I love this simple and sweet Valentine garland!  Anytime you can use recycled materials to make something, it’s a good thing.  And when you can use them to make a fun Valentine’s Day project, that’s even better! Dinah from DIY Inspired made this adorable garland with her young daughter, so it’s a really great craft […]

Ok… so if you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have been having a pretty crappy week.   Actually, it hasn’t been that bad yet.  (Knock wood.  Please God.)   I think it was caught early enough and I was on medication for it within 36 hours.  Keep your fingers crossed for me. […]

I love a good steak and I always worry about choosing the right cut of meat.  Then I worry I am going to over-cook it and turn a beautiful cut of steak into beef jerky.  Then we found the secret  to super tender, melt in your mouth steaks.   Want to know the secret?  I […]

Happy weekend everybody!  I am spending the next few days down the street at the Anaheim Convention Center at the winter CHA Show.  I get to visit genius bloggers friends from around the country and get a sneak peek at new products coming on the market. Here’s what happened on the blog this week: Sunday […]

Every year after I pack up my holiday decor, the house feels sort of bare and empty.  I know some people view it as a blank canvas and are just filled with ideas.  Me?  Not so much.  So what do I do when I need inspiration?  I read blogs, of course. This time last year […]

Happy New Year!  Did you ring in 2014 with lots of noise and fanfare, or did you open a good bottle of wine, park your butt on the couch and watch The Walking Dead marathon…?  (ahem.)  Guess which one I did. Here’s what was going on the blog.  I did a lot of “wrapping up” […]

This just blew my mind.  Want to see my most view post of 2013?  It wasn’t a craft. It wasn’t a recipe.  It wasn’t a Grant story. This poor woman on my flight home from Mexico this past summer.  There is a right way and a wrong way to carry a neck pillow when you […]