I believe Christmas trees should be decorated with family memories. What better way to do so, than to make your own beautiful ornaments! You don’t have to go to a ceramics shop or craft workshop to make ornaments that are beautiful. You can make ornaments…
Nothing says Home for the Holidays like rustic decor. But Christmas is expensive enough without adding in the cost for decorating your home. Well who says you have to spend a lot to make your home look like a country Christmas?!?! Trust me, you don’t!…
Tis the season for sending Christmas cards, baking cookies, and wrapping up gifts for those we love. I know many folks out there not only buy gifts for their human family, but pamper their pets this time of year too. While your dog and cat…
If you have been around the blog the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed I have kind of been on a wood kick. It is amazing what you can do with a branch!! When my neighbors first cut down their black walnut tree…
Over the summer, one of our neighbors cut down a Black Walnut tree. The tree company that dropped it and took it, left behind a big old pile of branches. Instead of letting that wonderful wood waste away, I was going to make something out…
This summer, one of our neighbors cut down a beautiful Black Walnut tree. They sold the tree to a wood company, because they hated the nuts and black walnut is worth some cash. The tree company that dropped it and took it left behind a…
When it comes to our home and Christmas decorations, well, you will never see my humble abode gracing the pages of Better Homes and Gardens. Our Christmas tree is far from Martha Stewart perfect. And ya know what? I am so totally fine with these…
As you may or may not know, we have been tapping our maple trees for a few years now. It is a wonderful outdoor activity that the whole family can be part of. Not to mention, you end up with some super yummy syrup! Over…
Last year I made the oldest country kid a blown egg ornament for Christmas. Not just any egg mind you…. But from the first egg his hen, Ester, ever laid. He loved it and I must admit I was rather proud of pulling it off….
There are many cute ideas that float around the internet……. But many times it is just an image and everyone is like “awwwwww,” but when you try to do it yourself….. Well there are no directions!!!! One example of this is wine glass candle sticks….
I love snow… it is beautiful to look at out the window from a warm home. The one thing I don’t like about winter is the lack of gardening. I mean who doesn’t love warm earth, packets of seeds and terra cotta pots? Oh how…
When I got married over ten years ago, my grandmother gave me a stack of “cooking” magazines she had saved since the 70’s. I guess she was trying to help, since I kind of suck at cooking. But I can bake! So when I was…
Christmas is a magical season. Santa, reindeer, elves…… walking, talking snowmen. Here is a fun, easy, and very cheap way to add a little magic to the one room in the house that may be neglected in your holiday decorating…. the kitchen! With just some…
Something about the holiday season just makes me want to bake, more so then I normally do, which is quit a bit anyway. As I headed into the kitchen I was toying with the idea of gingerbread and spice cake and said, why not throw…
I will be the first to admit it, I am a dork. I am the over achieving parent who others look at and either go, “man she is good” or totally just find me annoying. I am the parent who, when my son started to…
