The number one questions I get on the blog is "How do you make your homemade chalky paint recipe?". I've used the same recipe to make my own chalky paint for years. Here is a short video to show you how I mix my own paint followed by tips on how and why I use it. Please let me know what other questions you have so I can add them to the list. Thanks to DAP for sponsoring this post! Everything You need to know about making and using your own chalky paint: Homemade chalky paint is WAY more ... continue reading...
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Free Holiday WIFI Password Printable
Company's coming and you know the burning question you are about to get! What's your Wi-Fi password? I'm here to help you out this holiday season with a free Wi-Fi password printable! It's good to have a Wi-Fi password notice handy when guests come, but I thought it would be even more fun to have one especially for the holidays! This free printable comes with homework on your part. First I will show you how to add your password to the printable and then you'll see how to update an old picture ... continue reading...
Family Heirloom Recipe Placemates: Thanksgiving Table Setting
My very favorite family recipes anchor this Thanksgiving table setting. Not actually the food but the recipes...hand written or from a typed (from a real typewriter) notecard. Little slivers of my family on paper. Maybe you could drag out the old recipe box for your very own family heirloom recipe placemats. Before I share my table, I want to make sure you know to stick around. At the end of this post are links to some GORGEOUS Thanksgiving tables you have to see! It's the digital age. ... continue reading...
When you want to give a one of a kind gift you don’t have to make: An Etsy Gift Guide
One of a kind gift ideas that you don't have to make yourself. Give a crafty thoughtful gift with the click of a mouse! When the holidays roll around and you want to give a one of a kind gift but you don't want to have to make it...Etsy is your friend. This Etsy gift guide is extra special to me because I know most of the store owners or at least know their blogs. These shop owners are immensely creative and work incredibly hard to bring unique, one of a kind items to life. Etsy can be ... continue reading...
11 Tips To Ease the Stress of Hosting an Event
I love hosting events. Planning and prepping, executing and enjoying. All of it. I always have. To a degree I think we are either wired that way or not, but I believe we can all enjoy being a hostess if we approach the task prepared. These are just a few tips I have gathered over the years that have helped me enjoy throwing a fun event. I hope they encourage you to invite a few friends over or throw an all out bash! I've sprinkled in some hosting ideas for extra motivation...click on the ... continue reading...
DIY Chalkboard Apron
I promise the chalkboard apron DIY will come soon, but first I have to brag a smidge about my daughter. She is a little entrepreneur that has slowly creeped out of her comfort zone to start her very own kettle corn business. Of course dad is on hand with business tips and mom is there to make it look cute, like with the chalkboard apron I am going to show you here. (You might even snag some great craft show booth display ideas!) Her story has been fun for the whole family and today I am giving ... continue reading...
All About Maps Gift Guide
*This post contains affiliate links. Should you make a purchase I might receive a small commission, your price stays the same. Thanks for supporting the blog in this way!* What to get the person who has everything? That is always the toughest gift giving question around! Especially when it comes to finding gifts for guys. The reason I chose to focus on maps as a gift idea is because they relate to EVERYONE in some way, shape or form. Maps tell us where we've been and where we want to ... continue reading...
What Happened to Your Joy?
What happened to your joy? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Like a puff of smoke joy seems to escape sometimes. Oh, I'm sure it's more of a gradual exit than that, but it feels as if suddenly you look up and the walls are crumbling around you. Things were going so good, life was chugging along and then BOOM- darkness sets in. It could be triggered by an event...death, divorce, job loss, sickness. Maybe something less traumatic invaded your space like the invitation you ... continue reading...
Dollar Store Halloween Table Decorations
Dollar store Halloween table decorations are easy, fun and obviously great for a budget, today I am sharing a cute table for your family to enjoy! This entire month I have felt so behind! Do you ever feel that way? My to do list is longer than the hours available and those are the times that my family usually bears the brunt of my splintered time. I'm sad to say they get pushed to the back burner sometimes. As I was talking with a friend this week she renewed a spirit in me. You see, she ... continue reading...
A Huge Chalkboard and Huge Chalkboard Lettering Tutorial
There have been a number of chalkboard projects flying around our house lately. Chalkboards aren't exactly new, but they really are so much fun! Especially when it's a huge chalkboard with huge chalkboard lettering going on! A while back I was picking the kids up from school when a giant stack of window screens begged me to take them home. I heard them whistle at me as I drove by. Luckily I had my husband's truck and I loaded up about 10 of these cast off screens. I think they surrounded an ... continue reading...
