The Ask Anna Blog

Frozen Party Decorations

There’s an upcoming Pinterest party coming to Michaels all over the nation! I was asked to host the party at the Michaels in my city, so today I’m sharing the craft I’ll be making. We were given a variety of options for what we wanted to create but with my daughter’s upcoming FROZEN birthday party I was stopped in my tracks when I saw these beautiful blue bottles, in all shapes and sizes! I thought they would make great FROZEN party decorations, and then after the party I could used them to decorate my house. Confession: I haven’t actually seen FROZEN… Read More

Gluten Free Chocolate-Dipped Rice Crispy Treat Hearts

Need a quick and easy sweet treat for Valentine’s day? There is still time to make these gluten free rice crispy treat hearts! They are pretty cute on their own, but become even more fantastic when they are dipped in chocolate. I’m thinking they would be adorable wrapped in cellophane bags and tied with a red or pink ribbon. Everyone loves a homemade (tasty) Valentine! I used gluten free cereal, but if you don’t need gluten free you can use regular crispy rice cereal. I’ve also included dairy free options too. Mix it up with the sprinkles or maybe try… Read More

Living Room Gallery Wall

Last week I showed you all the inspiration pictures I used to inspire my living room gallery wall, and today I’m ready to show you the reveal! Here’s what the wall used to look like, after I painted it, but before anything was on it. It’s a good looking wall but it’s HUGE and desperately needed to be filled! I had been collecting frames and old windows for a few months and when we finally had time I was ready to hang the gallery wall. The first thing I had to do was lay it out. I’ll be honest, I… Read More

How to Clean a Retainer

To celebrate February, the month of love, I’m bringing back my Love to Clean Series. Each week I will share something I love to clean, now that I’ve figured out an easier way to clean it! First up is how to clean retainers, you know, those awful things you have to wear for the rest of your life after having braces! I was not one of the lucky few that was born with perfect teeth. I had braces for a couple years in high school and then I was given a retainer. I wore my retainer for years but then… Read More

How to Organize Pot Lids

One of the things that really annoys me is when I pull a pan out of the cupboard and the lids to my pots go crashing around. I have never had cupboards that allowed me to organize them on the door, until now. So today I want to show you how I organize pot lids in my cupboard, and give you four other ways to organize them using everyday items in your house. I purchased these 3M Command Hooks to organize my pot lids because they are super easy to put on and they come off without leaving any residue on… Read More

Designing a Gallery Wall

I’ve been collecting old windows and white frames for months now, thinking someday I’d like to do another gallery wall in our living room. And now that we have a huge, new wall in our living room I think it’s the perfect place for a gallery wall. The wall is painted and ready for frames, but now that I’m in the process of designing a gallery wall I’m trying to figure out how I want to do it. Should I leave them empty, should I put pictures in them, maybe art in them??? So to get inspiration I headed to… Read More