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How to Make Magazine Butterflies

If you’re the kind of person that likes to count down…the official start of Spring is only 5 days away!  I’m so ready for color to return to the world.  Despite the fact that it snowed well over 7 inches last weekend, I am determined to bring a little spring inside. So the paper snowflakes…

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20 Creative Ways to Upcycle Wood Pallets

As a green mama, I kinda love it when you can reuse something that might normally be tossed.  I stumbled upon a few wooden pallets last week,  they were inexpensive and begging to be upcycled into something useful again. I haven’t decided exactly how I’ll use them but these 20 pallet projects have given me…

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Making an Instagram Book

As a child, one of my favorite things to do was look through our family photo albums.  I would sit for hours studying each image, recalling the people and places in our pictures.  Maybe this was where my love for photography really began.  Now, as a mother I can see my own children doing the…

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A Modern Tree & a Math Lesson

Simple is beautiful. I still don’t think I fully understand what it means to simplify, but what I do know is that the prettiest things I’ve ever seen aren’t complicated. Whether it’s wardrobe, decor, art, food–simple just always seems better. I was perusing instagram this week and stumbled upon a friend’s craft and just loved…

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Christmas Card Placemats

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it seems we are fast forwarding into thoughts of Christmas.  Before having children I knew there were a few traditions and memory makers from my own childhood that I wanted to share when the time came to have a family of our own…the Christmas Eve meal, Christmas storybooks passed down…

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DIY Initial Frame

Last year, I visited fellow TCMer Alison’s beautiful home. I had one of my favorite dinners ever, and came home having to make copy the beautiful frame that was on her front door. This is one of those times that the vision in my head, actually came to fruition. My project turned out exactly like…

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