• DIY Projects

    Upcycled Advent Countdown Cabinet

    7:29 PM - By 

    So there is a fun­ny back sto­ry to how this cab­i­net came to be. If you know me then you know I like to online shop in the mid­dle of the night. I some­times wake up in the mid­dle­of th night and have trou­ble going back to sleep so I shop and day­dream until I get drowsy again. Weeeeeell, here’s the thing. I some­times buy things and com­plete­ly for­get about my com­mit­ment to pick them up or that I even bought it in the first place. Yeah, I know, weird huh?  That is exact­ly what hap­pened here, with this cab­i­net. I…

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    Easy Christmas Candle Display

    10:39 AM - By 

    I am elbows deep in pack­ing box­es and clean­ing out soooo much clut­ter before we move. That is how I dis­cov­ered the peices for this lit­tle gem. I was in my “office” which has real­ly just become a stor­age area forall of my sup­plies and projects when I came across these can­dles, and an old bro­ken tray. They were not stored togeth­er and, in fact, sep­a­rate­ly, they all looked pret­ty sad. With me being in clean-out mode they were tossed mind­less­ly into the donate box.  Yep, this project almost did­n’t even hap­pen. It was­n’t until I was load­ing things into…

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    $3 Nativity Makeover

    8:20 PM - By 

    I have been search­ing for the per­fect nativ­i­ty scene to add to my Christ­mas decor for a few years now. Though they are beau­ti­ful, I nev­er could bring myself to spend so much mon­ey on a set. Luck­i­ly, in most most recent trip to one of my favorite pickin’ spots, I came across this lit­tle dia­mond in the rough! It was not in pris­tine cond­tion but all the peices were there and it was in decent shape. I snagged it for $3, stuffed it in a box and brought it home!  Talk about a steal! My heart was elated.  As you…

  • Decor - Decor + Styling

    Budget Friendly DIY Projects to Spruce Up Your Thanksgiving Table

    6:43 AM - By 

    Grow­ing up, Thanks­giv­ing meals were always held at my Grannie’s farm­house here in West­ern Ken­tucky. Most of our fam­i­ly lived with­in a 5 mile radius and we all piled in the mod­est, wood-pan­eled, den and kitchen area. There were so many cousins, aunts and uncles we were quite lit­er­al­ly piled on top of each oth­er. But hon­est­ly, that was how I liked it! When my Grannie, the Matri­arch, passed in 2008 the fam­i­ly sud­den­ly stopped hav­ing large hol­i­day meals togeth­er. Instead we all split off into our own lit­tle units and haven’t had a meal togeth­er since. But alas, my…

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    Easy Silverware Pocket Using a Paper Bag

    6:57 PM - By 

    With Thanks­giv­ing on the hori­zon I have been dream­ing up ideas for styling the table. I was need­ing a lit­tle some­thing to add to my place set­tings and then it dawned on me.…I have about a mil­lion brown paper lunch bags my hus­band brought home a while back (don’t ask me why he brought so many) But I thought they could make the per­fect lit­tle addi­tion I need­ed and took me less than 5 min­utes to make.  SERVE UP SOME OF MAMA’S OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD THIS THANKSGIVING! SHHH I’M SHARING ALL OF HER SECRETS IN THIS RECIPE HERE All you will…

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    DIY Mason Jar Cake Stand

    3:25 AM - By 

    I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve sift­ed through this box of old hand­writ­ten recipes over the years… each time I learn some­thing new about my her­itage… the woman that left a lega­cy. My great grand­moth­er passed when I was an infant and I have since lost my Grannie. Oh the sto­ries my Grannie used to share. There is not much I wouldn’t give to hear those sto­ries just one more time, just so I could soak them in just a lit­tle bit longer. She’s been on my mind a lot late­ly, Sep­tem­ber 23rd marked 11 years with­out her…

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    How to Make A Wood Block House Using Scrap Wood

    3:55 AM - By 

    I have been see­ing these adorable lit­tle DIY wood block hous­es every­where! They usu­al­ly have a num­ber on them or a cute lit­tle say­ing and I have sim­ply fell in love! I decid­ed it was time for me to hop on the saw and come up with a cute and sim­ple design. I start­ed with a scrap­wood block and cut the edges at a 45 degree angle to make a pitched roof. It was about 9 inch­es tall with­out the addi­tion of the trim pieces which we will get to later. MAKE YOUR CUTS (1) 2X6X8” block (or scrap wood with a pitch) (1)…

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    Easy DIY Miniature Magnolia Wreath

    10:25 PM - By 

    This lit­tle project was lit­er­al­ly what one might call a “hap­py lit­tle acci­dent” Mak­ing a mini mag­no­lia wreath was not real­ly where I was head­ed with this one. I was shar­ing a DIY Wood Block House on a Face­book Live when I real­ized my orig­i­nal idea for a mini wreath was turn­ing out to be a com­plete fail. It was the that I was left no choice but to think on my feel with what I had in front of me and boy did it turn out cute! Start with a small piece of flo­ral wire. In my case I recy­cled some…

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    Dollar Tree Haunted House

    1:45 AM - By 

    If you love Hal­loween dec­o­rat­ing like I do then you are sure to love this lit­tle Dol­lar Tree haunt­ed house. It’s sim­ple to make and it turned out oh so cute. Dol­lar tree projects like this one are per­fect for get­ting the kid­dos involved too. I actu­al­ly had a fun time craft­ing this dol­lar tree haunt­ed house with my mom and it was just what the doc­tor ordered. This would make a cute lit­tle addi­tion to a gallery wall or as part of a fun lit­tle vignette. I have includ­ed a list of sup­plies. I did not include all of…

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    Crockpot Creamy Sausage Tortellini Soup

    3:38 AM - By 

    This soup y’all.…what is there not to say about this soup? It has become a sta­ple around our house dur­ing the fall months…well let’s be hon­est we could make and eat this dish year-round..it’s seri­ous­ly THAT good!  Ingre­di­ents 1 pound mild sausage  1 large box of chick­en stock 1 8 oz block of cream cheese, cubed 1 bag of fresh baby spinach leaves  2 cans of diced toma­toes (undrained) or fresh grape toma­toes halved  1 bag frozen cheese tortelli­ni noodles Steps Brown and drain sausage and set to the side Add all ingre­di­ents, except noo­dles, to a crock pot and set on low Allow…