Sneak peek of today’s project. . . Guess what I’m doing this weekend? I can hardly wait for Saturday because my sister-in-law and I are heading back up to Cline’s Junk Antiques! Eek! So very excited! What is Cline’s? In case you are a new reader to the blog, let me introduce you to Cline’s Antiques,or, as I like to call it, a little piece of junk heaven! Look at all that rust and furniture waiting to be refinished! Last time I visited Cline’s I scored some great windows for only two bucks each. Yes, $2! Here is one of them. Yes, it’s dirty. Really dirty. You see, Cline’s has tons of windows waiting to go home with someone like me. The downside is that the windows, like almost everything else at Cline’s, are just piled up in the yard. No biggie, a squirt of the hose and a little elbow grease cleaned it up nicely! So, this window has been sitting in my garage since that shopping trip. I finally have put it to use! I got tired of looking at the cork board in the hall near my kitchen. It gets so cluttered with cards, artwork, invitations, etc. It had to go. I’ve also been wanting to create a chalkboard somewhere near the kitchen to jot down reminders. This window was the start to a perfect solution!  I masked off the glass with some plastic bags and painter’s tape. And spray-painted it a pretty gold/yellow color. No paint project of mine is complete without a little distressing! I used my new favorite color Distress Ink, frayed burlap, around the edges and on the faces of the wood. So
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Just two days left until Mother’s Day! Have you found a way to say thank you and I love you to yours? If you haven’t already purchased a card, here is a simple way to make your own! The sentiment and papers can easily be changed, so this card could really be used for any occasion. In the past year, I’ve become a Stampin’ Up-aholic! If you’re not familiar with Stampin’ Up!, it’s a company based out of Utah that sells a variety of paper products, stamps and other accessories for home decor, scrapbooking and card-makings. I love it so
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   A while back, during one of my weekly trips to Hobby Lobby, I found these fun paper flowers. I just loved them! I didn’t really know what I would do with them, but I knew I had to have them! Eventually I decided I could use them for a wreath for the front porch. After all, they did match my yellow chair and other porch decor perfectly! I decided to make this one pretty simple. I got one yard of brown burlap, the flowers and a straw wreath. I cut the burlap into strips. I wasn’t too careful to make sure they
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{photo source} The boys and I went to pick strawberries again the other day but the fields were closed. Apparently they’ve had so many people come to pick that they’ve had to close the fields during the week to allow the plants to replenish the fruit. So this year picking is only on the weekends. Guess my hometown’s best kept secret has gotten out! Even though we didn’t get to pick berries, we didn’t leave empty-handed. We took home a gallon of juicy ripe strawberries! Last time we picked I shared a couple of my favorite strawberry recipes with you.
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Has it really been one week since my last post? What a slacker I am! I know I’ve been absent more than present on the blog lately and I’m doing my best to turn that around. I’ve been telling you abou the favors I’ve been making. The favors that have started consuming every second of my time. It’s crazy!, amazing and exhausting at the same time! But truly miss my blog! I miss painting. I miss sewing. I miss decorating. I even miss cooking! But what I miss most is writing, reading and communicating! I’ve said it many times before
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You’ve probably heard of the Queen Bee Market, but just in case, it’s a little handmade market created by two sisters, Jess and Mique. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I believe the two are from California. The QBM is a collection of vendors selling some pretty amazing handmade items. We were lucky enough to have the QBM and all it’s vendors at SNAP for some seriously fun shopping! Ok, let me stop talking and let you start looking. This is really just a peek at the market. Let me give a closer look inside the isles. shop here I’m
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I don’t even know where to start to share with you my experience last week in Salt Lake City, UT. It was such a fantastic trip and I met so many amazing new people and also got to reconnect with many friends that I met last year in AZ. SNAP: Creativity at your fingertips, was a “spin off” of the creative blogger conference I attended last year, Creative Estates. If you are wondering what a creative blogger conference is, it’s a social as well as learning event that brings creative beings (both bloggers and handmade shop owners) together to learn
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Hi, my name is Taylor. I am a SAHM to two beautiful girls, Jayne (3) and Savannah (1) and wife to my wonderful hubby, Jared. In my former life I worked in both marketing and sales and still enjoy flexing those muscles helping out a few of my wonderful friends who run businesses out of their homes. But mostly, I’m on the go with my girls who keep me extremely busy!   In my {spare} time I enjoy reading (on my new Kindle Fire, eeek!), going to thrift stores & garage sales and crafting. I recently joined a stamp club and am obsessed
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Who can resist a freezer full of home cooked meals to grab on the days life just get too busy…by pass that drive-thru and head home for dinner that someone else cooked! A freezer full of home cooked meals?  There is an easy way to get it without cooking 10 different meals at one time and filling up your freezer…can you imagine the cost, time or mess that would make?! Here is your answer: host a freezer meal swap with your family and friends. Here are the simple steps to fill your freezer: 1) Send out the invitation explaining a
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Hi, I’m Erin and I’m a Mom turned Photographer. Almost 5 years ago after the birth of my first child, my appreciation for capturing “life” really hit home. As I watched my son roll over for the first time, then sit up and crawl across the room almost overnight; and when those gummy grins turned into smiles with little white teeth peeking out, I realized the only way I could make time stand still was to document all of these “Mama Treasures” with my camera. Once I learned that I simply could not afford to hire a professional photographer as
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