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It’s just about that time for Bacon Hearts.
It’s just about that time for Bacon Hearts.
January 7, 2014
Way back in 2011 I made some bacon hearts. It was my budget/super romantic Valentine’s gift to the husband. I shared it on my blog and everyone loved it. They love it so much [...] Continue →
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Some time off.
Some time off.
December 30, 2013
I just enjoyed the most amazing time off. It was glorious. There’s only been one other time I’ve taken a full week off of blogging. It was much needed. I even kept my instagram/other [...] Continue →
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Day 42: Santa and Antler Bottle Hats (with free printables)!
Day 42: Santa and Antler Bottle Hats (with free printables)!
December 20, 2013
Day 42 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Santa and Antler Bottle Hats! Do you have a beer or wine connoisseur to buy a gift for? Perfect! Use these Santa and Antler printable bottle [...] Continue →
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Day 41: Paper Deer Mount Card (from Cathe Holden on HP Create)
Day 41: Paper Deer Mount Card (from Cathe Holden on HP Create)
December 19, 2013
Day 41 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Paper Deer Mount Card (made by Cathe from Just Something I Made) from HP Create. These are adorable! Make this paper deer mount into some holiday decor, [...] Continue →
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Day 40: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Gift Tags
Day 40: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Gift Tags
Day 40 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Gift Tags! Yesterday I gave you a printable, and today I give you some gift tags. If your gift recipient has [...] Continue →
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Day 39: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Printable!
Day 39: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Printable!
December 18, 2013
Day 39 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Printable! Merry Christmas Ya filthy animal! Yeah. I was obsessed with Home Alone as a kiddo. I quoted it often and [...] Continue →
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Day 38: JOY Glitter Word!
Day 38: JOY Glitter Word!
December 17, 2013
Day 38 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Joy Glitter Word! Add a little more glitter and sparkle to your home. My “JOY” Glitter Word is lovely and will look so cute in your [...] Continue →
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Day 35: Christmas Vacation Snow Globe
Day 35: Christmas Vacation Snow Globe
December 12, 2013
Day 35 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Christmas Vacation Snow Globe! One of my all time fave Christmas movies (right next to Elf). This little globe is a dry snow globe, MUCH easier [...] Continue →
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Day 34: Burlap Wine Bottle Bags
Day 34: Burlap Wine Bottle Bags
December 11, 2013
Day 34 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Burlap Wine Bottle Bags (made by Cindy from Skip to my Lou) from HP Create. Hey, it’s Christmas party time! Make your own cute wine bag [...] Continue →
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Day 33: Reindeer Food Jar Labels!
Day 33: Reindeer Food Jar Labels!
December 10, 2013
Day 33 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Reindeer Food Jar Labels! Supplies: – Free Printable Reindeer Food Jar Labels: Large Reindeer Lid, Large Reindeer Lid w/Nose, Small Reindeer Lid, and Small Reindeer Lid w/Nose. [...] Continue →
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Day 32: Quiz Advent Calendar
Day 32: Quiz Advent Calendar
December 9, 2013
Day 32 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: The Quiz Advent Calendar I made for HP Create. I know it’s a few days into December… but this Advent is so fun! I’ve gathered a [...] Continue →
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Day 30: Joy Stenciled Pillow
Day 30: Joy Stenciled Pillow
December 5, 2013
Day 30 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: The Joy Stenciled Pillow I made for HP Create. Don’t let a sewing project scare you, you can do this! It’s pretty darn easy and then [...] Continue →
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Day 29: Mini Elf Doughnuts
Day 29: Mini Elf Doughnuts
December 4, 2013
Day 29 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Mini Elf Doughnuts! I love doughnuts. My kiddo loves doughnuts. I’m sure my dog would love doughnuts too, if he wouldn’t die after eating them. Pretty [...] Continue →
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Day 28: Mod Wood DIY Advent Calendar!
Day 28: Mod Wood DIY Advent Calendar!
December 3, 2013
Day 7 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Mod Wood DIY Advent Calendar, from the super lovely Regina of Acute Designs! Today’s guest DIY-er brought you this fantastic Modern Advent Calendar. I LOVE it. It’s only December [...] Continue →
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Day 25: Modern Tree Advent Calendar (plus Silhouette sale)!
Day 25: Modern Tree Advent Calendar (plus Silhouette sale)!
