How To Get Your Picture Frames To Stay Straight? Here’s a Quick and Cheap Fix with No Holes

I can’t stand pictures that aren’t straight.  It literally drives me crazy!

We have these pictures that hang on the back side of our front closet, so every time the door shuts the pictures move.  They are the type of frame with only one hanger right in the middle.  I found the solution for me!  Read More


Chalkboard Play Table

My girls love chalk and since we live in a cold climate it’s nice to have a chalkboard inside.  I found this coffee table at Goodwill for $4!  It was pretty beat up so perfect for a play table.  I also bought two cheap plastic stools.  To see my quick improvement on the stools click here. Read More


Easter Bonnet Turned into Easter Basket for $2

I love Easter baskets but I don’t like spending a lot of money on them.  I have wanted to try fabric stiffener for a while and this is the perfect project for that.

I was shopping at Target in their $1 section and saw all the bonnets.  They are so cute but my girls will not wear them.  I tipped it up and thought what a great basket.  Read More


Easy Photo Wall

I’ve wanted to do a photo wall for such a long time.  We do have a small one downstairs but with only eight frames.   Our home is very open and there isn’t a lot of wall space,  so it’s hard to display photos.  I really didn’t know where to start so I found a great web site, Read More





Blown Out Easter Eggs

Easter is coming soon so it’s time to get going on eggs and blown out eggs are perfect.  I tried this horrible task years ago and all I got was a major headache.  I came across this website that I can’t locate now but this is amazing – and no headache. Read More


How to add color back into a black and white picture – Microsoft Word 2010

web 069 copyInsert your photo into the word document from the insert tab or drag and drop.

Double click on the photo so it is activated and you see the picture tool tab at the top (pink).  Copy your photo (Ctrl c) and Past (Ctrl v) so there are two photos. Read More