No, I’m afraid I didn’t build, paint or Mod Podge an actual soap box.  I’m stepping up on one.  I know…”If you can’t say anything nice…” right? I may be about to break that rule.  Can I mask it in the name of constructive criticism? Or perhaps curiosity? I certainly haven’t been writing my own …

Sometimes finished projects aren’t really done.  It’s fine because part of the fun of making things and decorating your home is that you can constantly change things to match your changing tastes.  This tweaked item wasn’t so much a change of taste as a “this would look better if…” I posted about my chalkboard-spray-paint-painted-posterboard-shopping-list just …

Materials:Window screen (I bought a roll of charcoal colored fiberglass screen at Home Depot for less than $7)Stencil (I cut paper with my Cougar–you can use any diecut machine or even scissors to cut your design)Foam brushPaintFrame (no glass or back needed) Cut a piece of screen (I cut the fiberglass kind with regular scissors) …

It’s not a new idea, but I needed a place in the kitchen to write down ingredients I had run out of.  I didn’t want to hang anything on the new fridge (our doors are magnetic but I’ve been afraid that they would leave scratches in the finish–plus I like the look of a cleared-off …

I’ll be honest with you–I’m not great in the kitchen.  Luckily my husband will eat just about anything, but even I don’t end up liking what I’ve made sometimes. But there is one thing that I’m kind of proud of, and that’s my bread.  I make all our bread we eat (unless I’ve been sick, …

Today I’m sharing Asher’s Halloween costume. I sewed it all by myself.  And it has a zipper!  (I’ve only done a couple of zippers ever, including this super easy pouch) The fabulous Jessica at Running with Scissors created a pdf pattern for woodland animals and I got to test it out. I made mine out …