life lived creatively
Remember the wall I started redoing in my Getting Ready for Christmas post? Well, I finally finished! It’s just in time to hang my stockings for Christmas. I really love how it turned out and I also discovered something interesting about the wood on the wall. This probably would have taken less than a day […] Read more…
This weekend was busy, busy, busy for me – how about y’all? My house was a little chaotic because I was wrapping presents, finishing presents, decorating, cooking, etc. I only had a path to walk through at one point! I’m trying to wrap up my Christmas decorating (which is usually done by now) so […] Read more…
Did you ever feel like for every step forward you were taking 10 steps backwards? The past few weeks has totally felt that way for me! I’m slowly getting things under control – it’s a process! Anyway, today’s the last part of my Easy Christmas Gifts series!! It’s a little late, but the Handmade Holidays […] Read more…
Is everyone a little plumper today from all the Thanksgiving eating? I know I am, thanks to leftover pecan pie and late night online shopping. Maybe I should have braved the Black Friday crowds to work off some of my pie butt! Nah, I’ll get a workout spending the rest of the weekend getting ready […] Read more…
Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving are y’all ready? I thought I’d share an easy pecan pie recipe that’s been in my family since I can remember. Although it has to bake for 45 minutes, it mixes up really quick. You can pop it in the oven and work on some more tasty things for Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve also decided […] Read more…
Ready for round 3 of Easy Christmas Gifts? As usual, the title for each category will link to it’s list on Sew Mama Sew and the link for the project takes you directly to the site with the tutorial for my project pick. I’ll be showing several different options from Amazon under each category labeled “My Amazon Picks”. […] Read more…
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and today I’m going to talk about food prep for the holidays. This time of year can become really stressful if you let it! Throughout the years I’ve learned to do some holiday prep to help things run more smoothly. I want to be able to enjoy all the […] Read more…