to try my hand at blogging.  I like to do DIY projects around the house and basically, that’s what I do when I’m not at work or playing with my family.  So I thought… why not document what I do and share it with the blogging [...]

accordion book tutorial

Welcome to my very first Tutorial Tuesday! First up is a simple accordion book tutorial. No need for an accordion book, you say? Well, think again! Accordion books  are a great, inexpensive way to display photos, or you can use them as greeting cards, or send them away to a friend with a letter, or [...]

it’s monday…

…and there’s lots to do.

But instead of house work, I’ve been finishing up my newly painted yellow table. The kitchen nook needed some cheering up and painting the table yellow did the trick!

Tomorrow is my first Tutorial Tuesday. What’s that, you say? It’s new! Each Tuesday, a new tutorial will be posted. The tutorials will [...]

projects and sunshine

Today I:

-started a project with Bananagrams
-took the boys to two fabric stores in less than one hour
-am ready to start sewing the pillows for the green couches
-have eaten more chocolate cookies than anything else
-am re-stuffing the photo frames on the mantle with fresh ones
-am determined to finish the identity package for Gold Leaf Photography
-got a [...]