Hello friends! It has been another busy but productive week around our little homestead. We finished our DIY mini greenhouse out back (more on that soon) and I have most of the raised garden beds ready for early planting once our last frost date. This is anywhere between April and May 1st since we are
Hello there! Happy we-are-getting-closer-to-Spring! Are you excited for Spring or ok with Winter lasting as long as it can? Either way, there is no denying the joy those first bursts of color outside and sunshine can bring. We have been super busy around casa twelveOeight this week, wrapping up a huge remodel for a client
I am so excited to be back after taking a few weeks off to share my latest DIY with you! I was planning on taking a brief break but life happens and we all got COVID which seems to be taking forever to fully recover from. But I am seeing more energy each day so
Hello friends! I cannot believe we are just a few days away from Christmas Day, I am reminded daily I need to finish wrapping gifts by a persistent 13 year old lest I forget how little time we have left 🙂 We saw the singing Christmas Tree at a local church this week, these folks
Spending time with family and friends (and a little snow!) is my favorite part of the Christmas season hands down. Each year there are more memories to look back on, stuggles and blessings of the year that is coming to a close, and hope for the New Year. I am not a make-a-resolution gal but
Hello friends! I keep watching the forecast for snow but besides a couple of teeny flurries we have yet to see it actually snow. I am remaining hopeful as sometimes in Southwest WA we have no snow or we get a foot in February. It’s just how things are here lol 🙂 Are you all
Easy weeknight Stromboli recipe! #stromboli #savemoneyongroceries #budgetmeals #dinnerideas #italianrecipes
Hello and happy Thanksgiving week!! Are you all ready to host or travel to your Thanksgiving destination? We are staying home and hosting at our house, ready? Not even close haha! 🙂 I like to try new things and move artwork and accessories all the time, so each year I have a few new things
Hello friends! I thought I could wait until Thanksgiving but I ignored that small voice, instead turning my home into Santa’s Workshop this weekend. It was so much fun, we had our favorite Christmas songs going, it was very cold outside and soup simmering in the crock pot. We hung garlands, brought out the Christmas
We have a few rosemary bushes around our yard and they have gotten HUGE the past few years. I dry some and can usually trim some fresh most of the winter too, but bringing in a bunch of fresh rosemary all at once made our house smell wonderful. I had just finished up the “trees”
I did not grow any cucumbers this year but I love pickles, especially when I can make them very low in sodium. Low sodium pickles are pretty hard to find so I was super excited when I realized I can have as many of these as I want! I have been reading up on preserving
Almost a year ago I found out that I had become very allergic to dairy. Thinking it was gluten for a while I was thrilled to return to the bakery for big crusty loaves of bread. But that meant cheese and I had to part ways. I was so happy to confirm why I was
Hello friends! How is your week going? Mine is flying by and I am thrilled to be feeling better! I ended up very anemic this summer and we realized I am no longer absorbing iron via food or supplements. A problem for those of us with anemia. SO, after being treated in the ER we
So I found this guy for $3.99 at Goodwill recently and it was half off day for purple tags, so this thrifting trip started out pretty good. Thrifting is one of those things you have to do often in seems. I have heard people say, I went once and I did not find anything. You
Every year or so I make a different type of fabric covered pumpkins and this year I decided I would use a little thrifted blanket I had for some time. My grandma and I used to laugh yet identify in the 80’s when we would see the “whoever dies with the most fabric wins” bumper
It has been a bit of a crazy few weeks here at casa twelveOeight, I was not feeling well and ended up very anemic so I am finally on the mend and getting some OOMPH back! On a side note, I have started juicing again to improve immunity and get myself back on track. I
Heeeeyyyyyyyy friends! So first, I hoped to share this a couple weeks ago but, Summers get busy and my little sister and her family just bought their first home just outside Seattle (yay!) so we spent a weekend helping them which was awesome! About the latest project we tackled, here is a little background. Our
Hey friends! How is your July going? I cannot believe how quick this summer is flying by, I wish it would slow down a bit and not be mid July already 🙂 I was organizing some of my craft supplies recently and got some inspiration for a new wall hanging. I had already purchased this
Hi there! I have one of my all time FAVORITE lunches (or a light dinner!) to share with you today. After struggling with skin and joint issues for years I was finally diagnosed with Psoriasis which effects the inside and outside of your body. A few months before that I visited a Naturopath and was
I absolutely LOVE this time of year, here in the Pacific Northwest the weather is just about to turn beautiful (and after months of rain I am ready!) The kids are out of school, our baskets and boxes of flowers are growing like crazy and it’s late before it gets dark each evening. I love
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Welcome to twelveOeight! I’m Tanya and I am so glad you are here. If you are ready to start loving the home you have now, then join me on my mission. One thrifty project at a time we can make our today homes our dream homes.
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