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December 10th, 2009

Monogrammed Burlap Pillows: Kids Can Make This

Here is another gift that our younger children (1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 year old) are making for family this year.  (Don’t worry, I warned the family who regularly reads my blog not to read this week, so hopefully no surprises will be ruined.)

I saw this at We are THAT Family and once again [...]

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December 9th, 2009

Christmas Ornament Tutorial: Kids Can Make This

Each year the children like to make gifts to hand out to everyone who comes over to our home during the month of December.  When my friend Betsy, came to our Mom’s Meeting (our topic was Christmas gifts), brought these cute ornaments and told us how to make them, I knew that this is what [...]

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July 28th, 2009

Rain Gutter Book Shelves: Tutorial

I have seen these rain gutter bookshelves several places online and have always thought they would be wonderful to have in our book loving home.  Then I saw them at my friend Heather’s house, asked if she liked them, how easy they were to clean, etc. and I finally decided to take the plunge.

The theory [...]

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March 20th, 2009

Homemade Chalkboard Paint- Tutorial

Did you know that you can make your own custom color chalkboard paint? I tried it out and not only is it inexpensive and easy, it actually works!

Before I tackled a wall or some other large, obvious surface, Mark convinced me I decided to test it out on something more easily fixable. This table and [...]

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