green & white summer tablescape
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by . All opinions and ideas expressed in this post are, as always, honest and my own. Last week, I shared a tutorial for some mini landscape “place cards” and here is the tablescape that goes along with them! I was challenged by to show vintage style using some of […]
how to dry annabelle hydrangeas
I have been patiently waiting until my Annabelle hydrangeas were just right, so I could cut off the blooms and dry them. I did this last year and I have been so pleased with how long the dried flowers have lasted! I cut them almost a year ago and they still make a nice bouquet. […]
buy for good
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Who Gives a Crap? I know…hang in there with me. I promise that this is an awesome sponsored post and you’ll be glad you stuck around for it. When the e-mail arrived in my inbox inquiring about a collaboration with a toilet paper company called Who Gives a Crap, […]
The Creative Exponent
I met Shaunna about 9 years ago at the Blissdom blog conference and we hit it off almost immediately. As fellow “furniture girls”, we knew of each other, but we hadn’t connected until that event. Since then, we’ve been like peas and carrots. We’ve done speaking engagements together, taught workshops on paint and creative business, […]
mini landscape “place cards” & a giveaway
While the boys were at the climbing lessons, I mingled around the nearby , looking for inspiration and pieces to use in an upcoming post about a summer table setting. I found beautiful as a great launching point, but I wanted to add a whimsical element to the table beyond fruit, flowers, and a pretty […]
Master Bathroom Ideas
It’s looking like we’ll start working on our master bathroom in late fall. We’re just in the early stages of getting quotes and figuring out what we’ll do ourselves and what we’ll hire out. Similar to the master bathroom makeover in our previous house, it will be a hybrid of DIY to keep costs down […]
Bathroom Shutters
I’ll warn you upfront… This is not a post filled with pretty pictures of a finished space. This is a post about making a small change that improved the looks and function of the window coverings in our bathroom. Here is how it looked when we first moved in… We have this awesome soaking tub, […]
Would you like me to buy you something in Lucca?
In just under a month, I will be heading back to Europe! I am so excited! It was such a rejuvenating, inspiring trip and I loved seeing Europe as an adult. (I grew up in Germany, so I got to see a lot of Europe as a child, but it’s completely different as an adult.) […]