My Hubbie’s birthday was last weekend. Unfortunately (and fortunately 🙂 I was away on my sister’s bachelorette destination weekend in Nashville. Of course I wish I could have celebrated with him on the real day, but we made do and celebrated last night! Eliana’s favorite shape right now is a heart. Her favorite color is… Continue reading Bake a Valentine Heart (Birthday) Cake for your Sweetie
To start building the shelves you need to measure your space and first figure out how long you would like the finished shelves. That is what makes DIY projects the best – they can be built to suit your exact needs! The shelves in our bathroom are 38″ long. I will provide the measurements I… Continue reading Chunky Floating Shelves – A Tutorial
Sometimes you have to get creative when baby proofing. I posted earlier about baby-proofing our cable box. And also our fireplaces. We also needed to baby-proof behind our wet bar. It actually ended up being an easy fix. I was having trouble thinking outside the box… and then it dawned on me… use an expandable… Continue reading Baby-Proofing the Wet Bar
My Go To Summer Salad (and Spring and Fall and Winter too!) Ingredients:1 package arugula8-10 brussel sproutslemon juiceolive oilpine nuts (optional)Freshly grated or shaved Parmesan cheesesaltpepper Roasted Brussel Sprouts:Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut brussel sprouts into wedges. Lay them on a baking sheet and drizzle olive oil over them. Lightly sprinkle salt and… Continue reading Arugula Brussel Sprout Salad
When making soup I usually make it in big batches. This is usually great because we then have leftovers for a few meals, but sometimes I already have leftovers from other nights in the fridge and I know it won’t get eaten before it goes bad. So, I will often times freeze the leftover soup.… Continue reading Freezing Soup
One of the reasons I fell in love with this house was for its charm. It is an older house with a unique layout. And, it has three fireplaces that I love. At the time we didn’t have children, so we didn’t realize that fireplaces were also baby magnets. How much fun to crawl… Continue reading Baby-proofing the Fire Places
Sewing A Skirt For My Utility Sink After building the lid for my utility sink to create more countertop space, I also wanted to make the space look “pretty”.The lid helped to make the utility sink more utilitarian.The skirt helped make the sink more enjoyable to look at (and to hide things behind).I used a… Continue reading Laundry Room Makeover – Part 2: Utility Sink Skirt
I recently posted photos of my new curtain in my also new “Reading Room”. I found a wonderful “how-to” from Living Solutions The Blog: Ideas and Inspiration I altered her tutorial just a bit and made my own box pleat curtain. She does a great job describing how to measure how much fabric you will… Continue reading Box Pleat Valance Tutorial – Sewing a Valance from a Target Curtain Panel
Follow a simple pattern to make this adorable dress! Isn’t this one of the cutest outfits?! I just love it! I found the pattern on Etsy in a shop called “Tutorial Girl”. This is a picture of the outfit she models in her posting: This is my version: Here are a couple other views: I made… Continue reading Hoodie Vest Dress
Baby Halloween / Harvest Party On Tuesday I hosted some friends and their children at our house for a baby Halloween party. We get together frequently, but decided to have a costume party during this week’s visit since Halloween was around the corner. Boy did we have fun and boy were they cute! Playtime in… Continue reading Happy Halloween 2012
