I have had this project on my mind for a while. Our bedroom doesn't have much light, so I wanted to come up with a way to hang a lamp from the ceiling to give light off to the whole room. I looked around at some pre-made options and was surprised at how expensive they were. Also, I didn't see anything that really looked like it would match our style. So for the last few months, whenever I stopped by a thrift store I made sure to check out the home goods section to look for an

Today is the last post in my Mom's series on how to redesign a wedding dress. You can see the first post in her series here and her second post here. I hope you have learned a lot! And remember, you can apply these concepts to anything from t-shirts to jeans! I'll be back from holiday next week, and have some exciting things planned to blog about after my return! Just as a reminder, this is what my Mom was starting with: If you remember from my last post, we left off with fin

Today's guest post is the second of three in a series that my Mom wrote for me while I am away on holiday. If you missed the first installment, you can find it here. She's writing about how to redesign a wedding dress, and the dress she is talking about was actually my grandmother's dress that she redesigned for my wedding (I am so lucky!)! So, warning: lots of sentimental photos (and lots of educational photos about her process). The original dress Cutting up someone’s weddi

Today the family takeover continues with a guest post by my Mom! If you've been following the blog for a while, you might remember I've written about her before in my spring cleaning supplies post and on my about page. She's an amazing seamstress and I wish I had paid more attention when I was younger to all the techniques she tried to teach me. But, it's never too late to learn and she's kindly agreed to pass along some of her know-how to all of us! I'm really excited about