Spruce Your Nest

Dining Room Complete

2012-02-26T16:51:00.000-08:00

I realized after showing you my table makeover that I haven't shown you my completed dining room...

I have given you the low down on every project in this room, but now you can get the completed look :)

First we have the tea light wall art that I paired with a photo that was taken from our wedding {lemon drop martinis YUM}

On the same wall I have my gate turned herb garden and I am so excited to show you this most recent picture because my herbs are growing!!

Here is the completed look...

A far cry from this! The black table, green curtains and white walls are GONE!! Whoo Hoo!!

This post will be featured at Mom's Fun Money this week.

I will be linking up to the following parties...

Friday Funny #2

2012-02-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

I saw this video on Facebook this week and just had to share it! It may not be the funniest thing in the world but it is definitely the cutest and for sure cracks me up! (You have to watch them all the way to the end).

This couple has been married for 62 years and watch what they do while waiting at the Dr...

Watch Christian Videos and Read the Online Bible at GodVine.com

I've only been married 7 1/2 years, but I pray that we could make it to 62 and still have this much fun together!

Crafty, Scrappy, Happy Link Party Favorites!!

2012-02-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone! Can you believe there were over 400 LINKS!!

What a way for Jaime at Crafty, Scrappy, Happy to celebrate her one year Anniversary!!

I am honored to have been part of her celebration.

I would like to share my favorites from the party (in no particular order).

The Woven Home shared her amazing playroom reveal!

It All Started With Paint shared her amazing entry! I love every single detail about this!

I love this stenciled bathroom from Clean & Scentsible. Not only the stenciling, but the colors and all the little details are fabulous!

Last, but definitely not least...Remodelaholic! I love this framed out TV. I have seen this before and it ran a pretty penny. This version is much cheaper and even more beautiful in my opinion. It completely changed the look of this room!

Desk Makeover Complete!

2012-02-18T15:11:00.000-08:00

My desk makeover is finally complete!

I have this desk that was my grandfather's and I have always loved it. It is sturdy and has a very large working and storage space and of course for sentimental reasons it is something I love having around. However, it was in desperate need of a makeover...

This desk is the first step of our office makeover. I wanted it to make a statement in the room and I was thrilled because it was my first shot at Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.

Painting with the chalk paint was a definite learning curve for me. I painted the entire desk Olive and was completely underwhelmed :-( It looked dull and boring and I just couldn't get the look I was going for. I had already painted two coats and after waxing and distressing I was so discouraged.

I decided to deviate from the original plan and go to my trusted can of Olympic in Creamy White that I have used for several projects, including my hutch made wall decor and my dresser with ribbon pulls. This was exactly what it needed!

Then I painted the drawers with one more coat of Olive and that did the trick :-) I think this desk was just especially stubborn.

I am very pleased with how it turned out and LOVE the chalk paint! I also had some knobs from Anthropology that I got on clearance that I was itching to use.

What do you think? Are you a fan of the 2 tone look or not?

This post will be featured at Mom's Fun Money this week.

I will be linking up to the following parties...

Friday Funny #1

2012-02-16T16:09:00.000-08:00

I know by the end of another exhausting week that there is nothing better than a good laugh. I have decided to designate Fridays to provide us with just that. Starting today I am going to share a funny, whether it be a photo, video, billboard or whatever else I may decide that you just must see!

Hope to bring a smile for you to start your weekend...

I know many of us can relate to these ;-)

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If you want to see more funnys throughout the week, follow me on Pinterest.

HUGE Link Party is on!!

2012-02-15T09:10:00.000-08:00

I am so honored to be part of Jaime's one year Blog Anniversary! Not only is she the sweetest ever, she has some amazing projects! If you haven't been to her fabulous blog you need to run, not walk you booty over there right now :-)

This is going to be one huge party so get your link on! Make sure you check back in with me to see who I feature!!

Feel free to link up anything and everything Crafty, Scrappy and/or Happy! No giveaways or etsy shops please.Check out other links, be inspired and make some new friends!Grab a button if you would!And check Crafty Scrappy Happy for features all next week!!!!

Linky Followers Blog Hop!

2012-02-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned yesterday I have added the Linky Followers tool to my site...Cheri from It's So Very Cheri started this awesome blog hop so we can all try to keep are GFC followers!

