It’s December 1st! Time to break out the Advent Calendars & let the official countdown to Christmas begin. There are so many cute & original ways to count down to the big day, like this Advent Pillow from Ballard. In fact, it’s $69 worth of cute.But, I’m just not the type of girl to spend […]
Got an iPad under the tree for someone special this year? Why not make a unique handmade cover to go with it? Here’s one that’s super-simple, made from an up-cycled man’s shirt. Judging by this project & this project, you may have figured out by now that men’s shirts are fast becoming one of my […]
Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours…Enjoy your day with those you are with…Get rested up for your Black Friday shopping…And don’t forget to enter the Shabby Apple giveaway going on here!
The exciting thing about shopping thrift stores or garage sales is that you never know when you’re going to find that super-cool something that you didn’t know you were looking for, but have been waiting to find. That was the case when I found these beat-up vintage basketball rims for $1 each at my local […]
The funny thing about kids is that when you give them bedrooms, they usually want to actually live in them. And decorate them using their own ideas that reflect their interests. And show off their collections and knick-knacksanddo-dadsandsuch. And this can really cramp the style of moms who dream of neat-as-a-pin, straight-from-our-favorite-design-catalogs, totally unrealistic kids’ […]
