For the Family, For the Home, For the Soul

How to Take Blog Worthy Photos Using 6 Simple Tools

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.  I may be compensated for any purchase(s) made from these links, but at no additional cost to you! Photography…such an art.  It is an art I love but didn’t really understand until recently.  I used to think that photography was something I was only going to be able to… Read More How to Take Blog Worthy Photos Using 6 Simple Tools

For the Home

Floating Shelves: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Truth)

As I dust off my keyboard (partly because I feel like I haven’t posted in forever, partly because I’m literally working above my desk and, well, sawdust) and prepare to type this post, I truly feel like I understand what a “love/hate relationship” means.  When you love something: the look, the satisfaction, the smell, the… Read More Floating Shelves: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Truth)

For the Home

My Top 5 DIY Tools

I am going to be TOTALLY honest with you, ok?  (Brace yourself!) This is the first time I have sat at my computer  to write a post in TWO WEEKS!  Two weeks?!? And I don’t even know the real reason why.  Maybe it’s because I have been completely and utterly uninspired.  Perhaps I just didn’t… Read More My Top 5 DIY Tools

For the Home

How to Decorate After the Holidays

I don’t know about you, but I am usually the most inspired in the new year.  It’s just a great time to restart, refresh, and renew.  Many people are waking up earlier, starting up new exercise regimes or making use of that time for quiet meditation (or both!). Others still are working harder than any… Read More How to Decorate After the Holidays

For the Home, For the Soul

Top 5 DIY Goals for the New Year

I love the new year.  A fresh start, new beginnings, and goals!  Wait.  Didn’t I mean “resolutions”.  Nope.  Personally, I’m not a huge fan of resolutions.  Why not, you ask?  Well, I feel that they beg not to be completed just by setting them, and I haven’t proven to be very successful at reaching my… Read More Top 5 DIY Goals for the New Year

For the Body, For the Home

5 Uses for a Blanket Scarf

I love my blanket scarf!  I bought it at an end-of-the-season sale for $10 I think, even though my mom swears she gave it to me.  That’s ok, mom.  I have received many great gifts from you, but this was not one of them.  The price, however, isn’t the only thing I love about this… Read More 5 Uses for a Blanket Scarf

For the Home

DIY Christmas (or any themed) Table in 5 Simple Steps

  I had the honor of decorating a table last week for a dinner that our fantastic Ladies Ministry team arranged.  I knew right away this was something I wanted to do, but I put off planning for it until the week of the event.  I wouldn’t say I was procrastinating, rather waiting for some… Read More DIY Christmas (or any themed) Table in 5 Simple Steps

For the Home

Our DIY Christmas Front Porch

Thanksgiving is over, and I have waited long enough to put up our Christmas decor!  We hosted Thanksgiving this year, so I let our Thanksgiving decor stay out until the Saturday after.  By then, I know some of you already had a house full of Christmas decor, but not me.  Nope.  I had to sit… Read More Our DIY Christmas Front Porch

For the Home, For the Soul

No Spend November Challenge-Part 4 (Wood Block Art and Wooden Door Tags)

  I must say I have really enjoyed this No Spend November challenge, where I choose things from inside my home to update or repurpose, without spending any money.  Don’t get me wrong, I have spent a lot of time considering how to turn our trash into treasure, which at times has caused me to… Read More No Spend November Challenge-Part 4 (Wood Block Art and Wooden Door Tags)

For the Home, For the Soul

No Spend November Challenge-Part 3 (saloon doors, frame, and furniture feet)

  If you have seen any of my posts this month, you know that I have challenged myself to a “No Spend November” when it comes to home decor.  In some ways, this has been simple.  I’ve found unused, unloved decor items in our home, and have restored them or changed them to fit my… Read More No Spend November Challenge-Part 3 (saloon doors, frame, and furniture feet)