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Kitchen B&A {the big reveal}
Look. At. This. Look at it. Just look. Sometimes when I'm really excited I repeat a phrase over and over. This is one of those moments. Kitchen project complete. Here's the thing. I know it's going to sound conceited, but sometimes I amaze myself. The...
Kitchen, Smitchen. It’s just like doing my nails.
I can count the number of manicures I've ever received on one hand. Heck, I could count them on a Fraggle's hand. The number is two. Once during a bridal luncheon before a wedding. Once before my own wedding. You know I'm cheap. I don't fancy spending money on...
Glazed Over
Yesterday was about getting things d-o-n-e. Yeah, it was so hard core and awesome I felt the need to spell it out. Because that really proves how much I got done. Okay, enough explaining why I write the things I do. If I did that I'd never leave the laptop......
Bond. James Bond Coat.
Wanna see day one of my Kitchen Transformation? Click here. Want the before photos? Click here. So...yesterday turned into a bit of a DIY marathon. By now you know me well enough to know that I have a problem quitting, stopping, quieting my mind. When I'm in the...
Day 1: Deglossing {how I get it done}
Usually when I do projects I put off writing a big post about it until the project is all done. Then I show you the whole process. This time, I thought I'd try something different. I get a lot of questions from friends asking how I do it. How I tackle a project...
The Kitchen
Derek doesn't read my blog. Well, I shouldn't tell you that he never reads it. He does sometimes. Just not often. He doesn't really need to. We talk, he sees me, he lives with me {well, most of the time} for goodness sake. Basically he knows all there is to know...
Give to Caesar…
Some of you may know that I work with the high school youth group at our church here in Minot. I love it. For a lot of reasons. It's such an exciting time in life, the kids are fun, they keep me current, they know how to do adorable things with their hair and wear...
Clever and Quick Jewelry Organizers
Tonight I went out for some dessert with my friends from Bible study. I've been practically living in my gym attire, so when I get a chance to wear regular clothes, slap on some mascara and be seen in public...I jump. Tonight I even wore {gasp} a necklace. Which...
100 Years in the Making {a family sneak peek}
One hundred years. Can you even fathom that? I certainly can't. I can't imagine what it would be like to have seen and remember when telephones became commonplace. Then to see them transform into something cordless...and something that we now carry everywhere with...
Meet Evolet {a SUPER sneak peek}
You remember Lauren and Ricky {oh, and Samson of course}?! Well their beautiful baby has made her debut and I had the grand pleasure of taking sweet baby Evolet's first set of portraits. Just like her parents, she is great in front of the camera. So photogenic, so...
How to make a patio and impress your friends.
Okay folks. Today is the day I show you how I made my outdoor room dreams come true. I'll tell you what I did, what I bought and where I got it. Heck, I'll even tell you things that I got wrong so you can get them right. Now, I know you've seen this photo a...
Mele Kalikimaka, baby {Patio Reveal}
A month or so I told you about my Mele Kalikimaka moment. If you have no idea what that means...read the post here. When I started with the patio I really wasn't sure how it would all come together. But it's done now, and I think it turned out pretty nice. At very...
Entertaining the Neighbors
I wish I took more self portraits. That way I could show you just how ridiculous the things going on at my house really look. But alas...I'm much too busy with my projects and hurting myself...and doing things in weird, awkward, one-man-show type ways to stop and...
10 Ways to Plan a Quirky Trip
I've been gone a long time. I know. I have this goal of "writing out" so that even when I'm away and unable to post I'd have content coming up every day or so. But, as you can tell...that goal keeps getting shoved underneath a bunch of other more...
Just Two Bros: Vacation Edition
I know I've been absent. If I was really a good friend to you, I'd be writing every single day of all the adventures I've been having in Indiana. But here's the thing. I'm having so many, many, many adventures that are lasting late into the night I'm just too...
