Laundry day seems to be everyday in Tuscany. As we drove through towns and villages and walked through the city streets...it seems everyone hangs their laundry out to dry during the summer months. In the United States, clotheslines were once a fixture in every suburban backyard and even in small backyards in more urban areas. It seems that now many have resorted to the more convenient method ...
July 4th decorations
I'm getting ready for the 4th starting with the front door. Last year I used my Sharpie paint pen to write a quick message on my glass front door and it has been all over Pinterest. I wanted to do it again and this time my house has a fresh coat of white paint so I think it looks even better! I took this same design and made a stencil to decorate a pan of brownies. Using the same idea as ...
DIY Father’s Day Gift Wrap + Funny Kid Quotes
and one more...courtesy of the Geico commercial . . . and boots and pants and boots and pants. . . By now you know how much I love to use Engineer Prints from Staples. I've used them for birthdays and graduations (here and here) and to decorate Madeline's dorm room. Staples makes it easy to upload your photos, choose the size you want and pick them up in a few hours or have them sent ...
Memorial Day + the front porch
We recently painted our house white. Benjamin Moore Cloud White with black trim. Easy, hardly any decision making at all, but just what we wanted. Our house is a block off the parade route in our small town and still a well traveled street so I love to decorate at least a little. I use Ikea Burken jars for everything. I have about a dozen and they just rotate from indoors to out for different ...
easy graduation decorations
When I started thinking about what kind of decorations I would use for my nephew's graduation I immediately thought of school supplies. The iconic black and white marble composition notebook is synonymous with school and so I made simple place cards using that idea. I created a "Notes" box in Microsoft word and then placed them onto a composition book. I made copies on card stock and simply cut ...
DIY: Mother’s Day Notes
This is a project I did last year for Mother's Day and again at Valentine's Day. This time I used the same simple water colors but was inspired by the clay pots and planters in terracotta and zinc. I wrote notes on the back and will tuck them into my mom's card and packages. It's an easy project that you could do with your toddler or any age child. Each heart is cut with a heart punch and no ...
