I wanted to build something around the glass windows my mom loaned me. My sweet husband carved me a tree – yep, just scooted on into the garage after I showed him something on Pinterest and customized one for me. Seemed perfect for Valentines/Spring. The ever-handy Target lanterns and Luminarc candles flocked nicely with silver and … Continue reading
In addition to loving fall because we finally get a break from our 100+ degree Texas weather, I heart college football. To get our heads right for the season, I decided to pull out some vintage Baylor Bear football pics of my grandfather, GB Jordan. Those were just naturals when I added them to … Continue reading
Once again, taking a cue from Pinterest, I decided to use the rustic window that my Dad found at an antique shop for $10, for our summer mantel. So many creative pinners inspired me by enlarging personal photos to fit into the panes, so off I went to choose one of our Yellowstone picnic pics from 2012 for the project. … Continue reading
Normally I get depressed when it’s time to take down Christmas decorations, but putting together a January mantel shifted my focus. I was a bit burnt out on bright reds and greens, so something clean and white just seemed right. My Target mirror was happy to stay in the mix (minus the Oh, Holy Night … Continue reading
As I was debating about what to use on our Christmas mantel, I kept coming back to the big picture frames that folks were using on Pinterest. I knew I also wanted to use my Crate & Barrel reindeer (who had debuted on our table the year before). After pulling out the Monet print from a 24×36 poster … Continue reading
From time to time, I definitely spend waaay too much time on Pinterest. Like most of us, I have tons of pins that I’ve never actually done anything with. However, sometimes I take one of those and do a little thing I like to call Spinterest-which just means I adapt whatever I’ve seen to use whatever I have (or whatever I … Continue reading
So, what do you do when your dinner guests are due at your home in about two hours and you realize, since one of them is single, it would be optimal to have placecards? (OK, the truth is, it just makes a regular old dinner seem fancy!) You print out all of the names in … Continue reading
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