White Gables Blog

Are you ready for yet another post about skirts?? Didn’t think so. But here I go again. Oh, happy day. This time I made a skirt for Avery following the Simple Skirt Tutorial, then added 4 layers of ruffles with small bits of fabric that I bought at Hobby Lobby years ago. It was fairly […]

So you won’t be seeing a “What I Wore Wednesday” post from me today, because mostly I’ve been in my gardening grungies and it’s not a pretty sight. Think 10 year old shorts, tanks with paint splotches, and worn out flip flops.  Really, no one needs to see that. While I’ve been digging in my […]

This is my friend & neighbor Chandra’s dining room fireplace mantel that I “spring-ified” recently. Here is a “before”shot of it: It’s very large and dark, so we lightened it up quite a bit using thrift-store white ceramics and some greens and baskets. I like to keep mantels simple. Because of the brick background, it […]

Here is a skirt I made for Avery following the Market Skirt Tutorial on the Made blog. The fabric is so summery and so yummy! Now if only the weather would warm up…we are ready for summer! You can see Avery’s goofy personality in these pictures…she loves to pose! The tank is Old Navy from […]

Here’s my latest “What I Wore Wednesday” post, linking up to the Pleated Poppy… Thursday: Green top: Plato’s Closet (Anthropologie) White Jacket: Ross Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Goodwill  Saturday: White top: Goodwill (Old Navy) Purple cardi: Goodwill (New York & Co) Skinny jeans: Forever 21 Boots: Goodwill (new from Target)  Sunday: Yellow top: […]

Ever since I found Dana’s website called Made, I’ve been slightly obsessed with sewing. Skirts, in particular. Dana has super-simple tutorials on her site – no patterns needed! This is perfect for people like me who can’t follow patterns. Or who just don’t have the patience for them. Or are just too dumb to follow […]

In the past, I have always been kinda terrified of designing my flower beds and trying new things in the garden. Not sure why. I think I’m just afraid I’ll mess it up and then all the neighbors will roll their eyes and wonder what I was thinking! People tell me all the time that […]

Here is my “What I Wore Wednesday” post for the week, linking up to the Pleated Poppy… Thanks so much for all your encouraging comments about my *thrift store* clothes! I really am flattered when someone says they like my style – because I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing most days! I […]

In between doing custom canvas work, I painted a couple of these fun canvas signs. They are in my Etsy shop, in case you are interested. The sign above has a blue/green background and the one below has a white background.  If you would like a custom sign done for you, just shoot me an […]

I had showed you my neighbor Chandra’s entry makeover in this post, and she had another area right by the front door that I gussied up for her. Here’s the blank slate, just inside the front door: After: I found the dresser on clearance at the Flower & Craft Warehouse. It matches the bench I […]

Here are some outfits from the past few weeks that I’m posting for “What I Wore Wednesday”, linking up to the Pleated Poppy. Per usual, most of my stuff is thrifted from Goodwill, the most faaaabulous boutique you could ever find, dahling! I happen to think so anyway! Sunny Casual: Striped Yellow Top: Goodwill (Old […]

Since silhouettes are the rage right now (sorry if you’re sick of seeing them!), I’ve been wanting to make some of my kiddos to hang in our family room and finally took the time to do it. I re-used canvases that I had painted words onto (see the post here). As you probably already figured […]