Category Archives: DIY Projects

Now THIS is a burger made for vegetarians. Imagine, a warm summer night, friends gathered, laughter floating in the air, fireflies twinkling in the black night, and a delicious cupcake/brownie/frosted burger in your hand. Yup, that about sums up a perfect summer night, right? Today we are wrapping up our summer soiree series! I’ve developed…

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Welcome back to part two (of three) of this preparing for summer soirees series (how do you like that alliteration?!).  The first part of the series started with the first “C” of the series: cleaning (porches). Now we are on to the second “C” of preparing for outdoor entertaining: creating! This may be my favorite…

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This week’s posts are all about preparing for the kickoff to summer soirees! With spring weather finally here, I’m so excited to jump outdoors for just about anything – from exercising to reading to entertaining. Eric and my favorite way to entertain – by far – is a summer cookout. Heck, we like cookouts so…

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Sometimes I feel like I live my life by the Tim Gunn mantra “Make it work”. I’m good with that because I think it is such a great saying that can be applied to so many areas in my life (I even have this saying posted above my desk at work)! I’m especially liking this…

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After living with the pillows that came with the couch for years (don’t ask me why – we’ve never liked them) I finally got around to covering them! However, I used a new method for covering the pillows this time. I made envelope pillows covers – and I’m totally hooked. They are easy to make…

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