2021 Floral Landscape (Part 2) Happy Wednesday everyone!! Today is the second part of my 2021 Floral Landscape design along with some helpful information I’ve learned along the way. Normally I plant and then wait a year to blog about it since perennials and shrubs...
2021 Floral Landscape Happy Monday everyone! I couldn’t wait to share this post because it’s bright and cheerful and that was the outdoor look I was going for this year! Here is my 2021 Floral Landscape and backyard bliss with colors blooming from spring to fall!...
Casual Tablescape Happy Monday everyone! I’ve been wanting to post my casual tablescape for a while now. I’m one of those people who love seeing my table put together as if we are having company over for dinner. My kitchen table is a combination of items that I...
How To Navigate My Website Happy Friday everyone! Navigating My Website and 2021 Bucket List. We are kicking off the weekend with an update to my previous post “Kicking Off 2021 With A Pudding Dessert And TAL’s Bucket List”. Hind sight being 2020, I should have...
Pet Safe Paint Happy Monday everyone! Who is ready for home projects? We are and we are checking items off our “to-do” list!! Pet Safe Paint…Spring is here and we are working on getting our home projects done which means painting and more...
Spring Tablescape Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s a beautiful week to put together a spring table! The sun is shining and it’s 80 degrees here in WV! I’ve decided to plant another herb garden this year (see my 1st herb garden last year) and I’m going bigger this...
Easter Tablescape 2021 Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m so excited to show you my Easter Tablescape this year. I combined the dishes and cone sculptures from my New Year’s Eve Tablescape with items from last year’s Easter Tablescape I put together and created a new...
How To Make Silk Flowers Look Real Happy Monday everyone! We had a gorgeous weekend here in WV full of sunshine and spring temps so I thought this bright flower bouquet of yellow would be appropriate for Monday’s post. This St. Patrick’s Day floral arrangement is a...
Clover Tablescape Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I told Thomas this morning that March and St. Patrick’s Day means celebrating me! :-). We are going to our favorite place for fish and chips…Margaret’s Cafe in Toronto, OH!! According to my results from 23 and...
Galentine’s Tablescape Happy Wednesday everyone! In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I hosted a Galentine’s Day dinner on Monday night with two of my best friends with wine, lasagna, gnocchi, meatballs, and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing. As a take...
A Whimsical Valentine’s Day Table Happy Monday everyone! It is February 1st and I’m kicking the month off with this whimsical Valentine’s Day table. This table is casual, fun, and flirty with a combination of red, black, turquoise, with a hint of pink. I’m so...
New Year’s Eve Tablescape 2020 Happy Wednesday everyone! I am so excited to show you my New Year’s Eve Tablescape for 2020! The table is a combination of gold, silver, and pink/blush with added greenery to compliment my color scheme. Thomas and I are...
Christmas Potpourri Merry Christmas everyone! Are you filling your kitchen with wonderful smells of cinnamon rolls, apple pies, or maybe a Christmas Potpourri? Today I’m preparing for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners and decided I wanted the house to smell...
8 Ways To Get Your Kitchen Ready For Thanksgiving Happy Friday everyone! We are one week away from Thanksgiving and I hope you are getting excited! I know I am! My sister always cooks and let me tell you, the meal is delicious! She called today as I was cleaning...
Two Adorable Labs Announces New Line Of Soy Candles Happy Monday everyone!!! I’m so excited to tell you…TWO ADORABLE LABS HAS A NEW LINE OF CANDLES OUT NOW!!! This has been a long time coming and I’m thrilled to announce TAL’s hand poured candles are ready to...
It’s Fall Y’all Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s Fall Y’all and I’m loving all the new fall decor this year. I got these spooky face glasses the other day at Walmart, along with these adorable straws, and although I don’t have any...
How To Use Fashion Pins In Your Floral Arrangements Happy Wednesday everyone! The weather has been perfect for hayrides, picking pumpkins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice latte (HERE) and charity garage sales too! Last weekend we went to a charity event to help raise...
Pumpkin Spice Latte Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s Pumpkin Spice Latte time! Are you enjoying this fall season like I am? The weather has been beautiful and the dogs love playing in the leaves. I’m not sure what it is, but when fall hits, I love...
