Mini Banana-Raisin Bread One of the main goals I had this year was to eat healthier. So what does that mean? Well for me it means eating more organic whole foods. Meaning foods without preservatives. No canned food. No packaged or processed food. And most of all. Less refined foods. Like white flour and sugar.…
Mini Banana-Raisin Bread
Trash to Treasure-Faux Marble Tray
Trash to Treasure Faux Marble Tray How to upcycle an outdated thrift store find into a functional and pretty coffee table tray. I’ve been looking for an affordable but pretty tray for my living room coffee table ever since we completed that rooms remodel. That was two years ago! I know. I’m kind of picky.…
Homemade Italian Dressing
Homemade Italian Dressing I read an article a while back about what to look for when you are trying to eat healthily and your grocery shopping. The author said if you look at the ingredients on whatever you are about to buy and there are more than 5 items, some of which you either can’t…
How to Install a Faux Shiplap Wall
How to install a faux shiplap wall An inexpensive way to add a little farmhouse charm to any room! Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Chip and Joanna Gaines and EVERYTHING they do! Especially that shiplap they uncovered on almost every episode! I LOVED everything about the look-but even more so the history!…
Oatmeal-Carrot Cake Muffins
Oatmeal Carrot Cake Muffins A healthy and portable way to get a good breakfast! I’ve always been a HUGE lover of breakfast! Even when I was a kid. No matter how much I overslept, I always made time for at least a bowl of oatmeal or a slice of toast before I headed out the…
A Beginner’s Guide to Laying Vinyl Tile
A Beginner’s Guide to laying vinyl tile How two newbies at laying vinyl tile did it in one afternoon with just five easy steps! In all the years I’ve known my husband I always thought there were only three things that frightened him. #1-Electricity #2-That all the cacao trees would be destroyed and there would…
DIY Spring Wreath
DIY SPRING WREATH Creating a pretty wreath with items from the dollar store! Happy spring, sweet friends! I know I’m a couple of days late, but it’s the thought that counts, right? I’m definitely thinking about spring! As for spring decor well, I think this year I’m going to do quite a bit less than…
Trash to Treasure-Office Wall Organizer
Trash to Treasure Office Wall Organizer A quick and easy way to Repurpose thrift store items into an office wall organizer. Hello, sweet friends! I cannot tell you how HAPPY I am about to be writing this post! So what’s got me grinning from ear to ear and making me want to do cartwheels (if…
Lemon Pound Cake
Lemon Pound Cake A recipe for a light-moist lemon cake to serve at your next brunch or family gathering. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE lemons? Just looking at them makes me smile! They are like a BURST of sunshine on a cloudy day and boy have we had plenty of those lately! This…
Organizing a Cabinet Pantry and Printable Label
Organizing a Cabinet Pantry and Printable Label When you aren’t blessed with enough storage space in your kitchen, sometimes you just have to create it yourself! Our home, like many older homes, is not blessed with a great deal of kitchen storage. And since we did not have the budget to gut our entire kitchen…