November 28, 2013
Day 25 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Modern Tree Advent Calendar! You know what time it is? It’s advent calendar time! This year I made a calendar that’s very easy to create. Well, maybe [...] Continue →
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Day 22: Personalized Casserole Dish
Day 22: Personalized Casserole Dish
November 24, 2013
Day 12 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Personalized Casserole dish, made by Skip to my Lou, for HP Create. I just love this DIY! How neat would it be to bring a Personalized [...] Continue →
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Day 21: Thankful Banner Printable
Day 21: Thankful Banner Printable
November 23, 2013
Day 21 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: The Thankful Banner Printable I made for HP Create. Thanksgiving is JUST around the corner. This little banner is a quick and easy to spruce up [...] Continue →
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Day 19: Polka Dot Wreath
Day 19: Polka Dot Wreath
November 21, 2013
Day 19 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Polka Dot Wreath! I made this sweet wreath for my 50 DIY Days last year, but I had to share it again. I love it so [...] Continue →
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Love for Make Your Day
Love for Make Your Day
November 18, 2013
TWO whole weeks. Yes, two whole weeks since Chelsea and I launched our ebook. I still can’t get over the fact that it’s out there, free in the wild of the internets. I need [...] Continue →
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Day 13: Tree Plus Heart Garland
Day 13: Tree Plus Heart Garland
November 13, 2013
Day 13 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Tree Plus Heart Garland. I know we still have a bit of time before Thanksgiving, but I’m ready for Christmas decorations! This last weekend I made [...] Continue →
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Day 10: Wolf Mittens
Day 10: Wolf Mittens
November 8, 2013
Day 10 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Wolf Mittens. Woof! I made these for my kiddo. It’s getting colder and we gotta keep those little hands warm. Instead of boring little grey gloves, [...] Continue →
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Day 9: Painted Feather Ornament
Day 9: Painted Feather Ornament
November 7, 2013
Day 9 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Painted Feather Ornaments. I’ve got feathers everywhere. My chickens drop them like crazy. It’s slowed down a bit since the weather got colder, but from the [...] Continue →
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Day 8: Silhouette Wreath
Day 8: Silhouette Wreath
November 6, 2013
Day 8 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: The cute Silhouette Wreath I made for HP Create. This is my modern take on the Christmas wreath. Printed paper Mod Podged onto a piece of plywood. [...] Continue →
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Day 7: Baked Brie with Apricot Jam and Figs!
Day 7: Baked Brie with Apricot Jam and Figs!
November 5, 2013
Day 7 of my 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Baked Brie with Apricot Jam and Figs, from the super lovely Lauren of Love Lola! Today’s guest DIY-er brought you this tasty idea! She originally found [...] Continue →
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Today is the day: Make Your Day DIY is here!
Today is the day: Make Your Day DIY is here!
November 4, 2013
Our baby is ready. We’ve been working for months on this thing, and now it’s ready for you: Make Your Day, it’s a crafting and DIY ebook. I’m SO happy with it and can’t [...] Continue →
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Homemade Bath Soak
Homemade Bath Soak
This post is sponsored by HP. I never realized how simple it is to make a homemade bath soak until recently. With Mother’s Day coming up I thought this would be a wonderful gift [...] Continue →
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Day 4: Harvest Garland
Day 4: Harvest Garland
October 31, 2013
Day 4 of 50 DIY Days of Christmas: The lovely Harvest Garland (my most recent DIY for Better Homes and Gardens). This sweet thing was inspired by the beautiful pops of flowers I still seeing [...] Continue →
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GIVEAWAY! Win a copy of Make Your Day DIY!
GIVEAWAY! Win a copy of Make Your Day DIY!
October 28, 2013
One week from today the Make Your Day eBook will be here! Ready to go and here for you to enjoy. To celebrate this momentous occasion Chelsea and I have decided to giveaway some copies [...] Continue →
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Last Minute Halloween Window Decor Idea!
Last Minute Halloween Window Decor Idea!
October 25, 2013
Halloween is next week! OMG. So, if you feel like you need to step up your Halloween decoration game a bit, but don’t have much time to prep, look no further! Check out my [...] Continue →
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Painted Star Pumpkin for the Kid
Painted Star Pumpkin for the Kid
October 15, 2013
We love carving pumpkins, I swear, but it’s much more fun to paint a pumpkin when your kiddo is 3-years-old. I don’t quite trust her with a knife just yet. Ha! I know she [...] Continue →
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Mummy Candy for your trick or treaters!
