Easy DIY Art – Haven Swag Challenge Every year, I come back from the Haven Conference with a ton of swag – a.k.a. stuff the vendors give us. Some of it are things like water bottles (which we use still four years later) and others are things like tools (my favorite kind of swag). Some […]
Modern Masters Front Door Paint
This past weekend, I attended the Haven Conference. It was fabulous… yadda, yadda, yadda. I’ll post about it later – maybe. It’s a really great place to meet vendors, one of which was Modern Masters. I’ve met them before at SNAP!, and they were wonderful. They make some really cool special effects paint, like metallics […]
Checking Vintage Furniture for Lead Paint
Checking Vintage Furniture for Lead Paint As a person who frequently buys and repaints vintage furniture, I am always worried about lead paint and whether it was used on the piece I’m about to sand and re-paint. Lead is not something I ever want to mess with, let alone get into my lungs. When we […]
Christmas in July
If you are like me, you’ve received emails and flyers about Christmas in July. Uh, excuse me, but who the heck thinks about the holidays this early? Not me. Normally. You see, for the past few years, we’ve sent our Christmas cards out with pictures of the kids, but this year, I’m determined to be […]
Dog Barf & Carpet Stain Remover
Be forewarned that this post includes some gross subject matter. If you have a weak stomach, you might want to stop reading. I woke up this morning to dog barf. In three places. Dog barf is disgusting, and normally my husband will handle it for me, but this morning, he was already out the door. […]
Fish Window Cleaner
At the Haven Conference this week, we were given some fabulous swag from various vendors. One such vendor was from Fish Window Cleaning. They were at the conference to promote their Fish Foam window cleaner. Since we have four dogs, and two sets of sliding glass doors and our front door has glass inserts, I […]