Boy, oh boy, do I have the ultimate giveaway for you! Oreck sent me their new Magnesium Vacuum Cleaner to review a few weeks ago.   I vowed to be completely honest and no sugar-coating. Let's just say my little apartment has never been cleaner. First of all it is so LIGHT! My old vacuum was so big and bulky (and I've got the biceps to prove it).  The Magnesium is light enough that I can now put my boys to work with zero guilt of child labor.  It really is so easy to manage I actually use it

Three years ago I tackled one of my most ambitious DIY projects ever of wrapping our entry with stripes. The reason I'm re-visiting "my proudest DIY moment" is because Part Select is holding a contest for bloggers to post and submit a noteworthy project and potentially win $5,000.00 worth of new GE Appliances! Go here for details. Our home was a "tract home" meaning it was visually B-O-R-I-N-G! Feeling a slight allergic reaction to having an identical home that looked like everyone else's I

Congratulations to lucky number 8, Shirley!   You're the winner of the Black and Decker Laser Level!

Images via Emily Loveland Photography.

I received a second gift in the mail from my Secret Santa yesterday! Apparently this cute little baker got in to a fight with the whisk in the mail. My DIY side thought I could finish it off with a hammer and make a tile mosaic with it but...not this year...   Thank you Secret Santa...I think I may have an idea who it's from...any guesses? ***Hint, box came from North Carolina.*** Here's the list of participants: Brooklyn Limestone Bryn Alexandra Emily A. Clark House of Smiths The

I'm slightly obsessed with gift wrapping. At the Blogger Social I recently attended we had a gift exchange and I brought these boxes full of a "few of my favorite things".  Thanks to my sister-in-law Erin, she whipped up those custom tags which I've since attached to everything under the sun. Cute, right?! Erin has allowed me to share these tags with you (thank you Erin). Before I do, let me tell you a little bit about her. You may remember me highlighting her previously as being my very