I saw this on Pinterest (via Brown Eyed Belle blog) the other day and basically got in the car immediately to get coat hangers from Target. My boots are piled up in what I refer to as the “boot pile” which sounds as glamorous as it looks. That’s right. With just a set of skirt [...]
This week I posted a Homemade Gift Guide for the Martha Impaired (or Challenged). I tend to feel a little impaired when it comes to DIY. In any case, if you’re making hand made gifts or even if you aren’t, it’s nice to add a nice gift tag instead of one of those peel off [...]
I don’t like clutter. This is a problem when you have three children who bring home stacks of heartfelt drawings from school. I have relief maps of California made of salt dough. I have otters fashioned from clay. But the big problem are the drawings. I’ve never known an artist to be so prolific. They [...]
We had a lot of trick or treaters yesterday. Yet it wasn’t enough. I define enough as all the candy being gone so that there is none left for me to pilfer, while not so little I have to make a frantic run to Target for more. By the time the last trick or treater [...]
I’m on a bit of a DIY kick and despite having gouged my shin while painting the floor of our bathroom, I am undeterred. Yesterday I transformed the closet under the stairs into a book nook for my older daughter, who has been asking for a quiet place to read, away from her two siblings. [...]
As part of my ongoing frump dumping efforts, I’m trying to do a few projects around the house. I like my house, love the layout, but it’s in a house rut and we can’t afford to do much after putting a pool in. That’s the home projects budget blown for like, ever. One things I’ve [...]
I love the ritual of carving pumpkins. Though as a child we stuck to the three triangles and a mouth method, over the years we’ve gotten more creative. This is in large part due to my cousin, who hosts an annual carving party. He is well stocked with a variety of carving implements and has [...]
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