At our house, Maddie the German Shepherd rules the roost. She makes me crazy when she decides to wander into my photos or dig through the trash, but she’s so darn cute and lovable the rest of the time. In honor of all the other dog lovers out there, I put together a fun gift guide. Post contains affiliate links….
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Yikes – I’ve seen A LOT of negative commentary on Pantone’s pick for 2015 Color of Year. They selected Marsala, an earthy wine color that I’ve seen called everything from “80’s mauve” to “boring neutral of the year”. Haters gonna hate, hate, hate… Around here, we like to stay more positive! Plus, how could we hate on a color named…
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With Thanksgiving behind us, I’m rolling full steam ahead with Christmas decorating. I’ve still got a few other projects in mind, but the halls are pretty well decked! In our home, Christmas starts as soon as you walk in our front door with my embroidery hoop Merry Christmas in the entryway. Since I spend a lot of time in the office, I…
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My mad for plaid phase is still going strong. I really wanted new plaid Christmas stockings this year, but didn’t want to spend a ton of money for them or spend a ton of time making them from scratch. I came up with the perfect solution – a 5 minute, $9 stocking! The secret is starting with an inexpensive purchased…
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Whew, that was quite a post title! But, I’ve got a lot of goodness happening here today. First I’m going to show you how I made some inexpensive embroidery hoop art for Christmas, then you get to see how I used it to decorate my entryway, THEN at the end you can enter to win a Cricut Explore machine! Remember a…
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Happy Monday! I’ve got to start off by admitting that it is still confusing to me that it is already Thanksgiving week. Wasn’t it just summer? If I didn’t love Thanksgiving so much, I’d be mad at it for sneaking up on me this year. For this special holiday week, I thought I should go over my favorite parts of Thanksgiving,…
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My budget is doing a happy dance over my new rustic Christmas tree pillow. What? Your budget doesn’t dance? Here’s how my budget works, as described in an odd analogy…. I spend money on glorious things like the pantry. This makes the budget sad. The budget eats lots of ice cream to console itself. But we need the budget…
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