RULES:

1. you MUST have the LINKY FOLLOWERS tool on your site to participate.

{You can have both the LINKY FOLLOWERS & GFC on your site but you must have the LINKY FOLLOWERS to participate in this party hop.}

2. You MUST follow the person who has the party on their site as a thank you.

3.Just add your blog button to the LINKY PARTY below.

4.Then grab the BLOG HOP code

You will find the code right under the Linky Party where it says CLICK HERE TO ENTER–

just under that it says: WHAT IS A BLOG HOP? GET THE CODE HERE

Click on GET THE CODE HERE and enter it into a post on your site.

You can grab the party button code in the FOOTER at Its So Very Cheri

You can grab info from my post if it helps you with your post.

5. Then you follow other bloggers–(as many as you want)
–leave each one of the blogs that you follow a comment letting them know you are following them and ask them to follow you back.

If you want to add the BLOG HOP to your own site you will get lots of new followers–(see rule #2)

…So do ya want to go Cruisin’?

I plan on HOPPING from BLOG to BLOG to follow everyone who follows me.

Every Wednesday I will rotate the Linky Follower Party Hop and my PIN tag party here at Its So Very Cheri.
This is a Blog Hop!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2012-02-14T09:40:00.000-08:00

Hello friends! Happy Valentine's Day!

I have been truly slacking in the Valentine craft arena. I look around blogland and see all the amazing Valentine's projects and I haven't been inspired to do any. I didn't want to force myself to do a project just so I had something to post about, so I have just been enjoying all the fabulous creations from all of you :)

I did however decide to make some special Valentine's for Charlee to take to school with her. I have always been the mom that picks up some princess and superman Valentine's from Target and we are good to go. This year, I wanted to do something different.

I found this great idea at Making it Feel Like Home and thought it was the perfect thing! Simple, cheap and fun!

So there you have it...my one and only Valentine craft and I can't even take credit for the idea ;-) Hope you all have a great day full of LOVE!!

Linky Followers

2012-02-13T16:03:00.000-08:00

Well I gave in and added the Linky Followers tool to my side bar.

I am sure most of you have heard about Google getting rid of the Google Friend Connect option for non blogger platforms...I am with Blogger so I thought this was of no interest to me.

That was until I read the very in depth post from At the Picket Fence.

I definitely think it is a wise move to add the Linky Followers tool, even if you are with Blogger. Google Friends Connect may disappear on Blogger all together and if you are like me and may want to convert to Word Press in the future, you will lose all your followers at that time.

I hope you will consider following me on Linky. Also - their reader is wonderful! You can even categorize the blogs you read!

Just click on the Follow me button right over there ;-)

Sign Making 101

2012-02-11T06:00:00.000-08:00

If you are like me and don't own a Circuit or other type of cutting machine it can be hard to imagine how to create a great sign without the perfect stencils...

If you have been following me on Facebook then you know that I just took the leap and opened a booth to sell some of my stuff at a local vendor -YIKES!

I really wanted to make a sign for my booth, but was at a complete loss of how to achieve the look that I wanted without a stencil or the slightest bit of artistic skills.

That was until I stumbled upon this great tutorial on transferring letters! I was so excited to try this out!

I will not go into too many details on the how to process because she does a very good job of breaking it down step by step.

I made my sign from a couple boards from an old pallet that I painted off white and then sanded heavily.

I then followed her method to the "T" :-)

Until my impatience got the best of me :( I just couldn't handle waiting until the next day to peal off my papers and therefore I had a hot mess on my hands! My wet paper ended up sticking to my letters and picture.

I used a razor blade and scraped off the sticky paper and was happy to see that most of my images transferred okay.

I picked up some craft paint and painted over the top of my images...

And then sanded over the top of them once again when everything dried.

I tied my little signs together with twine to go with a more unique look (I seem to have an obsession with twine lately - see my posts here and here). It is amazing how far one roll of twine will go!

Although, as usual, I made it a much longer process; I couldn't be more pleased with the end result!

This post will be featured at Mom's Fun Money this week.

I will be linking up to the following parties...

Picking Colors Made Easy

2012-02-09T09:33:00.000-08:00

Have you all used My Colortopia yet?

If you haven't, you definitely have to try it out!

