Bonus Bath is Complete!

The bonus room bathroom is complete!

Master Bedroom Refresh

A house is never done. It is a forever molding and shaping into a home and then remolding and shaping to what your family needs. People change, our tastes change, our lives evolve.10+ Years Ago We moved into this home 11 years ago and since then we upgraded to a king bed and have changed…

My NEW Crafting Closet

A quick re-design of the crafting sewing closet.

Annual Girls Trip: New Orleans 2019

No kids. No husband. I am in a Lyft, heading to the airport for a long weekend to New Orleans. Just saying this, I can hear Harry Connick Jr.'s voice talkin' in my ear. The south. I've never been. Well, not since I was a young girl on the cusp of my thirteenth birthday, traveling…

May Day Art

May is upon us and we have so many things to celebrate: Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, a few special birthdays  (my son, my sister, my friend April, ... 😉 ) and of course, one of my favorites: MAY DAY! When I was a little girl, I can remember going early before school started and dropping…

Bookshelf Styling

Many years ago, even before I got married, I was part of a book club.  Oprah started her book club in 1996 and everyone was joining along.  It was a wonderful reason to get together with other intelligent women, sipping wine and analyzing the story we had all experienced that month.  Some were fantastic reads…

The Behind the Scenes Secrets of 2019 Auction Art

I have been doing auction art for about 5 years now.  What is auction art, you ask?  Every year our elementary school has an auction to raise money for the school.  One big component of that is making art with the students and then selling it at the auction! I love it! Why do I…

Thank You Gift

Thank you's are important.  You can't say thank you enough and the written thank you is a life skill that I am hoping to pass down with my children and hope they will continue to do so with their children.  Our world is filled with so much technology that takes us away from these intimate…

An Egg-cellent Easter Activity

YAY! It's spring break!  And what do the Manos' do on spring break?  Chill out and get ready for Easter, of course!! 🙂 After seeing Hamilton (YES!  WE GOT TICKETS!!!), we headed to our Sunriver home Sunday morning.  Whenever we come to Sunriver, we have lots of together time: walking to the village, having hot…

Auction Art—oh what fun! ;)

Oh my gosh, you won't even believe what I am doing right now...copying outlines of umbrellas.  And it's not working quite right with my printer.  I am having to print one at a time, and then flip the odd sized paper over and reprint and... ugh! It's such a PAIN!!!  I just keep telling myself,…