Sweet Pickles and Chocolate

I am now the owner of my very own Garden & Gift shop in Angier, NC!
I'll be posting all about my new shop, the new log home we will be building soon and my lastest crafting, decorating and remodeling projects! I hope 2015 will be a very creative year!...

Please visit my sweet daughter at the 23 year old housewife: Thanksgiving Printables: for two awesome Thanksgiving printables!
I've gotten into making "printables" this week :) I started out by making a card for Matt and the obsession began... Since then, I've made a......

We are making some progress on old "not-quite" finished projects and moving forward on new ones.
The fireplace in the family room had not progressed past the mantle top we added over a year ago...
until last weekend. Hubby did all of the measuring, planning and woodwork single-handedly and I am in charge of paint. This was definately one of those, "why didn't we do it sooner?" re-do's. We love the way it looks now!...

Ok, to avoid embarrassment about the mess in the shed before, I didn't take any before photos.
This was actually our second attempt at organizing the shed. The first time we added a few shelves along one wall. Well, they quickly filled up and the crazy-huge workbench took up 2/3 of the remaining space. It had gotten to the point that things were...