Is your house looking a little bare now that you’ve (hopefully) put away your holiday decorations? Mine was, so I decided to force some paperwhites indoors. If you’re not familiar with growing bulbs, they spend the cold winter weather dormant, and then when spring comes around, they sprout. But you can trick them into flowering […]
Make a DIY Wood Cheese Board/Serving Board
Learn how to make your own DIY wood serving board/cheese board. It’s easier than you think, and it would make an amazing holiday gift!
Links I Like
1. Make a simple beauty station to hold your mirror and makeup. 2. This geometric wooden wall-hanging is like jewelry for your walls. 3. Make a dried plant hanger that is both pretty AND useful. (You’ll need Google Translate for this one.) 4. If you’ve resolved to get organized for 2016, maybe this cement desk organizer can help. 5. A […]
Looking Forward
Are you sick of all of the introspective posts about 2015 and resolutions for 2016? Well, here’s a bit of a late one. 2015 was kind of a flat, ‘meh’ year for me. Partly, I think, it just suffers in comparison to the rollercoaster year of 2014. In 2014 my husband and I bought a house, went […]
Gingerbread Overnight Waffles with Lemon Curd
Overnight gingerbread waffles with lemon curd make a wonderful weekend brunch.
Happy New Year!
Happy 2016! I spent the last couple of days of 2015 visiting my sister Elise in Ashland (down in southern Oregon, near the California border), and then driving home up the Oregon coast. Gray whales migrate from Alaska down to Mexico during this time of year, so we were hoping to do some whale-watching on the […]
Back Stairs Before
My back stairs makeover project is finished! Here’s a progress post, and the final results. If you celebrated, I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Mine was mostly quiet and relaxing, with lots of good food, movies, and long walks. But now that the holiday itself is over, I’ve got some projects to work on. In […]
Best of Links I Like 2015
This is my last links roundup of 2015, so to celebrate, I went back through all of the links I shared in 2015 to pick out some of my favorites. I’d completely forgotten about some of the cool stuff people have made, so I was happy to have a reminder of lots of projects I’d still […]
Miso Almond Chocolate Bark
If you have holiday gatherings to attend, chocolate bark is one of the easiest homemade treats you can bring. Basically, just melt chocolate and add things to it. There are standbys that are always good, but you can get really creative with your choice of add-ins. We had a party yesterday, and I made candycane bark […]