Fellow bloggers, do you have files and files of pictures you never posted? I do, and I`m not sure why it bugs me. It`s like unseen pictures in files aren`t pictures at all to me- they are forgotten and sad. Which makes me think I am using this blog as a “crutch” for not really [...]
Paper Lovin`
It is SO amazing what ugliness can be transformed with paper! I am just astounded. I confess- I am a paper junkie. Pretty paper “gets me”. Pretty packaging- yes, that too. Pretty paper book- $20 at Joann Fabrics (used a 50% off coupon)- a multitude of opportunities. The temporary (there is also permanent) double sided [...]
The Fall Episode.
Fall is my FAVORITE time of year. Fall is perfect for… (the following) …Displaying mums that your girls sat on a million times in the cart at Walmart– and then, died a week later on the porch, because you never bothered to water them. Reason: not fun to water battered, ugly mums. …Creating warmth inside [...]
Country Living Fair [2011]
My 2 sisters and I had an awesome day out at the Country Living Fair last month. Watch slideshow here. And we made it a tradition (2nd year in a ROW now) to hit Tim Hortons on the way there. I love that place. Not fancy– yet, special somehow… Sisters in line. We really laughed [...]
Tales From Home.
||Miscellaneous pictures and thoughts from our home today. A lot of nothing and something.|| The other day I was reading in the playroom, and I looked over to see Elle doing something odd with her dolls. They were hugging and dancing with this man… I said a bit nervously (because, you never know…), “So what`s [...]
Guest Room Re-do.
Quickly, is the key to today`s post. I had pictures of the guest room re-do uploaded, so I thought I`d quick post them so I can move on to better things. I painted this room about 2 months ago, so it`s all a little “over” in my head. Here is the room before we moved [...]
Puttering Week.
What is puttering? I like to think of it as joyfully playing house. You know, taking time to plop down with the girls for no real reason during the day. Going from room to room, to act out on all those ideas that have been festering in your head the whole long week before. This [...]
Repurposed Drink Table.
AFTER. ~~~~~ The other night, I was paging through the latest Country Living… And came across this picture (above). I was so inspired, I got up from the couch, ran upstairs, grabbed a few things, came back downstairs, put it all together, and started drilling. I`ll show you what came out of it and how [...]
White Dresser B & A.
Before: My $10 dresser I bought from a man about to unload it at Save n Serve. (Was that bad?) After. I have never had a redo take so long to completion. I redid her so many times. Tromped to hardware so many times. The 70s drawers pulls. Lets just say that prying off those [...]
Guest room.
I`m painting and re-doing my guest room right now. With this photo as my single most source of inspiration. I love the clean, calm, minimal, fresh, mixed elements look it has to it. I definitely want to use the string lights, a scarf/dress form, the heavy worn clock, and some dark wood mixed in. Any [...]