Summer in Italy and every house has potted geraniums. Bright red and pink and overflowing. We noticed if someone had a larger piece of property it was almost certain they had a proper garden. But even those living in stone or brick apartment buildings with maybe a window or two had geraniums. There were window boxes, pots on balconies and often basil plants were tucked in between the flowers. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shallot Confit
Shallot Confit makes everything better. We used to make Onion Confit and used it mainly on pizza. The recipe was from The New Basics Cookbook. It was 1989 and we were making pizzas with onion confit and fennel or rosemary potatoes. We obviously thought we were very cool. Over the years Onion Confit turned into Shallot Confit and I make it almost every week. Last week we added it to pizza ...