We Have a Winner~

Oh my goodness!!

Yesterday was so much fun!   I hope you had a great time travelling back in time yesterday and laughing at our childhood portraits!

Did you guess who I was?  Did you guess who anyone was??

Yep! This is me...at age 15 and now (well, in October of last year)...



There were so many of you who were soooooo close to guessing all the DIY bloggers correctly, but finally one

Can You Name These Popular DIY Bloggers??~

**Update: We have a winner! This contest is now closed...you can still have a good laugh by trying to guess who's who just for fun though!




Oh the good old days!  Let's take a ride in that DeLorean parked outside and go back in time. Back to a time before there was Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. Before chevrons, mercury glass and ombré were hot. And most importantly, before there were blogs

Favorite Posts and Projects of 2012~

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...full of joy and time spent with loved ones.

Today I'm going to share with you my favorite posts and projects from the past year.

I started the year off with a trip to New York to film a House Proud segment for the Nate Berkus show...the segment I filmed aired in May, and I wrote about it here.






I also had fun attending two great

Inspired You by Miss Mustard Seed (and a giveaway)~

Isn't this blog world absolutely amazing?!?  I'm excited to announce that another one of my excessively talented blogging friends has published a book!




photo via MissMustardSeed.com

 Inspired You by Marian Parsons (AKA Miss Mustard Seed) is coming out tomorrow.  And I couldn't be more thrilled! 






About a week ago, I received a copy of her beautiful book in the mail, and I  have been

The Handbuilt Home by Ana White, a free furniture plan, and a giveaway~

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

I'm sure you've all heard the great news by now, but just in case you haven't...my friend, Ana White, has written a book!   Yep!  You know Ana, right?  (How could you not know Ana if you've been around blogland very long at all?)  Ana is the genius behind Ana-White.com, the popular website she created where she posts her amazing furniture plans.










Ana's book