Wedding Reception Recap

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! Today, we’re recapping everything we DIYed for our wedding reception. From flowers to food to the layout of the room, we’ll walk you through it all. The wedding is coming up! And our DIY blogging schedule is coming to an end. Let’s get started! So, first. Our reception is …

Resurfacing a Stage… Again!

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! Today, for a little Throwback Thursday nostalgia we’re taking you back to a project we first working on Spring Break 2018. We adopted a small stage at our church and painted it from ugly, old wood to black! Let’s get started! The first time we painted the stage was …

DIY Wedding Centerpieces

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! Today, we're gonna talk about the centerpieces I created for our wedding. We have a lot of posts in our wedding series. If you haven't read them, check them out! Now, there are a lot of parts to these centerpieces... Let's get started! First, our theme. Dark blue is …

DIY Corsages

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! This is our fourth installment in our DIY wedding series. Today, we’re talking about corsages! Let’s get started! Let’s do a quick refresher on what a corsage is. A corsage is something a woman could wear to either a wedding or prom. There are two places to wear a …

10 Amazing Goodwill Finds

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! Today, I have a fun post for you. Mom and I are Goodwill QUEENS, and today we’re sharing with you some of our best finds. We love collecting Disney Park items and take pride in finding expensive things for hardly any money. Let’s get started! Oh, I also want …

Renovating Our Tent Trailer

Hey there! Charlotte here. Welcome back! I have a fun project to talk about today… Summer 2018 we renovated our tent trailer! After several years of dingy white and a rotting board, we decided it was time for a face lift. We did it on a budget and time limit. Let’s get started! This is what …

Transforming Props with Paint

Recently, we created props for Journey Summer Theater’s production of Beauty and the Beast. During the creating process, we touched up and transformed a couple items using only a layer of paint. Today, I’ll show you how one paint job can totally change your thought process. Let’s start with these brooms the Ensemble used. We …

Belle’s Rigged Flowerpot

We're creating props for Journey Summer's Production of Beauty and the Beast. In this post, we're discussing how we created a large flower basket with a bundle that can be ripped from it, roots and all. Before Gaston's song "Me", Belle enters with a fresh basket of flowers. Midsong, the director wanted Gaston to rip …

Gaston’s Reinforced Dance Mugs

We're creating props for Journey Summer's Production of Beauty and the Beast. In this post, we're discussing how we reinforced old camping mugs to withstand the heavy demands of the "Gaston" dance. Here's what we started with. This mug and the other 36 at the warehouse have been used for years in the Gaston number, …

Props for Beauty and the Beast – A Series!

What a magical journey we've been on! This summer, we were happily assigned to the props committee for Journey Summer Theater's all age production of Beauty and the Beast. Emma was cast as a Napkin and Wolf, Charlotte was assigned to design and run the lights, and Paige was officially the Props Committee Chair with …