An Arkansas Mama's journey to natural, simple living.
We have been in the remodeling mode in our home for the entire time we have owned it, almost eight years! It is amazing to think about how fast the time has flown but the remodeling process, well that is another (series) of blog posts! Several years ago we wanted to put ceiling fans into all the rooms but were really short on cash so we purchased three very inexpensive white ceiling fans that were on sale for $14.97 for {Read More}
Several years ago while walking through a Supercenter there was a lady on the overhead monitor offering helpful tips to reuse items you have at home. One of the tips the offered was how to get that stubborn bit of wax out of the bottom of votive holders to be able to reuse them. It was a great tip but what about the wax you are throwing away? Or have you ever had a candle where the wick didn’t burn {Read More}
My family has a great love of all things hand-ons, from baking to animals to crafts. My children both LOVE crafts of all sorts. One of my children’s favorite things to do is stamping. They discovered stamps back when, actually I don’t remember but we purchased our first set of alphabet stamps back before we made our trip to St. Louis to the zoo. The kids loved them! While at the zoo, Austin found a set of wooden Melissa & {Read More}
I love to try to reuse and upcycle! Although recycling is great, upcycling is even better. I saw a photo of a picture of glass jar with a pincushion on the top and thought it was such a cute idea. I have loads of glass jars lying around and with left-over pieces of my HoneyBeGood Alegria fabrics I decided I would give it a go and make one. This is so simple! You do not need to know how to {Read More}
My little man has been asking for a bow tie for months. It was on my 2012 to-do list and I am happy to report I can cross that one off my list! Of course it was my first one and I will make a few adjustments with the second one. I think it came out rather well, taking into consideration that I made it from a man’s necktie. We found this tie at a Humane Society thrift store {Read More}
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