Once again the Sweetwater Daughter and I were privileged to participate in the Auburn Homes Festival of Trees.Our mission was to create a specific look using a white flocked tree.  Our color scheme needed to be red, black and green.  The theme…

If you buy a few oranges on your next trip to the grocery store, you have the makings for some decor accents.Dehydrated orange slices are simple to make.  They are a great transitional decoration to use all through the fall…

Don’t you admire/hate those people who have all of their holiday shopping done before Halloween is past?I know I should be doing this….BUTSomehow…I really don’t get in the spirit of shopping until at least Thanksgiving.I do start to put together…

If you are wondering why it has been more than 2 weeks since my last post….well….it is kind of a long story.It has been an interesting couple of weeks around Sweetwater.Mr. S had his right ankle totally replaced 3 weeks…

Custom framing is soooo expensive!Even when you take advantage of deals at the frame shop, a typical framing job will cost you a bundle.I found this great website that has a princing estimator built in: https://www.framebridge.com/pricingI ran the numbers for…