It’s been over two months since I gave you an update on our Smith Mountain Lake house. The house was completed at the end of November and we finally spent the night there this past weekend. We got a fun surprise when we woke up on Sunday: snow! We have had a lot of…
Happy Friday! I know I’m glad that it’s the weekend and I’m especially glad because it’s a three day weekend for me since Monday is a holiday. Let’s get this week’s Best of the Weekend party started! Amy, Ginnie, Jenna, Cindy,and I enjoy hosting the Best of the Weekend Party each Friday night at 8pm. If you don’t…
There’s something about January that makes us want to get our homes organized and in order. I don’t know about your house but at mine we have a lot of keys. For this month’s Power Tool Challenge, our keys got organized thanks to our DIY Wood Crate Key Organizer. I love seeing what my Power…
My niece recently had a birthday and I wanted to make something special for her. She’s a dancer, so I thought she might like something she can hang in her room that expresses what she likes to do most in the world: dance. The DIY Rope Art I made for her can be customized for…
Can you believe that it is already the first Friday in January? I hope your first full week of 2016 was a good one. Now that everyone is back into the swing of things, we are ready to host our first Best of the Weekend party for 2016. Be sure to visit each hostess as…
A former student who is now a friend asked us to make a wine rack for her sister as a Christmas gift. After seeing the inspiration picture, Mr. SP designed his own version and we built two wine racks in a few hours. Why did we build two? We figured if we were going to…
Greetings, friends! I hope that 2016 has been off to a great start for all. I’m back to school today and have my outfits planned out for the week thanks to my most recent Stitch Fix box. I am a Stitch Fix affiliate and if you make a purchase, I earn a small commission. My love…
Can you believe that 2015 is almost over? My mom always told me that the older you get the faster that time passes and boy-oh-boy was she right. Since it’s the end of the year, I thought it would be fun to share my most popular posts for 2015. And, to make this even more…
Last night I looked through my blog for the entire year and picked ten favorite projects. On Thursday I’ll share the top ten according to my stats but today’s top ten are ones that I personally liked that didn’t show up in my top 10 according to my analytics. In no particular order, here are…
Are you completely partied out from Christmas? Hang on, there’s still New Year’s to celebrate! Like most of you, we are looking forward to some down time this week before we stay up on Thursday night to ring in 2016. Since New Year’s Eve is a night where appetizers are commonly served, I thought I’d…
Can you believe that it is Christmas week? I can’t! It seems like it was just Thanksgiving and now we are just days away from Christmas. I’ve got a real treat for you today. Last week I shared four homes that were part of the Waynesboro, VA Christmas Homes Tour and today I’m sharing the…
Happy Friday! It’s an especially happy Friday for me as it’s the start of a two week break from school. I’m ready to do some relaxing, some celebrating, and to get a few things accomplished that have been on my “to-do” list since I went back to school in August. This will be the last…