Totally Turquoise in 2010?
It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about the holidays, I’m talking about the time of year when Pantone releases their “Color of the Year.” 2010’s lucky duck is Turquoise. Apparently...
View ArticleA Thrifted Christmas: Part 1
I love to give people handmade gifts for birthdays or holidays. And now, with extra creative inspiration from the blogosphere, I pledged to make as many handmade gifts as possible. To add to the mix,...
View ArticleWish List Thursday at Open Hand Living
Here’s a short-but-sweet wish list for Julia’s first Wish List Thursday link party over at Open Hand Living. With Christmas just one week away, I wish for: Enough time, efficiency and persistance to...
View ArticleUnexpected Inspiration
Sometimes inspiration surprises you, popping out of the most unexpected venues. Such was the case when the boyfriend and I attended our company’s annual holiday party, thrown at the Udvar-Hazy Air...
View ArticleA Thrifted Christmas: Part 2
Tonight I’m racing home to dive headfirst into some thrifty and eco-friendly Christmas projects. As stated in Part 1, this year I’m striving to create thrifty, eco-friendly, and meaningful handmade...
View ArticleCoasting through the night
Tonight I’ve been a tiling fool! As mentioned in Part 2 of A Thrifted Christmas, one of my thrifty homemade gift ideas is coasters. And tonight I was coasting right through that project. (Teehee)...
View ArticleSnow Day!
Washington, DC’s December snowfall record has officially been broken! In my shared “front yard” the snow is definitely up to my knee, which – according to my measuring tape – means we have at least...
View ArticleA Thrifted Christmas: Part 3
Now that the holiday has come and gone – (so quickly, don’t you think?) – and gifts have been given, I’m back to share some of the thrifty Christmas gifts I handmade for friends and family. Today I’ll...
View ArticleA Thrifted Christmas: Part 4
I’m super stoked to share this little coaster-making tutorial with you all. As hinted at in a previous post, once I figured out a foolproof way to create cheap and charming coaster gift sets, I really...
View ArticleOver the river and through the woods. . .
I have so many topics I want to blog about. So many fun Christmas gifts and thoughts and ideas for the new year. With that in mind, it’s killing me that I’m heading out tomorrow morning for a...
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