There have been so many amazing Valentine Ideas floating around the blogging world and Pinterest. Talk about creativity! I’d like to share some of what I’ve found. DIY Printable Lunch Bags from the Sweetest Occasion From Cookies and Cups, Strawberry 2 Ingredient Fudge One Sheepish Girl shows us how to crochet edge a valentine or other card here…
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Paper Grocery Bags, Elmers Glue, Rit Dye & Polyurethane = Fabulous Floor! You're Kidding, Right?
As you know, I’m participating in www.lovelycraftyhome.com‘s “Get Your Crap Together Party”. I’ve been frantically working on remodeling my woman cave/craft area. Although this room is not large, the project is taking much longer than I anticipated. Typical for my 1888 house! Anyway, the floor was AWFUL in this area. I looked on the web for…
SOB Salad (aka South of the Border Salad)
Okay, how many of you have been, or currently are, involved in a group that had a potluck event? At first blush you think, “a fun evening with fellowship, a chance to sample new foods, and it won’t be an expensive evening.” Then, the day of the event, you have a sick child, you have…
Cheesy Garlic Rolls
My family loves garlic…really loves garlic. And whenever we have an Italian dinner, garlic bread is always requested. Well, the other evening, we had ravioli but I didn’t have any Italian style loaves of bread to turn into garlic bread. Time for the thinking cap. Here’s what I came up with and the guys loved…
Trial and Error
You know how you can imagine something in your minds eye but then when you actually turn your idea into reality sometimes things just don’t turn out as you expected? I have had this happen to me MANY times. And one thing that really frustrates me is having to go back to the beginning and…
The Chair Makeover – Part 3
Okay, I’ve been busy with my first ever upholstery project. Here’s the newly transformed chair! But do you remember how it looked before the transformation? Ugh! I did it! I feel like I have can do anything now! It’s been a really fun learning experience! Click here to see how I took the chair apart. Then, if…
How to Fold a Paper Grocery Sack for Storage
I realize in this day and age that many of us are bringing our own bags to the grocery store rather than using the store provided plastic or paper bags. Now be honest, how many of you own reusable shopping bags but find yourself using them as a general tote more than a shopping bag?…
Poppy Seed Bread
I don’t know about you but it seems as though the yummiest and easiest recipes you get from your friends are often times the easiest and simplest? That’s the case with my Poppy Seed Bread Recipe. It was given to my mom from a friend years ago and all you do is combine all the…
Homemade Fabric Softener for Use in Your Washer
I had previously posted about using aluminum foil balls in your dryer to reduce static cling. They do not, however, make your laundry any softer. My husband doesn’t like all the waxy build up from commercial softeners and I don’t like all the artificial fragrances and other toxins. Here is a simple, inexpensive softener that…
The Chair Makeover – Part 2
Well, when you last saw my lovely chair it had shed it’s pink exterior and now looks like this! Sad to say that the chair still looks like that. However, there still has been progress, believe it or not. Here’s what’s been happening. In my post dated 7 Jan 2012, I had a picture of…