I love picking out unique personalized gifts for people on my gift list. Here, you’ll find both personalized gifts for him and monogrammed gifts for her, as well as budget personalized gifts under $25! Being from and living in the South, I can appreciate a good monogrammed or personalized gift. You know us Southern girls…
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Gifts for Readers that Aren’t All Books
If you have an avid book reader on your holiday gift list, take a look at at these gifts for readers! There are some great books you could get them, but there are also great gift ideas for readers that aren’t books! Since we talk books around here a good bit (although I am behind…
Gifts that Keep On Giving All Year Long
Want to give something that they will use over and over again? Or maybe something that surprises them every month or every other month? Then take a look at these gifts that keep on giving! Every year I do a gift guide featuring gifts that continue to give throughout the year. Welcome to the 2018…
Gifts for Beginning DIYers
Have some wanna-be DIYers on your gift list? Or maybe you’re wanting to start doing DIY projects yourself? Find great gifts for DIYers here or add some of these to your own holiday wish list! I often get comments on my DIY projects about people saying how they wish they could do DIY, but they…
Gifts for Creative People
Have a few people on your gift list that are just spewing with creativity? They’re always coming up with something that just leaves you in awe? Then they will love getting one of these gifts for creative people! These gifts will continue to foster their creativity and for that, they will love you forever. Before…
Happy Halloween!
This is one of my absolute favorite days of the year! It’s been even more fun this year because for the first time in a long time, I dressed up! We did a Halloween party this year and I opted to be a witch, but put my own spin on it! I made the tulle…
Gifts for People Who Love Music
Have a music lover on your holiday gift list? Someone who lives and breathes music? Being that kind of person myself, I can say with confidence that one of these music gifts is going to be the perfect gift for that person. Whether they love rock, country, or something else, this list of music gift…
Let the gift giving begin.
I’m sure I’m breaking a few rules here. Yes, you did read the title of this post correctly – Let the gift giving begin. I know, I know, I know – October isn’t over yet, and here’s the crazy lady already talking about holiday gifts. You’re damn straight. If this is your first holiday season…
Freak Show Friday: I guess that’s love.
Over the past month or so, many of our weekends have been spent putting up a new fence around a hayfield at the farm. To be exact, 2,650 feet of fence, which equates to 307 steel posts, 27 wood posts and 8 spools of barb wire. So ya know, a pretty damn long stretch of…
Our New York and Boston Trip
A couple of weeks ago during fall break, the Circus proved to us once more just how much of a rockstar little traveler she is. We went to visit Uncle Brandon and Aunt Caitlin in New York for a few days and then headed over to Boston for a few more days. I wasn’t worried…
Glam and Spooky Halloween Home Tour
It’s looked like Halloween around here for quite a while now (since early-mid September-ish!), and now the weather is actually starting to feel like Halloween as well! It was still crazy hot here in the South up until about last week. When we got back from fall break, we were so excited to find that…
DIY Cedar Planter Box
Add some curb appeal to your home with this DIY cedar planter. These cedar planter box plans use a SnapFence frame that literally snaps together, making this a simple build even for new DIYers. If cedar isn’t your thing, you can easily customize the SnapFence frame with a different material. This post is sponsored by…
Glittery DIY Witch Broom
Learn how to make a witches broom using items from the Dollar Tree and your own yard! It’s so simple to make this sparkly DIY witch broom that you’ll only be sorry you didn’t make one sooner! This year for Halloween, I’m going to be a (not-so-basic) witch! Personally, I don’t think dressing up as…
DIY Kids’ Play Table with Storage
If you’ve got basic DIY skills, then you can easily make this kids play table in one weekend – and your kiddos will forever be grateful! On top of that, this activity table for kids with storage can easily be customized to fit the interests of your own individual child! I first must start by…
DIY Skull Sconce
If you’ve got 15 minutes to spare, you can easily whip up this DIY skull sconce to add to your Halloween decor! It lends a touch of spook for not a lot of money! Halloween is in full force at my house. The decorations are out and the costumes are being planned! Grunt Labor has…
Cooking with Ghosts
I loved her green beans. I can still see them swimming around in the pot with little pools of grease from the pork she used to season them with. The biscuits, an extremely close second though. But then again, the way she cut cucumbers for me and chilled them in ice water made even the…
Washed Out Stripes Bathroom Accent Wall
This isn’t your typical striped accent wall. Instead of bold, solid stripes, these are toned down, washed out stripes to create a gorgeous blue accent wall. You can easily recreate this look with any colors of your choosing and have your own gorgeous bathroom accent wall in a day’s time. As you guys well know,…
Easy DIY Halloween Decorations
These easy DIY Halloween decorations will add a touch of spook to your home in no time! They are simple to make and each costs under $10 for supplies! Here’s to Halloween – DIY style! It’s September! In my world, that means I’m busting out the skulls, spell book and witch’s hat among other things….
