here’s my most recent before and after project. it started off with a coffee table in awful shape, but with nice lines. yikes! lots of work needed here. i got the foam from a garage sale and cut it to the size of the table. i pained the entire table a bright golden yellow to [...]

a quick sneak peek of some things i’m sending to the printer this week! always love opening the boxes full of newly printed designs!

i’m so excited! i just got the notice from grace that the design*sponge at home book will be coming out september 15th….just in time for my birthday! you can pre-order the book here, which i’ll be doing shortly! if you don’t already know, my famous yellow floors will be featured in the book!

first of all, thanks for stopping by! my blog has been quite neglected over the last week or two. i’m hoping to get back in the swing of things now that my big week of open house preparations is done! i thought i’d share a few shots of the product set-up from my open house [...]

this is my first marzipan monday in a long time! i’ve been so busy with photo shoots that most of my mondays feature photo shoots from the previous weekend. today i’m happy to share a little project i’ve been working on with my lovely ladies at a fresh bunch. we’ve been working with the people [...]

if you follow me on twitter or facebook, you may remember me talking about teaching my little dude how to make yarn pom-pons. he literally spent 4 straight hours making them once i taught him how. a project i thought i was going to be doing myself was almost entirely finished by my 5 year [...]

who would have known that some cardboard, string, and 5 minutes could make me mother of the year? i seriously spent 5 minutes making these wings for the boys and they can’t get enough of them. (and i apologize for the horrible quality photos this morning….) they’re really good for flying around the house. and [...]

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last week i saw martha making homemade watercolors (as well as homemade sidewalk chalk) on her show. the boys have been all about watercolor painting lately so i thought we could try to make some of our own! the recipe was super easy and maybe took 1/2 hour including gathering ingredients and clean-up. super easy [...]

happy valentine’s day! i made this simple valentine’s garland for a valentine swap hosted by carina of crown and canary out of a few basic craft supplies and some vintage buttons. super easy and cute!