This super easy, super cute craft was featured in the February 2009 issue of Martha Stewart. Give it a try, you’ll certainly find a few spots in your home that could use a Valentine’s Day touch. You’ll need paper napkins. The red ones are left over from Christmas. I purchased the pink ones at…
Not having kids to occupy the two bedrooms in our upstairs means that days and days can go by without either me or Mr. SP setting foot in either bedroom. One bedroom is a guest room and the other is my catch-all room. I forget sometimes that I have some interesting things stored away up…
Mr. SP and I are officially signed up for the Flying Pirate Half Marathon on April 28. The course is the first half of OBX Marathon held in November each year. In past years we’ve done the OBX Half which is the second half of the marathon course. Isn’t the logo for the race cute?…
The librarian at our school has been weeding through books, discarding ones that kids never check out. These books are destined for an auction or maybe even the trash, so I decided to save a few that had interesting covers. Isn’t the vintage artwork on the covers interesting? These will be great to use in…
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Did you see this fabulous burlap wreath that Jen from Tatertots and Jello featured on January 3rd?I loved this wreath the instant I saw it and knew that I would make one for myself. Click here for Jen’s excellent tutorial.I was determined not to buy a thing to make this wreath. I realized that I…
After Christmas I like to shake things up a bit and redecorate with a winterish theme. It took me forever to figure out what to put where. I like what I came up with and will enjoy it until it’s time to change it out for spring. My mantel has a Vermont theme in honor…
A group from our winter mixed doubles tennis team went to Wintergreen this weekend for a little tennis and a lot of fun. Nine of us stayed in Cole and Beth’s house located beside one of the slopes. I would use this place every weekend that I could if it were mine. Look at the…
I have a friend at school who is going through a rough time. She’s recently divorced and has had some other tough things happen to her recently. I wanted to do a little something nice for her, so I made her some Ginger Soak using a recipe in the January issue of Martha Stewart Living. …
Mr. SP gives me a Swarovski snowflake ornament every year for Christmas. I usually display them on a thorny branch that my grandmother used in her church for alter arrangements. My collection has grown so large that I needed a new way to display these beautiful ornaments. I like to display them separately from my…
Mr. SP asked me the other day why I hadn’t blogged about our Vermont trip. The answer is I simply haven’t taken the time to do it! The first town that we come to when we arrive in Vermont is Bennington. The following four pictures are from Bennington. This church is one of the prettiest…
Happy New Year! I wonder how long it will take me to get used to writing 2010 instead of 2009? I hope everyone had a safe and happy time last night celebrating the end of the decade and the beginning of a new one. We went to a dinner/dance at our club and had a…