Month: March 2018

How To Lay A Flagstone Pathway

How To Lay A Flagstone Pathway

I have love flagstone pathways, but I had always envisioned them in grand landscaping.  So the thought of having one in our own yard was quite exciting, but intimidating at the same time.  What I learned from laying our own flagstone pathway is…flagstone makes any 

Free Spring Printables For Your Home

Free Spring Printables For Your Home

Last week I was so excited to pull out all of my spring decorations from storage.  As I stood there staring at what I pulled out, I felt puzzled.  I am not sure if it was just because I have so many Christmas decorations and 

Landscape Project Part 4: Putting Down Woodchips

Landscape Project Part 4: Putting Down Woodchips

Can I just take a minute to jump up and down, we finally made it to woodchips!  From the moment we first moved in, three years ago, I wanted to put them down.  At this point in our landscape journey, we had the flowerbeds shaped, 

Easy No Sew Spring Napkins

Easy No Sew Spring Napkins

Living in Michigan, there may still be clumps of snow outside…but spring napkins are about to hit inside.  Today I am pulling out all the spring decor and starting to think about Easter!  Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I love celebrating the death 

Landscape Project Part 3: Preparing the Flowerbeds

Landscape Project Part 3: Preparing the Flowerbeds

Creating clean cut edges for the flowerbeds made a huge difference!  Yet before we could throw down the woodchips, we needed to prepare the flowerbeds.  We decided not to lay down landscape fabric for a couple of different reasons.  First of all, it is difficult 

How To Fix Scratched Chalkboard Paint

How To Fix Scratched Chalkboard Paint

A couple of years ago I jumped onto the DIY Chalkboard bandwagon.  I love the idea of these beautiful chalkboards everywhere, I even thought about making a huge chalkboard wall.  However, in realty I wouldn’t keep up on it and the chalk dust would be 

Landscape Project Part 2: Shaping and Edging The Flowerbeds

Landscape Project Part 2: Shaping and Edging The Flowerbeds

Removing all the unwanted plants and trimming all the overgrown landscape was a huge task.  However, with everything removed and trimmed the flowerbeds looked so much better, even if now they were still filled with dirt, rocks and weeds.  We knew we were heading in 

The Best Way To Organize School Papers

The Best Way To Organize School Papers

Organizing school papers is one of those projects I have always wanted to do, but for some reason or another I never get to it.  The weekly papers I can manage, but all the projects and artwork I want to save long term….well that’s another 

Landscaping Project Part 1: Where To Start?

Landscaping Project Part 1: Where To Start?

I stood there looking at the dirt, and what used to be landscaping…thinking oh just a little wood chips and it will look great.  The thought process was correct, but three years later I was standing in the same spot and thinking the same thing.