My husband and I have been small business owners for our entire marriage. This has meant that our income has always been feast or famine. So, when it has come to furniture and home improvements, we have never had the funds to go out a purchase whole new sets: dining rooms sets, bedroom sets,…
Cute Little Burlap Shelf
What do you get when you have one project in mind, it doesn’t go as planned and then you try to save it? In this case, you get this cute little shelf! So what happened? A couple of weeks ago I had planned on participating in Newlyweds on a Budget’s craft night: magazines. I had planned on…
Pink Lemonade Mini-Cupcakes
Tomorrow is my daughter’s 21st birthday…woo hoo! Pretty big day for her! She plans on having a pretty big celebration with her friends and she loves anything miniaturized! So, I decided to make her mini-cupcakes for the big event. I was also inspired by this recipe I found on Pinterest: Pink Lemonade Pound Cake. How…
Homemade Dog Food Recipe
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of homemadedogfood.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When our daughter was just 1 year old, my husband and I traded an old drafting table for a yellow labrador retriever puppy. We named her Suzy and she lived to be 11 years old. She…
Stained Glass?
I love stained glass. Whether it’s in a church, an old tiffany lampshade, a window in an old victorian home, it’s just gorgeous. Many years ago I took a stained glass class from our local Arts Castle but I never mastered the art. I thought I’d try out the new alcohol inks and see if…
Shaker Lemon Mini Cheesecakes
What celebrity chef do you like? One of my favorites is Alton Brown…I LOVE “Good Eats!”. A great marriage between science and cooking! I’ve heard about another great show that Alton is affiliated with is, “Iron Chef”, but I’ve never seen it! Well, Jen of Four Marrs One Venus and Julie of White Lights on Wednesday are co-hosting…
Campus Books Rental = Saving $$
When you hear things on the news about the cost of college tuition, they don’t even discuss to cost of books. My two oldest children are current college students and the cost of their books always blows them away. In fact, winter quarter, my son priced his books as new and they would run over…
Paper Bag Floor Dyed Black – Trial
As you may recall from my Woman Cave project, I am a big believer in doing trial or test boards. You can see my original trial board journey here. I’m so glad I did this trial because the end result was this floor brown paper bag floor tutorial The floor in my half bath (under the…
Orange Cleaner Results
I don’t know about you but I have a hard time waiting. I just get so impatient! On April 17 I posted the start of my DIY Orange Cleaner. You can read about it here. I crammed as many orange peels into the jar as I could. Then, I just added distilled white vinegar to fill…
Personalize your Disposable BIC pen with Sculpey Clay
On Friday, April 20, I had the opportunity to be a guest blogger on Newlyweds on a Budget. I showed you how you can keep from losing your pens, when writing checks at stores, by personalizing them with sculpey clay. If case you missed this, I’m posting the tutorial here today! Personalizing Your BIC Pen with…