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Simple "I Spy" Alphebet Quiet Book for Kids
One of our family's Christmas traditions is that at least one gift per person must be handmade. It's a fun way to make a gift personal, and not just throwing money at more stuff. I decided my...
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Change of Address - Week one in review
It finally happened, one week ago today. Over a month late, we finally got to let the ink dry on the closing papers for our new home. "New" as in "new to me"... this house is in fact, the exact...
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Personalized Calender - Simple Gift Idea
Well hello there! Merry almost Christmas! So, if you are like me, a perpetual gift procrastinator, here is a simple little calender to put together with a nice personal touch for someone on your...
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Merry Christmas!!
The last of the presents have been wrapped, the stockings stuffed to capacity, and I am warm and snug in my new Christmas pj's looking every inch like a large, plaid Christmas present. When I was...
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1959 Meets 2013
Happy New Year! Yes, I'm late, I know. =) It seems this year has started off with me running to catch up with it, and I sincerely hope that's not an indication of how the rest of the year is going...
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Crate Wall Storage
Well hello there! How was your weekend? Mine was productive. So productive in fact, that I actually finished something to show you! I know, stunning. The only room in this old house of ours...
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Rug Drama - Painted Rug Tutorial
Rugs are wonderful little things that really can add a nice statement to a room. Unfortunately they usually have a hefty price tag attached that is quite less than wonderful. I've been scouting...
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A Very Improper Bathroom Redo
Did you do a gift registry when you got married? I did one. I clearly remember carefully selecting perfectly matching towel bars, hand towel rings, and toilet paper holders. I picked soap...
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The Kitchen - The good, the bad, and the ugly (mostly ugly)
Well good morning! How was your weekend? We are finally all moved in, set up with internet, and even have a way to cook and wash our clothes...great progress indeed! Now that we are situated...
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A Chandelier Style Skeleton Lampshade
I've been fiddling with my entry way. I feel like if the house looks fresh, clean, and inviting when I first step through the door, I'll feel better about the mess beyond. I'll give you the full...
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Behind the Front Door - The Before and the After
There's a funny thing about this house, it makes people give "the look". When we told our realtor we wanted to go see this house, she gave us "the look". She was very opposed to wasting our time...
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Simple DIY Pendant Light
There are certain things in life that I find truly annoying. Parking lots that don't connect. Finding out I'm out of ketchup. Coffee spilling all over my purse in the car. Paint drips. Contacts...
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Wood Walls are not Drywall! - How to paint finished wood walls
Have you ever had a project you thought you would just whip right through...only to find out it wasn't quite as simple as you thought? I tend to do that, a lot. Take these wood walls for...
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Brick laying 101 (Minus the mortar!)
One of the most glorious things about this house is that I get to have my very own work room. Pure luxury! As you might imagine, I am brimming with ideas for this lovely little room of mine. I'm...
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The Great Wall of Indecision
Once upon a time, there was a massive cinder block wall that was very ugly. (Actually two of them.) Cinder block has many redeeming qualities like being termite proof and indestructible. It's...
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Closet Built in Shelves Tutorial
Organization. It's the difference between feeling stressed out in my home, or relaxed. I could get on a soapbox right now, and tell you all the reasons why I am a proponent of an organized...
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A scrappy wall storage unit - My first building project
Power tools and I have never been friends. Not too long ago, I instructed my mister to pick up a pack of screw drivers at the hardware store...and he came home with a new drill instead. I was not...
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Industrial Style Desk Makeover
We've been having some really lovely sunny days lately. Definitely not the sort of days I want to spend holed up inside slaving over some boring wall that needs painting. On a nice warm sunny...
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DIY Kitchen Countertops
Every now and then, you come across things (or whole rooms) in your house that just need a little sprucing up...you know, they just are lacking something. Sometimes you can't just put your...
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Your order has been shipped...my "mail cart"
I have a short attention span when it comes to projects. Like, reeeeaally short. Which is why I must have thought it would be a good idea to get a whole entire house that needed...
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Happy Easter!
aka design Spring, Easter, life...all things that shout to us just how much we are loved by God in Heaven. I hope you'll take a moment to reflect on just how much God loved and sacrificed for us...
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Sewing desk #2 - Ladder style
So, are you tired of seeing desk/shelving projects around here yet? My work shop room is just about situated the way I want it, so this should be the last one for a little bit. I decided to...
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Anthro Inspired Maxi Skirt Tutorial
Back in the day, before we bought this old ramshackled house of our's, that's taken over every spare minute of my time, I used to spend every extra second I could find sewing something. All...
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I never thought when I started writing this blog for fun, that anyone would ever read it...and here you are...all 449 of you...with all your amazingly kind comments and opinions. Thank you for...
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Hello! It's Me Again!
Guess what?! I'm back to blogging again! I guess once it gets in your blood, it's impossible to be free from the itch. Come check out my new blog, chapter37. I'd love for all my old friends to come...
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