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My Favorite June Posts

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1. Newborn Dress Made From Daddy’s Royals T-shirt

Of course this made my list–it’s just adorable and I can’t wait to have the time to make some more!

2. White Frame Photo Collage

I love how this wall seems to welcome everyone to the basement!

3. Kitchen [...]

Thursday Leftovers: DIY Spring & Summer Wreath

GET CRAFTY. SAVE MONEY.

Have a gorgeous Christmas wreath? Wish you had a wreath to hang on your door during the spring & summer months? Instead of buying an expensive wreath at a store, make one yourself. Here’s one I made in less than fifteen minutes for only $6! All it takes is a [...]

New Desk Chair

I had been hanging on to some birthday money in hopes of finding a really cool chair to replace an old wooden one my mom painted and I reupholstered a long time ago. It is hard as a rock and creaks whenever you move in it… I’m sure it will probably break when someone [...]

Tuesday Tip: Wal-Mart Price Match

SAVE MONEY. SAVE TIME.

Watch this video to find out how to get all of the grocery deals you see in the newspaper ads just by going to Wal-Mart. It will save you money and lots of time just by going to one store!

I’ve been doing price matching at Wal-Mart for a long [...]

Kitchen Renovation: New Paint

DESIGN. DIY.

Repainting our kitchen was definitely not on our to do list, but after we got the new quartz countertops installed and the tile backsplash up, the red/orange walls no longer went with everything else. They had to go!

What a sad day it was getting rid of the red walls I oh [...]

Kitchen Renovation: New Sink & Faucet

DIY.

I know a new sink and faucet doesn’t seem to exciting, but let me tell you, it was for us!

We of course had the standard builder grade sink and faucet in our kitchen which is reason enough for us to upgrade. On top of that though, for the past five months our [...]

Thursday Leftovers: Create a Budget Series

SAVE MONEY.

Last year I did a week long series on creating a budget and sticking to it. Jeff and I are still using the same budget system today.

Being on a budget has been life changing for us. It has almost eliminated financial arguments; freed us to spend money how we want [...]

Kitchen Renovation: New Tile Backsplash

DIY. DESIGN.

I have to say that our new tile backsplash is definitely my favorite part of the kitchen renovation. It completely transforms the room and makes such a statement. All of our appliances look so much better with the glass tile as a backsplash.

We found this mosaic 1 inch square glass tile [...]

Tuesday Tip: Take Your Kids Out for a Date

HAVE FUN. MAKE MEMORIES.

Now that Jeff and I have three little ones creating chaos at our house, we seem to get irritated with each other or the kids just a little bit quicker than we used to. It’s a sad but true reality that we try really hard to fight.

As a stay [...]

Newborn Dress Made From Daddy’s T-shirt

SAVE MONEY.

Some of our good friends had a baby girl recently and I was inspired to make something special for her. Her daddy is a die hard Royals fan and since there aren’t many of those, doing something Royals like came to mind when I was thinking of something to make for her.

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