Thanks to Hooked on Houses for hosting Hooked on Fridays and Fifi Flowers for hosting Fashionable Fridays. I have been working on Mother’s Day gifts for the women in our family. This year I made handmade cards for everyone. I also wanted to make something little and sparkly. My inspiration for these gifts was buttons! Hobby Lobby had [...]
Thanks to Chari at Happy To Design for hosting Sunday Favorites. Mr. Petrie’s birthday was this past week. Since it’s difficult for us to eat a whole cake, I picked up a mini cake. The mini cake was about four servings. I thought the cake was adorable, but it needed something to give it some oomph! I [...]
The winner of the Casa Petrie Giveaway is lucky number 14: Cece of WVU Chick. Congratulations! I will get your package to you shortly. Thanks to everyone who left comments. Cece, I hope you enjoy your package.
In a 2-gallon pot near our front door, we grew salad greens. The seed packet was $1.89. I picked only about 1/4 of the greens this past weekend and this is what I got. Fresh salad mix picked at my convenience…it works for me! Thanks to We Are THAT Family for hosting Works for Me [...]
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Thanks to Between Naps On The Porch for hosting Metamorphosis Monday. Tuesday is the last day to sign up for the Casa Petrie giveaway. ***Click here to sign up!*** Mr. Petrie is a whiz with computers. I wanted to add pictures of Miss Petrie to the cards I am sending out for Mother’s Day and he [...]
I’m a winner: I won a giveaway on Home-Ec 101! I’ve never won anything from a blog or website and boy, was I psyched. I received my cookbook in the mail last week. My blog design: I have been asked at least three times where I got my blog template. Unfortunately, I cannot take [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to Hooked on Houses for hosting Hooked on Fridays and Fifi Flowers for hosting Fashionable Fridays. (And when you are finished reading, leave a comment on my giveaway post! Click here.) My friends and I are throwing a shower for our friend who is expecting a baby girl. I had made two gifts for [...]
Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post to sign up for our Casa Petrie giveaway! When we moved into our home, we brought with us a faux-pine Walmart tv cabinet. It did the job, but was so wrong for the design direction we were headed. I was very inspired by the sideboards/buffets designers were using [...]