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A Few Shamrock Touches Shamrock ribbon in a jar Sideboard cleaned up for March During my last thrifting trip I picked up a framed shadow box with a silver clip inside. I think it was for a wedding photo or something. I added in a shamrock ceramic ornament. I propped a vintage St. Pats postcard [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
Just a few more touches… I filled a baker’s tin with Scrabble tiles to send a loving message to my family. Red winter berries bring my sideboard “mantle” just a touch of color. To add a hint of love to my bedroom, I created a LOVE banner for the old farmhouse window. I made the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time to get your Cupid On I am okay with any excuse for chocolate and candle light, you? Valentine’s Day is notorious for romance but I want more! Am I coming across as high maintenance or what? Seriously, what good is ONE day of romance if the rest of your days are filled with sub-par [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Christmastime Decor is on the way to the Attic I packed away the tree and cleaned the house. I feels good to get a fresh start on the new year without the beautiful *clutter* of Christmas. Before I say goodbye to this season’s Christmas, I thought I’d post about a few of my favorite things… [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 3, 2010
Recipe for Fun 2 canisters of fireworks+ 15 yummy snacks + plenty of cheap party hats + 2 kittens + 1 roaring fire + 6 siblings + 2 kids + 1, very steep, 100 foot ice slide = 1 awesome New Year’s party May you have many recipes for fun in 2010! Love, Jess
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
Happy Holidaze… Are you in sugar shock just like I am? I am scrapping the bottom of the Peppermint ice cream carton as we speak. There is always January at the Y, right? My Christmas was delightfully busy yet calm-ish. I hope yours was too! Baking, giving, reading, visiting and threatening (to take new toys [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 24, 2009
Hope your day is merry and bright! Love, Jess
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
But, wrapping gifts with paper bags is delightful… Let me warn you, if you start to wrap gifts with paper bags, ribbon and jingle bells and you have some sort of brown-paper-packages-holiday-sickness (like I do), you’ll wrap and wrap until you have to dump out your recycling bag to get more paper. Like I did…er, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
Happiness is…Giving Ry and Molly filled mugs with cocoa packets, marshmallows and candy canes for gifts this year. Ry went to the thrift store, with me, to buy a million second hand ugly festive Christmas mugs. The mugs were around 25 cents-$1. Molly (yes, I know she needs a hair cut, poor dear) lovingly filled [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I *Heart* empty frames. The transformation power is limitless. Here is what I did with a pitiful oak 8X10… Love, Jess
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Monday, March 1, 2010
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