5 Fabulous House Plants

I’ve decided that for the Bedroom Year I’m going to tackle the bedroom starting in one corner and then work my way around.  I’m going to start with the corner where I want to add a plant.  Mostly because that feels like the easiest place to start and I am so not motivated when it comes to …

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Watercolor Paint Experiments

You may have heard that we’ve had a touch of weather in Massachusetts.  I will say this.  My front yard looks like a landscape from another planet.  We are surrounded by 6, 8, 12 foot mountains of snow.  Everywhere.  It’s excellent weather for sitting in the house and doing NOTHING.  Until you get so bored …

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DIY Beaded Wall Hanging

I wasn’t going to post this because it was so crazy easy, but then I took some pictures and I just adore how it came out, so I decided to do a quickie tutorial.     Materials: Embroidery Floss – I used three different colors and 1-2 skeins (?  is that what that’s called?  the …

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I Will Be Fit By Forty

A wise man once said, “You want to go into forty the way you want to come out of it”.  Ok, it was Bill Rancic.  And he may have been quoting someone else, but for some reason it has stuck with me for years. I’ve documented occasionally my desire to be thinner, healthier, stronger, more …

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State of the Blog Address – January 2015

January was an interesting month.  I’ve read that it is a slow month for bloggers, but this blog definitely saw a boom!  I’ll get into that in a second.  Let’s talk goals first. January’s Goals Goal #1 Increase social media presence/followers Pinterest – 525 Followers – Did not achieve – 521 Twitter – 60 Followers – Achieved! …

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Tissue Paper Valentine Wreath

We have a winner!  Last week I announced a contest in this post called Choose My Next Craft Adventure.  The votes are in and have been tabulated.  (No hanging chads were identified.  Google hanging chad for a recent American History lesson if you don’t what that means).  And the winner is: That’s the inspiration photo …

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Waffle Fry Sliders – Gluten Free

I had to google what the singular of fries was for this post.  Just thought I should disclose that. These are inspired by a recipe I found on the Better Homes & Garden website.  They are really easy to make.  I used the spicy waffle fries and baked them til they were as crispy as …

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World Market Jewelry

This was going to be a Buy It, Spy It, DIY It post (like this one or this one  or this one), but then I landed in the jewelry section of World Market and it became a “Just BUY IT ALL” post.  How have I never gotten to the jewelry section of their site before?? Here are …

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Free Valentine’s Printable

I’m popping in today with a pretty printable for you for Valentine’s day.  This is one of my favorite ee cummings  quotes and the background is basically an edited picture of a watercolor I whipped up while painting with my son.  It’s sweet and lovey, but not too lovey, so you could keep it around …

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Felted Soap Tutorial

Once upon a time, there was a crafter who was scrolling aimlessly through Pinterest.  Just as this crafter was about to nod off into a deep sleep,  something caught her eye. Felted soap. Now, she had heard of felted balls and felted animals, but what on earth could felted soap be?  These two things, felting …

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