cute valentines pillow (from www.diaryofaquilter.com)

Printable Room Planner to Help You Plan Your Layout ( from decorating.yourway.net)

DIY Dimensional Paper Flowers (from www2.friskars.com)

baby shower ( from http://lisastorms.typepad.com )

Full photos, details, and demos are available in my article at Fiskars, including how to make your own dessert-pop stand.

DIY: Vintage Tins & Free Labels (From www.i-do-it-yourself.com)

vacation memories shadow box ( from designaglow.com)

Cute Wedding Ideas from (greenweddingshoes.com)

Beautiful Paintings ( from suckatlife.com) found through stumbleupon.com

Barn wood wall art ( from allthingsthrifty.com)

TUTORIAL: HOW TO MAKE A POMANDER FLOWER BALL ( from pizzazzerie.com)

Cute Laptop case ( from crapivemade.com)

new uses for the bathroom ( from realsimple.com)

To get your drain running again (without resorting to chemicals worthy of a hazmat suit) pour ½ cup soda, then ½ cup vinegar, down a clogged drain. Cover it with a wet cloth, wait 5 minutes, uncover, and flush with steaming-hot water.

Leave a message that’s impossible to overlook. Write quick reminders (Pick up dry cleaning) or encouraging notes (Good luck today!) with a dry-erase marker.

Waste less water. Fill a plastic bottle with liquid and place it in the tank of an old toilet (not a high-efficiency one). That way, it will require less resources to refill.

Coat the bottom of a shaving-cream can to fend off rust rings on the ledge of the tub.

New Uses For Old Things ( taken from realsimple.com)

(dental floss to fix umbrella)

Jewelry Box as Drawer Organizer

New uses for things in the bedroom ( from realsimple.com)

Gemma's Summer Dress ( Hand Sewn By ME!)

I am

I am...

A Rose

A Rose bud, afraid of the sun’s ray burning it...

A Rose peeking out of its petals, seeing the dew sparkle...

A Rose in full bloom, facing the sun, embracing the wind, hearing the birds...

A Fairy

A woodland fairy climbing a tree...

A treasure fairy, capturing treasures in a magic box...

A friendly fairy, dropping kisses on babies cheeks...

A Nightingale

Lifting my song of joy into the darkness...

turning sorrow into hope...

transforming what was not into what is....


A Photographer

Seeing with a birds eye...

freezing the swirl of a dress...

Making a single moment last forever!

diy {chicken wire frame & memory card clips} ( from ashleyannphotography.com/blog)

diy {chicken wire frame & memory card clips}

Thank you for all the sweet comments about my niece. It has been 4 days since I last saw her (granted I have been out of town for 3 days). I miss her. I have some pictures of her and her daddy that are a little different than what I normally do. I am working on a post for them next week, maybe Monday….

I’m still working on details in the playroom. One thing I wanted to include was a spot to display pictures and artwork by the kids. Several years ago I bought a gold mirror from Garden Ridge and painted it black for our living room. It hasn’t been used in a long time so I decided to take the mirror out and give the frame a new life.

After removing the mirror, I painted the frame a bright yellow. Then I stapled chicken wire to the back side of the frame. When I bought the chicken wire from Atwoods the man working that department asked if I needed any pointers for my chicken coop. I told him I was making a frame for artwork. He shook his head and walked away.

To hold pictures to the chicken wire I hot glued small clothes pins to the back of some of my Charlie Harper memory cards. I let the boys pick out their favorite cards to use.

Super easy, super affordable and I think it is pretty practical and cute!