Archive for the ‘Pink Saturday’ Category

Shadow Box Flowers

Thanks to How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. I was just reading a blog post about having your wedding flowers preserved and placed in a shadow box…for $800!  Ouch.  Now the flowers did look beautiful, but mine look pretty darn good and I did it for around $5.  I bought flower preservation spray at a [...]

Closet Organizing with a Touch of Pink

Thanks to How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. We have made an effort here at Casa Petrie to use our closet space well.  I read lots of small home (usually small is considered under 2,000 square feet) books to get storage and organization ideas.  These books point out two important points about closets: 1) if [...]

It’s a Girl!

We received wonderful news last week: Mr. Petrie’s sister is having a baby girl!  We wanted to send a celebratory package, so we made a couple of handmade gifts.  Mr. Petrie knitted this adorable pink hat.  Isn’t he amazing?   I made a card with some cool new crafting supplies.  My friend Denise gave me [...]

A Pinkalicious Child’s Room

Thanks to How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. Don’t forget to sign up for our Casa Petrie giveaway for some fun house and crafty stuff! Little Miss Petrie’s nursery was yellow with sparse white and crimson accents.  But when we moved her to her big girl room, we had to agree that she [...]