Category: diy

  • Holiday Decorating Tips

    Holiday Decorating Tips

    Decorating for the holidays has always been one of my favorite things to do. My goal is to make my house feel like home and make it a place my kids are happy to come home to. So there are a few things I keep in mind while decorating in order to accomplish that. I…

  • DIY Orange Garland

    DIY Orange Garland

    I love being resourceful with my decorating. There are always ways we can reuse items we already have. And it’s a lot cheaper than buying new decorations each year! I have seen these little dried orange garlands before and think they look so cute! I have made cranberry garlands but decided to try and make…

  • Homemade Wrapping Paper Inspiration

    Homemade Wrapping Paper Inspiration

    Do you guys have all your Christmas gifts wrapped already? Ha I don’t even have all mine purchased! A few Christmas’ ago, my daughter asked why most presents are fancy but their presents come just wrapped in wrapping paper with no bows or notes or anything eek! Mom fail! So over those year I have…

  • DIY Donut Bar Board

    DIY Donut Bar Board

    My daughter recently got baptized at church and for her little celebration, she asked for a donut bar. I liked the idea with just sticking to one treat instead of making cookies, getting fruit, having cut up veggies, etc. This was easy, just buy a bunch of donuts! Haha! And by a bunch, I mean…

  • Wooden Sign Board

    Wooden Sign Board

    When I was at Magnolia Silos in Waco, I bought this metal “gather” sign. I love the metal lettering and wanted to make a wall art that I could hang in my dining room because when I think of “gathering” I think about a dining room. By making my own wall art I can choose…

  • Painting Your Tile Floor

    Painting Your Tile Floor

    Guys! I painted my tile floor! And I’m giving away $50 to Cutting Edge Stencils to one lucky reader over on my IG so go here to enter.  I am in the middle of making over my master bathroom and doing so on a budget. We have a few other projects we hope to finish…

  • How to Paint a Metal File Cabinet

    How to Paint a Metal File Cabinet

    When finding pieces of furniture for our newly modified “family office” I wanted to make sure that we were using the space efficiently. It’s a small room on our main floor so there isn’t a lot of room for things. We decided to use my craft room table as the desk so that it would…

  • DIY Blueprint Wall Hanging

    DIY Blueprint Wall Hanging

    I have been wanting to make a wall hanging like this since I saw my sister make one for her dining room. I just needed the right place to hang it. When I recently made over our family office I knew that would be the perfect spot. The first thing I did was order a…

  • Adding A Microwave In Your Kitchen Island

    Adding A Microwave In Your Kitchen Island

    As I have shared before, our kitchen island is actually an antique hutch from our first home. It was left there by the previous owners so it’s our little special heirloom. We love that we have a piece of our last house in this house. I love the idea of an old piece of furniture…