DIY Photo Frames

For Mother’s Day we made picture frames for my Mom and my sister out of left over wood from various projects.

Read more >>

Saying Goodbye with a Broken Heart

It’s with a heavy heart that I write this post today.  We had to say goodbye to our beloved cat of sixteen years and big part of our family, Cirrus.  A deep sadness overwhelms me as I learn to deal with her being gone. Read more >>

Lost First Tooth

You can add Sophia to the Tooth Fairy World Tour because she just lost her first tooth! The first to join the tour was her front bottom tooth. It won’t be long before her second tooth hits the road and heads out tour too. Read more >>

Workbench Progress

We are like busy little bees buzzing with creativity around here.  Check out what we’ve started making.

Read more >>

Handmade Valentine from Sophia

I had to share Sophia’s first Valentine’s Day card she made for us.  I’m very proud to know that she shares the same passion to creative beautiful things just like her Mama.

From Table to Desk Just Like That

It took a long time to decide what to do with my old childhood table. We originally had it in our kitchen before we bought our new table that is revealed here. I shared so many wonderful memories at that table growing up; I wasn’t ready to part with it yet. Sadly, I knew it was too large to keep it in our office/guest room. We finally decided an unused table was more of shame than cutting it in half and painting the 150+ year old wood – Yeah, I just said that. Read more >>

Busch Gardens a Goodness Tree Reward

Sophia has been earning leaves for good behavior since we made the Goodness Tree that was revealed here.  Within in 6 months Sophia earned enough leaves to go to Busch Gardens  in Tampa, Florida.  Here a few pictures we took.

Read more >>

Our latest edition

Table, meet C Brainers.  C Brainers, meet table.  Hooray! Our search for a kitchen table is finally over!  It was love at first sight – we snatched her up and brought her home pronto.

Read more >>

Honeymoon Island Beach

DIY projects, what projects? We opted for a much needed family and friend day at the beach instead of a weekend filled with DIY projects.  However, on Sunday we did manage to squeeze in some time for planning our upcoming landscaping project – more on that later.

Read more >>

This little bath of mine, I’m going let it shine!

We couldn’t wait to share the recent makeover of our downstairs bath. We {heart} the tranquil feeling and the harmonious color palette.  Our first attempt at the bath wasn’t bad, but the brown overpowered the small windowless room. Here’s what our old bath looked like before.

Read more >>