I am so excited because I finally found a local store that carries ASCP! I got myself some beautiful Olive Chalk Paint to paint my office desk.

This entire room is going to get a complete makeover, which is desperately needed {if you remember this post}

This is where My Colortopia comes in...

You can upload an image of your choice and then it will assist you in picking a color palette from there, or you can use one of their images as I did.

There are so many options - it is fabulous!

Can't wait to show you my progress soon :)

Superbowl Food Favorites

2012-02-05T11:31:00.000-08:00

I am cooking away today making two of my favorite dips for a Superbowl party tonight and I don't want to be selfish and keep these fabulous recipes all to myself ;-)

The first is a dip that my sister has been making for years and I absolutely LOVE it! It is a Buffalo Chicken Dip and it has been a huge hit at every get together...

The best part about this dip is that it is so simple and cheap to make!

My second favorite dip is Spinach Artichoke dip, which is usually loaded with calories. That was until I found this Skinny Spinach Artichoke Dip!! What can be better than this?! I love to pair mine with chips and some good baguette bread YUM!

How about you all? Any favorite crowd pleasing recipes?

Gate Turned Herb Garden

2012-02-02T13:48:00.000-08:00

Ever since my sad little herb garden bit the dust I have really been trying to find a good spot to try my green thumb again.

Today I finally found my inspiration and made myself a gate herb garden {well the herbs aren't planted yet, so just humor me}.

While finally cleaning out our garage today I spied this old dog gate that was getting ready to be thrown out. Even though it was old and dirty, something about it just screamed for a makeover.

I didn't want to change the look of it too much. I lightly sanded it, applied one coat of white paint and followed it with one coat of stain. I only let the stain sit for a minute and wiped it clean. Then I sanded it again.

I had some twine left over from the bathroom shelf, which proved to be the perfect thing to tie my little buckets on.

I didn't have to contemplate very long where this little beauty was going! I recently finished my dining room table makeover and was looking for the perfect thing for one of the walls to help me complete that space.

I love the mix it brings to the room. I needed something old and unique to complete this space and this is just the thing. The best part about it is if my little herbs don't cooperate with me again, I don't even mind the look of the empty buckets :-)

I will be linking up to the following parties...

Impossible is No Longer Impossible!

2012-01-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

I did it! I finally finished my project for the challenge, just in time! I have to be honest with you...when I first took the challenge of re-doing my kitchen table I really didn't think it would be all that impossible...I just needed a kick in the pants to get it done. Boy was I wrong! It wasn't impossible, but there were moments right up until the very end that I thought it was going to be an ultimate FAIL!!

I knew I wanted something unique for this table that would be the center piece for the dining room, but I wasn't quite sure which direction I wanted to go in. That was until I spied me some bold Tangerine!

I have to admit as excited as I was, I was also frightened that I might be making a HUGE mistake! I started with the chairs in a more subtle, but very distressed look...

This was also my first attempt at making my own chalk paint {to learn more about this process click here}.

I decided that I wanted to do the table with tangerine legs and a white top. Well, this is where I almost gave up :( I finished the table after so much hard work and brought it inside. WOW was it blinding! It just did not look right!! My sweet husband walked in and very politely said, "Ummm so do you like it?" while secretly praying I would say "No" ha ha! Lucky for him I did :)

Sorry I have no photos ~ I was way too eager to get that thing out of the house!

I was back at the drawing board and really didn't want to start this project all over again. In my head I knew that the table would work if I painting the white part of the chairs the same blue as my hutch, but I just did not have the energy to re-paint all of those chairs! So I decided to re-paint the top of the table blue and guess what? It was the perfect solution!! Get ready for picture overload...

I only wanted to very lightly distress the table so it had a much cleaner feel - for this reason I chose not use the Chalk Paint Recipe I just used regular old primer and paint for the table and I am very happy with that decision.

So what do you think?

It Stinks in Here!

2012-01-29T06:00:00.000-08:00

If you have a little of this...

or this...

or a couple of these...

in your home, like I do, then this post is for you!

Ok, so I am a little obsessed with a clean smelling home, but I also have 2 dogs, a kids still in diapers and I LOVE to cook...which doesn't always go hand in hand.

