A few weeks ago I attended a blogging conference, which was held at the Anaheim Convention Center… Which happens to be a stone’s throw from Disneyland. And what’s a girl to do when she is hanging out with her blogging friends while just a stone’s throw from Disneyland? Um, go over and play, of course! With […]
Texture, color and inspiration at the CHA winter show.
Remember last week when I told you about the Top 5 craft products that I (personally) was all excited about after the CHA (Craft & Hobby Association’s) Winter Trade Show? Well, I had also been feeling a smidge a wee bit kind of fairly uninspired as of late. (Yesterday I shared the AWFUL areas […]
Fun and friends at the SoCal Social
A few weeks ago, my friend Bev at Flamingo Toes and I hosted the second annual SoCal Social. It’s a really fun get together for bloggers in the Southern California area. It’s not a conference or a seminar… it’s just a chance to meet other, like minded bloggers and hang out together. It’s a lot […]
Spooky Spirits: Easy Halloween “potions” you already have in your kitchen.
I have a thing for pretty bottles and decanters. I always keep my eyes peeled when I am thrifting, hoping to find some cool ones. So far I have exactly 4, and they are making an appearance in my Halloween decor this year. These cool bottles got a creepy make-over, thanks to fabulous Halloween Clip […]
Labor Day weekend wrap up. The Norco Fair
Hope everyone is having a fun Labor Day Weekend. I shared my County Fair photos the other day, but I wanted to share a few photos I snapped at out hometown Fair this weekend. Because, nothing says country fair like a camel ride… Handsome Hubby and I both grew up in Norco, California. A great place […]
A county fair… bad food, bad prizes and good fun.
Did you go to a county fair this summer? My neighbor Melissa said in an Instagram upload, that a county fair is the Olympics of People Watching. Oh, amen to that. It’s also the Olympics of Fried Food. It’s also the home of giant food… All. Kinds. Of. Wrong. And if you’re going to eat […]
Hanging out on the patio.
We love entertaining, and our parties and dinners are often held on our patio. I love getting ready for these events and making everything look special. But I also love to sit quietly and enjoy the morning sunshine with a cup of coffee too. I feel like I am always so rushed. So even though […]
Make lunch fun: Sea Monster Hot Dogs
I shared this little lunch time project over at Skip To My Lou’s Craft Camp series last month. I am not generally a “kids’ craft” kind of mom, but I still need to make Grant lunch, right? Might as well liven it up every now and then. In this particular case, we made sea-monster hot […]
Field Trip: The Orange County Swap Meet
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 […]
Why I have a special place in my heart for our driveway.
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 […]