When I first started with making jewelry, it was guitar string. I love music, have many friends who play instruments, and giving new life to something that would become, otherwise, trash made it a no brainer…plus, it’s really cool!
Venus: Born of Seafoam
Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility, prosperity, and victory, born of sea-foam, mother of Cupid and Aeneas, her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite. So revered by the Romans, she was deemed their ancestor and given a place of honor in the night sky, as the guiding light of the morning and evening star, the planet…
Our Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
So, we decided to try an all natural dye with tea for our Easter eggs this year. I’ve been seeing all these naturally dyed easter eggs all over pinterest for a couple years, and I have been seriously been dying to try them. (pun totally intended:) The process took way longer than I expected (overnight,…
Cuteness OVERLOAD!!!
Being home again has been so refreshing. I am on my own with my own life going on, but my pop’s farm will always be home to me. This time, there’s a special member of the family that I’d like to introduce…we call her Little Lambo! She’s a special little angel that was born earlier…
The Little Gray Hut – Kitchen {Part 2}
As I mentioned in my previous post about the kitchen, we discovered that all of the cabinets had to be replaced. Basically, we needed to rebuild the entire kitchen, repair the walls, replace the window, add a vent for the range, replace the cabinets, and buy new appliances {since there were none to begin with}.…
The Little Gray Hut – Kitchen {Part 1}
The Decision to Gut Everything After several days of deliberation, searching for appliances, browsing for inspiration, pricing materials, looking again and again at the kitchen cabinets or lack thereof, we finally decided to go all out on the kitchen, at least as much as our budget would allow. My excitement was through the roof! We…
Man at Work
So much to do! So much to do! This guy of mine is madly working away at the house to make a home for us. We are truly blessed.
The Little Gray Hut {Chapter 2}
Our First Look Because we were able to save enough to outright buy our house, buying it happened so quickly that we felt like we were walking in a dream. We stepped out of the title office with our paperwork and just looked at each other, slightly dumbfounded and delirious with joy at actually owning a house.…
Pink Diamonds at The Forge
Lately, with jewelry at The Chestnut Forge, I’ve been exploring diamonds of different colors; blue, yellow, champagne…my latest acquisition is a little strand of pink diamonds. They’re gorgeous! But not in the pink way that you’d imagine. They’re more like gray diamonds with a rosy hint in the undertones. I might be in love with…
The Little Gray Hut {Chapter 1}
Last year, we bought an old house, almost on a whim. Don’t get me wrong, it was a long time coming. We had searched for what seemed like forever and never found one that we just loved, so we were about to give up for a while. The frustration was real. Then, I got an…