For instance ~ I make yummy Tastes Like Lasagna Soup {which by the way is the best soup ever!!} for the family, clean dishes, go to bed, head to church the next day and when we return (with guests) I walk in the door and want to die with embarrassment! All I can think about is that they are probably looking for any excuse to run out of our house because they can't possibly hold their breath any longer! Why is it that some smells just take over the house!!

The only thing that is worse to me than left over food smell is a bad air freshener. I will spend an hour in the candle isle with my daughter smelling all the candles and walk away with the perfect candle only to light it at home and have my dear husband walk in and say, "what is that smell?!!"

I have recently Pinned a couple interesting alternatives to making a house smell fresh.

First I thought I would try out this tea light in coffee idea. Unfortunately, I didn't have much luck with this method. I was super bummed because I LOVE the smell of coffee. But only by the time my tea light was almost burnt out, could I finally get a little whiff of coffee. I would go through a million tea lights this way.

So I thought I would give this DIY plug in a try.

I am happy to report that it worked like a charm! I bought some Peppermint oil and put it in there with a little water and plugged it in and whalah! Our house now smells fresh and inviting! Also, a little side fact, peppermint is hated by these little guys...

How about you all? Do you have any tricks to keeping a fresh smelling home?

Painting Laminate

2012-01-25T16:13:00.000-08:00

Imitation can be just as beautiful as the real thing...

Angelina Jolie/Octomom

Ummmmm, well almost ;-)

However; when it comes to furniture, imitation can look nearly identical to the real thing.

Now that this end table has been painted you can't even tell what type of wood it is. I think it looks just as beautiful as if I had made over a solid oak table.

I picked this table because I liked all of the beautiful designs and I even liked the knobs (with a little coat of Rustoleum), it also didn't hurt that it was only $10!

Here is the ugly little laminate table in all her glory before her blue paint...

I painted the laminate wood the same way that I do solid wood. I lightly sanded it and applied 2 coats of really good primer. (You will have real struggles painting laminate if you do not prime it first). After the primer was dry I just painted away :-)

I also distressed this piece lightly the same way I would have if it was real wood (just a few scuffs with some sand paper). I also applied a little bit of glaze for slight antiquing.

So what do you think?

Pinterest Love

2012-01-23T13:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday everyone! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! I just wanted to start off the week by showing some of my recent Pinterest favorites.

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I absolutely LOVE these stools!

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I just love the color combinations in this room...it makes me feel so happy!

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The colors in this room are to die for! I love the overlapping colors on the wall and that light is fabulous!

I Think I Can...I Think I Can...

2012-01-20T09:09:00.000-08:00

So you always know that when I have been MIA for a few days that I am working on a big project. Well, it is no exception this week! I am exhausted and completely understand why this is called the Impossibilities Challenge!

I knew my horrible black table would take some work, but I am really starting to wonder what I have gotten myself into...

I have one chair complete and 5 in progress, taking up our entire garage. I love the results so far, but I am really praying it all turns out how I have envisioned because I really don't want to have to start this project over again! I can handle painting, but I am not a fan of stripping - I'm talking about paint people, however I would probably go pole dance instead of stripping paint at this point ok not really...
P.S. If you want a funny stripping story you have to read this story at 551 East Furniture Design it is down right funny!

I am really stressing because my dear husband is not a fan of the chairs :-(
Then when I mentioned my plans for the table our conversation went something like this...

Me: "Really, you don't like the chairs!? Just wait until you see the table, I think you will love it!"

Brian: "What color are you painting the table?"

Me: "mentions secret color ;-)"

Brian: "REALLY????? HMMMM...."

Me: "I promise it will look great once the kitchen cabinets are painted!"

Brian: "Ok" and there wasn't even an eye roll here!

I gotta love him! He listens to me whine and complain about how much I have to do, while knowing I create my own chaos.

So now my goal is to prove to that this table is going to look fabulous! I am really going out of my comfort zone on this one and I am not sure if it is going to pay off.

My goal today is to completely finish the chairs and hopefully get started on the darn table. I will show you the reveal soon! If you don't see a reveal on this post in the next week, you can just assume that it went horribly wrong and my husband was right. We will just pretend it never happened and my family may be sitting on the floor to eat for the next 6 months.

