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Tips & Tutorials
Paint Dipped Christmas Ornaments
Too early to talk Christmas? It is only 7 weeks away! Eek! I have one gift bought. I know we still have Thanksgiving, but if I wait until after than to share my ideas you will all be scrambling. So paint dipped everything is completely the trend right now. I mean EVERYTHING. I thought I would try my hand at some paint dipped Christmas ornaments. I was at JoAnn's and I saw these ornaments and they were like half off and I had coupons so I snatched them up along with some Martha Stewart ...
Velvet Pumpkin Place Card Holder & Thanksgiving Table
I had so much making the velvet pumpkins the other day. When I got to putting together a Thanksgiving table I decided I wanted needed place card holders for my imaginary Thanksgiving dinner at the end of October. Yeah, us bloggers are way weird. This is like play time for me though. I had so much fun on the table and mini velvet pumpkin place card holders. Here is a quick tutorial on how to rock these. Promise they are simple. If the sewing part turns you off, no worries, I can't sew and ...
Velvet Pumpkins & $50 Jo-Ann Fabrics Gift Card Giveaway
I was lucky enough to receive a box of goodies from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Craft Store, which included everything I would need to make these lovely velvet pumpkins. Here is all the fun stuff I was working with. Jo-Ann Fabrics generously donated a $50 Gift Card for one of my lucky readers. If you are ever looking for project ideas or inspiration Jo-Ann Fabrics does have a project page. Jo-Ann Fabrics also included directions to make these velvet pumpkins, which I loosely followed. ...
Six Tips For Enjoying Your Offspring
I am not an "expert". Okay, I mean I have my degree in education and worked for a handful of years teaching in various schools, at various grades, with quite a variety in student population. I grew up the oldest of four kids (eeked out 12 minutes sooner than my brother). Through middle school I babysat, through high school I worked as a summer camp counselor and through college I was a preschool aid. Now I am a mother of a four and one year old and another one on the way. So I may not have a ...