You might remember when I confessed my love of reality television challenges? Well, turns out I am going to talk about it again…It’s HGTV Design Star time. Season 6 kicked off last night with the regular challenge – designing the living space. I loved some of the rooms and well, some of them, not so much… Photo via HGTV The highlight for me was the living room. The style was... 

I simply love the look of dessert toppers, they are a wonderful addition to just about any yummy treat. Rather than the usual cupcake and topper, I wanted to try something a little bit different this Fourth of July… Welcome, the patriotic pinwheel and mini cheesecake. Yay! I know that there are probably a zillion pinwheel tutorials available, but the version I made was so simple (I already had... 

It’s hard to believe we are well into summer… I blame it on the weather (it has been unusually wet and cold here in Utah) and the fact that I have not had a seasonal wreath on my door since March 1 (when I took down the Valentine’s Day wreath). Anyway…I absolutely love the Fourth of July. It is seriously one of my favorite holidays. Follows right after Christmas for me (confession:... 

So you may remember I was having a heck of a time deciding on a cover for my lovely new toy {seriously the Mr. hit a home run with this gift}… After days of “window” shopping on ETSY, I finally decided to bite the bullet and…made one for myself! I figured that I would stick to something up-cycled from things around the house. That way, if I hated it I could just toss it out... 

It’s not yet birthday season here (four out of five birthdays in our little crew occur in the spring), but temperatures reached 60 degrees last week and I have spring on the brain… I love to add special touches throughout the house to celebrate each birthday. Usually we just hang a sign on the door, but I wanted to add something with a bit more pizazz. In the last little bit, I’ve... 

Earlier this month, the Mr. surprised me with a Kindle. Cool, right?! I was a bit apprehensive about the whole e-Reader thing…It was on and off the Christmas list, birthday list, etc. I think perhaps he was worried it would go on and off the Valentine’s list so I got an early February fun gift. I LOVE IT! I’ve cruised through several new books and would love to take this little...