DIY: How to Dress Up a Photo Frame Using Scrapbook Paper

Rustic Photo Frame Using Scrapbook Paper

I shared my DIY Western graduation favors with you for Tyler’s Senior table and today, I’m gonna share how I gave a plain photo frame a rustic makeover using scrapbook paper.  A lot of the times, I never can find a western type frame that I like that doesn’t look completely cheesy so I learned [...]

How to Turn a Cutting Board Into a Chalk Board

Chalk Board Cutting Board

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I’m sure there’s bound to some need for gift ideas.  I’ve got a great one for your Mom and/or that foodie lover in your life; a cutting board turned into a chalk board! You can do this with just about any surface but I thought a cutting board would [...]

Spring DIY Bird Feeder For Under $5

DIY Bird Feeder

Perhaps I am getting old but I’m finding birdwatching a fun, new hobby these days.  I love my hummingbirds but hear Orioles are pretty and fun to watch too so I’m gonna lure them in with this easy, budget-friendly bird feeder with some delicious fruit! Oh! Mother’s Day is right around the corner too!! I [...]

DIY: How to Make a Light-Box for Photography Using PVC Pipe

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Cat has inspired me to work on my photos for my food blog.  Having good lighting is essential and in my house, there is zero.none.zilch.  I was havin’ to open the front door, lug a table over, place white board down and pray nobody opened the door to let the Texas wind blow it all [...]

DIY: How To Make Bottles for the Baseball Throw Game

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Recently, my son’s Sophomore class held a ‘county fair‘ for their fundraiser. Each pair of students were responsible for coming up with their booth. My son and his friend decided on the baseball throw game and we were in charge of coming up with the bottles. Now I searched and searched the internet and every [...]

DIY Halloween Bird Seed Ornaments

Halloween Birdseed ornaments

Another craft y’all! I’ve actually seen these type of bird seed ornaments before but had never made them so when I was sent the supplies to create some food for the birds, me and Truett went to town! He had a blast helping me and loved seeing them hang from the tree. He sits by [...]

My 15 Minute, $6 Pom Pom Glove Craft

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I’ve been trying to think of some crafts to do lately and when I sat down tonight, I kept thinking about those pom pom gloves I saw in the store the other day.  You know the ones right?  They are your team colors and will be great for teams that go into the cold, specifically [...]

4th of July Party Favors – Candy Filled Firecrackers

I created a super easy & cheap table centerpiece for the 4th of July holiday and today I’m sharing some fun & cute candy filled firecrackers that make great party favors! What I originally wanted to do was use 4th of July wrapping paper but I couldn’t seem to find any so I decided to [...]

DIY 4th of July Table Centerpiece for $8

We love Independence Day for many reasons but in light of recent events, I have to say, I’m glad there won’t be any fireworks this year. It’s so risky with how dry things are around here. I asked around for ideas to create a DIY 4th of July craft and had lots of replies but [...]

Reuse and Regift, Gift Ideas

We often celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with gifts but rarely give ‘just because’ presents.  I try to find out-of-the-blue moments to give gifts but this time around, I plan on using the 4th of July to celebrate more than our independence. I’ve been giving my house a good spring cleaning and along the way, I [...]

Easter Goodies!

I just love the Easter holiday!  Look at all these Easter goodies for the kiddos!  I wanted to create three Easter baskets for my son Truett and two of his friends; Chloe and Chase.  I found some great items to put in them like bubbles ($1), sidewalk chalk ($1), mini ‘magna doodles’ ($1), and of [...]

A Halloween Home

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Every year I pull out all our Halloween decorations like my favorite spider, and create a Halloween home.  We try to keep the scariness to a minimum just because Truett is still young but I’ve learned with raising 3 boys that if you don’t teach them it’s scary, then they won’t think it’s scary. I [...]

Home Depot to the Rescue ($100 giveaway)

When my husband decided to get serious about building bits and spurs, we had to invest a good chunk of money on materials and tools.  After searching at several places, it was Home Depot that saved the day.  We found every tool that we needed including the powerful Drill Press that we couldn’t find anywhere [...]