This week I shared my chocolate mousse tarts, and they reminded me of a bunch of Valentine’s Day ideas from my archives. This weekend is the perfect time to get your Valentine’s Day craft on, or prep for making treats. Here are some ideas: Spicy chocolate heart brownies | Heart wrist bag | Vintage-Valentine matchboxes | Heart […]
Weekend Inspiration
Yes, those are cross-country ski tracks down the alley a few blocks from my house. This week has been a pretty weird one, because we got more snow than we’ve ever gotten in my lifetime, and nobody saw it coming. We got a foot of snow, and even the meteorologists are like, “That was crazy, […]
Weekend Inspiration
Happy Friday! Since it’s a vacation week it doesn’t really feel like a Friday, but I’ll take it. Like most bloggers, I’ve been taking a bit of a break from creating content this week, but my post on money tree care went up this week on Apartment Therapy. While working on some other projects, I’ve been […]
Weekend Inspiration
This week I shared some simple Christmas decor ideas, and a tutorial for how to make holiday star wall hangings in a couple of styles. So while I’ve started decorating for the holidays, we still don’t have our Christmas tree up. We have our tree, but it’s outside. This year we’re renting a living, potted […]
Weekend Inspiration
Happy Friday! Here in Portland we hardly ever get real snow, so yesterday’s accumulation of less than an inch, plus a coating of ice on top, really ground things to a halt around here. Some people love to complain about how unprepared we are for snow, but I think they need to chill out. There […]
Weekend Inspiration + October Recap
Happy Friday! This week I shared my favorite salvage sources, and a recipe for southwestern black bean, pepper, and corn sweet potato noodles. Since October came to an end and we moved on to November, I thought I’d share a re-cap of what I was up to in the past month, just in case you […]
Weekend Inspiration
This week I shared an updated tour of my dining room, a tutorial on how to make brass hand earrings, and a recipe for gingerbread apple muffins. Lately I’ve been extra busy with some freelance work, so I’ll be plugging away on that this weekend, in between trying to fit in time with visiting family. […]
Weekend Inspiration
This week I shared a recipe for vegan tofu banh mi (Vietnamse sandwiches), and some DIY Halloween decorating ideas. Flower shop Solabee is having a west coast designer popup sale this Saturday that looks like a fun afternoon. Get organized by making your own felt storage bin. My inner cat lady told me I had […]
Weekend Inspiration
This week I shared a tutorial for how to build a simple shelf ledge, and a recipe for apple crisp with slow cooker whiskey salted caramel sauce. This weekend I’ll be up to my usual tricks, makin’ messes in the name of DIY. How about you? When I wrote up my list of reasons to […]