How To Create A Vignette Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I’m giving you the last part of my three part series of my guest bedroom, combining the old with the new (HERE) and spare bedroom, how to decorate with mismatched furniture (HERE) and the Jack and Jill bathroom...
How To Design A Bedroom Using Mismatched Furniture Happy Wednesday everyone!! I was faced with a task of coordinating a room full of mismatched furniture and I’m finally done with decorating our spare bedroom! What held me up so long? I had to pick out a...
DIY Fall Wreath Happy Wednesday everyone!! I recently posted my fall wreath on Instagram (@twoadorablelabs) and thought I’d share the DIY with you. I don’t think I’ve ever done a DIY so I’ll try to be as thorough as I can. I haven’t forgotten about my promise to...
My Guest Room: Combining The Old With The New Happy Wednesday everyone!! I’m so excited that September is here! We have been working on many home projects and I’ve been slowly getting the house decorated. I have also been on a mission cleaning out...
A Casual Tablescape For Four Using Lemons Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope your week is going well. I’ve been wanting to put this post out for awhile now so that I could share the good news…Thomas and I are the proud godparents to the most beautiful baby...
Our Anniversary Weekend Happy Monday everyone! I’m so excited about this week’s posts! I’m switching things up a bit and moving the Electrical Safety for Animals video to Wednesday so I can talk about our amazing trip to Ohio to celebrate our 12 year anniversary....
How To Kill Japanese Beetles Happy Monday everyone! The one thing that I love the most about this summer is looking out over our patio, porch, and property and seeing all of our hard work coming to life and blooming in colors. I spent days putting our patio planters...
Happy Wednesday everyone! Only a few more days until we celebrate the 4th!!! What is everyone doing? We are going over to my sister’s house and I’m making bruschetta and a cheese tray to bring over. Even though we are not going to be home, I still...
Happy Wednesday everyone! As I said in my White Chocolate Covered Cherries post (HERE), 4th of July snuck up on me! I made a trip to Walmart last week and saw this beautiful red and blue “Heritage Floral” pattern dish set from Pioneer Woman but could not...
Happy Monday everyone!!! I’ve been wanting to get this post out to you all and I’m finally getting to it. I had a spare bedroom and bathroom that needed some TLC but I didn’t want to spend A LOT of money on paint and decorating. I thought long and...
Easter Table Ideas 2020 Has everyone been enjoying their time away from the office or are you getting stir crazy? Life really hasn’t changed for us except that Thomas’ travel has been cancelled through May! We are loving life at home together; he in his office and...
20 Activities And Cleaning Tips To Help You Get Through The Coronavirus Quarantine I have been debating whether to blog about the coronavirus because we have been inidated with hearing it on the news and in discussions with friends and family. Firstly, my heart goes...
4 Easy Steps To Help You Get Organized Happy Thursday everyone! What a week it has been! I’m rushing spring to get here and have been spring cleaning all week! I set out on a mission to organize all of our closets and drawers and finished up with that today! One...
I have to admit that when I was younger, it didn’t much matter to me if I celebrated New Year’s Day or not. As I’ve gotten older, I started looking forward to celebrating the new year and putting more thought into hitting the “refresh” button. For me, it’s not about...
One more day until Christmas Eve! Thomas and I have done our grocery shopping and now we are baking! I won’t be blogging for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I know everyone is busy and will be tired from the holidays but I wanted to send some older posts...
We all know how to wrap gifts. Some are fantastic at it while others just want to get the job done. Personally, I love to wrap gifts. I find it relaxing and enjoy picking out the wrapping paper as much as I do picking the gift out. For me, it is about putting a...
I have been very organized this year with decorating and buying gifts. I even set two holidays tables and can’t wait for you to see all the pictures I’ve included in this post of our dining room table! The only thing I have to do now is grocery shop and...
Who is finished wrapping and decorating for Christmas??? I am!!!!!! You know I love tablescapes so I decided to put two different looks together this year. These are the pictures of our kitchen table of a more casual look which I’m so excited to show you. I will...
