Picture Organizing Printables.

I have been looking for the perfect way to organize all of my pictures.

I found these organizing boxes at Hobby Lobby, and spent some time organizing all of our treasured pictures.  I wanted it to have a clean, organized look, so I designed these cards to fit in the individual boxes.

I made two sets:

Vintage Stripe Picture Organizing Printables

 

Colorful Picture Organizing Printables

 

These are available in my Etsy shop, you can find my shop by clicking on the link to the side.

Or by clicking HERE 

Each set has a Part 1 January - June and a Part 2 July - December

Brown Bag Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

This recipe is a winter favorite  at our home.

We love to make these on mornings we wake up and the ground is covered with freshly fallen snow.

 

Sometimes we make them as cut out donuts, but not very often.

Most days we make them as brown bag cinnamon sugar donuts.

Vintage Style Labels.

I've been learning to cook better and with trying new recipes I find I spend a lot more time in the kitchen.  Cooking, cleaning and then cooking and cleaning some more....isn't that the way it goes?

I enjoy being in my kitchen more when I feel it reflects my style and my personality.

I added these vintage style labels to my open cabinets and I love how they look.

I used K & Company Metal Art Labels , kraft cardstock paper to complete this project.

I printed the paper labels with my printer, using cardstock kraft paper, and then cut to size.

To attach the labels, at first I used glue dots to ensure it was the look I wanted.

Then I measured carefully to make sure each label was centered with each cabinet and then marked the spot to be glued. I glued the end tabs to my cabinet and then put the cut out into the label.

The South

Last summer we visited Charleston, South Carolina and fell in love with the city.

We decided then that we were ready to pack up our family of five and move to the South.

Being a military family we have lived different places, but always near the ocean.

We moved close to our hometown when my husband went from active duty to reserves. We really didn't think about what we wanted to do in life or where we wanted to live and raise a family. We just did what we thought was the next step in life and moved back to our home state, close to family.

The trip we took last summer was a breath of fresh air for us both.

We decided then that this is what we wanted to do.

We want to move south and live near the sea.

We set goals for ourselves and where we want to be in two years.

We get asked a lot if we will miss the seasons, the falling leaves in autumn and the snowfall in the winter.

The snow is beautiful, but this winter has reassured us even more that we are ready to move South.

Our goals we are working towards are:

- Being debt free
     We want to be debt free before we move and we are currently using Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace          
         plan to reach our goal.

- My husband is working on getting his degree and certifications

- We are waiting until our oldest son graduates from high school

- We are preparing our home to be put on the market in less than two years

~ Hope

Anchor & Sail

I've been anxious to get this blog started for a while now.

I have so many things to share and I can't wait to get started.


Some of the things you will find on this blog will be:

- photography; how I learned and how you can learn how to photograph the "simple everyday" perfectly

- preserving our heritage through research, photographs and stories

- finding a special place for all of our photographs

- our move to the South

- military life

- getting back to a simple way of living, whether it be growing our own garden or learning to cook from scratch

- favorite family recipes and stories

- things I love; antique shopping, reading, photography, projects and so much more



I hope you decide to join me in this journey of preserving our past and learning to live a more simple life.

~ Hope