Keeping your home warm and comfortable is probably on top of your mind at this time of the year when temperatures drop sub-zero and cold winds get stronger. You will want to turn up the heat, but it also brings stress about the high utility bills. However, you can get smart and warm up your […]
Winter is here in many parts of the U.S.. If you have not yet prepared your yard and trees for the long winter months, there is still time to get it done before we see the temperatures drop and the snow piles up. With a bit of hard work and care, your trees and yard […]
Breads are a perfect gift for the holidays for friends, neighbors and co-workers. They are also a heart warming treat for yourself and your family when heated up with a bit of butter and a glass of hot cocoa. Pumpkin and banana are always good choices, but this pear and ginger bread will wow everyone […]
Are you thinking about ways to prepare your home for spring? While you may think the spring season takes forever to arrive, that’s not so. Seasons change so fast at times that it’s hard to ever be fully prepared. Here in Illinois Spring is trying to emerge and the worst of our cold weather is […]
Feeling too tired and unmotivated to work out? Well no wonder! Working out is one of those things that you have to put your heart, mind and body into for a long time to see results. Not only that, if you don’t couple a lifestyle of healthy eating habits with your daily fitness, you are […]
Breakfast is such a comfort meal, which is why at our house we love to have breakfast for dinner! Whether you have breakfast in the morning, noon or night you are going to absolutely love these eight recipes. There are four sweet recipes and four salty recipes which means something deliciously perfect for everyone! These are sure to […]
* I participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon. Here in Chicago it is so cold that we have to find fun things to do together inside where it is warm. Here […]
DIY Winter Themed Soup Can Planters DIY projects are a fun way to have fun and stay warm inside during the cold winter months. These soup can planters make great gifts for teachers, hostesses, friends and neighbors too. Supplies: two clean, empty soup cans blue craft paper white glitter tissue wrap paper two snowflake stickers […]
I know that red and green are traditional for Christmas decorating, but I love red and blue together. I like using blue as well because even when the Christmas decor comes down I can still leave up the blue winter themed things. Here are three posters that I designed to put in frames and use […]
Supplies: 4 – 3″ peat pots Christmas themed craft papers Letter stickers in white Gold metallic ribbon peat moss evergreen sprigs scissors hot glue gun Instructions: Step 1. Cut four different pattered rectangles 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Step 2. Use the hot glue gun to attach the papers to the pots. Step 3. […]