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Decorating, Painting & Antiquing Techniques, Uncategorized

Trashed to Treasured Coffee Table

Trashed to Treasured Coffee Table Hello! How is your week?! I'm sorry I missed y'all on Wednesday. I spent the day at the permit office interviewing the director and filing for a building and mechanical permit for our kitchen. I learned oodles…

About Me, Home & Auto Maintenance, kitchen, Kitchen Renovation

Interview at the Permit Office: Your Questions Will Be Answered!

Do I need to pull a permit for this? What happens if I don't pull a permit? What can I expect? What surprise could come up? What happens if you fail the inspection? These are just a few of the broad questions I have for Mr. Barry Mooneyham,…

arts and craft, Decorating, Uncategorized

Creating with the Stars: Do You Have What it Takes?

Oh yeah Baby! Are you ready to fight for your right to create? Get ready because Creating with the Stars is coming! East Coast Creative has picked up the most popular contest in blogland and has polished it with a new name and brought in…

About Me

Winner and Reveal of the Guess the DIY Blogger Contest

Oh my goodness, I hope you had a great time travelling back in time yesterday and laughing at our childhood portraits! Did you guess who I was? There were so many of you who were soooooo close to guessing all the DIY bloggers correctly,…

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Before They Were Bloggers – Guess these Famous DIY Faces Contest

The contest is over, but feel free to view the results! Let's take a ride in that DeLorean parked outside and go back in time. Back to a time before there was Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. Before chevrons, mercury glass and ombré were…

Photography

DIY Photography Light Studio Set Up

Can I just tell you that I have a bone to pick with Mother Nature lately. She seems to sense when I'm just finishing up a DIY project that really needs to be photographed. Case in point, last week I wanted to photograph my "You Rule Valentines",…

arts and craft, Crafts, Decorating, gift wrapping, gifts, Holiday decorating, Metal Tags, silhouette, Tutorial

Glitter Cut Out Valentine Name Tags

On Friday, I shared my tutorial for making You Rule Candy-Free Valentines. (I've included affiliate links for your convenience. I earn a small percentage from a purchase using these links. There is no additional cost to you. You…

clamps, Crafts, DIY, Gift Ideas, Holiday decorating

You Rule: Candy-Free Classroom Valentine Gifts

Happy Friday! Do you have snow? I know the south eastern states got a surprise visit from Mr. Winter last night, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Besides sledding, the boys and I will finish up these fun little Valentine gifts over the…

Electrical, energy conservation, floor protectors, laundry room, Mudroom

How to Install Radiant Floor Heat using WarmlyYours

Are you ready to get toasty today? Today is the day that I'll be showing you how to install the WarmlyYours TempZone radiant floor heat. Can I tell you a little secret? I was terrified! I was so fearful of breaking the heating wire, that…

energy conservation, floor protectors, Home & Auto Maintenance, laundry room, moulding, Mudroom, renovation

Installing Cork Underlayment for a Radiant Floor

After you read the title, I guess the cat's out of the bag. It's true, I installed radiant floor heating in our mudroom/laundry room and I couldn't be more thrilled. One of the positives of having a plumbing leak and subsequent gutted room,…

hole filling, hole repair, Home & Auto Maintenance, renovation, repair

How to Patch and Level a Concrete Subfloor

We are well on our way to putting Humpty Dumpty back together when it comes to our mudroom and laundry room. The kitchen, it's still a blank canvas. After the water leak, the linoleum flooring had to be removed. What was left was a plethora…

About Me, Home & Auto Maintenance, Kitchen Renovation, Mudroom, Tile

New Year’s Goals and Another Kitchen Progress Update

Happy New Year! What did you do to ring in 2013? Every year we have a New Year's Day party. It's our annual tradition. This year we almost didn't have our party because our kitchen was in such a disheveled state. But, I remember someone…

distressing, Do It Yourself, Furniture, milk paint, painting, Painting & Antiquing Techniques, ReNew

Rustic Red Pie Safe Painted with Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint

Over the holidays, I had the good fortune to attend one of Miss Mustard Seed's painting demos here in Raleigh. Marian is such a joy to watch. She's so laid back about her painting techniques, that you want to jump up there with her and start…

accomplishment, Best of 2010, Home Decor, painting, past projects, renovation

Pretty Handy Girl 2012 Year in Review

2012 was a jam packed year. It was filled with adventures, triumphs, and destruction. But, overall it was filled with a mass of accomplished projects. I shared some great tutorials with you and these are just a few of the best from 2012! One…

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A Christmas Gift

I have to share something that happened to me on Friday. It's long so pull up a chair and a cup of peppermint hot cocoa (a yummy recipe from Tauni at SNAP!) A few weeks ago Pretty Handsome Guy made up some bags for homeless people with…

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A Gift to Make You Laugh – Pretty Handy Girl Blooper Videos

How are y'all holding up in this holiday rush? The boys and I ventured to the mall to see Santa on Friday. The 2.5 hour wait quickly helped us decide to skip the big guy's lap route and attempt a last minute letter to his greatness.…

arts and craft, Crafts, E-6000, Gift Ideas, magnet

Bottle Cap Magnet Flowers

I hope you all enjoyed the 10 Days of 15 Minute Gift Ideas. I really wanted to include this gift idea because they are adorable and were well received last year, but they take more than 15 minutes. But, they cost next to nothing to make. So,…

arts and craft, Crafts, DIY, Gift Ideas, gifts, Holiday decorating, pail, Sewing, thrifting, Uncategorized, Upcycling

Round Up of DIY Gift Ideas

It's the homestretch before Christmas. With less than a week away, those procrastinators amongst us (ahem, me) need to get crackin'. These were a few of my favorites from the DIY Gift Idea link party. DIY Instagram Necklace by Mod Podge…

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Silence

Sometimes there are no words and silence is golden. "By not talking too much about it. Silence is sometimes the best thing to do, holding a hand, hugging somebody." - Reverend Eugene Peterson, an except from this interview on Spiritual…

arts and craft, bucket, bucket liner, Gift Ideas, gift wrapping, gifts, Uncategorized

Warm & Cozy Chocolate Gift Basket

Warm & Cozy Chocolate Gift Basket I love making my own gift baskets. They cost less than a store-bought version. Plus, they don't need to be wrapped! (Call me lazy, but I prefer a pretty gift basket to a wrapped gift any day. And I've…

arts and craft, Decorating, framing, gifts, Home Decor

Patina Hook Frame

This little key hook frame was incredibly easy to make and would make a great gift for a new homeowner or that college student who is moving into a new apartment. (Or for that special someone who is always losing their keys.) Materials: …