Setting Up A New Life & Home:
Scenes from the Weekend

Creating rooms to welcome new friends... Planning comfortable places for conversation, fun and games... Assembling the memories to make our house a home... Playing together, laughing and learning to skip rocks... Dreaming of many more … ** Read more **

A Beautiful Life: The U-Haul Edition

Just a quick post from me today...we arrived back home in Washington with our 26ft U-Haul, unloaded it and now our 10ft trailer has arrived. Our new house now looks like a furniture store. And that means I can start 'shopping the house'! Oh happy … ** Read more **

DIY: Bed Canopy

Want to make your own bed canopy? We made one for our daughter's room about five years ago and it turned out pretty cute! It also doubled as a creative concealment, as there was an unnecessary and awkward window behind the curtain (I pulled the … ** Read more **

Sweet Idea for Spring (& a giveaway)

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O k, so on Tuesday I published this giveaway post and the only thing that showed up for you all was the photo! No text, no giveaway details, no nothing -- even though I had stayed up late the night before to get it all fancy for you! Nice! So … ** Read more **

A Giveaway. Because I Love You.
And we need some fun.

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Greetings, blog friends! How is your week going? I've been entertaining guests all week and getting ready for MOVE #2! No, I am not moving to another house. I am STILL MOVING to the same house we moved to in January. Am I crazy? Insane? Yes. I … ** Read more **

Spring-ify your Chandelier

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I thought this was such a whimsical and charming way to spring-ify a chandelier! There is something so unexpected and happy about seeing those pretty spring colored birds all tucked in among the crystals! Wouldn't it be cute at a tea party? … ** Read more **