About a month ago I went to IKEA to return a couple items, when I walked in I discovered that they were having a garage sale of sorts. They had a bunch of doors and drawer fronts that were all $1! I knew that these would be perfect for some sort of project so I […]
Homemade Caramel Sauce
I just finished making my homemade vanilla caramel sauce. It turned out to be super simple, just takes a bit of patience. I first tried to make this a couple months ago and epically failed (basically I burned it). At one point, I was worried and thought that I would have to start over, but […]
DIY Espresso Syrups & Milk Delivery
About a year and a half ago I switched from my daily Starbucks routine to my own espresso maker. I’m still working on perfecting my mocha; however, through this process I’ve made a few exciting discoveries. First, I discovered that I could make my own espresso syrups. So far I have made chocolate, pumpkin spice […]
New DVD Storage
For a while I’ve wanting to update my DVD storage. Over the past 9 or so years we have been building our collection but it was getting out of hand with a lot that we didn’t really like and probably would never watch again. We bought a lot of movies instead of watching them in […]
Easy Shredded Chicken
A few days ago I read about cooking shredded chicken in the crockpot over on the Coupon Project’s website: Cooking Chicken in Crockpot . I decided to try it out tonight and it turned out great (plus its SUPER easy). I put the frozen chicken in the crock-pot before I left for work and turned […]
Creating A Travel Gallery Wall With A Map
It all started when Brad and I visited Arizona in 2007. I took a picture of some hot air balloons (while we were in a hot air balloon) and loved how the picture turned out. I printed this picture and hung it in our apartment hallway. When we moved into our home, I decided that […]