Bryce Canyon with Snow

Chase was asked to do a Youth Conference at Bryce Canyon in the middle of March.

This is what we saw...

Finally a Sign of Spring!

Mason playing in grass.

Cadence riding his tricycle. His legs are still a little short to reach the pedals so he sits on the back of the bike and pushes off of the ground with his heals.

Lookin' like James Dean!

Easy Easter Decoration

I wanted a quick and easy Easter decoration for my kitchen so I found a basket in my basement and used Lemongrass colored ribbon for a bow that I also had in my basement.

Then I found some Muslin fabric in my basement to use as a liner for the basket.

I put it all together and used some plastic Easter eggs that were...you guessed it...in my basement to make a quick and easy Easter decoration.

My basement is full of wonderful treasures!

FHE Board

My sister, Debi, gave me a Family Home Evening assignment board. I wanted to make cute name tags for the different tasks so I went to Roberts and bought ribbon, rub on transfer letters, and rusty tags. I had some hemp string from home that I used to spruce it up a bit.

This is what they look like...

The board is hanging up in our hallway with a picture of our family hanging over it.

Old Made Bold Pin Board

Again, the ladies at the Drab to Fab blog inspired me to make an old pin board into something new. It was in ok shape when I got it, but needed some repairs. After I fixed it, I painted the frame with a maple syrup colored craft paint.

I had leftover fabric from making a ribbon board for my niece for Christmas so I used it to cover the board and added pink and brown ribbon as trim.

I wanted to cover up the corners so I made a little wooden sign with some spare wood slats that I had used for a previous project, Antique White craft paint, and rub on transfer lettering.

This is what I came up with.

I saw a cute flower design on the Shabby 2 Sweet blog and made two for two of the corners.

This is how they turned out. Then I added a ribbon bow to the final corner. I also used hemp string to make a bow for the sign.

Thanks, Bon, for the great idea!

Sugar and Flour Containers

My mom had big plastic containers where she kept her sugar and flour.

I searched and searched and could not find any like the ones that she had.

I was at Walmart looking for containers and I found these 2 two gallon glass beauties!

There was a little debate on what the writing would be on them, but we settled for "Sweet Stuff" and "Wheat Stuff".

We also switched to whole wheat flour. It is so good!

My Cherry Red Bread Box

After three years of living in our home, I have started decorating it!

Thanks to the fab ladies at the Drab to Fab blog,

I have started scoping out the local DI and

making decorating decisions that I was usually too scared to try.

Thanks ladies!

Here is my bread box, $3 at DI.

I sprayed it with Cherry Red spray paint.

Then I sanded the edges to give it a distressed look and used a dark walnut stain to make the Cherry Red darker to match our Kitchen Aid.

Here is the final product!