My love affair with gardening started years ago when I was a little tyke helping my mom tend to our small kitchen garden. The area was no more than a 4 x 4 plot, filled to the brim with an odd combination of lettuce, carrots, peas, marigolds and rhubarb. Not a tomato plant in sight (no...
5 Easy Steps To Beautiful Garden Planters
Inside: How to have the most beautiful garden planters on the block. I'm so psyched! I got to dig in the dirt and get my hands dirty yesterday. Sure, I still have the yard to clean up and the leftover leaves to rake (darn you pin oak tree). And let's not talk about the mulching...
When Thrifting Goes Wrong
Sometimes a day of thrifting goes right. And sometimes it goes wrong. Oh, so wrong. Let's start with the "thrifting goes right" part though. It's been a while since I've been out and about to some thrift stores and antique malls. Gee, that makes me sound agoraphobic or something, but keep in mind that I am...
Vintage Easter Images | Adorable Free Printables
My favorite way to decorate for the various holidays is printing off some vintage postcard images and sprinkling them throughout my home. It's a simple, quick and easy way to get a lot of color and vintage Easter goodness without a lot of work. You can just tuck them different places here and there. I...
DIY Easter Egg Temporary Tattoos: Vintage Style
I sort of missed the tattoo phase in my life. When I was in college they weren't a "thing" yet. It was more of something an old WWII Navy veteran would have. By the time they became mainstream, I was full on into motherhood and totally too much of a wuss to get one. But...
Home Office Organizing: Vintage Style
When you're a thrift store, vintage loving fool like I am, your office or craft room tends to be decorated in your fun vintage finds. It's just nice to have that stuff around you. To inspire you. But you also need plenty of storage to organize your crafting supplies and what-not, so why not use...
March Is Coming In Like A Tired Lamb That Just Wants To Take A Freakin' Nap
Then life happened. Some of you know and some of you may not (mainly because it's not one of the things I talk about a lot on the blog here) that my son has cerebral palsy and a few other health issues and is dependent on my husband and I for just about everything. OK,...
Home Office Decor: Vintage Style
Home office decor does not have to be all stuffy and serious. By adding some vintage items into your office decor you can give it a bit more personality. A bit more spunk. Now, there's a few rooms in my home that I rarely show on my blog and my home office is one of...
InstaGrammy Awards | House Of Hawthornes Style
I know you'll all be watching the 2017 Grammy Awards tonight, so I thought I'd share with you my top picks for the Grammy Awards. InstaGrammys that is. Oh, and I'm the only one nominated. Kanye is going to have a fit! I've been doing this for a few years and just pick the top...