Design Inspiration from Airbnb

Am I the only one who scrolls through Airbnb ads not for vacation potential, but for design and décor inspiration?  If you aren’t doing it, you totally should.  Here’s a favorite I found this week: Check out this Victorian charmer: There’s something magical about an old house like this.  I wouldn’t necessarily want to live …

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DIY Solid Perfume Locket

On occasion, the great crafting fairy bestows upon us a craft that is as close to perfect as possible.  Today, friends, I have one of those for you.  What I’m about to show you is the holy grail of crafts.  It is beautiful AND useful.  It is inexpensive and it uses limited resources.  It is also …

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Bone Broth Diet Update – Week 2

Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

So, week two on the Bone Broth Diet (more info on my Bone Broth Diet journey here and here) didn’t go so well.  The bad news is that I cheated a lot last week.  I bought a pan of gluten free brownies from Wegman’s and ate the entire thing over the course of a few days.  Not …

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Want, Need, Eat, Make, Wear

I’ve been brainstorming a new way to do My Faves This Week and this afternoon I thought it would be fun to do a riff on the children’s Christmas list theme of one thing I want, one thing I need, one thing to wear, one thing to read and one thing to give.  I’ve switched it up a …

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DIY Mini Candles

When I go to our local Savers, there are always tons of cute little vessels and cups and trinket bowls that I’m enchanted by, but not sure what to do with.  Until I came up with the idea of Homemade DIY Mini Candles.  Ok, I might not have actually “come up with” the  idea.  I …

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Bone Broth Diet – Update!

I’m almost mid way through week 2 of the Bone Broth Diet (see my first post here!) and I’m pretty pleased with the results! At the end of week one, I was down 5lbs!  What?  Say that again!  5 lbs!  In one week???  I was very excited about that.  For real.  I still have a …

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How to Make a Bed

Okay, my title is a little misleading.  This post is more about how to make a *cozy* bed, which for me, means it’s sort of not made.  The perfectly made bed for me looks a little rumpled and completely unfussy.  I am a lover of function over form first, so you will not see frilly …

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