How To Cover a Book With Fabric {Decorating}

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I hope you all had a fabulous Mother's Day like I did. I even got to enjoy breakfast in bed.  And it included chocolate covered strawberries. You can't really start the day better than that can you? I sure love my awesome husband and my kiddos! Project "Decorate the Living Room" is in full swing. [...]

Living Room Decoration {Yes, I actually made something!!}

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Slowly but surely the living room is coming together. I think I almost have the shelf above the piano done.  I re- arranged it over a dozen times, and finally realized it needed something tall on it. Enter a trash to treasure project. I dug through my extensive stash and pulled out this plaque: I [...]

Broken Mirror Into Frame {Kitchen Decor}

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Last week started out so great. The boys were out of school. The weather was perfect. I was actually able to spray paint and get a few projects done. It was warm enough that I could finally take Rachel out and I was able to see my son's baseball game. Things were marvelous. And then [...]

Chore Chart Jars {Tutorial}

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Getting kids to do chores is something that all moms struggle with. Except maybe moms of alien kids who were born just loving to work. I've tried many systems over the years. Some have worked, some haven't. The problem with most of them is that they took up tons of space, and didn't really fit [...]

Decorating with Spray Paint. . . and a Bucket.

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We had a few warm days last week, so of course I took the opportunity to do some spray painting. I know, I'm slightly insane. Some people look forward to spring so they can start gardening. I look forward to spring because it means I can spray paint at any time of day without freezing [...]

Trash to Treasure Candle Holder Re-purposed

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New here? You might wanna sign up for my RSS feed so you don't miss anything. I know some of you have been waiting for me to show the results of my kitchen re-paint. Here's the thing. After I painted the wall, I realized even more how desperately I want to paint the outdated oak [...]

Thrift Store Makeover-Hook Rack

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Time for another trash to treasure project. I found this hook rack at the thrift store for $1.50 a few months ago. I sorta forgot about it. Being that it is the new year, I am in the process of de-junking and organizing our home. I stumbled across this in my “projects to get done [...]

Pumpkin on a Stick

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Did you all have a great weekend? I sure did. It was General Conference for my church, so I got to spend a lot of time listening to speakers and being uplifted. It is broadcast on television, so you can watch in your jammies if you want to. It only happens twice a year, and [...]