I’ve been saying for a very long time that I want to learn how to make candles and well…I finally did it! Woo hoo! The Mall at Robinson in Robinson, PA has a Yankee Candle store set up where you can go to, choose your favorite scent or scents and make your own custom...
I had plans to send out one post of Holiday Gift Ideas and ended up with three posts. I woke up this morning thinking of more ideas and just had to put a list together for you. Christmas has become less personal over the years and I wanted to put some ideas together...
I hope you enjoyed my previous post on Holiday Gift Ideas and wanted to share more with you. It all depends on how much you want to spend and how elaborate you want to go, but here are some gift basket ideas that might appeal to you. And we must not forget to give...
The stores are in full throttle on promoting all their sales and I’m finally checking off an action item of putting together a post of gift ideas. I was even more inspired after having lunch with a friend who was trying to decide what to get someone in her family and...
We are one week closer to Christmas! Can you believe it?!! Is everyone decorated and ready to go? I have everything done except my table scapes which I plan to do tomorrow night. Over the next few weeks, I plan on showing you more of the house and I thought this...
We got our first big snowfall today…well, it was like an inch but it was pretty!! Waking up to snow falling, the tree on, and a hot cup of coffee in hand…that’s a relaxing morning :-). I went shopping with my sister today and as we backed out of the...
It’s almost 10:00 pm and Thanksgiving is almost over. We had a great day visiting with my family and my sister’s in-laws. We had 8 people all enjoying a lot of delicious food full of flavor and variety. I brought the appetizers which was perfect because...
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is looking forward to a day full of delicious food, spending time with loved ones, doing something special, and sharing in all the blessings. I had a wonderful surprise come this afternoon in a box signed by a special someone who...
Can you believe it is November 6th already?!!! I’ve said over and over that I love the fall weather we have been having but I’m sad now because…guess what…we are getting snow tomorrow :-(. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and what...
I hope you enjoyed my previous post on Holiday Gift Ideas and wanted to share more with you. It all depends on how much you want to spend and how elaborate you want to go, but here are some gift basket ideas that might appeal to you. And we must not forget to give...
Creating A Pumpkin Tablescape Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I was asked to repost my pumpkin table from last year so here it is. I absolutely love these pumpkin dishes. Not only were they reasonably priced, they are not heavy, are dishwasher safe, and so colorful....
I’ve been saying since the beginning of September how I can’t wait to decorate for fall!! No…take that back…I’ve been ready since August LOL. I’m so ready to see the leaves change colors. I love the crisp fall air and the smell of...
I’m getting so excited…summer is almost over and fall (my favorite time of the year) is right around the corner! I’m already thinking about how I’m going to decorate and when I found these sunflower dishes at Home Goods, I had to have them....
I started the “What I’m Loving” posts because these are things, people, and places that I find enjoyment in and want to share them with you. We all lead busy lives and sometimes it is nice just to take a moment and try to enjoy what you have. We lose things, find...
I finally got around to staining our front door. Between all the rain this summer and me procrastinating in getting the door done, it was starting to look pretty bad! We have a solid wood door that takes direct weather all year around so I got out the steel wool and...
Two Adorable Labs Celebrating Independence Day This is a re-post and update: Last year we celebrated July 4th with family. We had a blast celebrating it with the pups and family. It was a great day surrounded by the people we love. We cooked on the...
This is a follow up to my post “Natural Mosquito Repellent” that I blogged about this week. No sooner did I blog about this topic, did I find more information about plants that mosquitos do not like. Can you imagine adding all of these colors to your...
I took advantage of some down time in our schedule last week to get the mulch and landscape finished around our house. I’m not an ace at landscape design and have to admit that I get a plan in place, head to the garden center and then get completely side...
Do mosquitos love you? They love me! Well, they don’t actually love me, they love to bite me!!! One of my readers suggested doing a post on safe and natural mosquito repellent. Based on my research from previous years and a lot of google searches, this is what...
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all my readers from my little family to yours. It’s a typical day for Thomas and I. We are spending it with Jake and Maggie and I’m cooking us a nice dinner when he gets home from work. Instead, we have plans on Saturday...
