I hope I don't get to sappy on this post, but I've got to let you know that I am so proud of my little yard bordered by gardens, what a difference a year makes. Not that I expect you to remember but here is a photo of what my yard looked like at the beginning of last spring. It was a total mess, pee stained grass, rock "gardens", and no sign of a proper flower bed anywhere. Nowadays it spends it's READ MOREI hope I don't get to sappy on this post, but I've got to let you know that I am so proud of my little yard bordered by gardens, what a difference a year makes. Not that I expect you to remember but here is a photo of what my yard looked like at the beginning of last spring. It was a total mess, pee stained grass, rock "gardens", and no sign of a proper flower bed anywhere. Nowadays it spends it's READ MORE
I've been meaning to organize the built-in buffet cabinet in our dining room for some time, it's been set up the same way ever since we moved in, straight from the moving boxes and into the buffet. It's seems like I should've done this a long time ago since it's such a prominent piece in our main living space, but I never gave it too much thought, and I didn't really have any great ideas for what READ MORE
I am excited to share my latest adventure in Gocco printing. My dear old mom had back surgery last month and I knew it was going to be a hard and long recovery for her. For Christmas I made her this set of custom stationery so that she could keep up with correspondence while she healed. She's always been known for being an avid gardener and I thought including her own little garden on the stationery READ MORE
This is what it looks like outside of our house, we can't even stand it anymore. This is the worst part of winter, the part where every day seems like 10 days, and even though warmer weather is right around the corner it might as well be November.Finn and I are desperate for spring so we took a trip to our local nursery to pick up some green for our house. We just needed something to give us a little READ MORE
The Allen fam was confined to our house this weekend. We all came down with the same nasty cold and I was as sick as I had been in a long time. Luckily the weather didn't make us feel like venturing out too far, and we got to snuggle in and be cozy. I was able to finish a bunch of projects that I've been wanting to get done for awhile from the comfort of my couch.I have been scouring craigslist READ MORE
