Get to Work Katie

So one of my goals this year was to finish some rooms. It’s no secret that we have lived here for far too long with unfinished spaces.  I mean…it’s kinda like….duh….you might wanna move in Katie.  I could make a million excuses why…money, time, being pregnant for all of eternity….but the fact remains….I need to […]

On Becoming A Baseball Mom

This year we began the journey of becoming baseball parents. My brother and sister in law have a couple wonderful athletes in their house and my nephew Braden lives, breathes, and eats baseball.  Not literally of course.  Eating baseballs would cause some digestive issues.  I know what that means….being a baseball mom.  It’s like a […]

Handmade Note Cards for Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week!  Are you ready to celebrate the amazing teachers in your life?

This year, I created embossed, handmade note cards for each teacher. I thought these would be great for them to keep in their desks to use if a co-worker had a birthday or if they wanted to send a thank you note to someone.

Want the easy tutorial? Head on over to the blog by clicking here.

    

 

LJ’s First Birthday Infographic

Last year, after LJ’s birth, I shared an infographic that contained all the details of our third born son.  He is just the sweetest addition to our family and such a joy to watch grow.  I figured that for his first birthday I would make another infographic and have it share even more LJ details. […]

One Day Makeover with Interior Define

Disclaimer – This is a sponsored post and giveaway brought to you by Interior Define.  All opinions are 100% my own. It all began with a sofa. That’s the punch line by the way.  But let me tell ya the rest of the story.  This is a one-day makeover.  Yup.  Our first and possibly only….ever….one day […]

Glimpses

When it comes to making progress on a house, it’s not always easy. The dust, the dirt, the mistakes, the clutter… the unfinished-ness of it all can be frustrating, and the bright spots of seeing progress seem temporary in comparison to the project-fueled mess that us DIYers often find ourselves in. But today, I caught a sweet […]

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Totes Golden

Disclaimer : This is a sponsored post brought to you by GoldenTote.  All opinions are 100% my own.  And yes, it is totally normal for me to sit on the kitchen counter.  totally.  normal.   One of the best things about being pregnant is that you get to have this opportunity to try new looks.  […]

Camp Will-derness

Oh my dear heavens, I own a five-year-old. Not really.  I mean, I don’t technically own him.  But he does belong to me and ohmyword, he is FIVE.  On April, 8th, my dearest Will….my first born….the one that taught me how to truly love….that serious and silly and amazing child….he turned the big FIVE years […]

Completed: Imperfect Crown Molding (& A Tool To Share)

The laundry room crown is done! And much like any project that has ever intimidated me, it actually wasn’t as bad as I’d made it out to be in my head (to those of you who made that exact comment on my last update about this room, I’ll say it: you were right). Let’s backtrack […]

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Pool People

My parents have a new favorite child.  You think I might be joking.  You would be wrong. Three summers ago, they made the big decision to invest in a backyard pool and now it has taken the crown from me and my siblings as the new beloved one.  I can understand though.  The heat and […]

Deck Reveal

I am super excited to show you our styled up deck!  For the last couple weeks, you and I have been hand-holding on this journey to make the space more livable, more beautiful and just plain safer for the kiddos and I am thrilled to say we are at the end!  I can’t wait to show you […]

Flavor or Fizz?

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Dasani and Target.  All opinions are 100% my own.  My friends make fun of me because they say that I never sit down. The funny part is….I make fun of my mom because she really doesn’t ever sit down.  Like the woman is saying goodbye to you as she […]

$20 Tall Planters

I gotta admit that when we saw how awesome these tall planters turned out that I got weirdly possessive and didn’t want to share the plans.  I think it has to do with the fact that other people online are always claiming “HEY THAT’s MINE!” and trying to copyright weird things and getting up in arms […]

Stain’d

We did a butt ton of prep and now it was finally time to get some stain on that deck! If you are just joining us, this post is part of our Deck Diaries.  Long story short, we moved into this house four years ago, never used the deck because it wasn’t safe, so this […]

Make Em Metal

Four years ago, we moved into this house.  We had no idea what the cost of living here would be.  We self-labeled ourselves as ‘house poor’ and we didn’t do hardly any renovations for the first year just simply because we were trying to be smart about our spending.  We wanted to see how much […]

The Azaleas Bloomed!

It’s no secret that as far as gardening is concerned, I’m still a beginner. Or even less than a beginner. A nonstarter? A plant killer? Anyway, point is, I was a little fearful that the trauma my azaleas experienced earlier this spring might keep them from blooming. Which trauma, you might ask? This: I mean, […]

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Just call me Mrs. Sanders

I was really hoping to be able to share a fully stained deck with you this week but it just doesn’t look like the weather is going to cooperate.  This year we have gotten so many rain showers….nothing big…but frequent enough to prevent us from getting more stain on the deck.  Which is ironic because […]

Laundry Room Progress: Lights, Crown, and Shelf Pondering

For the last week or two, I briefly mentioned that I was working on a couple of updates in the laundry room. I’m not even close to finished with the room yet, but thought today would be a good time for some progress pics. Let’s start with the new stuff: New light fixture: I bought a new […]

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Our Everything Box

Disclaimer – This giveaway post is sponsored by NatureBox.  All opinions are 100% my own.  In general, we are homebodies.  But, recently we have started the transformation….into those people.  The ones with kids in activities.  Besides the activities that come with preschool, Will already does kids CrossFit and this year he is doing his first […]

Baby Gate Building

Did you ever have an irrational fear?  Something that totally doesn’t make sense? For the most part, I am a fairly laid-back mama….but when it comes to stairs, I am uber paranoid.  I think it’s because I never developed the reflex to put my hands out if I fall (true story) and so I fall […]

Spray Paint to Cover Your Grays – No, Really!

I am in no way a fashion, beauty, make-up or hair blogger.  In fact, I really know next to nothing about any of those things, so the fact that I’m writing this little post is pretty hilarious if you know me.  I was going to post this last week, but I was afraid everyone would […]

    

 

Getting our wood on!

For the next week, Bower Power has turned into The Deck Diaries….chronicling our adventures in making our previously unused deck into a dreamy hangout space that is suitable for dining, hanging out and crawling babies!  I shared the plans last week (click here to see!) and today we are gonna talk about adding a ton […]

How to Turn Favorite Quotes Into Art with a Watercolor Border

Happy Monday, folks. Thought I’d share a quick DIY with you today while I finish up some updates in the laundry room and kitchen. Remember the #craftnado I mentioned last Monday? I’ve been trying each month to do a small DIY project that is more on the creative side, and for March, I decided to experiment with some […]

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Spray it Off, Spray it Off

It’s Deck Week!  Are you pumped up like a Reebok shoe right now?  Because I am….complete with sweat and that foot smell. I LOVE having this deck….like a lot….like a whole WHOLE lot….but it’s just simply not fit for our family and we needed to give it a total overhaul.  I talked about our master […]

The Dirty, Ugly Death Trap

In the four years that we have lived in our house, we have used the deck maybe four times.  That’s just plain sad. But for good reason….I called it the death trap because at night I would have visions of the kids running into the balusters and falling off the deck, plunging to their demise….or […]