My Weekend At PNCA Part 1
Could you hear the excitement and anticipation coming from my house? Early last Saturday morning, I got up before the rest of the family and headed down to Portland for a 2 day workshop at
how to make your own anime mural wall
Now that the anime mural wall for the kid’s bathroom is finished, my husband Peter did a little write up on his process of redoing the kids bathroom with anime images pasted to the wall,
Dining Room Cocktail Bar Sparkle
 In the midst of a ton of things going on right now, I started obsessing thinking about adding a little sparkle to the dining room. Just cause. In its newest version, this room is
Quilting For Beginners: How To Make a Nine Patch
First of all, hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day! Mine was, um, well, memorable. There were a couple of broken vacuums and a prompt 12pm arrival for the Star Wars Exhibit at PacSci when our tickets
The International Dolls House Modern Bungalow
One of the most thoughtful gifts I received at Christmas was from Peter’s dad. He precut all the pieces, ordered the window starts, and gave me the plans to build a mid-century bungalow dollhouse from
Crochet Hearts
 If you are looking for a fun, quick, addictive project (because I’m sure you, like me, are always finding yourself with nothing to do, right?), these small crocheted hearts are so sweet! I sat
Crocheted Candle Cozy DIY
 I'm a little obsessed with crochet since doing those granny squares. (I know, I know, they aren't *actually* granny squares, but for the sake of classifying, let's call them that.) I was told that learning
DIY Thanksgiving Table
Thanks for the dining room love! We celebrated with a little DIY Thanksgiving in that very dining room last week, and it was so much fun to set the mood in a new space. Â
tour the dining room, or, a redo for the cost of a can of paint, so stay with me here
I haven't forgotten the dining room. I really haven't! Do you remember how it looked before? Let's have a quick refresher... Before... dark, black, hard to photograph, not awful, but hardly used, too formal. And
Crocheted Granny Square Scarf
I really have absolutely zero business writing out any kind of crochet tutorial, but this is such a simple project for anyone with a little experience, why not? If you can do some simple crochet