Happy first day of Spring!!!  The kids are off on Spring Break this week but it's been raining and hailing so it doesn't feel very Spring like.  Maybe Mr. Sun will pop out sometime later this week....Before we get on with the party, did you get a chance to check out my Pick Your Plum Giveaway?  They have some amazing deals on crafty products like this fabulous baker's twine.  Pretty much everything is better with a little twine added, right?Okay, it is now party time and I ... Read More about The Creative Spark {No. 35}

***UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.  The winner as chosen from Random.org was Number 50 - Michelle J.***Good morning everyone! I don't usually post on Tuesday mornings but I have an awesome giveaway for you today!! A $25 crafting swag box from Pick Your Plum!!!Pick Your Plum sells one fabulously crafty item per day at an amazing price.  The items can sell out though so you have to act fast!  The daily deal is announced first on their Facebook page so make sure you like ... Read More about Pick Your Plum Giveaway

Hello everyone!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I have been continuing to work away on our master bedroom makeover and have finally finished painting our bed and night tables. If you saw my initial bedroom plans, you know that I was planning on painting the furniture all white. Well, things around here just never really go as planned, do they?So the bed and side tables all got painted {in the end} with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite.  I ended up doing two coats and then ... Read More about I Have Unexpectedly Gone to the Dark Side

Happy Sunday!! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! It is another rainy {and a little snowy!} weekend here so we have been couped up inside. Our local movie theater was actually showing E.T. yesterday morning, so we took the boys down to view one of my favorite childhood movies.  I was amazed how much of it I still remembered  and the boys really seemed to enjoy it too{despite the lack of any Star Wars men!} E.T. Phone Home...Anyhoo.... it was another great week of link ups at ... Read More about My Sunday Sparks

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  I hope you all remembered to wear green today to avoid those pinches! We have been having crazy weather around here lately - pouring rain one minute and then sunshine the next so I am pretty sure we will find some St. Patty's Day rainbows today.  I will let you know if I find any of that gold!!So, in honor of the green day, I thought I would be an extra little round up of some of the St. Patrick's Day ideas linked up at The Creative Spark last week.  You ... Read More about Happy St. Patrick’s Day