Upcycled Frame to Door Decoration Repainting the front door is on the front porch update list and the weather isn’t cooperating. This easy front door decoration can be done inside so I am making it first and will hang it on my freshly painted front door as soon as its a bit warmer and dry. This…
DIY Room Divider Hides the Ugly Stuff The downstairs needs a screen to hide the stack of projects waiting to be done, its such a mess. It took convincing but Hubs tagged along to some garage sales. We found a very dirty and smoke covered room divider. A privacy screen was on my hope to…
DIY Window Treatments for the Budget Conscious Each of these DIY window treatments are unique and oh so pretty. They prove that with a bit of ingenuity and creativity you can make your own custom window treatments at a fraction of the cost of custom draperies. A word a caution, I doubt you can read this…
Easy DIY Spice Rack Did you ever notice how many spices your Grandmother had? My mother and her friends had maybe 6 spices in a little rack. We still use the same basic 8 spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, poultry seasoning, paprika, chili, and allspice). These days its fairly common for us to have 30 or…
If you’ve ever wondered which cookies to make, or how to please everyone with one batch of dough, these one dough cookie recipes solve that problem in the simplest way possible. This is a single, reliable cookie dough that can be divided and turned into several different cookie flavors in one baking session. This easy…
Craft Room Artwork with the Silhouette My craft room is so full of stuff all sorted into plastic containers with labels I have several projects in various stages for the craft room and its causing upheaval I am just not used to. Oh well it will be worth it in the end. Artwork adds so…
Craft Room Ideas to Ponder Right now I am designing a budget-conscious craft room, so I am collecting a group of craft room ideas. This post contains a collection of my favorite craft room ideas I want to incorporate into a swanky new craft room. All of these ideas are budget-conscious and would make any…
All Natural Apricot Raspberry Cupcakes Originally I was making this apricot raspberry vanilla cupcake recipe into a semi-naked cake, but plans changed. Instead of hosting Easter Brunch, I get to be a guest. Apricot raspberry vanilla cupcakes travel much better than a fancy cake does, so cupcakes it is. The title of these cupcakes sounds much…
