Have you read “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green? It’s a best-selling book about kids with cancer. It’s SOOOOO sad. Seriously, I basically cried through 2/3 of the book. Literally, I was crying from page 70 all the way through page 210 (i.e. the end). (more…)
DIY Valentine’s Day Mosaic
Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’re like me, you looooooooove Valentine’s Day. Seriously, I go all out and decorate the whole house – it’s pretty awesome (or maybe slightly annoying if you’re my husband). This Valentine’s Day I mad a special Valentine’s mosaic to put up in the house. (more…)
DIY Curly Tree Painting
Alright, so I just have to get this out there and apologize right now for the quality of the photos in this post. I took them with my cell phone, and I may have been drinking wine, and well, you know… Anyway, you may have figured out that I went to another “wine and paint” event. Seriously, these things are my favorite! You get to be creative, and paint, and drink wine – what more could you want? (more…)
DIY Mosaic Table Top
This is probably the longest craft project I’ve ever had in the works. You see, it all started about five years ago when I was living in an apartment complex of…ahem…lower standards… (more…)
DIY Heart Tree Painting
Upon moving this past month, I realized that we have A LOT of wall art. Most of it is paintings that I have done. In fact, we have one whole wall just dedicated to tree paintings. (more…)
DIY Giraffe Craft Makeover
Have you ever gone to the thrift store and just seen something TOTALLY ugly that you can’t imagine anyone buying? Well, while this giraffe candle holder isn’t that bad, I thought it was pretty bad when I saw it. (more…)
DIY Duck Mosaic Craft
You may or may not have noticed that I didn’t post anything for Father’s Day. Which doesn’t mean I forgot the holiday, it just means I was er… running a little behind. I actually did spend the day before Father’s Day with my dad. It was the day I went to the fair and won the Pillsbury Pie Championship with my chicken and mushroom pie. It was really cool to be able to share the win with my dad that day, and hopefully it made up for the fact that his present was about two weeks late, haha. (more…)
Easy 4th of July Dessert
I know I’m a little late on the 4th of July recipes bandwagon, but I promise this Fourth of July dessert recipe is so super fast and easy you don’t need much advanced preparation at all. In fact, I’m going to go so far as to say this is probably one of the easiest of any of the Fourth of July recipes you will find online. A grand claim, I know. But once you read through the recipe you’ll probably agree. (more…)
DIY Chevron Sweater
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Remember the 80s and 90s when everybody had fabulous puffy-painted t-shirts, sweaters, shoes, etc.? These girls do:
“These are our serious faces…”
Well, making your own shirts is coming back in a big way. (more…)
Prize-Winning Chicken and Mushroom Pie
That’s right everybody, I said PRIZE-WINNING Pie. Every summer San Diego has a big county-wide fair full of crazy and delicious food, animals and livestock, fun rides, and contests. I’ve gone to the San Diego County Fair every year, going back a good 25 years. In fact, I can remember when it was still called the Del Mar Fair, and I actually sometimes slip and still call it that. However, in all my years of going to the fair I’ve never actually entered one of the contests. (more…)