I received free product from Drash Craft Supply to use to create these DIY giant checkers. All opinions in this post are my own. Why giant checkers? Simply put, giant checkers are BIG fun! But more than that they’re an interesting way to change up a classic game we all already know and love. When…
Build a Butterfly House with $3 in Lumber
Read moreGrab a cedar picket to make a lovely and simple DIY butterfly house. This budget-friendly project works out to only $3 in lumber apiece! I just love butterflies. They’re pretty and magical and look so lovely in my garden. Basically, I think they are the best insect. They are an insect, right? (a quick Google…
Birdhouse Chandelier Tutorial
Read moreThis is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Gorilla Glue Company for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I have had my eyes peeled for an old chandelier for ages and ages now. I’ve made Rob go through countless flea markets and Habitat stores looking for something, ANYTHING so that I could make…
Homemade Wooden Lawn Dice Game
Read moreSo Rob and I have been playing games like crazy. It’s, like, an every day thing around here right now and I’ve gotta tell you… I couldn’t be happier. I LOVE PLAYING GAMES. It’s gotten to be so frequent that we just purchased a notebook just for our game scores, to immortalize them for all…
Glittering Gem Mason Jars with DIY Solar Lids
Read moreNow this isn’t the first time I’ve covered a mason jar with gems and it won’t be the last. It’s such a simple but beautiful project and I’m constantly searching after the next adhesive to use to make it work out. Now the best I’ve used before this attempt was clear silicone caulk with the…
Concrete Yard Word Art
Read moreSo I had this big idea that I was going to start making lots of stuff of all sort of colors to go into my Momma’s backyard. You see she loves color. My dad, well, not so much, but he just wants my mom to be happy. So I made her a dragonfly out of…
Junk Dragonfly Yard Art
Read moreSo I’ve been making all sorts of stuff for my Momma to put in her backyard. She, like me, loves colorful things so I have been taking the color on full hilt! I guess it was 3 or 4 years ago now that we saw at the Dog Days Flea Market in Sulphur, OK some…
Solar Mason Jar Lids
Read moreAges and ages ago I made some jars and I covered them with gems and I put solar lids on them. Since I’ve moved I’ve long since misplaced them and when Rob and I were walking the aisles of the outdoor section at Walmart I noticed that solar lights were only a buck apiece. I tossed…
How to build a birdhouse
Read moreWe have still a lot of work in the house. The kitchen will be our next big building project, we need cabinets and the hood. We have everything ready, even the air exhaust vent…which is currently occupied by a family of birds. It’s the third year they came back, and they seem to like the…
Giant Lawn Dominoes
Read moreI love playing games to the point that I tend to annoy people asking them if they will play with me. Oddly enough Rob also loves games but we haven’t played anything together, yet. We keep saying we will and meaning to but it just doesn’t work out. One of the things we do find…
