Just a Canary Bird...

The Hubby and I have been together 8 years. The one thing we have consistently argued over for those 8 years is the question, "What do you want to do?" I consider us to both be intelligent adults, but when that question comes out of the other persons mouth its like we become fools and have no thoughts. Our common answer is "I don't know" or "I don't care".  Well I found something to fix that problem. Our date night jar! I saw the idea on Pinterest (where all ideas live of course) and decided it was an inexpensive, crafty solution to our problem. All you need are Popsicle sticks, markers, a jar, and your list of activities you want to use. Both the Hubby and I brainstormed ideas in the categories of free dates, cheap dates, more expensive dates, and plan ahead dates. Here is our example list: Making the list was the hardest part. There are a lot of online links for date ideas. Just cater your list to your tastes and preferen...

The Hubby and I don't really exchange gifts on V-day. We usually like to do something together. I think memories last a lot longer than gifts. Who knows what we will do this year, but it doesn't matter as long as we are together! I can't believe I got so lucky to call this guy My Valentine for life.  I love this song, it makes me think of my husband every time I hear it. Here is a Valentine's Day print out. Feel free to print it off for your sweetheart! Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you all enjoy your Valentine's Day weekend with that special someone!  Until next time, Kara

I start decorating for the Christmas holidays, the day after Thanksgiving. I just love to have the tree lights on and enjoy the atmosphere! This is my favorite time of year.  Here are a few digital prints that I have created over the past couple years to decorate our house with. I hope you can enjoy them as well. Until next time, Kara

While everyone is busy with last minute Halloween plans, I'm already thinking about Thanksgiving being just around the corner.  I don't have too many Thanksgiving or fall decorations, because I go straight from Halloween, to a short time period of Thanksgiving decor, and then on to my favorite holiday, Christmas.  I love to add new pieces of digital art each year. Here is a printable piece of digital art I created! Enjoy! Until next time, Kara

I love this time of year. It is full of holidays, fall weather and family gatherings. I love to decorate our house to reflect the current holiday season. I am gearing up for Halloween. Each year I try to catch stuff on clearance to use for the next season, so after I got out my Halloween stuff, I realized I still needed a few things. The Hubby and I headed out to the Dollar Tree and I set out to find a craft project. I have always seen on HGTV or in magazines the bowls on the coffee tables with ornamental balls that match the room decor. Well if you have ever seen those at the store each ball can cost $7 and up. That is crazy, so I decided to make a Halloween version with googly eyes. Is googly a word? I'm not sure, but lets just roll with it. This project is super easy and inexpensive. I used three packs of googly eyes, three golf balls and two wiffle balls. I got the craft eyes and wiffle balls at the Dollar tree for a total of $4. I stole the golf balls from the Hubby'...

I love to decorate for every holiday. I especially love the fall seasons because of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. My three favorite holidays to decorate the house for. I try to decorate as early as I can.  I love to decorate with different, modern digital prints in picture frames for each holiday. It is an inexpensive way to make a big impact. Below is a free digital print I created to decorate with this year! Feel free to save it and print it for your home! Until next time, Kara

I went to college to be a graphic designer. Even though I don't use graphic design in my day to day office job, I love to be creative and use my talents to decorate our house.  We recently redesigned our master bedroom.  I wanted to have a simple piece of artwork in our room, so I decided to do some sort of love quote.  I have noticed that chalkboard art has been a recent trend. I decided to combine the chalkboard look with typography to create a custom piece of artwork for our master bedroom! Here is the design I came up with. I have created some additional pieces in alternative colors for you to use. You can right click and save as. Enjoy! Until next time, Kara

Hello, my name is Kara. I am an avid blog follower. I follow several cooking and DIY blogs. Blogs just seem so silly since you are reading tips and tricks written by a complete stranger and that they become so addicting. After you read for awhile, you get to a point where you feel like you know the blogger and you are freinds. Then when they haven't posted in a week you are wondering what happened!? lol. I guess that is a sign of a good blog, a good writer and devoted readers! So I decided that a blog might be a great way to document some of our adventures as a married couple. We are in our twenties, but we are wise beyond our years. My husband, Joe, and I do not think like most 20 somethings! We are trying to start our married life out on the right foot. I may be biased, but I feel like we live a frugal lifestyle in an unbelieveable fashion, so I hope to use the blog as kind of a living album of adventures in our life! Until next time! Kara