Pinterest Holidays and a DIY Holy Week Box

We’ve all seen them, and most of us have even attempted some of the outrageous crafts, activities and surprises that correlate with every flipping holiday on Pinterest.  Every. Single. Holiday.  Now, don’t get me wrong, they can be wonderfully fun with awesome memories made, and I promise there is no judgement coming from the other side of the computer! But it …

DIY Large Paper Rosettes

I’ve had quite a few friends ask how I make the paper rosettes that I’ve been making for my banners and cards, so I thought this would a great DIY Tutorial project…plus any chance to be crafty is a great one! Here is what I used today to make these: *You can do this with just glue, paper and scoring …

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DIY Preschool Car Trip Activity

Tomorrow morning we head out on a trip to Ventura to see family; it’s a 5 hour car ride and one we are very familiar with! But like most car trips with toddlers, there can be those blessed stressful moments where even the all entertaining ipad won’t calm the savage beasts! So it’s nice to be prepared with a few …

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How to decorate your mantel…because I was lost

Usually I love decorating my mantel with each change of the season or holiday, but I was having a hard time motivating myself to do anything with the bare brick slab.  I could leave it empty and call it Modern, or maybe Simplistic? So of course I immediately typed in “decorating your mantel” into Pinterest and of course it gave …

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DIY Chalkboard Wall Frames

When we moved into our home, our galley kitchen lacked major storage room, so we bought an ugly basic white cupboard to use as our pantry. **Please forgive my horrible photos….I’ve been lazy and taking photos with my phone It was supposed to be temporary till we found something more attractive.  Well, 5 years later, it’s still in my kitchen, …

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Halloween

I hope you all had a safe and sugar filled Halloween! This was probably the first year where I did not stuff my face with candy! Kind of sad actually. I had one Butterfinger….only one. We still had a fun time though. Trick or treating at Nana’s and then Grammie’s house,  then heading off to the church’s Trunk or Treat …