life, food, & other randomness

Vintage Finds

My mom and I drove to the Tulsa Vintage Show this weekend. It was my first time to go to this particular show and I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was great! Tons of booths with everything from chippy salvaged pieces to beautiful flow blue platters. There was also antique furniture, stuff found on…

DIY Sea Salt Dispenser

DIY Sea Salt Dispenser

In my humble opinion, yesterday was The. Worst. Super Bowl. Ever. (of course the Seahawks fans would probably disagree). I watched about an hour of it and got stressed out because the Broncos looked sooooo bad. So, what did I do? I went to the other room and turned on America’s Funniest Home Videos and…

Washi Tape Calendar

Washi Tape Calendar

I have a laminated calendar that I’ve used for years. I bought it at an office supply store and it’s very functional for me because it has large enough spaces to write in and it includes some lines at the bottom of the calendar to write in items for next month. It also has an…

Glass Etching Craft

Glass Etching Craft

I wanted to share a really cute craft that my boys and I did for Father’s Day. Now, I know that Dad’s day is already over for this year, but this glass etching technique could be used for other projects. We bought some glass beer mugs, some candy, and some marshmallows from Walmart. We also…

A Home Wedding

I’ve been on a blogging hiatus for the past few months while we’ve been remodeling. We had been planning on remodeling at some point, but when my husband’s uncle asked if he and his fiancé could get married at our house, it gave us the kick in the pants to go ahead and get it…

My House Was Egged

My house was egged…. Easter egged, that is!   We found this sign in the front yard. I don’t know how well the writing on the sign will show up when I publish this, so if you can’t see it, it says: You have been egged!! There are 21 eggs hidden in your yard. Have…

Silver Sea Shells

This summer, I ran across this great little shop near La Jolla, California. They had some silver sea shells for sale (try saying that a few times fast!) and I decided to go home and try it out myself.       I just used metallic silver spray paint and some flat rhinestones and pearls…