We’re gearing up to install bamboo floors in the boy’s bedroom and playroom! Hooray – goodbye hideous brown carpet! Hello cleanable, light and airy bamboo! Logan is especially excited because it’s very hard to actually play with legos and toys with wheels on carpet, so hooray for a more playable surface! (In my dreamworld, I’d put down… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2010
The Ultimate Storage Cart
It’s midway through the month and I’ve spent a LOT of time in front of the computer working on websites…I also was majorly distracted by my impending TV debut! 🙂 I’ve got to re-jigger my goals and make sure I keep things ticking towards all these deadlines coming. I ALSO have to snag my hubby’s… Continue Reading
Makers Must: Bridgett Edwards of Perideau Designs
Here is the next internet mover and shaker I’d like to introduce you to: Bridgett Edwards of Perideau Designs. 1. Where are you located globally? I’m in central Connecticut. 2. Where are you found online? www.perideaudesigns.com/blog www.twitter.com/perideaudesigns www.flickr.com/perideaudesigns www.facebook.com/perideaudesigns www.perideaudesigns.com 3. What is your favorite thing to make? I really enjoy making invitations. Just the… Continue Reading
Celebratory Studios Magazine Giveaway!
I hope you had a great weekend – I know I sure did! I had to keep pinching myself that I hadn’t dreamed about my conversation with Pokey Bolton last Thursday about filming an upcoming episode of Quilting Arts TV. Just when I had convinced myself it was a dream, I opened up my email… Continue Reading
One Moment: When to Enjoy the Fruits of your Labor
15 years ago…my husband had some amazing homemade Santa Rosa plum jam made by parents of a friend that lived in Southern CA. At the time we lived in Kentucky, and although we planted a Santa Rosa plum tree there, it got a bit too cold in the winters for it, and not a plum… Continue Reading
Dyeing an Ikea Slipcover Tutorial on Design Hole Online
Hello all! I’m having an amazing day so was delayed in popping in to tell you that a tutorial I wrote on how I dyed my slipcover is up on Design Hole Online today! Stirling is famous once again! 😉 Jennifer did a great job of editing my technical language to make it seem not… Continue Reading
Postcards from the Sierras: day 6
I’m a busy bee here on my computer, working on a really big website. But I don’t want to forget about that vacation that seems so far away now! Our last day at the cabin Logan and I spent reading on the deck while Liam and hubby were out fishing. Look who came by for… Continue Reading
Musings On the Power of Doing it Yourself
Hello There! What did YOU do this weekend? I spent Saturday getting incredible sore, and Sunday recuperating. The whole family went over to help my good friend Liz lay down hardwood floor in their big bonus room above the garage (~450 square feet). She’s blogged about the entire project here, here, here, and here. Obviously,… Continue Reading