Subscribe to the NATALME PODCAST with iTunes! It’s time for another natalme podcast! A special thanks to Katie and Adam for talking with me this week all about the how-to’s when it comes to yard selling. If you are a dedicated bargain hunter, or wanting some great tips on having your [...]
I totally cracked down last week and made up a very detailed (and somewhat time consuming) summer job chart for the kiddos. So far so good. The challenge was coming up with jobs for Matthew. Autism makes everything more challenging. I ended up taking his job chart and listing the [...]
Just a quick post to share with you my latest project. I see these little vintage address books all the time at thrift stores, and surprisingly, they are almost always new without a single address written in them. I thought it would be fun to convert one into a little [...]
This is seriously the quickest project ever, and these little car trash bags are so inexpensive to make. They make excellent gifts too. Now, before I show you how to make one, you can totally sew the fabric if you don’t want to use a glue gun. This is the super easy no-sew [...]
Our new home has some very mature, very awesome trees. It’s kind of the trade off when you buy an older home. Older house = older trees. I think it’s a fabulous trade off if you ask me. Since we now have some lovely big trees, it only makes sense [...]
Awwww! Tell me if this isn’t the cutest little guy you have ever seen! I have shared Ubooly with some of you before, but I am excited to announce this little personality just got bigger and better! When Ubooly was first launched, it was created to be an interactive [...]
I gave you a little peek at Lily’s room earlier this week but are you ready to see the whole thing? I could drag it our for a few more days. Naw. Let’s do this. Here’s her mobile above her bed, that she helped me make. She has surprisingly left [...]
I have never painted a rug before, hence the reason I did it. Y’all know I can’t pass up trying a new trend. I bought this rug for Lily’s room thinking it would grow on me but it never ever did. I love the pattern, but the pink is not [...]
My Dad is hil-arious. I have so many great memories of him telling crazy bedtime stories and chasing us kids around the house. He is also the worlds best pancake and waffle maker. Don’t even try to compete with me on this one – it’s true. :) To celebrate all [...]
I have the bestest news ever. I finally finished Lily’s room! Woot! Woot! It’s freakin’ adorable and I love it. I can’t wait to share it with you. But first… I want to show you two adorable projects I made before her room was complete. While I was at the [...]
I have two fabric stores within just a few minutes drive from my house, but it’s not very often that I see fabric that is new and trendy. Because if this I have been shopping for fabric more and more online. One of my favorite online fabric shops is called [...]
Sooooo… apparently there is a craft paint just for covering wood and ceramics; as well as intended for outside use. Who knew. Let’s not dwell on all my past projects where I learned this the hard way, okay? Now we both know. Painting flower pots for the yard? This is the [...]
So a few weeks ago this happened…. Yeah. Not pretty. We had two days of insane rain and many of our basement window wells totally filled up with disgusting muddy water. We immediately fixed the draining issue, but were totally left with mud caked on all of the windows. And then life [...]
I seriously feel my adrenaline pumping just thinking about yard sale season starting up again. Goodness gracious, I must really need a break from the kids by Saturday if I get this worked up about it. I try to go every Saturday, and usually go with a friend or my sister. [...]
I absolutely love it when I discover how something is made, and then create it myself. Like, obsessively love it. We are talking major addiction here. I have seen handmade mugs on Etsy for years. And at first I thought people were special ordering the mugs, printing and adhering time consuming images [...]
I went through a phase a few years ago where I painted half of our furniture white. Don’t get me wrong, I still love white, but one of my goals is to get more comfortable with color. I am still working on putting together Lily’s room, and I thought her [...]
I have had many inquiries about the lock on our front door, I think it’s time to finally post about it! As you know we have a handicap son who just turned 13. He is the sweetest boy, and we have been absolutely thrilled with his accomplishments both at school [...]
Well, aloha to you! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you know that we have been on a serious Hawaiian family vacation for the last two weeks. Holy moly, do I have jet lag. Not complaining at all, we really had a fabulous break from reality. Before I [...]
I was shopping at Ikea last week…’cause you all know I am seriously there like every other day… and the as-is department had a whole bunch of Ikea FLATA laundry baskets for half price. Twenty bucks was a total score, but let’s be honest. Even at full price, this is [...]
I’ve shared my craft space, and now I am just itching to share with you the rest of our downstairs family room. First, here’s a little peek at a play area I am trying to get organized for the kids. It needed a little personality, so I am working on [...]
