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No, not the fruit! When revealing Bill's favorite gifts, you got a sneak peak at one special gift I made for Bill - a Date night Jar. I came across a few of them on Pinterest and was particularly inspired by one I saw on Revamp Homegoods. My parents are big on canning - specifically… Continue reading The Gift of Dates
Though it wasn't mentioned in our goals for 2013, one of my personal resolutions is to better organize things. Picking up and hitting the road as frequently as I do, I'm often packing a bag without having the time to really unpack it in the first place. To make that process easier and encourage me… Continue reading A Little Inventive House Cleaning
While on one of her near-daily trips to Target, Beth sent me this: Oh boy. Here goes. So this project seemed to require a thicker block of wood than anything I had laying around. A fortuitous trip to the ReStore allowed me to pick up a ~4 foot long piece of hardwood of some sort. … Continue reading A Little Woodworking JOY
When I gave the quick tutorial on an old Girl Scouts craft I used to do, I had only made the treat, but hadn't addressed them. In the holiday rush, I had nearly forgot to tag them and leave them in our neighbor's mailboxes! To make the tags, I actually used the handy printable tags… Continue reading Rudolph Candy Cane Treats – Finished!
As promised, here is your view of the other side of our living room, all decked out for Christmas. There's a slight seaside vibe with the use of a few starfish and seashells tucked in with the frames. And the cute little trees distributed throughout are all ReStore finds. Of course we had to use… Continue reading Seaside Christmas in Pittsburgh ~ Part Deux
I'm not shy about it. Pittsburgh is a lovely place, but it's WAYYYYY too far from the ocean for my tastes. This whole notion that a lake beach is just as good is nonsense. And one of the biggest things that gets me homesick is the simple fact that I cannot on a whim get… Continue reading Seaside Christmas in Pittsburgh
So we've got a small collection of Christmas cards stacking up....but sitting in a pile isn't very festive. We thought about putting them on our intercom pin board, but decided we had too many to really nicely display there. Then I found a red ribbon, already nicely cut and leftover from a gift I wrapped… Continue reading Minimalist Greeting Card Display
So the trend seems to be to take your favorite Christmas carol and use your favorite lyrics in some mantle artwork. Most of these have been in the form of chalkboard art. I decided to take a different direction to create an inexpensive piece of artwork to replace the somewhat creepy artwork that I had… Continue reading Jack Frost Swap ~ Inexpensive Art
I haven't yet revealed all of the decorating that has gone down around here (you know, always a work in progress...) but thought I'd share a quick little project in the meantime. I first saw these magazine trees on Our Life In A Click and thought they were too cute (and easy) to pass up!… Continue reading Trees Made From Paper Made From Trees
Hermey the Elf won't approve of these treats! You know who I'm talking about. The elf that Rudolph befriends because he'd rather be a Dentist than a toy maker. Really, is it so bad to want to clean teeth instead of make trains? Though, if it was because he didn't want to play with Legos… Continue reading Rudolph Candy Cane Treats
In Honor of the Dare to DIY Challenge levied by Decor and the Dog with Maybe Matilda, NewlyWoodwards, and Two Twenty One, I spent the weekend finally getting on a few projects that are a bit more holiday appropriate. Including getting my DIY Gifting on, along with this project - The Wine Cork Trivet. While… Continue reading I Hope They’ll Covet This Wine Cork Trivet
December starts tomorrow. I think it's ok to break out the Christmas decorations now. Only that usually means starting with a mess like this. Sadly that was about halfway through me dragging everything out and deciding what I'd use. Most of it is a collection of hand-me-downs, save for the tube of ornaments (target dollar… Continue reading Merry Milk Glass Mantle
You know those moments. You're walking along minding your own business when BAAM you're hit with inspiration. Well while on a recent trip to the Pittsburgh Habitat ReStore I found this ugly old lamp. (At left in the 'before' part of the Pinterest worthy pic) We've all read in blogland about boob lights, right? Well… Continue reading From Ugly Lamp to Pretty Cloche
Yup, I've jumped on yet another DIY bandwagon - the COVER EVERYTHING IN SWEATERS! wagon. Only, I'm drawing the line. Soft fuzzy cozy sweater pillows? Sure! ....but why does my flower vase need to be cozy? It doesn't. But I found this super comfy sweater for under $4 at Goodwill and thought it would be… Continue reading Our Pillows Got Cold, So I Made Them Sweaters
Ever home has them. Wall zits. Or, like normal people call them, outlets, vents, radiators, light switches. These necessary things in our homes that are not always well placed, or pretty. The apartment is also a victim of these wall crimes. See for yourself. In trying to create a little drop zone using the antique… Continue reading Dressing Up the Intercom
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