It’s time for my favorite link party of the year! Linking up with the Dare to DIY Be Thankful Link Party at Primitive & Proper. Honestly, I would probably skip Thanksgiving decorating and move right on to Christmas, except that Thanksgiving is when we actually have people visiting, so it seems a waste not to decorate for it. Plus Dave … Continue reading
The sharper eyed among you might have noticed in Wednesday’s pinwheel post that the yellow is finally gone in the sun room! But you can’t really tell what color it is in that picture, because it’s so, so light. It’s the lightest I’ve ever painted a room, ever. Some people are afraid of color; I’m afraid of white walls. And these … Continue reading
Aww….summer. If you are us, summer means a couple of months of two adults being home. Summer is the best part of Dave’s job. We love summer. Except that it’s really, really hot. But you can’t have everything. Summer is, theoretically, a good time to knock out projects. Last summer, Dave built a fence. We thought that maybe Dave should … Continue reading
It was in the 60’s here Saturday while the northern half of the country was being buried under snow, so I decided to give up on coming up with a late winter theme for the banner in the dining room and just go ahead and accept the early arrival of spring (thus guaranteeing 6 inches of snow sometime in the … Continue reading
THIS is the project my broken (well, broken until yesterday; still somewhat unreliable and testy) printer delayed and nearly ruined Christmas by refusing to print for me. My poor kids didn’t even have an Advent calendar until December 2! Tragic! And, of course, if you’re reading this in 2012, you either already have an Advent calendar or you’re pretty much … Continue reading
AKA The Prettiest Table In the World In My House I DID buy the Patch dessert plates from Target. Then I waited and waited and waited for like FOUR DAYS for them to get here. And then they did! And it was a magical day. There was a time, back like…a week and a half ago, when I planned to … Continue reading
The relatives start arriving tomorrow evening, so a lot of what’s going on around here is frantic cleaning (clean refrigerator! vacuumed under the couch cushions!)….but there have been interludes for slightly more fun stuff, too (more fun than vacuuming under the couch cushions?! Yes, even more fun than that). I finally got around to taking down the Halloween-y anatomy flash cards (not … Continue reading
Remember these prints, a housewarming present from friends? I gave them a makeover (i.e. I spray painted the frames), and now they look like this: I can’t believe how different they look now, and how much fresher and better for the space. This is actually the first time I’ve ever painted frames. Now that I know how satisfying it is, … Continue reading
Remember when I posted about my anatomy flashcards last week and said that they were kind of a rough draft? I knew I wanted them to look more vintage-y (or, for this set, since they’re supposed to be Halloweeny, more old and spooky). I thought this would probably mean buying some sort of specialized card stock, so yesterday I googled … Continue reading
Last week I posted a link to some free printable alphabet flashcards that I was thinking of using in my dining room. While my natural tendency IS sometimes to decorate as if I were a five year old, I decided these were probably a bit too juvenile for my dining room purposes (heck, I don’t even HAVE a five year … Continue reading