Kelly Trepp, Author

There are so many things I love about Sundays . Starting with Church . What better way to start the day than by spreading the word of God. Followed by groceries and flowers . I love keeping fresh flowers in the house! Hubby is a huge fan of protea (pictured above). I've made it a new habit to pick up fresh flowers every Sunday to brighten the entryway throughout the week. Photo and recipe courtesy A Couple Cooks. Another thing I love about Sundays is having time to try new recipes . I saw this Spinach Artichoke Grilled Cheese featured on Sacramento Street earlier this week and pinned it right away for Sunday lunch. It was subsequently re-pinned about 100 times. I love having a little extra time on Sundays to spend on crafts . This artwork featured above is a gift for a very special little baby girl named Blair. A tutorial for this craft and others like it can be found here . Adoption Day. And last, but certainly not least, I love spending Sundays with...

I had great success and popularity with the Established Family craft I posted back in October, both in the blogosphere and with those whom I gifted this craft to. Such success, that I decided to recreate this as a craft for baby. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Foamies Craft for Baby! Oh how fun! This particular craft was created for baby boy Trevor, expected February 2012. His loving parents have created a jungle oasis for his nursery, complete with banana tree wall decal, and plenty of greens and browns to make the tiniest monkey feel right at home. This project follows the instructions given in The Established Family craft post ( found here ), with the addition of a few steps and a fun material that I had never worked with before: Foamies Sticky Back Foam Sheets. Available at most craft stores, I picked up a multicolor pack of Foamies like the one pictured from JoAnn Fabric and Crafts . Also from JoAnn, I grabbed a pack of pre-cut flowers and vines. I may not have work...

So our new Pottery Barn coffee tables came yesterday and they are beautiful. Spare me any lectures you might have on the cost of Pottery Barn, they were on sale and I got a 10% Registry Completion Discount. I love Pottery Barn and you can't change my mind. Nope, nope, nope! So anyway, now I have these awesome tables but they looked fabulously naked bare in the middle of our living room. Looking at them, I knew I needed baskets, mason jars, candles and vase filler, but I didn't have those items lying around the house. **Light Bulb** Why not use some leftover pieces from the wedding? Enter vellum, glass beads, LED candles, glue dots, and a pair of small square vases that have been hiding in my linen closet since we moved here over three years ago. (Holy cow has it been that long?!) Most of these materials were leftover from the table number luminaries I created for the wedding (shown at right). I threw together a quick design in Photoshop to print out on the vellum...

... just got a little bit craftier! I not only strive to be a fit wife, but a wife fit for a king! We're talking cooking, cleaning, gardening, and crafting to make this house feel like a home. Leading up to the wedding, we were tight on the budget. We wanted to get through the wedding without any debt. Now that we've passed that hurdle, let the homemaking begin! Friday I posted about temptations . One of my temptations was a craft project I've had waiting for me since last weekend. Today I took the time to finish it up! I originally found this craft inspiration on Pinterest , from a blog that I mentioned the other day ( Delightfully Noted ). I thought it was a perfect step to homebodying our home. First I had to gather all the materials. Notice the can of spray stain. I wanted to do a rich, warm, wood tone rather than a glossy spray paint in hopes that the color would pop and match the lighter, distressed color in the frame, as well as the tones and color scheme ...

Today marks a quarter century since my birth. Saying it like that makes me feel kind of... old? But then I remember I have so much life left ahead of me, and my journey has only just begun! I like to think of Friday's as "Temptation Friday," because there's always something just before the weekend that you're either a) really looking forward to, b) can't wait to avoid, c) have to do right now! These can be good temptations, or they can be devilish unwise temptations. Today's temptation is a good one for me. I'm working from home and I'm fighting the temptation to throw my work to the wind and put my feet on the pavement. As of today, I am officially considering myself in training for the Rock n' Roll Half Marathon at our Nation's capital. As I'm making it official, a run at lunch with the pooch can't hurt productivity too badly can it? My second temptation is to begin a craft project that I have been dying to get to. I purc...