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A hanging centerpiece using photos and branches.

May 14, 2012 13 Comments

Just the other day I wrote about how I needed to come up with a centerpiece for our annual Mother’s Day Brunch.  I didn’t have a lot of time, and I never want to spend a lot of money, so here’s what I came up with… This book page chandelier and the photos of this […]

Filed Under: Mother's Day, party, photos, Sticks, UseWhatchaGot

Field Trip: The Orange County Swap Meet

May 9, 2012 12 Comments

Do you have a swap meet near you?  The Orange County Swap Meet is near us and we forget how much fun it is to go there, so a few weeks ago that’s how we decided to spend a Saturday morning. I decided to take my camera so that I could blog about our little […]

Filed Under: Bargain, family, Field Trip, food, no reason - just fun, shopping, wacky strangers

A boy and his box… a love story.

May 8, 2012 10 Comments

Through blogging, I sometimes have the good fortune of receiving a box of craft supplies or other goodies.  They are sent to me so that I can play around with them and try them out. I get excited about the goodies, but Grant gets excited because there is A Box. What is it about little boys and […]

Filed Under: craft time, Grant

More mischief from Corsa the Guilty Dog: How NOT to hide the evidence.

May 1, 2012 9 Comments

Are you familiar with Corsa, the sweetest dog in the world?  The one who does naughty things and gives herself away with her guilty dog smile..? Doesn’t she look sweet? She’s not too good about hiding the evidence when she has gotten empty cat food cans and licked them clean though… I think her cat […]

Filed Under: Corsa, Funny, mischief

Parenting in public? I’m OK with that.

April 27, 2012 22 Comments

Before anyone gets all up in arms and wants to call CPS on me, let me explain. In recent headlines there have been two instances of parents who publicly “humiliated” their kids on Facebook for being disrespectful and bratty.  One man took his revolver, unloaded several bullets into her laptop and posted the video on […]

Filed Under: Facebook, No Mom wants to hear..., parenting, social commentary

DIY Ombre subway art for Mother’s Day.

April 24, 2012 28 Comments

Typographic DIY art work for Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, so when Plaid Crafts sent me a whole box of Martha Stewart Craft Supplies and asked me to create a Mother’s Day project, I jumped at the chance. I decided to make some Mom-inspired, typographic subway art. (This post contains affiliate links) Supplies needed: a 1/4″ plywood board. […]

Filed Under: artwork, craft time, Crafts, distressed, Mother's Day, tutorial

Homemade onion rings. They ain’t pretty, but they taste good!

April 19, 2012 6 Comments

I am so excited! I am at the SNAP! Conference in Salt Lake City. It’s my first blog conference and I’m really looking forward to it. Because I was going to be gone for a couple of days I decided to make one of the guys’ favorites for dinner: burgers and homemade onion rings. They […]

Filed Under: recipes, Side Dish

Why I have a special place in my heart for our driveway.

April 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

My family is big on traditions and get-togethers.  We plan a lot, schedule many things, but we have often found that spontaneity provides some of our favorite moments.   Don’t laugh, but some of our favorite family moments have been on our driveway.  That’s right… the place where you park the cars. It’s the place where neighbor […]

Filed Under: family, Handsome Hubby, no reason - just fun, The Boys In General

Venison Chili (Because Chili con Bambi sounds funny.)

April 16, 2012 12 Comments

Handsome Hubby likes to go hunting.  Deer hunting in particular.  That means I need to learn how to cook Bambi venison. Venison is definitely not something that is super common on America’s dinner tables, but it has a lot of health benefits.  It is super high in protein and iron and is pretty low in fat, […]

Filed Under: Main Dish, recipes

Wallpaper For Windows solved a marital dispute. (Truly a versatile product!)

April 10, 2012 35 Comments

Handsome Hubby and I have been butting heads over our garage. Not only about whose mess/clutter is on whose side of the garage, and who has more crap than the other, etc.  but also about the windows in our garage.  I hate that you can pull up into our driveway and see what is inside, […]

Filed Under: Before and After, product reviews

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