On a typical Halloween we are lucky and get close to 200 trick or treaters. Unfortunately talking to neighbours this year most people are keeping their children home. I know my granddaughters aren’t going out, and their school parties are cancelled. We can still have loads of fun with Halloween, but its going to have to look very different. I…
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Start with a long thin kitchen cabinet drawer front in a light colour. The drawer fronts are long and thin making them perfect servers. We purchased ours at Habitat for Humanity for $2. You can make up one or several of these trays for so cheap. You can even do a few of them to create a large buffet. Habitat…
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The weather in Edmonton is Fall, our few weeks of summer is gone, the leaves are starting to turn, and we had frost kill off the potted plants outside. I dug out the heating pad and wrapped it around my feet, grabbed a thicker blanket and am now writing quite content on the couch. I am writing and creating Halloween…
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When I changed my name from Faeries and Fauna to Pretty DIY Home, Pinterest “mistakenly” marked my blog as spam. Pinterest said they would fix it within a week, three months down the road they haven’t unflagged me yet I went from 2.5 million impressions to 129,000 and dropping steadily. I find it is distracting me, and keeping me from…
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Of all canned pickles I think Homemade Dill Pickles are the easiest to make, and pretty much everyone’s favorite pickle. Who hasn’t eaten a dill pickle? Now that Hubs is retired and eating at home most of the time. I have dusted off all my classic pickle canning recipes. I and am happy to share some of pickling and canning…
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Do you have a front porch you love to decorate, even if its a teenie tiny one like mine? Let me show you some simple fall front porch decor featuring an easy burlap Fall sign. I love this sign for my usual reasons, its cheap, its pretty, I can make it myself so its one of a kind. I think…
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Wow where did summer go? I feel tearful when I think about how fast it blew by up here. I admit I am looking forward to all things pumpkin spice though. Hugs to everyone who stops by and please take a few minutes to enjoy all our pretty featured blogs. Sam @ Raggedy Bits | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram…
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Every once in awhile I get super excited about a post. And I do mean super excited, so Excited I find myself skipping details in a rush to share it with you. Today’s post of this DIY washable paper bag is that kind of post. Seriously who else gets excited about a craft like that? I hope you do, otherwise…
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