June 24, 2010

Excuse The Mess While My Site Is Being Updated… XOXO Lyssie

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90 Days of Kindness…

June 15, 2010

When I happened to stumble on Laura’s website, I Am Along For The Ride, I was excited (and a little nervous) to read and take up the “90 Days of Kindness” challenge she was having. You can find the details here. I felt this challenge spoke to me about 1 specific person in my life. [...]

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Dollar Store Finds and Giveaway Winner!

June 14, 2010

I found quite a bit at my 99 Cent Store this time (which isn’t always the case) so I was happy with what I came up with. I found these… sort of pretty all by themselves but I had bigger plans in store… And these… these were actually 2 for 99 cents (woot!) I also [...]

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Holy Moly Its Been a Year!

June 5, 2010

Does anyone know where the term Holy Moly came from? I don’t, just curious. Maybe someone will look it up for me ;) Anyhoo, it has been 1 long year since I wrote my very first post right here on this little blog. I didn’t even know what blogs were all about until my sissy [...]

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CSI Challenge 2: Hardware…

June 1, 2010

Talk about a challenge! Hardware…geesh, it could be ANYTHING. I decided to make some homemade coasters (with a sick toddler at home this was as handy and creative as it was gonna get). I bought these from Home Depot… I found the other items below at Michael’s. Our living room theme has a coastal vibe [...]

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CSI Paint Challenge…

May 25, 2010

Hello! I’m linking up to the CSI Project and their CSI Paint Challenge! I bought this ugly neon yellow pitcher at a garage sale AGES ago. It’s been sitting around collecting dust…poor thing! I have a new found love for Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint (doesn’t everyone?) I whisked this puppy outside and sprayed her [...]

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Shades of Blue

May 20, 2010

All things blue have caught my eye this week… This new blue vase from Target This Anthropology votive… And this Parker mini- bowl from Crate and Barrel Linking up with Jessica at A Few of My Favorite Things for… XOXO Lyssie

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Bathroom Re-do Part II

May 16, 2010

Here is Part II of my bathroom remodel. This is what the vanity area in our master bathroom looked like before: A few weeks ago I painted the cabinets Walnut Bark by Behr (here is the post on that one)… But I didn’t like the way they turned out, so I went back to Home [...]

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A Wonderful Day…

May 10, 2010

I had the privilege of having my beautiful mom over on Saturday for Mother’s Day. It’s almost as if we compared notes the night before on what color shirts we were going to wear ;) I think everyone had a great time…especially the kids. Who the heck dressed this kid??? Green & blue striped shirt [...]

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Bathroom Redo…From House To Home

April 25, 2010

This weekend I decided that just because we rent the house we’re in right now it doesn’t mean we can’t make it a HOME, right? Typically when you rent a home, you aren’t willing to (or your landlord isn’t willing to let you) make home improvements… We decided we were going to throw caution to [...]

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