Mummy Candy for your trick or treaters!
October 14, 2013
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group®, PEOPLE Magazine & Hershey’s, but all my opinions are my own. #HersheysPeople #pmedia http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO ………………………… Halloween is just a couple [...] Continue →
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Featured in the Made in Paper magazine!
Featured in the Made in Paper magazine!
October 11, 2013
SO excited to share that the Christmas Made in Paper magazine (a sister magazine to Mollie Makes) has featured my Paper Deer Terrarium on the last page. Awesome! Mollie Makes is one of my [...] Continue →
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Monster Eye Wreath DIY
Monster Eye Wreath DIY
October 4, 2013
Boo! Scare the bajeebies outta your trick or treaters with my Monster Eye Wreath DIY! Actually, it’s kinda cute and I’m happy to have it on my door! It’s a cheap and easy craft, check [...] Continue →
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In NYC for BHG!
In NYC for BHG!
September 18, 2013
Wait, what? I’m in New York City for Better Homes and Gardens! I’ve been a contributor for the BHG Style Spotters blog for…. quite a while now and the lovely people over at Better [...] Continue →
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My Little Kitty Backpack DIY
My Little Kitty Backpack DIY
September 13, 2013
I don’t usually know what I’m doing when I sew, but I do like to experiment. That’s how I came up with this My Little Kitty Backpack DIY (yeah… My Little Pony was on [...] Continue →
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Seed Saver Packet Printables
Seed Saver Packet Printables
September 12, 2013
Summer is just about over, that’s why I made some Seed Saver Packet Printables. I’ve saved a few seeds from some favorite plants, and plan to save more (prepping some tomato plant seeds as [...] Continue →
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Calendar Work Station – Made from Recycled Wood
Calendar Work Station – Made from Recycled Wood
September 5, 2013
Well folks, it’s just about Fall. That means we all need to get ourselves organized… or at least pretend we’re organized. I’ve created a Calendar Work Station just for this. A new DIY for [...] Continue →
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Spooky Halloween Terrarium
Spooky Halloween Terrarium
August 27, 2013
Ok. I know. It’s not even September and I’m sharing a Halloween DIY. I swear: there will not be any other mention of Halloween until the end of September (promise). Buuut, Michaels sent me [...] Continue →
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Cheesy Kale Bites Chips Recipe
Cheesy Kale Bites Chips Recipe
August 15, 2013
Yes, you read that right: MAGICAL Cheesy Kale Bites. These little pieces of heavenly goodness are so so delicious. They are cheesy, without the dairy. Because they taste as their loaded with cheese, my [...] Continue →
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Wednesday Goodies: Alt Summit Goodness.
Wednesday Goodies: Alt Summit Goodness.
June 26, 2013
If you actually take a look at my photos from last week, you’d really think I didn’t own a camera. I think I took a total of 20 images of my own…. in 5 [...] Continue →
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Outdoor Concrete Side Table for Under $15!
Outdoor Concrete Side Table for Under $15!
June 17, 2013
Last week I shared my Outdoor Concrete Side Table on the Better Homes and Gardens blog! I’m so happy with how it turned out. I actually created 2 of these little stool/side tables. Love them. [...] Continue →
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Concrete Honey Bear
Concrete Honey Bear
June 13, 2013
Uh oh. I got my hands on some concrete and sorta maybe went crazy and am making ALL the things concrete. CAN. NOT. STOP. Not all of my projects have been successful, but I’m [...] Continue →
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Hanging Lightbulb Herb Vase
Hanging Lightbulb Herb Vase
May 15, 2013
My hubby went through the house and changed all the lightbulbs, and before he could recycle them I said, “Wait, I can use those for this project!” He may have given me that “year, [...] Continue →
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Chocolate Caramel Crack-ers
Chocolate Caramel Crack-ers
May 3, 2013
I love sweet awesome candy goodness, but I like to pretend that I don’t want to eat it ALL the time (especially when my kiddo is looking). Admit it… you’ve snuck the candy you JUST told [...] Continue →
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You’re a gem printables and gift tags!
You’re a gem printables and gift tags!
