Month in review!

Well hello! You are all SWEETAYS for your sweet comments on my aqua and pink flag cake. I cut a piece off tonight for hubby and I must say, it’s pretty cute. Not Fourth of July cute, but CUTE.  :) And as many of you mentioned, I’m just on the cutting edge with the hot colors of aqua and coral. I totally did it on purpose. NOT. I have decided to start doing a review of posts at the end of each

Cake FAIL

Many of you know I share the good and the bad on this little ‘ol blog. I have shared my house at it’s worst, as well as many projects I deem “science fairs” (translation = they don’t go well). Well this one is in the science fair category for sure. One of the many things I love about blogging is that I will now try things that I may have never attempted, because if it turns out I’ll want to

Silhouette and Crate & Barrel winners!

It’s time to announce the lucky winners of the fantastic Amex/Crate and Barrel and Silhouette craft cutter giveaways!! First of all, the winner of the Crate and Barrel $100 gift card is: Susie of Shafer Living! Secondly, the winner of the Silhouette is…drum roll puuhleeze… April of Natural Nester!   Congrats ladies!! Remember (I believe) you can still use the code “TDC123” at check out

Red, white and blue door decor!

Whew! I hope you had a FAB weekend! We had a great one! Today we got to visit with someone our son has been dying to meet for a very long time: ;) That would be Thomas the Train. I tell. you. what. He was in heaven. Can you tell?! (That’s his smile by the way.)  ;) Then we started out the Fourth of July week by watching the local fireworks tonight – and we are POOPED. Happy. But pooped.

Labels make me happy

Whoohoo! It’s a Silhouette giveaway frenzy folks!! I’m back today to show you what I’ve been up to with my new favorite crafty tool: :) If you’ve read this blog for one hot second, you know I’m a little obsessed with labeling things. I label things that have their items in plain sight – like a basket full of cleaning supplies, I’ll label “cleaning supplies.” OK. I know. But it’s fun!!

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Ohhhhh you Squeeeeezays!!

I have been SO excited to tell you about this giveaway – I could barely contain myself. I am positively giddy about this one!

For about, forever, I’ve wanted a craft cutter – I have drooled over them in your posts. I have coveted your adorable crafts. I have sighed as I walked by them at the craft store.

And now…the day has come. I have one of my very own. My BFFs (

Girls’ weekend

Well HELLO there! I’m back, I’m back! It was a whirlwind of a weekend, for sure. We had a BLAST in the city that never sleeps. I’ve told you before how much I adore NYC, and this trip was special because I brought two friends with me who are now in love with the city as well. It is now my mission to make every single person I know a NYC lovah. :) We were there for three days, which

AMEX Crate & Barrel giveaway!

Well helloooo! First of all, I need to announce the winner of The Pumpkin Patch giveaway! The lucky gal is Kayla from Unpredictable Bliss! (She just had a sweet new baby! So precious!) Kayla, shoot me an email and I’ll get you connected with Sarah!I am SO excited for you peeps this weekend! I’m excited for me too, but more on that in a minute. :)You may know that I’ve been working on our kitchen

Comment love

You all never disappoint!! Thanks for all of the great suggestions on the dryer and your thoughts on a new one! I have tried a few more things with our dryer and so far no luck. Boo hiss! In the meantime I’ll probably call the repairman, just to get us through. :) So I get questions all of the time from so many of you who are getting ready to start a blog, have just started one, or have had one

I hate laundry

First of all, the FIVE (!) winners of the My Design Guide giveaway are: 1. gijane_84 (at) hotmail (dot) com 2. The Kesler Klan 3. Lisa Vance 4. Christe from 4 Monkeys 5. Katie from In the Grip of Grace Ladies, you can email Champe at champegranger (at) mydesignguide (dot) com to get your gift certificates! OK. Now to the topic at hand. My hatred of laundry. It’s deep. And

A beadboard backsplash

Well sheesh!! This project about kicked my booty! If you’ve been with me over the past few weeks, you know I’m redoing our kitchen with some help from American Express. (Wheee!) One of the biggest projects was getting rid of our previous shiny black tile backsplash and replacing it with something lighter and brighter. It was a long process -- but I keep reminding myself that it was a WHOLE

Showing off

OK, so this whole beadboard backsplash idea? Ummm…it’s the easiest, hardest project I’ve ever done. Easiest because it has made such a difference in our kitchen with less than $60 of materials. It will by FAR be the one project that has absolutely transformed the space. Hardest because GOOD LORD, there are so many cuts that need to be made, and because my cuts weren’t perfect, there is an

Before and After Party: Strawberry Jam!

Geez Louise, you could practically pull my fingerprints off that picture! ;) I have to start off this post by letting my Dad everyone know that yes, yes I CAN cook. I can bake. I can make dinner. And I can even pour milk into a cereal bowl. All of the above. (The last one I do very well, thankyouverymuch.) I just don’t cook and bake very often. With hubby’s crazy work schedule and a

Kitchen redo: Week three!

HELLO! So are you tired of hearing about the kitchen redo yet? Yes? Too bad. I’m back for more. :) Thanks to American Express, I am redoing our kitchen using Membership Reward Points – and this week they asked me to use the remainder of the points – 150,000! If you have an Amex and you use the points to shop, you know that’s A LOT of  points. Still pinching myself. :) I told you in my last

Grundtal, Hemnes, Karlstad Huh?

First of all, the winner of the Single Stone Studios giveaway is Cassie from Primitive and Proper! Congrats Cassie – email me and I’ll get you connected for your gift card! Because they rock, Single Stone is offering ten percent off the entire order for anyone who orders through the end of June! Whoohoo! Use promo code thriftydecorchick to get your ten percent discount. Sooo, I know many of