DIY Ornament Wreath

I’ve been slowly making progress with the Christmas decorating.  I’m planning to be done approximately one day after Christmas.  Today, I tackled the mantel.  I have my upcycled yard sale mirror that I LOVE, but it is not very Christmasy, so I had to get a little creative with the color scheme for the mantel. …

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Why I Love My Christmas Tree

I decorated my tree.  I’m going to share what I love about it with you. I love that my kids decorated it with me and my son sang Christmas carols while we did it and then he and his sister sat down and read the Christmas story out loud.  Together. I swear.  No joke.  They …

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DIY Coffee Scrub

Remember I made the kids Advent Calendars out of K-cups?  Well, I didn’t just repurpose the cup.  I repurposed the coffee that was leftover in the cup, too! I made another sugar scrub.  A few months ago I made a lemon and a brown sugar scrub and I really love them both.  They leave  my skin …

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DIY Advent Calendar

Many months ago I started thinking about how many k-cups I use in a week.  It’s a lot.  I started saving them instead of throwing them away because I thought that there must be a way I could repurpose them.  I found ideas for using the cups for seed starters, stringing them into garland and …

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