Things have been a little quiet here and that's mostly due to spending every last minute we could with family before heading down from Philly to DC for New Years. We'll be cleaning and organizing before packing it back up for New Years Eve festivities, so things will be light here until after 2013 begins.… Continue reading Should Old Acquaintance be Forgot
NPS Stamps – Hopewell Furnace NHS
Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday! Bill and I spent Christmas outside of Philadelphia with my family, but to get here we first had to traverse nearly the entire state of Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philly. We figured rather than rushing across, we'd break apart the 6 hour trip and detour to a National Park, much… Continue reading NPS Stamps – Hopewell Furnace NHS
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Merry Christmas!
We hope Santa brought everything you wished for, and you and yours are safe, happy and loved this Christmas! ~ Beth & Bill
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A Little Woodworking JOY
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
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Christmas DIY Inspiriation
In case you're still dragging your feet on decorating or need some last-minute DIY inspiration, I thought I'd share 2 of my favorite round-ups for you (that we've been featured on!!) As always, take a look at the projects and remember, when pinning your favorites, pin from the original blogs! 🙂 First up, the lovely… Continue reading Christmas DIY Inspiriation
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Rudolph Candy Cane Treats – Finished!
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!
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Seaside Christmas in Pittsburgh ~ Part Deux
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
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Seaside Christmas in Pittsburgh
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
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Minimalist Greeting Card Display
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
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Some Funny Christmas Findings
The internet. You gotta love it. Sometimes. Like, for instance, when things like this are created. That front door is having a really bad day. But I really love how they used yellow Christmas bulbs for the eyes - funny and clever. And as one Redditor said, "Brilliant. Now you can leave the same wreath… Continue reading Some Funny Christmas Findings
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Jack Frost Swap ~ Inexpensive Art
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
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Homemade Nutter Butters
Tis the season of cookie baking. Typically my Mom holds off though until after my birthday to at least try to prevent the inevitable holiday rush from washing over the date of my initial existence. Then I went away to college.... and coming home for winter break to Mom's famous chocolate chip cookies was a… Continue reading Homemade Nutter Butters
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Trees Made From Paper Made From Trees
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
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Rudolph Candy Cane Treats
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
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I Hope They’ll Covet This Wine Cork Trivet
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
B & B Build A Life 