Spring/Easter Mantel (the Full Monty)

TGIF, friends!  After a week that culminated with my son's 18th birthday (!) and an Easter Egg hunt with 14 crazy little people, I'm very happy to see Friday!  And just in time for Easter, I'm finally sharing my spring/Easter mantel with you patient people... A few things remain... my mirror, my sconces, my antique open frame and my sheet music candles... The hydrangeas in my DIY mercury glass vase are actually ones I cut last … [Read more...]

Spring Mantel Sneak Peek and a GIVEAWAY!

*This giveaway is now closed and the winner has been announced here.*   I don't care that it's only 48 degrees outside -- I'm putting up my spring mantel!  It's still in process, but here's a little sneak peek... You knew I'd work some silver in, right? ;-) I spent most of the weekend still catching up from our trip (paying bills, organizing tax information, laundry) and spending time with the boys but I did squeeze just a … [Read more...]

Looky What I Found…Antique Bottle Bird Feeder

Hi everyone, and Happy First Day of Spring!! Whew!  Back from a fabulous vacay with the hubs and digging out from under both at school and at work... I know -- poor me, right? ;-)  I hope you were following along on Instagram to see a few snippets of our trip, but if not, I'll share a few later this week, along with a DIY or two. But just so you didn't think I'd forgotten you, I wanted to share what I found on The Foundry this morning!  … [Read more...]

Just a Little Happy…

To get you ready for spring...   Source: brightboldbeautiful.com via Heidi on Pinterest Hope you've had a great week! … [Read more...]

February’s Favorite Things

Well, you know what they say... better late than never!  But we're only a week into March, so I figure this isn't too bad, right? February was pretty busy, but in a really great way.  And now we're rocking and rolling into the spring schedule, but not before the hubs and I take in a week of R & R.  Yay for R & R! But without further ado, here are a few of my favorites from February... 1.  My No Spend Month. Seriously, y'all?  … [Read more...]

Spring Decor Silent Auction Item (Meeting My No Spend Challenge)

My youngest son is fundraising for an upcoming pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with his church youth group.  This is my third pilgrimage in the last five years, so I'm experiencing a little fundraising burnout. Nonetheless, when they decided to do a silent auction and wine tasting this spring to help top off their funds, I agreed to contribute something for the auction, of course.  The hubs and I will be on our Caribbean junket at the time of … [Read more...]