This post is sponsored by JOANN You can make a perpetual calendar for a colorful way to display the date on your desk. It's no secret that I'm a fan of color. Take a peek in my living room or my craft room/office and you'll see I don't shy away from a few bright hues. A few years ago I created a giant acrylic calendar which I love to use to plan out my month at a glance (I use dry erase markers and post-it notes). I wanted a small desktop calendar which just showed the date and I knew I wanted ... continue reading...
DIY Photo Holder – How to Make A Resin Picture Stand!
Make a beautiful DIY photo holder using gold leaf and resin! This project is sponsored by ETI. I take WAY too many photos. My iPhone is frequently reaching capacity - and they keep making them bigger and bigger! I've been trying to incorporate more photos into our decorating and putting up more photos from our travels and such around our home. I've also been working a lot lately with resin crafting! I contribute over at The Resin Crafts Blog and have made some pretty fun projects out of resin. ... continue reading...
5 Home Maintenance Tips For Summer
Get ready for the hottest season of the year with these home maintenance tips for summer! This post is sponsored by One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.Did you know there are parts of this county that central air conditioning isn't STANDARD in a home? I've lived 29 hot, hot, summers in the south and when I recently visited Oregon and San Francisco I was shocked that most homes and hotels didn't have air conditioning! Our AC is the one thing in our ... continue reading...
5 Ways to Show Your Dog You Love Them
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of AvoDerm Natural pet foods. All opinions are 100% mine. It's no secret that I love my dog. When we first brought him home a few years ago, I was flooding my Instagram feed with pictures of him (remember when IG was chronological??) so we had to create him his own account! Would you believe there are complete strangers out there who love him as much as we do?! The internet is a weird place! I'd wanted a dog for YEARS before we finally adopted ... continue reading...
Organizing Baking Supplies – A Super Cute Baking Cabinet!
This project is sponsored by JOANN! Organizing baking supplies is easy with cork tiles, command hooks, vinyl labels, and a beautiful craft paper to line the cabinet. I pride myself on having a tidy home. I'm always really excited when someone comments on how clean or organized my home is. Imagine how embarrassed I'd be if you all could see inside my baking cabinet! It's probably the least organized place in our entire home. I needed help organizing baking supplies so I made a quick trip to JOANN ... continue reading...
Oliver’s Travels: Oregon Road Trip
Our Oregon road trip was sponsored by Mazda USA. We drove the 2018 AWD Mazda CX-5 from Portland to Bend and there are plenty of amazing stops in between! If you've ever visited Texas in the spring, you'd probably assume it was already summer. It gets HOT (like REALLY hot) down here and our spring weather is probably the high temperatures in most places in the summer. By May we were already eager to escape the heat and humidity of the gulf coast so we hopped a flight and ended up in the ... continue reading...
Yarn Embroidery: How to Embroider Letters (A HAPPY DIY Tote Bag)
This project is sponsored by JOANN! If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! The beautiful spring weather and colorful blooms have me feeling inspired and happy. What better way to convey that than with a bright and colorful HAPPY bag! I tried an easy embroidery with yarn technique to create this fun tote bag. This is an easy hand stitching project that is great for someone who is new to needle crafts. Using yarn instead of embroidery thread makes this project much quicker than a ... continue reading...
DIY Closet Shelves – Craft Closet Organization!
Paging all craft supply hoarders! Whether you have an entire craft room or a small craft closet, it's easy to let your craft supplies completely TAKE OVER! I desperately needed some craft closet organization so I built DIY closet shelves to help utilize ALL the space in the craft closet and really maximize my storage options. One of my goals for the DIY closet shelves were to make use of the vertical space in my craft closet since I only had one shelf across the top and the hanging bar. I was ... continue reading...
Modern DIY Dog Bowl Stand
This modern DIY dog bowl stand is an easy project that any dog lover will adore! To say I love my dog, Barkley, would be an understatement. I'm kind of obsessed with this little fur ball! He brings so much joy to our lives and is considered a member of our family. Our special little pooch deserved a special way to eat his dinner - so I built him a modern DIY dog bowl stand! My main goal for this project was to use these removable bowls to make them easy to remove. My dog would frequently get his ... continue reading...
DIY Driftwood Air Plant Holder
A DIY driftwood air plant holder is a creative way to use driftwood from the beach and display air plants in your home! On a sunset walk during our beach trip last summer, I found several nice pieces of driftwood. I had no idea what I'd do with them, but I brought them home with us. The pieces sat in our garage for months before an idea struck. I got a few air plants with the shipment of succulents I received for my succulent wall planter and needed a way to display them. Using only one ... continue reading...
Patio Decorating Ideas: Our Patio Refresh
This post full of patio decorating ideas is sponsored by At Home. Opinions and dog shaped planters are mine! We are so glad Punxsutawney Phil was wrong about winter in our neck of the woods - we've been graced with gorgeous spring weather early in the season this year! We live in an area of Houston called Oak Forest and the only "snow" we've gotten lately is the blooms from all the oak trees. Between those little oak tassels and all the yellow pollen, our backyard was ready for some spring ... continue reading...
DIY Potting Bench
Make a DIY potting bench using upcycled pallets! I even reused the nails making this a completely FREE project! Sometimes I get my mind set on something and I don't stop until it's done. Other times, I get an idea and sit on it for months! This project was BOTH. I've wanted a potting bench for a while because I hated to get my DIY outdoor farmhouse table dirty every time I wanted to plant some new flowers. I searched online and looked around each time we were shopping and I never found anything ... continue reading...