I am so thrilled that Traci from Beneath My Heart is here today.

If you don’t know her, you will love her and her blog. The best way I can describe Traci is that she is beautiful inside and out and so much fun to be around. Here are a few of my favorite projects of hers:

First up, I want to tell you that Marjory @ Elk etsy shop is donating 50% of her net proceeds through the end of March Japan relief efforts. A doubly rewarding way to help out!  

Did you know that you can paint upholstery?? via Emily A. Clark

Sprouting wheat grass is super easy. Promise. Here’s my “i gots grass” post from last year. It has to be easy, or I wouldn’t do it again.

1. Gather some wheat kernels (I used hard red wheat) or go to your local health food store and tell them you want to sprout wheat grass and they should point you in the right direction.

Soak them in water overnight.

When our first daughter was born, we named her the name I had picked out since I was 14: Lauren.

We needed a beautiful middle name to go with it, so we used my grandmother’s name: Dorothy.

I still adore it.

Last year I posted that we spray painted 2 doorknobs in our entryway as test for the rest of our house.

April 2010

I’ve gotten 4 emails asking how they’ve held up and….

well, we won’t be spraying anymore: