Have you ever noticed I have a nice little collection of sticks I've been watering on my kitchen windowsill? Well those are no ordinary sticks, what I have here are roadside cuttings from Elderberry bushes. If you remember last fall I did a post on gathering and making things with Elderberries. While I was doing my fall gathering I decided to try my hand at keeping the cuttings to start new bushes from. I added the cuttings to jars of fresh water once I brought them home. I've kept the ... continue reading...
Marigold Seed Starting Indoors (Video)
I’ve decided to add something new to the blog; videos. I’ve created a few in the past but I thought you might enjoy more of them. You’ll see the real me, and by real I mean crazy hair, no makeup, and plenty of bloopers that I won’t be editing out. I want everyone to feel welcome and in this video you can even see laundry on line line behind me, area rugs propped in the corner that need to be taken care of, a dog that interrupts me, and my phone going off several times. I’m going to keep all this ... continue reading...
Talk Till Dawn – 38
This is a monthly series where I catch up on what my everyday life is like outside the blog. I share some not so pretty photos, some of life's ups, some of life's downs, but overall it's a spot where I can be me and connect with my readers. I'm so happy you are hear and your comments keep me encouraged to carry on. So lets get started with what I've been up to. Wow I’m really late getting my February update out. Sure wasn’t much to talk about. The weather was horrible; no sunshine, snow, ... continue reading...
How To Plant Vegetable Seeds Indoors
Todays is the day I get together with all the Cozy Living gals with our monthly round up hosted by Jennifer from Town-N-Country Living. She puts this all together for us and for you all to enjoy. To see what everyone else is sharing click on the thumbnails right before my signature of this post. I can’t believe that it’s March already, and I’m so excited to report the nasty, snowy, bitter cold weather had finally let up here in Michigan and it took place in all one day. We went from well ... continue reading...
Small Home Gym 3 in 1 Trio Trainer
To help fight the anxiety I have you all know I added water color painting to my routine and just recently I purchased a piece of exercise equipment, the Trio Trainer, to add to my now small home gym/office/craft room. One of my favorite things to do is ride my bike daily in the summer every evening for 5 miles. I know how much better I feel when I do it so I decided to add a piece of equipment to our home. When I used to work out at the gym my favorite equipment was the ... continue reading...
Log Cabin Kitchen With Blue and Green Decor
If you missed my last post of where I switched the living room over to blue and green: you can go back and see that here. Since the kitchen is adjoining and it’s an open floor plan I decided to swap the colors around in here as well. I’ve had the blue and white buffalo check fabric for quite some time, I made living room curtains from it and always clipped a scrap of it up over the kitchen window. Well I got feisty and decided to drag out the sewing machine and make a proper valance ... continue reading...