DIY Chalk Paint Review

2012-01-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

I finally did it! I made my own Chalk Paint! I have been dying to get my hands on some ASCP, but haven't wanted to cough up the money. I have seen so many recipes for making your own chalk paint, but just haven't done it yet.

Yesterday I was debating on what I want to do with painting my kitchen table and really wanted to use chalk paint instead of regular. That is when I remembered this recipe from the The Liz Marie Blog...I happened to have everything on hand to try it and decided to give it a whirl. What do you think?

This was the ultimate test for this DIY recipe because this is what the I was working with...

Pinterest Inspired Bathroom

2012-01-13T20:23:00.000-08:00

Finally my mini bathroom makeover is complete! I swear it has been completely done except for the last thing for 2 weeks and it has been making me crazy!

Due to the joys of renting I did not paint, but just might do that anyway in the near future because it would really change the feel of this room...anyway...this room came together from some of my favorite Pinterest inspirations. Click on the link below each photo to be taken to the original source :-)

Here is the before...it seriously hurts my eyes to look at these photos!

you gotta love the kid's medicine cup on the counter and all ;-)

Now to the after...

Much better right? The dark counters and horrible wood still make me cringe, but working within the limitations I feel it has come a long way.

Now on to the details...

Anthropology Inspired Q-tip Flowers

Vases in Frames

These frames are my favorite part and they are so cheap and easy to make!

Baskets

free printable

Towel Hangers

I was doing really well up to this point and I had a goal in my head that I wanted to do everything in this bathroom by myself {yes I am working on my pride issues ;-)} unfortunately by this point I needed my patient husband's help. I think he pretty much waits in the other room waiting for me to call his name.

Even though he won't admit it, I know he actually likes when he has to come rescue me...at least that is what I tell myself so that I don't feel so guilty dragging him in to all my projects!

I was so excited because I hung this shelf with 4 anchors and all and it was even perfectly centered - yes, I realize I am a little pathetic that hanging a shelf its a major accomplishment for me. But, I am not kidding you something always goes wrong! I can paint a hutch without a care in the world, but when it comes to being handy I have real issues! And it was no exception in this case :(

While admiring my skills I placed my jars on top of the shelf and low and behold it leaned like crazy! It was super weak :( Unfortunately there were no studs where this shelf was placed and just couldn't support the weight of these jars.

My husband had to come to the rescue again and amazingly he had a super cute idea! Don't worry I didn't tell him it was "super cute." He had the idea to use eye bolts with strong metal anchors behind them and tie to the additional eye bolts connected to the shelf. I had some twine left over from my frames with vases and figured this would be the perfect thing to use! I absolutely love the character that it brings to the shelf!

I apologize for the poor lighting and pictures. Do you know how hard it is to get a good photo using a crummy camera in a bathroom with only a tiny window and horrible lighting!?

I will be linking up to these fabulous parties...

Craving Some Tangerine

2012-01-12T09:12:00.000-08:00

I have had zero inspiration for one of my projects for the past 4 or 5 months and it has been making me crazy. I have felt like I am trying to force an idea, which never works.
Well, all of that has changed! Thanks to my favorite addiction, Pinterest!!

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I have always loved orange and already have small bits of it infused around the house and I love the orange with brown...so I think Tangerine is going to be the perfect choice for my next project.

What about you...do you love or hate the Tangerine?

Home Goals for 2012

2012-01-10T04:00:00.000-08:00

The Nester is hosting her annual Home Goals party starting the 11th. The good Lord knows I have a million goals for our home in 2012! This is a super humbling post because our house needs some serious TLC. I am not going to be too rough on myself though since we have only been in this house for about 6 months and I was working a full time job. Now that I have more time at home, I am going to go to town on these projects!

I am really happy to see how far our home has come in 2011 and the many projects I have completed. Click here to check out my favorites from last year.

I have too many goals to list, so I am going to name my top 5...

1. Make over our girls bedroom. It makes me nuts! There is not enough storage space and the bed is just not working out. I have been Pinning ideas like crazy for this one!!

