Hello and happy hump day, friends! After making several dozen of these custom DIY hand-cut wood name signs for my friends, family, and perfect strangers, I finally made one for my little lady. “The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot,” isn’t that how the saying goes? Or we can go way back with “the cobbler’s children go unshod.”…
Archives for July 2014
Build A (Fake) Quarter Pipe
The children’s ministry at my church needed a skate board ramp as part of their stage set design so I built this fake quarter pipe according to their specifications. *Please note: this quarter pipe was not built for actual use. It is only meant for show.* In other words, do not build this quarter pipe, attempt to…
My Haven Conference Experience
If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’d have seen the lion share of these photos. And if you don’t, then this will be news to you. Read on for my Haven recap (everybody’s doin’ it). Last weekend, I traveled to Atlanta to speak at the Haven Conference, an annual DIY Bloggers’…
Easy DIY Turned Leg Coffee Table
This past weekend I teamed up with Jaime Costiglio of That’s My Letter and we had the honor of teaching a furniture-building class at the Haven Conference in Atlanta. Haven is a DIY Bloggers’ conference held every year. We had an hour to teach the class and asked several volunteers to help us measure and cut…
DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Bench
Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. I’ve been invited to speak at the Haven Conference, a DIY bloggers’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! I’ve never been to a bloggers’ conference before and I am totally geeking out over it. I’ll be teaching a couple of building classes…