Holiday Highlights!

Happy Holidays all! We weren’t with family this year, so it was just Derek, myself and Lucy the Dog. Still it was magical. Maybe it’s because it was the first year in our new home, or maybe it’s the bourbon in the spiked cider, but it was a great Christmas!  Here are some highlights: Lucy … Continue reading →

Fixing Up Our Fixer Upper: Part 1-Painting A Brick Fireplace

Originally posted on kimboxin:
The outside will have to wait. Eventually, the shutters will be black and the exterior will be gray with white trim. And…so much landscaping. So many projects! The holidays are upon us, … Source: Fixing Up Our Fixer Upper: Part 1-Painting A Brick Fireplace

Fixing Up Our Fixer Upper: Part 1-Painting A Brick Fireplace

The outside will have to wait. Eventually, the shutters will be black and the exterior will be gray with white trim. And…so much landscaping. So many projects! The holidays are upon us, … Source: Fixing Up Our Fixer Upper: Part 1-Painting A Brick Fireplace Continue reading →

A Home For The Holidays!

We did it! We purchased our first home (a fixer upper)! We closed the day before Thanksgiving and moved in the same day!  We have many plans for our little place in the pines and I will share those with y’all at a later date, but for now, we’re home!!! This was truly the best … Continue reading →

Share Your World 2016-Week 44

Time to Share My World again, and Cee has come up with some great questions this week.  What was your favorite subject in school? Definately English! Haha…see what I did there? I spelled definitely wrong. Seriously though, I loved English and creative writing. If you could have a servant come to your house every day for two … Continue reading →

How To Make a Wooden Sign & Bottle Opener

Originally posted on Do It Herself:
OK y’all! I have tried so many sign making methods in the past few weeks, but this is by far, the easiest one I’ve tried.? I tried the wax-paper transfer method, but the printer kept eating the paper. I tried stencils, but even with a stencil,my sloppy handwriting found…

How To Make Tinted Glass: Cheap and Easy!

Originally posted on kimboxin:
Hi y’all! I know you’re all busy pinching pennies like myself, but put those pennies down for a minute and join me on this fun and easy tutorial. Better yet: roll those pennies and use them to purchase the three ingredients for this tinted glass project! Here’s what you’ll need: 1.…