June 19, 2017
I've been having so much fun filling up the Garden Board on my Pinterest with all kinds of flower and garden inspiration! Here are some images that make me so excited to spend more time in my backyard!
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June 16, 2017
It feels like summer has officially arrived in our household! All of the kids are home from school now, and honestly, we are all trying to keep our sanity! Running a business from home with four kids is no joke, but I'm doing my best to stay organ...
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June 12, 2017
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My kiddos are no longer in the infant/toddler stage of life, but today I thought I'd share some tips on how to change up their rooms a bit to fit their preferences and needs as they get older. When I'm thinking about a space, I try to envision wha...
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June 09, 2017
Happy weekend friends! Here are a few things that caught my eye online this week.
:: This beautiful DIY fireplace from Repurpose and Upcycle featuring our large personalized clock. In this blog post she shares how she created the faux fireplace...
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June 05, 2017
I have a few friends who have lost parents recently, and I've been thinking about how we could create special artwork for them that would be a reminder of their loved ones. So I had them each send me sections of their parents' journals, and I crea...
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June 02, 2017
It's been a while since I shared some of the custom signs that I've been creating lately. So here are some of the ones I've made in the past few months. As always, I love working with my customers to create the perfect sign for their space! It rea...
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May 30, 2017
I created a set of printables that I thought I'd share with you today! These designs are inspired by my wood signs but are available to download for free. You can print them using a home printer or have them printed at an office supply store. I r...
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May 29, 2017
I saw a photo of violas that were hanging with string in the April 2017 edition of Better Homes & Gardens and fell in love with the idea. But I wanted to use a plant that would last longer and not need as much watering. Succulents to the rescu...
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May 26, 2017
School is coming to a close soon (next week), and our schedules have been so busy lately. Why is it that May is always so FULL?? Field trips, special school parties, baseball games and practices. I'm trying to keep track of everything, but it's no...
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May 22, 2017
When we were designing our new kitchen, I knew almost immediately that I wanted an island top made from wood. I love the warm and authentic feel of wood, and I wanted the surface to be different than the other countertops around the perimeter of t...
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May 19, 2017
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This week felt like summer has finally come! The roses are on the verge of blooming and everything outside is growing like crazy, which makes me insanely happy. Last weekend we bought three pygmy goats. Call us crazy. But the kids LOVE them, and t...
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May 15, 2017
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Magnolia leaf wreaths have been catching my eye lately, and they are usually fairly expensive to buy, so I decided to make one of my own. Sometimes it is worth it to spend the money to buy something already made, but other times it is much more...
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May 12, 2017
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I'm so blessed to be part of a local mastermind group with six other women who own businesses, and one of them happens to be Trisha from Flourish Flowers. She owns a flower farm. How fun is that?? This week she taught a workshop with our group,...
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May 08, 2017
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I am loving our new kitchen and especially the shelves that we added to both sides of the range hood. It really is one of my favorite parts about the kitchen. I thought I'd share a bit about how we did it. It was a fairly easy process to create t...
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May 03, 2017
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Our long-awaiting kitchen renovation is finally DONE! I can hardly believe it. We started the renovation four months ago and didn't expect it to take that long, however, we ended up doing almost all of the work ourselves. That meant we had a limi...
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May 01, 2017
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Just in time for Mother's Day, I have a great gift idea that is easy to make and fun to put together. I'm obsessed with plants of any kind right now, and I love working with succulents. They are so easy to grow, inexpensive, and low maintenance.
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April 28, 2017
It has been a week filled with lots of rain! April showers bring May flowers, right?? I started planting some new flowers this week including bougainvillea and Russian sage. It was so much fun getting my hands dirty and cleaning up the flower beds...
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April 24, 2017
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We celebrated our two year "Gotcha Day" anniversary with Sawyer a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd share a little bit about how he is doing. So many of you followed our story throughout the adoption process. If you want to know how it all got start...
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April 21, 2017
Every Friday I share a bit about what's been going on the past week...
:: I was a guest on a new podcast by family counselor Michael d'Esterre called Family Ethos. This was my first time on a podcast, and I was nervous! But I felt like we had a g...
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April 17, 2017
We have quite a few personalized signs available in the shop right now. They make fantastic wedding gifts, including this brand new sign...
If you are needing a wedding gift for this summer, take a look at our selection! We can also create comple...
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April 14, 2017
Here are some things that caught my interest this week.
:: I started listening to a new podcast called Making Oprah, which is pretty interesting. It talks about how the Oprah show started years ago.
:: I can't say that I love Walmart, but it i...
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April 10, 2017
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I created a centerpiece for our new kitchen island, and I thought I'd share the steps with you. It is a super-simple way of creating a centerpiece for spring and summer! You can grow this grass in any type of container, and it is really inexpensiv...
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April 07, 2017
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I haven't done a "wrapping up the week" post in a while, and I thought I'd start the habit of posting these again every Friday. It's a space where I share what I've learned, what I've watched and read, what has been happening in the studio each we...
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April 03, 2017
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Before we began our kitchen renovations, we knew we needed to install a sink in the mudroom because we would be kitchen-less for awhile (#thediylife). I had visions of a vintage sink and the mister found one for me! We found the sink on Craigslist...
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