I love fall and recently spent a little time adding a few fall touches to my front porch. If you follow our blog, then you know that one of my go to craft projects is hand painting numbers on just about anything. I have done […]

There are so many things to love about fall!  I’m sure you have a list of your favorites as well.  It’s hard to narrow it down but here are four of my fall favorites for decorating and entertaining. 1. Book Page Pumpkins: I made this […]

This weekend, my daughter helped me with a fun little project of painting house numbers on the mailbox of the Jersey shore house – a small detail but when viewed together with other small details, they begin to make a big impact. We showed how to […]

A while ago, Debra and I were asked to come up with a craft that could be made by a group of women from our church to be given to local nursing home residents.  We came up with the idea for these fabric bouquets.  We […]

When we are working on the Jersey shore house, I love taking a short ride over to the Bayhead area where there are so many gorgeous homes on the beach and on the bay.   They often provide the inspiration for some of the ideas […]

I probably make these pancakes at least twice a week. It’s a recipe that my mom passed down to me and I’ve adapted over the years to meet the needs of my family.  We’ll eat them for breakfast, lunch, supper or snacks.  You know it’s […]

We are making progress on the exterior of this house located at the Jersey shore.  The house was stuck in the 1970’s with its beige and brown color scheme. We specced a gray/blue/white color scheme for the facade to give it a more beachy vibe. […]

We enjoyed our time earlier this week teaching a workshop on how to make flower pins out of old sweaters at “Leisure Week”.  Leisure Week is a family-oriented Christian retreat held annually at the Tuscarora Conference Center in Mount Bethel, PA.  It was nice to […]

Debra and I always grow these wheat grass centerpieces around Easter time. We think they’re adorable with the little bunny peeps nestled inside. But, they’re also great for a simple, more modern looking centerpiece for your home or for weddings.  They couldn’t be more cost-effective […]

If you missed my other posts about my Ikea kitchen, you can read them here: Ikea Kitchen Part I Ikea Kitchen Part II Subway Tile Backsplash In those posts I shared how we had to trim the budget on building our new house because  the […]