Beach House
We had a nice, little mini-vacay at my parents’ beach house this past weekend where we did some of THIS… (my brother with Avery) And saw a LOT of THIS… (view from my parents’ front porch) And some of THIS… (the moon over the bay – so beautiful!) And didn’t get MUCH of THIS… (sleep, […]
iNsPiRaTiOn Wall
This morning I worked on this inspiration wall in my office. I wanted to make it fun but not too messy and, in the end, this is what I came up with. I hung some string and used clothes pins to attach my photos/magazine clippings, etc. I spray painted an old Goodwill picture frame pink […]
House Love
Some friends and I spent the day in Mount Gretna yesterday and I just fell in love with all the cottages in the little town! It’s such a unique little community – full of colorful vacation homes loaded with character! Of course, being the house-nut that I am, I was snapping away… Amaaaazing front porch! […]
A Little Office Fluffing
I spent Saturday morning playing around in the office/play room a bit. I hung an old ladder on the ceiling (doing it by myself was no easy feat!) and I painted some wording above the built-in bookshelves. I love, love, love my old beadboard ceiling! Wish every room in our house had it! To do […]
Sweet Little Table
I needed to get my furniture-painting fix and I had this little table courtesy of my mom, who got it from Goodwill a little while ago. This is what it looked like beforehand…orangey-stain, lots of scratches, in need of a little tlc. And this is what it looks like now… I primed it, spraypainted it […]
Real Life
Oh, how I need a nap! But real life seems to get in the way of our needs sometimes, doesn’t it? I suppose I can blame these ramblings to lack of sleep… My real life includes a messy office/play room (but ideas swirling about redecorating it a bit), a bathroom with no toilet paper (yes, […]
Canister Set Makeover
I’ve been on the lookout for a canister set to put baby Jack’s formula, cereal, etc. in, and I found just the thing at Goodwill this week for a few dollars. Basic white and in need of some “Aimee” touches… I bought some scrapbooking stickers and tied twine around them and here ya go! I […]
Multitasking Mama!
I realized that at one point today I was feeding Jack a bottle, browning meat for dinner, eating a sandwich, wading through mountains of work email, and disciplining Avery ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! I’m sure all the moms out there can relate to this. Being pulled in so many different directions that you feel […]
Ruffled Necklace Project
I saw this cool little project on Rhonna’s blog and on this etsy shop and decided to give it a try this morning. I’m not really a “jewelry” person, but this was as easy as it looked, and I didn’t even have to buy (or sew) anything! I cut off the hem of a dress […]
Life
It has been crazy busy for the past few weeks for this mama, and I’m just about worn out! I took the kids to my parents’ beach house for a couple of days with my sister-in-law and her two girls. Ok, I expected it to be a little crazy taking the kids by myself to […]
Coffee Table Makeover
‘Kay, so here we go again! I saw this coffee table at Goodwill last week and the potential screamed out to me! Even though I did not need a new coffee table and even though I could barely fit it into my car (I should just buy a moving truck – really. It would be […]
Summertime around our house: the good, the bad, the ugly
It’s a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and I took some pictures around our house… My yard sale patio set… Front of our house…Cloth diapers hanging in the sunshine…Behind the house…You may have been wondering about the title of my post. Well, here’s the BAD! It’s an empty, dirty part of our backyard that we have yet […]
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