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April 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

Boys Re do Room Part 2- the basketball hoop

I make no secret of the fact that I love to thrift ...

January 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Homemade Napkins…a precious gift making me antsy for spring…

Those of you whom follow my blog understand the level of talent ...

November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

Old icky picture frames—Trash to Treasure–Picture Frames First in a series…

I posted on Halloween my holiday mantle. One of my favorite inexpensive ...

October 31, 2011 | 0 Comments

Happy Halloween- Fireplace Mantle…

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Part of it is because ...

Creative Creations

April 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

Favorite Food Friday—via Pinterest !

Okay I love Pinterest! I am so addicted. It is such a fun place to browse and find new ideas. I was cleaning up my boards and labels and I realized that I have so many food items pinned. I love all the clever ideas. I need to get trying them. Enjoy… Source: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com via [...]

April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Easter Decoration from the “Free” box…

One of the things that I never pass up is the “free” box at a yard or garage sale. This past summer I was at a sale and found this little Easter Tree. It was so cute. Not totally my “style” but I loved all of the tiny ornaments. Nothing that a pizza box and [...]

April 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

Easter Confetti Eggs…wonderful!

I was so lucky that my corporate gig brought me to Houston and I was able to see a very, very dear friend of mine. She actually is my old boss. She was by far the best boss I ever had. Seriously — no joke!! Here we are…at the Galleria. (Not what you think we [...]

April 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Bathroom Curtain Update Post- Don’t they look better?

Remember my post about the bathroom curtains I made out of the skirt from Goodwill? Click here if you missed it. Here is the first after… Well, my DFK, dear friend Kris, came over and I was so excited to show her. She is the “flip this house” extraordinaire friend. She loved the fabric [...]

March 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

Boys Bedroom Re- do…Part 1

My son’s bedroom is decorated in the colors of the Denver Nuggets. (bright yellow and bright blue). You guessed it —He is a huge Nuggets fan. He was so excited 5 years back when we decorated it in Nuggets colors. (What is a mom to do?– I did put my foot down and said if [...]

March 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

Making Laundry Soap Series Two- Pinterest

I was so excited to make laundry soap that I didn’t research the recipe good enough. The first batch we made was welllll……not enough soap for the work involved. CLICK HERE if you missed that post. I got my DH on board, he did love the smell of the new soap and the idea [...]

March 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Favorite Thing Friday…Makeup Wipes

Funny how you don’t realize what things are your favorites until you run out of them. My daughter and I use the pre treated make up wipes to get our eye and face makeup off without ruining our skin. We started using the Nozema brand wipes until the price kept going up every time we [...]

March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments

Do you Twitter? or Tweet? what? Hootsuite? Need Help?

I have e-met so many wonderful people on twitter. It has given me links to some great blogs. I am still learning to tweet or twitter. I found this link to this site that has great advice on twittering? (is that a word?). Click here to learn more. I also found a site called HootSuite. [...]

March 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Pinterest Quotes

Okay —I admit it —I am addicted to Pinterest. It is like a portable pick me up when my day is stressful. (I access it on my smart phone). I love to jump on it when I am waiting in line or have a few seconds to kill. One of the things I love [...]

March 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

A Quote to start your day…in the shower?

I travel a lot for work, which requires me to stay in hotels. Most of my ideas come to me during everyday normal life. One morning when I was turning on my shower, I stared at the quote about the shower curtain. Then I thought – what a drag staring at this quote during a [...]

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