A new plate arrived in the mail today! It's been a few years since I have added to my small but perfectly sized little vintage Minnesota plate collection. I got nudged by a friend last weekend during our cabin getaway trip: "Hey why don't you have a Cross Lake plate?" "Well, I've only had about 3 cabin cocktails, here's my phone, let me get on Etsy and make that right". What? Isn't READ MORE A new plate arrived in the mail today! It's been a few years since I have added to my small but perfectly sized little vintage Minnesota plate collection. I got nudged by a friend last weekend during our cabin getaway trip: "Hey why don't you have a Cross Lake plate?" "Well, I've only had about 3 cabin cocktails, here's my phone, let me get on Etsy and make that right". What? Isn't READ MORE in Decor
I never knew that 'Bar Keepers Friend' was a miracle when it comes to shinin' and spiffin' up old furniture. That was until I read a cool post about making your brass new and shiny looking over on Manhattan Nest. That blog has taught me a thing or two in my day, this was a good lesson. First of all, I used to never care for brass or anything gold and shiny. Probably because I associated with READ MORE in Furniture
We just got back from another amazing weekend at our friends, Matt (aka Uncle Matt) & Katie’s family cabin located “up north” in Cross Lake, Minnesota. This is one of our favorite places in the whole world and we spend months counting down the days until it’s time to hop in the car and head north on HWY 169. We’ve been lucky enough to be going to the cabin on an annual (summertime) basis READ MORE in My Life
You may or may not have noticed a few cosmetic changes to the blog that I’ve been slowly making over the last three or four weeks. I’ve been planning on updating fonts and adding submenus to the navigation for some time, but my hand was forced a bit when I accidentally broke my blog a few weeks back. I was totally freaking, as I do anytime my blog disappears from the face of the internet, but READ MORE in Awesomeness
Gus suffers from the same hair style that his bro did at his age: he keeps it all business in the front, and party in the back. He’s like Joe Dirt. Out in public or hanging with friends, we’ll occasionally get comments on that mullet. Things like “cool hockey hair”, “hey kid, nice beaver paddle”, and “awesome ape drape, little buddy.” That tyte mullet is obviously the first thing READ MORE in Gus
