It's Our 1 Year Blog Anniversary!!!

Has it really been a year since we started!?!? 
We can hardly believe it! 
I remember about a year ago I stumbled upon a couple of blogs
that were DIY building, decorating and crafting. 
All done by "normal" women out there. 
Mostly moms, housewives, women of all ages...and I almost fell off my chair! 

I was so excited to see other ladies with some
of the same....extreme hobbies as Nicole and myself. 

The part of blogging that we love most is the
interaction, learning, inspiration, kindness, cheer leading of
 "you can do it"  gals and the friendship we have gained. 
How great is that?
 We can sit in our house in Idaho and mingle with crafty women all over the world!

I slowly suckered Nicole into reading blogs,
calling her daily...."did you see this?....did you see that?"
We have loved to dabble in everything from crafts to power tools for some time,
Nicole had even moved on to table saws, scroll saws,
compound miter saws, and routers with
her wood lettering business but we have learned tons too through the power of the
Internet and blogging.... we learned to
cut our own crown and overcome the fear of a miter saw!!!

It's been fun to learn how the blogging world works,
from taking pictures to the writing, a lot of learning IS taking place! :)

We use a lot of these "", and ........,  :), and most of all these!!!!!!!!!!!!

What can we say.....we are ANIMATED!!!

When I read our writing, I often think of Chris Farley....."in a van DOWN by the river"!

Thanks for still reading! (ha,ha)

We thought we would take a  little walk down memory lane and peek through some of our favorite projects.

It all started after being inspired by Thrifty Decor Chick's shelves. How great is it that you can make something beautiful for your home with your own two hands and with little money.

We love to use power tools!  Especially when it involves crafting with wood. 
We have a blast building together! 

We obviously love wreaths! 

We promise...no more ornament wreaths....we got a little carried away last year!

 We love to craft with papers!!

This is Nicole's specialty as she has a business cutting wood letters and shapes

and then modging podging paper.

We learned to cut crown moulding...and it's not that bad.  You all should try it!

And...we love a good topiary!!

Thanks to ALL of YOU for taking the time to read our blog! 

We love doing this... creating is our passion!!

We love working together and feel so lucky to live by each other

so we can dabble in our hobbies together.

In honor of you, we are doing a little giveaway.

Nicole's been busy making pilgrims and turkey's

and we wanted to share them with you!

Please make sure to leave your name and a way to contact you to claim your prize!

All you need to do to enter is leave a comment!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

The giveaway will end in one week.

We were featured over at Today's Creative Blog today! 

 If you would like to see the very kind write up, go check it out here.
Thank you Kim!!
And a hardy welcome to all of our new Visitors!!