This weeks Top 3 Saturday SuperStar Blogs…ones that I love to follow..and why.

There are so many wonderful blogs out there in blog land.  I wanted to take a moment to share with you some blogging superstars. The following blogs have these wonderful ...

Alex and Ani – Favorite Things Friday

I have seen them on Pinterest, copy cats on Etsy and they have a kiosk at the Denver airport–and I have to say I love love love them. I kept ...

Home Projects

Rustoleum SprayPaint fix…Patio Iron decoration–

I am catching up on summer posts that I never edited. My ...

Memo Board Giveaway – My new blogging space

I am a very “visual” and “emotionally” driven person. It is just ...

Back Yard–Patio Part one…the beginning

We have been in our home for 7 years! How can time ...

Kitchen sink light redo…a splash of red

I love to walk around Home Depot. I love to wander the ...

Creative Creations

Happy New Year- Dollar Store Treasure- A reminder for the New Year

This reminder for the New Year was easily made from a frame at the dollar store! The definition of Love on a very beautiful greeting card framed in a elegant silver dollar store frame.   It is placed appropriately on my letter desk in our bedroom. What a great reminder to  myself of the importance of [...]

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Happy Birthday…New Year’s Slumber Party…and a C-section rant…

11 years ago right at this moment I was at the hospital filling out paperwork, getting hooked up to an IV and getting ready to have my son via c- section.  (medically necessary – I state that because I can’t stand when people judge and act as if I am less of a mother because [...]

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Craft Room Chair Update

It is no secret that I love to thrift. Love love love…most fun is taking something that is on “it’s last leg” and making it new again. I found this chair at a garage sale last summer, for a buck. I needed another chair for my craft studio and decided this would be a great [...]

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Happy New Year & Christmas “pieces”

It was so hard this year to part with the Christmas decorations. I usually am so excited to start a New Year, get organized and start fresh and new. When I think about why it seemed different this year…I mean seriously I am usually working to strip the house of every stitch of the holidays [...]

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Thanksgiving Treat–Turkey Buddies that make everyone happy!

Happy Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for this wonderful day. First and foremost, I have my health, my loved ones are happy and healthy. I thank the Lord everyday for his guidance and support in my life. I am truly blessed. Though there was some special ones we didn’t get to see [...]

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Do what, you can….Inspirational quote…

I love this quote from Pinterest. It represents what I had to learn during the time I was laid up this summer. This fit perfectly. Source: healthconsciousness.tumblr.com via Beth on Pinterest     Maybe TMI —-I herniated a disc in my neck. It was giving me trouble for 3 weeks before I finally had to [...]

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Honey Bun Cake – delicious cinnamon roll cake!

This sunday I made a great old fashioned dinner- Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots. Sunday is the one night we have our family dinner. (Too many commitments during the week I am kinda bummed to say). I just put everything in the crockpot, added a little Liptons Onion Soup with Beef stock  to potatoes, [...]

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Making a party invitation with PicMonkey photo site….amazing

My DTD, dear teenage daughter, is turned 17 this Halloween. Where did the time go right?– I made the best invites using a photo invite I created on Picmonkey! I love love love pic monkey. It is the photo editing site that replaced everyone’s beloved Picnik. Here is the Picmonkey link if you have not [...]

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Organizing the Kitchen Utility Drawer…

What is most scary about this drawer is that it really looks like this.  I started to grab a handful of utensils to empty the drawer and I realized I needed a before picture. So maybe the ones that would keep the drawer from opening are a little jumbled.  Otherwise, this is how it looks… [...]

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Healing back to normal…isn’t “my normal” this time around- Part One

I’m back!  I am sorry to say that  I was suffering immensely from a pinched nerve in my neck, that sent unbearable pain down my left arm. I kept working and pushing myself… “my breadwinning corporate gig”…requires a lot of travel.  In a nutshell, I  pushed myself to the point of rupturing the disc between [...]

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