I have seen a lot of book crafts, the authors of said books must have mortal fear for the lives of their paper off-springs… That said, I am sure you all have a few tattered books especially after you made my book bag, Right?This project I am featuring is a fun idea, and I think could be adapted in many […]
Make a Seat; Bench Plans; Guest Feature
Does anyone need seating in their back yard? Here are some great plans from Tru Tales Designs and Drafts. I can picture these around a fire pit, having a backyard party with friends and throwing marshmallows in each others faces… fun! These are the benches I made for the play area in our yard for the Grandchildren. I made 4 of […]
Sanctuary! Outdoor Space; Guest Feature
It’s the weekend and it is early May and the weather is beautiful for a few more weeks at least (crossing my fingers as we “speak”- which is hard to do while typing by the way!) Anyway, I thought today would be the perfect day to highlight some beautiful ideas for your outdoor spaces. First […]
Fabulous Finish: Wicker table Revamped; Guest Post
Remodelaholic’s Anonymous Link Party Go Here Jane over at Finding Fabulous had this great little makeover, and I seriously love how it turned out. Go check out her blog. (she also has a Friday link party just FYI, but make sure you link up to Remodelaholic’s Anonymous before you go!! Pretty-Please) This is what Jane did: This […]
Count to Ten, New House Numbers, Guest Project
I think this quick little update is a great idea it is from Jen over at Just for Rachel. This is what she had to say: Here are my new house numbers! They are just wooden squares from any craft store ($0.50 each) with metal house numbers I found at Shoppers Outlet for $2 each. […]
Raise the roof
For Monday night’s family home evening we had a rather special event. Can you guess from these pic’s of my favorite childhood movie? We had our first “barn raising”. We thought it would be fun to make an event out of building the coop. And also much more fun to borrow some children for the […]
Late Bloomers
We have a few more lovely plants to showcase. My favorite is from our tulip tree. This is the first year we’ve seen it bloom and they are incredible. Tulip Tree Blossoms Rhodo. This is the fist time this has ever bloomed! Not really sure! Hostas
Mail Call
I am sure you are all getting sick of the random projects on our blog, but hey it’s our blog right? I just painted our mailbox, it looked so bad before. And for a mere $2.96 it’s brand new yet again!
Spring Has Finally Sprung
We have been busily taking pictures of our ever changing yard. Actually this month alone we have taken well over 200 pictures of the misc. plants in our yard. We had to really narrow these pictures down to find some of our very favorites. Justin has really done a great job getting these. So without […]
Working on the Yard
We have been working on our yard the last few weekends. Actually, I guess I should say that Justin has been working on the yard, but I have helped where I could. Justin leveled the yard and tilled up all the moss and weeds. Then he put down seed for grass, of course it froze […]