May 2, 2013
I love the gem trend happening around the interwebs. SOOOOO, I made some printouts to share with you. Some tags and some art prints. You’re a gem printables. Mother’s day is coming up in [...] Continue →
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Lace Hanging Planter in the Portland Mercury!
Lace Hanging Planter in the Portland Mercury!
May 1, 2013
I’m pretty darn excited. Today I have a DIY in The Portland Mercury, found on the Crafty Wonderland insert. Since many of you aren’t lucky enough to get this awesome local newspaper…. I’m sharing [...] Continue →
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The girls and their awkward years (days).
The girls and their awkward years (days).
April 30, 2013
Wow. I realized it’s been a while since I shared my girls. My urban chickens. They are around 5 or 6 weeks old and have officially hit the awkward years (or days). I took [...] Continue →
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Milk Jug Watering Can for the kiddo!
Milk Jug Watering Can for the kiddo!
April 24, 2013
The milk jug watering can. It’s free and easy to make! Wait…. why make it? Well, if your kiddo is like mine and wants to help you water the plants every time, and always [...] Continue →
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Cardboard Playhouse!
Cardboard Playhouse!
April 23, 2013
This past week I took on something new… A full on DIY with my kiddo. With her help. It was hard, but we did it. I’ll chat more about working with my kiddo at [...] Continue →
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Wednesday Goodies: Chicken time!
Wednesday Goodies: Chicken time!
March 27, 2013
Yooooouuuu guys. I have them! Cheekens! If you’ve been reading my blog for a while…. I’ve had this chicken dream for a while. It took a lot of convincing my hubby. I planted the [...] Continue →
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Homemade Velveeta Cheese Recipe! So Tasty!
Homemade Velveeta Cheese Recipe! So Tasty!
March 20, 2013
The other day I found this on Pinterest…. Homemade frickin’ Velveeta cheese. I really love cheese…. It’s pretty much a necessity in my life. I had to make this IMMEDIATELY! I mean, yeah: cheddar [...] Continue →
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Rainbow Heart Headband DIY For the Kids
Rainbow Heart Headband DIY For the Kids
March 15, 2013
I’m sort of on a rainbow kick (if you haven’t already noticed) and I felt like there was something missing in my life, I couldn’t quite place it. Then, it came to me: my [...] Continue →
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The -Sometimes I Want to Cuss- Banner!
The -Sometimes I Want to Cuss- Banner!
March 14, 2013
I’m a mama. A mama to a kiddo that repeats EVERything I say. When I say everything… that’s really what I mean. Usually the kiddo likes to copy each word I say. SO, that [...] Continue →
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Magical Rainbow Wreath DIY
Magical Rainbow Wreath DIY
March 13, 2013
Hello Rainbow Wreath. You are quite lovely. This is one of my favorite wreaths to date. It’s fun and really reminds me of Rainbow Brite’s boots. Hee. This wreath is PERFECT for the upcoming [...] Continue →
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Rainbow Bum Cookies: A funny Pinterest fail!
Rainbow Bum Cookies: A funny Pinterest fail!
March 11, 2013
Well… This was a Pinterest thing. I decided to NOT follow the recipe provided, and that did not work out in my favor. Instead of creating a recipe, I went with a boxed sugar [...] Continue →
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So far…
So far…
March 8, 2013
I was wandering through my old instagram photos and realized it’s only March, but I’ve already done SO much in this new year. Do we still call it a “new year” in March? I [...] Continue →
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Over the Rainbow Paper Terrarium
Over the Rainbow Paper Terrarium
March 5, 2013
Do you remember my deer paper terrarium from last year? No? Well, here’s a link to my original post (plus check out the photo below). I had that cute little set up for a year. [...] Continue →
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Paint Chip Tote + new better homes and gardens post
Paint Chip Tote + new better homes and gardens post
February 21, 2013
Another Thursday, another Better Homes and Gardens post. Yay! If you head on over to the Better Homes and Gardens blog today, you’ll see a DIY for my Paint Chip Pillow. Yeah! I used [...] Continue →
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Felted Wool Acorn Necklace – Perfect For Valentine’s Day!
Felted Wool Acorn Necklace – Perfect For Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2013
Felted Wool Acorn Necklace: Well, I know today is ACTUALLY Valentine’s Day… but I really wanted to share these little necklaces that my kiddo and I made (well, mostly me). It all started on [...] Continue →
