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Candlelit path made from balloons

Over the holidays me and the little guy decided we needed to ensure Santa would find our house. Alex sprinkled a mixture of seed and glitter along our walkway for the reindeer and together we created a...

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Breath of fresh air

The first sign of the weather warming up (a few degrees) and it feels like spring. Well not really but a girl can dream about the end of winter coming sooner than later right? Once Xmas decorations...

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Vintage inspired DIY art

Finally our Ribba frames are no longer empty and it cost us nothing! We began by adding scrapbook paper to the frames, we had a book of  paper which has been used for many projects throughout the year...

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Romantic Wedding

This year Mr. Bliss and I will celebrate 18 years together. Really we were kids when we had met, I had only heard about couples in the "olden days" who met as young teenagers, fell in love, married...

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Living with white

I heart white. White is fresh and clean and goes with everything. Whether you are looking for something modern, country, or vintage it seems you cant go wrong with white. As I look back on magazine...

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When kids happen to your stuff

Its been 14 months since we moved into our little bungalow. Although progress has been slow lately we are pretty proud of all the work that we have accomplished in such little time. Lately we have...

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Rustic Coat Hanger

Once we added the birch tree mural to our front hall we lost our handy coat rack (it was just too big for the space and didnt really mesh with the new forest). Let me tell you it has been Missed...

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Made with Love

My grandmother was one of my best friends growing up. As a young girl I spent a majority of my weekends sleeping over at grandmas (by choice) and during our visits she introduced me to many of her...

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Dresser love

Last year when our television broke we replaced it with a slightly larger set which turned out to be way too big for our flimsy stand.  I held my breath each time we moved it or pulled it away from...

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Coolest Valentine Evah

With Valentines Day soon approaching Alex and I explored some Valentine card ideas and not only did he choose this very cool photo idea but he also made the decorations, decided on the chocolate...

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A new kind of Album

Last month I took about 500 photos. Unfortunately its really difficult to decide which photos to print and which to purge. We usually end up printing an enormous amount every few months, sorting them...

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Bathroom Envy

A few years ago our good friends Lara and Jeff purchased a home that needed a bit of love. Besides the fact that the home has a great layout for their growing family and an amazing yard I think the...

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Mama got a FANCY phone

It finally happened I joined my friends and entered a whole new world (insert Aladdin music here) Mama got an IPhone that's right biotches, I'm bad!       But seriously, most of you are laughing...

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Family Dinner

  Life is moving fast and its hard to stay in touch with friends, with family, sometimes even with ourselves. My family decided to begin a monthly tradition of the family dinner. Sometimes it feels...

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Guest Post!

I thought it was pretty cool when we were approached by a blogger in Australia when she asked to feature our family room HERE and I'm equally thrilled that we have followers in the UK and one reader in...

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Bathroom Humor

Ever since the kids pulled too hard on our towel rack and Mr. Bliss patched and primed Ive been staring at this     So a little diversion was needed I picked up this cute frame from homesense and made...

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DIY cabinet moulding

It finally happened We have cabinet trim! I am so impressed with Mr. Bliss, it took a long long time but he finally did it. Have I mentioned he has no prior experience with home renovation projects...

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How to remove crayon from surfaces

      Oh how I adore my little one, especially when she gave me a nice break the other day by pulling her wee play chair up to the coffee table and proceeded to take out her favorite Dora and Hello...

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2nd Birthday

Baby girl just turned 2     We had elaborate plans for a big Elmo themed 2nd birthday     And then we paused and chose not to stress ourselves out this year with all the usual decoration prep, food,...

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Livin large

A few years ago our friends Dwayne and Stacey bought a newer home and their excitement was contageous. When they invited us over we got the full tour and I could see immediately one of the features...

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