Combining Family Time and Lessons in Food. As you may have gathered by now, the topic of food is a hot one with the family. We love to prepare it. We love to share it. And, we love to appreciate it. When we are presented with the opportunity to learn more about food AND have …
Personalized Wine Charms – Mark your drink with this party favor I love wine! Who doesn’t? But, I’m not a big fan of plastic cups at parties, especially a bridal shower. You know the drill – you pour, take a few sips, and set it down. It inevitably goes missing or you can’t decipher yours …
Craft Project: Recycled Corks We always seem to have a big pile of used wine corks in our house. Not sure why (ha ha … kidding), but none the less, they tend to pile up — especially when the whole family gets together. I have been keeping mine with the intention of taking them in …
I discovered decoupage during my final year of college. When my classmate Rachel and I grew bored with studying for exciting seminars like “Drafting and Analysis of Business Documents” and blowing off steam in the Nashville honkey tonk scene felt simply passé, we would cast aside our cowboy boots, pour a glass of wine, and …
I was thinking the other day about Christmas…Yes, Christmas has been on my mind for the last couple of weeks. I always end up waiting until Thanksgiving then I’m wiped out from the Thanksgiving holiday and don’t have time to really do Christmas the way I want. Not this year… I try to have 3 …
From ‘Easy Neon Toenails’ to ‘Summer Polka Dots’ here’s 18 absolutely stunning nail art designs that will have you looking super chic this summer. All the tutorials are very easy to follow and there’s enough variety whether you’re going down to the beach or going out for cocktails with the girls for an evening! Nautical …
Things have been relatively quiet over here and with an apparent storm of the century approaching, I figured I’d…share my mantel decor? Because that’s relevant at all? No, I’m just kind of excited to finally have a mantel to decorate. No more stockings on the wall for us! I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Stockings …
Here’s a fun craft you can make with your kids… Mr. Snowman. We made ours with Crayola Model Magic because it’s nontoxic and easy for kids to mold…You can use any air drying clay though. Here we have the eyes, buttons, mouth and nose shapes. We made ball shapes for the eyes and buttons and put …
I really enjoyed the wreath on my front door this Christmas. It was hard to take it down, the door looked so empty and sad without it. So I got out my trusty grapevine wreath, it’s the base for many of my wreaths. I had some leftover boxwood from my daughter’s wedding. I bought …
So here we go. The good, the bad and the ugly about painting Mason jars. It all started when I decided I wanted to make May Day gifts for my neighbors. I wanted to be able to actually put the flowers “in” a tinted Mason jar without the color melting away. I had seen the …
One of the things I made for my daughter’s wedding reception were personalized water bottle labels. I’m going to show you some photos of them, then tell you how easy they are to make. Close up view of bride and groom’s name with the S behind it in pink which is the first letter in his …
ONLY at Christmastime can you find me in a K-Mart store…They always have the cutest Christmas decorations there. My husband Tim and I ventured into K-Mart the other day. I just HAD to get out my camera and take pictures of some of the Christmas decorations to share with you all. Tim of course just shook his head …
My little Sister Lori made me a Ribbon Garland (Swag) last year…Last night I made it into a wreath. This wreath took me all of about 4 minutes to put together. I took the ribbon garland, put it around a grapevine wreath, added a nest with eggs then scattered a few artificial leaves into the nest. I love how it …
*CHALKBOARD HERB GARDEN* This is really easy, so let’s get started… First get some clay pots and tape off what you don’t want painted with painters tape. Also put a piece of tape over the hole on the bottom so paint doesn’t sneak in… Prime your clay pots with inexpensive primer-I used …
