The little guy is turning 3!! I can't believe it. Good bye toddler, hello little boy. He has requested a Bucky Badger party. I have started to get the party decorations ready. For those of you who don't know Bucky Badger is the University of Wisconsin-Madison's mascot (and mine and the hubs Alma Mater or Alma Mama as Quinn says). The school colors are red and white, hence the red and white wreath. Pinterest might be the most expensive free thing. I was browsing Pinterest and saw a balloon ...
Favorite Projects
Tuesday Tutorial: Kids Rotating Gallery
I firmly believe a home should reflect you and the people who live there. This is why I knew I wanted to create a spot on our gallery wall to show off the works of our littlest residents. The best part about this project is we made it with things we already had. You too, can rock this project for very little money. The frame we used is an IKEA frame. The day we bought it we broke the glass trying to put a picture in it. For years the glassless frame has been sitting in our basement. Some of ...
Tutorial Tuesday: DIY Mobile
This is one of those posts/projects that I just love. I am so proud of how it turned out. It started with a little bit of pinspiration. Okay, so it sounds like perspiration. Pinterest + inspiration = pinspiration. The image that inspired me was this (source) I saw this on Pinterest and repinned it. I never even traced it back to the owner until I sourced it just now. I didn't really look into it much. I just saw it and instantly formulated an idea of how I wanted to make ...
Tuesday Tutorial: Instant T.V. Stand
This project took place back when there was no blog, no reason to closely document before and afters. Afters weren't hard. My husband was so proud of the project he snapped afters and texted them to his parents. Befores were a little harder to come by. I dug through the photos and cropped a few and came up with this: If you haven't caught on yet, we are looking at our T.V. stand (I use the term loosely). When we upgraded to a flat screen T.V it no longer fit in our giant (tall and ...
Quinn’s Room Reveal
The much anticipated reveal of Quinn's room. The project took on a life of its own and took us longer to finish then expected, but it was totally worth it. Without Further Ado... Before and Afters The Room @ A Glance And Again...Because I love it that much! Room Breakdown (i.e. thought bubbles all over) Rotating Tour of Quinn's Room Quinn Seeing His Room For The First Time Let me start by ...