I love the look of a burlap wreath! And seeing how burlap wreaths are all the rage right now, I decided to try my hand at making one. It was a really easy project - but beware, burlap makes you itchy! I picked the simplest technique possible for my wreath which is using a […]

  I have been in love with all things sugar skull for some time now. Living in the Southwest and loving bright colors and Mexican art makes it a match made in heaven. So when the movie The Book of Life came out last year and Day of the Dead exploded into the mainstream, you […]

I really dig the look of grapevine wreaths. They’re such a great blank canvas for whatever you want to do with them. Since we’re not quite to Halloween and it’s not technically summertime anymore (even though where I live it’s still in the 100’s outside) - I wanted something fall-ish on my door. I keep […]

  If you’re like us - summertime means wet towels and swimsuits EVERYWHERE. It drives me crazy! When our kids were younger, we had a metal fence that wrapped around our pool and that became the de facto towel rack. But eventually rust got the better of it and it had to come down. Then […]

  So weird story…I was sitting in my backyard watching my kids in the pool and I happened to look down. Lying on the ground were these wooden stakes we purchased to lay out an outline for where we’d like a new border for the grass in our yard. We thought we’d use the stakes […]

  Summer is nearly upon us and what better way to have some outdoor fun than making (and then playing with!) homemade sidewalk chalk? Yes, I know you could just run to the store and buy some, but making it is a great way to engage kids. It also makes a wonderful, personal gift. You […]

    When my friend mentioned that she wanted to make her own shower for the backyard I immediately thought it was a super idea! We followed the basic design of an image we found online (sorry, but I can’t find the image - if you recognize your design, please let me know so I […]