shopping day!

Oh, a blessed day of shopping. It’s what I’m doing today. It’s time to shop for these cuties. My cute mom and I are hitting the town to drink starbucks, fight the crowd at Toys R Us, and have a ridiculously long lunch sans toddler spills and...

dining room holiday table decor 2011

Merry Christmas, folks! We’re decking the halls here at the perfectly imperfect house by the minute, and this year we certainly have a few criteria.  Our decorations this year need to be: simple family friendly inexpensive I had to join my buddy, Layla’s,...

the day, scaling down, & kv bijou winner

Happy weekend, friends! We’ve had a marvelous day today. Matt let me sleep in today–it was my day.  We have days.  No matter how early we both have to get up, one person gets to “sleep in” while the other gets up with the kids. I take it even...

Farmhouse table plans & finishing tips

Well, I’m still alive. I was just taking a little mini-vacay. The kind where I come home from Thanksgiving and dive straight into major project mode.  Some kind folks asked me to work on a little something, and well, I just couldn’t say no. I’ll, of...

busy doesn’t begin to describe

my days the last couple of months. It’s gotten waaayyy crazier with the holidays and some new projects I can’t quite mention yet. Just know that I’m here. Looking like that. I’ll be around…I’ve got to get through the next two days,...