Happy Birthday to Our Baby!

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This pretty little thing is the youngest of our three babies. Today is her 8th birthday. She has the sweetest smile and a sense of humour just like her daddy. And we love her to bits! Happy 8th Birthday, Miss Muffet! xo, Momma & Daddy   (P.S. Have a great weekend, friends!) (P.P.S. We have [...]

Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want…

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After reading the title of this post, we bet we can guess what you’re singing in your head right now… Go ahead. Finish singing. We’ll wait. Okay, so admittedly not the best lyrics in the world. It’s just so stinkin’ catchy! To get our point across, you could probably just press pause at about the :15 mark. [...]

Summer Porches

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As we work on our Curb Appeal projects (honestly if it would stop raining every time Dean’s home!), I’m drawing oodles of inspiration from these summer porches.   Our Vintage Home Love —– Cottage in the Oaks —– Stonegable —– For the Love of a House —– You Craft Me Up —– Coastal Living —– [...]

DIY Link Party #32

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Have I mentioned that I LOVE projects?! I love thinking up projects, shopping for supplies and creating. But MOST OF ALL I love the after pictures! Ha! That must be why I love to see all of your projects! Great projects this week, y’all! The Blissful Bee took a vintage frame – and made it [...]

DIY Link Party #30

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Holy Talent, Batman! I loved so many projects from last week’s DIY Link Party! Wanna see?    Oh, C! Your DIY baskets ROCK! You have GOT to visit Stone and Rose to see the tutorial. ***** Ah, the Annie Sloan goodness in Silver Pennies Gate Leg Table makeover is STUNNING! ***** We shared Sarah’s growth [...]

Friday Five – May 4, 2012

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On Fridays we have a little extra fun at {aka}|design – because we share five random things from our week: design inspiration, amazing etsy shops, fun family stuff. Sometimes we just share things that were amusing. In any case, Friday Five it is! I’ve already done a few round up type posts this week, so [...]

Shopping for Prints

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Does anyone remember our Gallery Wall project from last summer? {Please excuse the lack of photography skills. I hadn’t learned to take my camera off auto yet!} Well, true to form, we’ve shuffled things around a bit. The subway art moved to the kitchen and the print on the extreme right moved from that side wall [...]

Fun Spring Cleaning Supplies & Tools

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Yesterday we chatted about our Top 5 Spring Cleaning Tips and we shared a free Spring Cleaning Printable Checklist. Today we’re having a little fun with Spring Cleaning by sharing a few fun and funky cleaning supplies and tools! Aren’t these SO fun?! Way funkier than the plain old yellow ones!  Black Leopard rubber gloves [...]