{home & garden} tomkat studio ~ valentine collection
I have an obsession with The TomKat Studio. I'll admit it, but it really shouldn't come as a surprise, as whatever I deem to be a favorite, I truly am a loyal follower.  The TomKat Studio. first wowed me with their help on the Three Ring Circus Birthday Party last year.  And of course I'm addicted to their free printable calendar. (And just read that there is a weekly calendar...
{home & garden} birthday season
{image: sandy heit} Wow. It's here again.What's here you ask??? BIRTHDAY SEASON! And what does birthday season mean in our house? Are you ready for it? It means this.... Newborn cousin born last night! Sister-in-law's (newborn's mom) birthday today Niece on Jan 20 Brother-in-law's birthday Feb 4 His brother, my other brother-in-law Feb 7 Mine Feb 9 (short break for Piper's, + 2 cousins' baptisms) (short break for Valentines' Day)...
{home & garden} home tour ~ the kids bathroom
Next up on the Home Tour, the Kids Bathroom. Isn't it pretty?  It's about as pretty as the rest of the house was before we got started on our super fast overhaul.  So far we've toured the Kitchen and Piper's Room, and of course there was the post on the entire "Before" House. I gave you my cheater post on the Kids Bath, but that was mostly about the towels...
{home & garden} name your design {& giveaway!!}
Name Your Design, is a FAVORITE for sure!! Do you know them? You've heard me talk about them before, and I'm asked ALL.THE.TIME. where I got the adorable canvas name prints in the Little Punks Playroom.  In my personal opinion they just "make" any room I move them to. I've had them in the nursery, the kids bath, and now the playroom....and I fall in love with them again each...
{home & garden} home tour ~ piper’s new room
Got to say, I'm feeling kinda good about the Home Tour promise right now. I think I've gotten one out each week, albeit, a couple were half tours, but I'm taking that as a win because I'm getting SOMETHING out about the house! Seriously, most of this work was done 3 years ago.  I've had 2 more children since then and my brain is FRIED. But I've shown you the...
{home & garden} our first house
Well, technically not our "first" house... But since it's our 5 year wedding anniversary this week, I thought it might be fun to write this week's Home Tour post on our last house. This house had a front and back house. I rented the back house for almost 8 years I think.  When Hubs and I were married, he moved in with me (we joked as we lived in an...
{home & garden} kids bath…sort of
Now before you all throw in the towel at me (Oh wait, HA! That pun was not intended!!)... I KNOW last week with our kitchen I promised you a room each week for the Home Tour, but it just was too crazy a week to try and photograph something during the daylight hours...and as much as I wanted to show you the whole Kids Bathroom, the last blooms had just...
{home & garden} our kitchen ~ before, during, after
I am soooooo tardy in sharing our Home Tour with you all. But I've been poked in the ribs enough times with all the emails asking "WHEN??" that I'm going to get my booty in gear and get this done for us all.  My goal to you and to myself is to post once a week on our house. You would think this would be easy, but it involves digging...
{home & garden} 5 new favorites (& giveway)
Have you been following along the past 5 months while I've been trying Arm & Hammer's products for their The Switch & Save Challenge?  Have you entered for the $25,000 Giveaway over on The Switch & Save site yet??  Ummmm, worth it...SOMEONE has to win, right!?!?  I can think of a WHOLE LOTTA stuff that $25K would be good for! This final post (and the last $25 Visa Gift Card...
{home & garden} just a little project…a few books
In the spirit of doing "just a little project". Something that has bugged me to no end is the TV in our bedroom. I know there are 2 sides of the fence for whether or not a TV needs to be in the bedroom. For us, it's a necessity. Our bedroom serves as the only real place we can escape to be alone, and honestly, there is nothing quite like...