We are halfway through March & Spring fever is starting to set in in our household! I am so ready to say goodbye to all the snow. I do enjoy winter for the most part, but holy man, does it ever draaaaaag ooooooon. With Easter right around the corner, we are slowly starting to pull out some decor and put our Easter clings on the windows. The kids are in full brainstorm mode for how they want to decorate their eggs this year. I managed to get a head start on egg decorating and want to share these easy speckled Easter eggs with you! If you haven't already d[...]
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1 **This post has been sponsored by Country Chic Paint. All opinions are my own.** Happy Monday! Was today a bit easier to deal with given the time change that happened over the weekend? Luckily I live in Saskatchewan, where we stay on central time 365 days a year! In the spirit on springing forward (or dialing back), I wanted to pop in today and share this beauty of a grandfather clock makeover with you. Last May I found this grandfather clock at a local garage sale. It's price tag was $20 and I had maybe .90 cents in the cupholder of my vehicle. I asked the ow[...]
Hey friends! Popping in today to share a quick craft with you! A few weeks back, I tried my hand at 'Fluid Art'. If you haven't already heard of it, fluid art is the art of acrylic paint pouring. You pour different colors of thinned out acrylic paint onto a canvas and tilt it around to make designs. There are different pouring techniques you can use to get different effects, along with different mediums that you can add to your paint in order to enhance your design. So in the spirit of fluid art making, I made some fluid art magnets! To make your own,[...]
Friends! This month I've joined some pretty fab ladies for the The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest. This months theme is Showstoppin' Tops sponsored by ETI Envirotex. What exactly is Envirotex Lite? It is a water clear reactive polymer compound that cures to a thick, glossy coating. It is the equivalent of 50 coats of varnish! Huge thanks to Envirotex for providing the resin to really help make this project a showstopper. You can read my full disclosure here. I've had this old phonograph cabinet sitting in the garage collecting dust for ages now.[...]
Basil. It's my favourite. I love the smell, the flavour it gives & how incredibly easy it is to grow and store. Each year I grow anywhere from 6-9 plants in my garden. They usually take up their own section, but this year, I've also planted some amongst my tomato plants. The key to growing basil is to make sure it's planted in a bright sunny space & to keep your soil moist ([...]
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