I’ve never made curtains before. This is a very exciting project. It’s also a big challenge because I’m trying to pinch pennies and I’ve got to use what I have. A while back, my husband went fabric shopping for me. He knows that I create best when I have a stash at home and don’t […]
I am blessed to have a laundry room. It’s even cooler that it is upstairs, so I don’t have to lug laundry up and down constantly. But… it is in the middle of upstairs. No windows, no sunlight… around a corner and through a door and tada… Blah. Short of painting it hot pink and […]
Last year, we hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house. My parents were able to fly in from the East Coast and some great friends attended as well! I used some Crayola Model Magic and pipe cleaners to make a crayon holder for the kids’ table. I used some old blackout shade fabric/plastic to cover the coffee table […]
When my husband and his sister graduated in Alaska, him with a masters and her with a bachelors, I had the fun opportunity to create and send out invitations and handle the party. For the invitations, I designed the graduation cap and used my cricut to cut them out. A LOT of them!! For the […]
This one isn’t a brag post of anything that I can claim credit for. I’m sharing one of my hubby’s projects, back from when we lived in Alaska. He bought a Shop-smith (I probably don’t even say that correctly, mind you) and the stand was in pretty rough shape. So… he built a new one. And I’m […]
Okay, this might be my last flashback for the night. The kids are finally asleep and it’s my turn!!! That said, this one is one of my favorite projects that is UNFINISHED!!! I began it in Alaska and between the move and the baby and then the second baby… it just hasn’t been completed. I […]
This is another project from my time in Alaska. The trick I found for spacing out where I wanted letters and designs, was to do the initial drawings on vellum and then hold it over the wood to determine if it would work as I hoped. This was very helpful… along with having very fine […]
This one is a flashback to an old project. I was 7 months pregnant, and totally nesting. We were living in the 5th Wheel – yep, you read that correctly. Our “home” had a garage that was designed to pull a four wheeler or motorcycle into, but since it was 1/3 of the space we […]
I have to share with you an amazing resource that I recently found and that has apparently been available for a long time! Her name is Ana White and she lives in Alaska, not so far from where I lived for 5 years. Her site has FREE plans for TONS of projects, most of them […]
Skil Tools Step Stool You wouldn’t believe it if I told you that I have moved on from scrapbooking to woodworking… would you?! Well, this is one of the MANY projects that we have been working on lately. I found the plan (link is attached to photo, I hope) FREE online and my sweet hubby […]