Depending on the specific occasion, we enjoy making gifts around here. And as far as we can tell, the recipients like receiving them. Yo...

When my oldest couple kids were small there was no internet. Well let me rephrase that, there might have been internet but I didn't ...

Great Grandpa Herb wasn't a handy man.  I remember hearing that often, but it didn't mean he didn't putz around in his gara...

State of the Union Address? Of course what I really mean is the state of the blog address, I just couldn't resist a tiny bit of pres...

A normal Fall usually sees me making spooky preparations for Halloween, even if it's just a fake raven with an eyeball dangling from it&...

Once upon a time I picked up a side table at a garage sale because I thought it was interesting. If I recall correctly the lady told me he...

Recently Carlene from Organized Clutter did a post about a product called a layering block.  I had never seen or heard of such a thing be...

I've got a thing for totes, and for being thrifty. Metal ones, wood ones, ones with wood and metal, and especially free or cheap o...

In July I decided to try my hand at painting a faded but otherwise intact oversize front door mat.  The mat was a more expensive one that ...

Fusion Mineral Paint has some new colors, and I'm a lucky duck to get my webbed feet on some. 13 colors total, and I headed straight ...