DIY Coffee Table Turned Into An Ottoman

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I always say my Mom is the ultimate “Mom” she does it all. If Pinterest were invented when we were kids, she would have had the most pinned items. She made us shirts, she made stained glass art, she sewed, she cooked, the house was always clean, there were always freshly baked cookies… You get the picture. Now that we are “grown up” (I use {Read More}

DIY Paper Garland

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I have wanted to make paper garland forever, but all of the tutorials I’ve seen require a sewing machine. That, I do not have. So I finally decided to throw one together with a glue stick and some twine, and guess what? It totally worked! This is really simple, took all of about 10 minutes once I started and adds a little bit of festive {Read More}

DIY Headband and Hairbow Holder Frame

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Confession. Before I had little girls, I myself actually wore hair bows. I like to add them in the crease before my “poof”. They’re fun, and sparkly and I like to be fun and sparkly too, y’all! Needless to say, now that I have 2 little sparkling daughters the piles of hair accessories have definitely accumulated and needed some attention. I originally started this project {Read More}

DIY Advent Calendar for under $20

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A couple of years back I created a birthday countdown for Chloe using a shot glass shelf I found on clearance at Michaels. The shelf was a whopping $4.99 (woo hoo!). Here’s what the birthday countdown looked like: Pardon the hideous brown backdrop, not sure what I was thinking?.. This countdown makes me nostalgic, because it was when Kim (TomKat) and I became friends You {Read More}

Simple DIY Baking Sheet Magnet Board

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This is a super easy way to make a fun and functional magnetic board for your home. I saw the idea on Pinterest and decided to give it a shot. I’m nearly finished decorating my office and this is one of the final things that will go up on the wall. I started with an old baking sheet that I hated using to bake with. {Read More}

Whimsical Frame Craft

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A couple years back I purchased this fun frame from Ikea. It was empty and I had an extra owl vinyl decal sitting around, so I threw it on some scrapbook paper, put it in the frame and left it in my closet… because it was ugly I knew I could find a million (cute) uses for it. Deciding which direction to go was the {Read More}

DIY Frame Art

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This frame has been sitting vacant with the exception of the pretty pink and white striped background since Chloe’s birthday party. At the party I had it sitting on a table with her invitation on top of the striped background and really loved the way it looked, but needed something else to go in it for my home. So… I used these fun little letters {Read More}

Fun Easter Projects

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I’ve been pinning away on Pinterest in between answering emails these days and it’s been a blast. I love having a visual bookmark of my online shopping. It’s also a great place to find fun projects to try with your kids, and fun DIY projects for your home etc. Here are a few of my favorites for Easter. Plastic Easter Egg Tea Cups from creativityinprogress.com {Read More}

DIY pretend library card

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While sorting through tons of books in my daughter’s floor the other day I became frustrated. She has all of these really pretty books and they’re just being thrown in pile. Then, my Husband called and sensed I was stressed… Our Conversation Husband – “What’s your deal dude?” Me – “I’m just cleaning up Chloe’s book pile..again.” Husband – “Oh. Why don’t you make her {Read More}