2. Finish the bathroom makeover. Hopefully I'll be revealing this next week! Trust me, it is a far cry from this.

3. Finish our master bedroom. I would love to have this room complete and a lot still needs to be done...paint 2 dressers, finish the bay window and start and finish the bathroom :-)

4. Re-do the dining table. This table makes me crazy every single day! I just need to get decisive on a plan and do it!

5. Completely transform our office! It is another area of the house that drives me crazy...it is one hot mess!

If you didn't just divorce my blog after that last photo I hope you stick around to see what I have planned for 2012! It can only go up from here right?!

My New Mantel

2012-01-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to show you our new and improved mantel!

It still has a long way to go, but it is a far cry from this...

We have one of those fabulous homes with the cut out hole above the fireplace for the TV. Of course it doesn't work for a flat screen so my dear husband modified it to allow our TV to work here.

The problem was I always hated it! I wanted a real mantel, not a TV. I never thought my husband would actually go for my suggestion of moving the TV, but not only did he agree; I came home to find the TV moved and my mirror hung!

We moved the TV to the other wall above this dresser - I would show you pictures, but we still have some wires hanging ;-)

No idea what I am going to do with that huge hole over the mirror...but for now the over sized rustic box will work. Anything is better than those darn TV accessories!!

Cracked Wood Sign

2012-01-05T14:53:00.000-08:00

Remember way back when...when I put up my curtain rod branches in our master bedroom? It was so long ago that I am almost embarrassed to provide the link because my photos are so bad!

My goal at that time was to put something cool in the middle of the wall above my bed. My original idea was this dandelion wall art, but it just didn't work for this room.

Then the other day I remembered an awesome pin I had about how to make the crackle paint effect using Elmer's Glue. I had this old board sitting outside and just went to town.

Here is the finished result!

I chose a rust color to tie in this chair that sits in the corner of the room.

To see detailed instructions click here.

CONTENTMENT ~ My Word for 2012

2012-01-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it is really 2012! I can't believe how fast this year flew by!

I am not going to go down a big long list of resolutions for you...sure I plan to eat better, work out more, read my Bible more, be a better wife and mother (ok, so there is my list ;-)) but above all else this year I am going to work on my biggest struggle - being content!

Proverbs 19:23 ~ The fear of the Lord leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

2011 was an extremely trying year for us with some really big struggles and changes. I am so pleased to say that looking back, we have come such a long way and God has truly blessed our hard work and perseverance. However so many times I catch myself only looking forward and seeing what a long journey we still have in front of us, instead of focusing on how far we have come.

It is amazing to me how each day of my life I catch myself wishing I had something else. I know how good I have it and how God has truly blessed us, but yet I still continue to envy others. I have always done this, but I feel that it is even worse now that I have started blogging because I continually compare my home, my writing and my life to others.

So instead of making my list of resolutions to try to stick to, I am going to remind myself each and every day to be content and my journey towards my goals.

There will always be someone smarter than me, prettier than me, a home nicer than mine, better behaved children then mine, better clothes than mine...okay I better stop before I get depressed ha ha!

I look forward to this year of sharing my success's and failures with you all. I hope each one of you has a truly blessed year!

Joining Layla's Word of the Year Party!

Spruce Your Nest

Dining Room Complete

Friday Funny #2

Crafty, Scrappy, Happy Link Party Favorites!!

Desk Makeover Complete!

Friday Funny #1

HUGE Link Party is on!!

Linky Followers Blog Hop!

RULES:

2. You MUST follow the person who has the party on their site as a thank you.

3.Just add your blog button to the LINKY PARTY below.

4.Then grab the BLOG HOP code

5. Then you follow other bloggers–(as many as you want)–leave each one of the blogs that you follow a comment letting them know you are following them and ask them to follow you back.

…So do ya want to go Cruisin’?

I plan on HOPPING from BLOG to BLOG to follow everyone who follows me.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Linky Followers

Sign Making 101

Picking Colors Made Easy

Superbowl Food Favorites

Gate Turned Herb Garden

Impossible is No Longer Impossible!

It Stinks in Here!

Painting Laminate

Pinterest Love

I Think I Can...I Think I Can...

DIY Chalk Paint Review

Pinterest Inspired Bathroom

Craving Some Tangerine

Home Goals for 2012

My New Mantel

Cracked Wood Sign

CONTENTMENT ~ My Word for 2012

5. Then you follow other bloggers–(as many as you want)
–leave each one of the blogs that you follow a comment letting them know you are following them and ask them to follow you back.