Do you get crushes in your life? A crush on a color, accent, texture, material, tool? Anything? I find myself falling for certain things in my life. My current crush is on peacock teal. I never admitted to it on the blog (or elsewhere for that matter) so when Tiffany sent me the berry container and pillow case, I couldn't contain my excitement. The berry container is set for our kitchen reveal and the pillow case is going to make an appearance soon. What Tiffany didn't know was that I recently … [Read more...]
gratitude – words to live by
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pinterest resolutions
I don't really do New Year's resolutions but I am making myself do some Pinterest resolutions this year. Yes, Pinterest resolutions. I'm sure most of you can relate. I pin all sorts of things I will never have or are not feasible with our budget, house or lifestyle BUT for every unattainable pin, there are plenty that are completely feasible if I just sit down and try do them. So these are my Pinterest resolutions for 2012. Let's put it out there now. I will tackle these 12 things inspired by a … [Read more...]
grad school = unfinished projects but lots of pinning
I have a good 5 or 6 projects in some stage of progress scattered around my craft room and the supplies for a couple of others stored away. Why does grad school have to get in the way? This week was horrendous but hopefully I'll get into a groove and finish up everything this weekend. Only 42 more days, only 42 more days. If I keep repeating that, I might make it to the end with whatever shreds of sanity I still have left. Besides the obscene amount of Halloween stuff I'm still working on here … [Read more...]