Hi Friends!I'm happy to let you know that today I'm over at Small Shop helping Erika with a post while she's enjoying a much needed holiday. Here's a little sneak peek at a New Years Eve party guide I put together. Hop on over to check it out. Read more
My husband recently received the Filson Catalog. I had never heard about this brand of "better outdoor clothes since 1897". They've been around a while and obviously know what they are doing. The catalog pages are chock full of classic items for the outdoorsman in your life (or maybe even that hipster brother of yours). Here are my favorite picks just in time for Christmas.[1] Cowichan... Read more
Well, I was at the hardware store the other day (made it there while the parents-in-law were in town helping with baby) purchasing some paint to complete my drapery project when I spotted some decorative brass furniture corners. I'd been trying to think of a way to dress up the cheap white IKEA Lack side tables that I'm using in the guest room as night stands. This seemed to be the perfect... Read more
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I posteda couple weeks ago about the narrow planting bed along our front walkway and my ideas for plant selections in that space. Well, a trip to the nursery, some consultation with some experts and then a bit of elbow grease by moi and my father in law, and the horsetail reeds are in along with some heuchera (the bronze low growing lacy stuff in the front) and ajuga (Also bronze) and some icy... Read more
A while back I bought an immersion blender for Scott, king of the kitchen gadgets. The blender sat in the kitchen cabinet for several months until recently when I started getting CSA deliveries with various fall veggies such as squashes, potatoes, carrots and celery. In previous years, I'd made a few blended soups, always resulting in a big mess with the blender, pots and pans and a lot of... Read more
Thanks to Erika from Small Shop for her awesome gift guide for the hostess with the mostest. I'm definitely inspired to do a little entertaining:Hello nesters! It's Erika from small shop, happy to be filling in for new mommy Jess. I've been having a ball creating these little gift guides, so it was a piece of cake to create one for all of the holiday hostesses in our lives! Cheers to them, they... Read more
Here is Bryan's birth announcement that Cindy from Lucky 8 Letterpress helped me out with. She did a great job creating a simple in-budget design highlighting our little one with a nod to the year of the rabbit. Read more
Bryan testing out his Baby Belle carrier. Read more
Christmas time has arrived in the Davis household! I took some cues from Emily Henderson'sshow and hopped on down to the flower district for some fresh Eucalyptus to use as garland. It doesn't shed like normal garland and I was able to decorate the mantle, stair, and table for a grand total of five bucks! Of course, now it's starting to dry out so we will see how it looks as that happens.... Read more