White Gables Blog

A little one-sided chat from me today. :: What am I doing today?  Scrubbing my house. This is the thing that gets put on the back burner when I’m busy. And I’m a bit of a clean-freak, so it drives me nuts. There’s nothing like a clean house. Too bad it doesn’t last very long these […]

I created this “Life Is Sweet” sign for a friend to hang in her kitchen. She wanted a sign and said that I could come up with whatever I wanted ~ my favorite kind of customer! I knew this sign would fit her perfectly. Here I took some pictures of it hanging in my family […]

Here is my “What I Wore” post for the week!  Friday: Yellow shirt: Plato’s Closet consignment Gray cardi: Marshall’s Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Goodwill Belt: Forever 21 Saturday: Dress: borrowed from a friend Black cardi: Goodwill Leggings: Target Shoes: Ross Love the details on this dress… Sunday: Gray knit dress: Old Navy […]

So I’ve recently been fluffing the family room a bit and thought I’d show you what my mantle looks like right now. It’s pretty simple really – mostly white (which I love) and I added a bit of color with the branches. The branches were a lot of fun to make. I just cut down a […]

I love looking through old photo albums of our families. My parents only a few pictures of them and my grandparents when they were younger, but husband’s family has pretty many old pictures. They facinate me. It’s like looking into a different world, and I wonder what their lives were like all those many years […]

Here’s my “What I Wore” post for the week! Blue cardi: Yard sale (J. Crew) White top: TJ Maxx Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Walmart As you can see, I find my clothes at all kinds of different places and I’m not a store brand snob. If I see cute shoes at Walmart (I […]

Happy Monday morning friends! We don’t have school today, so we are lazing around. Well, I should say the kiddos are lazing around. I have a hard time lazing. It’s not in my DNA to laze. I’m working on the laundry, dinner for tonight, and painting some sweet canvas art pieces. And I’m listening to Pandora playing The […]

Today we are celebrating my little guy’s third birthday. J a c k  B e n j a m i n :: Named after my dad. :: The biggest snuggler you’ll ever meet. I could hold him half the day and he would be perfectly happy. I was recently cleaning the house and he came […]

This is the vacation edition of What I Wore Wednesday today ~ ~ ~ Friday: Dress: Goodwill (Old Navy) Yellow cardi: H&M Shoes: Yardsale (Target) Belt: borrowed from a friend (thanks Chandra!) Saturday: Flowered top: Marshall’s Jacket: Goodwill Skinnies: Kmart Shoes: Ross And this has nothing to do with today’s post but I just had […]

Wow, it was a harsh reality coming home from sunny, warm Florida to a frigid and windy 24 degrees in Pennsylvania! Sheesh! But as much as we treasured our time away, just the two of us, it is really good to be home munching on my little ones, and getting back to the normal routine. […]

A palm tree. And tropical flowers. Heaven! The husband and I are taking a last minute trip to the Sunshine State with no kids. No. Kids. Amazing. Thanks to our rock star family and friends who are taking care of our little brood, we are enjoying every minute of our little vacay. First up: BEACH […]

I love, love, love the idea of teaching our boys to be STRONG. To take care of others. To push through despite adversity. To be motivated. To challenge themselves. To protect. This is a custom sign that I recently made using an old salvaged barn door that I stained a dark walnut color. I took […]