Where will you put your DIY ornament? This simple and addicting craft is a great accent for your stockings, gift bags, tree, wreaths, and more! … More DIY | Holiday Ornaments for Your Tree, Stockings, Gifts, or Wreath
I made a light table for the kids! It is instantly proving to be so much fun and worth the low-cost and very minimal effort. Here’s the how-to! … More DIY | Light Table for Toddlers and Kids
It’s simple, it’s cost-effective… and it’s working REALLY WELL for me! Here is my skin care routine in a super easy-to-read {and print} format. … More My Skin Care Routine | Minimal Steps and Low Cost!
Honestly, a Holiday bucket list is both a necessity and a reason to panic. This year, I’ve worked the memories I want to make and the lessons I want to teach into our advent calendar / Christmas countdown. The prep work will make family opportunities more possible. But also, my expectations are low because, real life. … More DIY | An Approachable and Memory-Making Countdown to Christmas Advent Calendar
Personalize your next dinner party with this super-simple and very inexpensive placecard table setting idea. This DIY is great for a minimalist, farmhouse, or rustic look and perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve party. … More DIY | Personalized Holiday Placecard Design
An organization-focused room tour of my toddler daughter’s big girl room. Including peaks into her dresser drawers and closet for lots of clothes storage inspiration. … More How I Organize This | Toddler Girl Bedroom
Tiny touches of fall and halloween decor around the house create just the right amount of seasonal spirit for our family! Lots of photos here … More House Tour: Fall and Halloween Decor {plus a 3-step decor DIY}
My everyday process that frees me from feeling like an instant failure and helps me recommit to myself, my worth, my family, my home, and my life each morning. Yeah, it sounds dramatic for what it is… But it works and that’s happy drama for my life! Plus, I hope you make it to the end to see my alternative blog post title. … More How I Intentionally Derailed My Morning Productivity to Change My Heart
CREATE | SWEET COFFEE SCRUB Prepare yourself for some skin tightening & smoothing! This coffee scrub smells amazing and will leave your skin silky soft. The caffeine increases blood flow to your skin, helping it appear smoother and even a little tighter, while the sugar exfoliates to get rid of dry winter skin! Ingredients 1/2 cup ground … More CREATE | coffee & coconut oil scrub
COOK: Creamy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce by Pinch of Yum It’s no secret that while Josh and I tend to eat clean, lean, whole foods the majority of the time, we can’t escape the need for a giant warm bowl of pasta {or organic ice cream cone, or a giant bowl of stove popped popcorn}. In … More COOK: Creamy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce by Pinch of Yum
{ this coconut oil + this ashley brooke designs design mug } Last month I started an obsession with coconut oil. OBSESSION. I’m washing my face with it, cooking with it, slathering it on my skin, mixing it in my green smoothies, rubbing it on the dog, swishing it around in my mouth {read this} and … More CURRENTLY LOVING | coffee & coconut oil
A great little spot has been created in our kitchen for coffee brewing, tea making and wine pouring. Who doesn’t love multi-function? I wanted the coffee bar to be functional but also decorative. We went with a metal theme that compliments the industrial look of our living room {that is just a couple feet away} … More the coffee bar
Out of 2 IKEA faux sheepskins come 4 new fuzzy home accents! {all for less than $40} I like how these pieces offer up a bit of sass and glamour, they are both {faux} luxurious and fun! {ottoman: sally wheat interiors | pillow: west elm} CREATE | DIY faux fur ottoman and pillow … More CREATE | DIY faux fur ottoman and pillow
There is something about little gold sea urchin accents that I just adore. So dainty yet statement making. Plus they are in gold and I just can’t get enough of that. Inspired by the sea urchin trend and the sunburst mirrors, I merged the two ideas and got a little crafty. Sea Urchin Sunburst … More CREATE | DIY Sea Urchin Wall Starburst
Step 1 is to admit you have a problem. I am a popcorn addict. Ever since learning this method from The Kitchn I literally can’t. stop. popping. popcorn. Inspired by the night of the Mustard Butter Popcorn, I took a gamble with my kernels and introduced them to a stash of fresh rosemary, whose days … More Make This: Garlic Rosemary Buttered Popcorn
DIY Captain’s Mirror How-To {restoration hardware inspired} Our front room is a major work in progress, we have beautiful blank white walls and hardly any furniture for the room. We really aren’t sure how we are going to use the room yet {any ideas?!}…but we are excited to literally start from nothing to give this … More CREATE | DIY Captain’s Mirror How-To {restoration hardware inspired}
This little jug {the same one from here & here} sits next to our television in our living room. It collects dust wine corks {when we remember…} and fills an empty spot on our side table for some balance and symmetry. For months and months whenever I lounged on the sofa I would remember that … More CREATE | DIY Rustic Twine Jar
CREATE | DIY Mercury Glass Bottle Lamp Remember this little guy from my first DIY Bottle Lamp post? Back when I made the bottle lamps, I made 2 versions. Two of the lamps had holes drilled into the bottom for the cord to feed through {pictured above}. The other lamp did not have a … More CREATE | DIY Mercury Glass Bottle Lamp
Have you discovered the blog “The Kitchn” yet? Uhhh it’s way awesome! Developed and managed by the wife of Apartment Therapy‘s Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan; it is a running list of all things cooking cool. Today The Kitchn led me to discover Socca Bread. Huh? “Socca is a traditional dish from Nice, France, and as with many traditional dishes, … More socca me up
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