Wednesday, April 27, 2011

DIY memo board, take two

Hey all! This week is going by SO FAST! Can you believe the weekend is almost here? If you’ve read this here blog for a while, you know I share the fails along with the good stuff. And sometimes there’s a project that’s not necessarily a fail --  it just doesn’t work the way I had hoped. Case in point – the DIY memo board in my office: I showed you how I made it back in January. After I

Spring Break Showers and a Product Review

   


We've spent a rainy Spring break week in Kentucky visiting the grandparents and meeting the newest cousin:






Seriously, it hasn't stopped raining since the day after we got here.  My dad and I did venture out once to go shopping, only to end up in the back closet of a home decor warehouse (along with the three employees) due to a tornado watch.  I don't think I would've survived on the ark.








So, back to my kids for a minute. . . .I just ordered this photo canvas of some pictures I took at Easter.  (No, not this Easter; a year ago Easter.  I'm just that on top of things.)





I was contacted by Home Decor By Me, a site specializing in personalized photo canvases, books, gifts, etc., to be part of a focus group and to test drive their site.  I chose a 16x20 size photo-wrapped canvas and couldn't be more pleased.  The quality is really clear, and I finally have something on that blank wall around the corner from our kitchen that always bothered me.







And, because the third child always gets slighted, I had never put together any kind of baby book for sweet baby #3.  I decided the easiest route at this point was to also order a photo book from Home Decor by Me and put my favorite pictures from her first two years all in one spot.


She was obviously happy with the result:






Word to the wise. . . Their web site was extremely user-friendly; however, if you decide to put one of these photo books together, I would strongly suggest registering first so that it saves your work.  I only initially signed in as a guest and accidentally closed the wrong window, losing all of my work. . . . Lesson learned.






To see more of their product offerings, visit Home Decor by Me here.



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