Tag: DIY
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Free printable Friday: free fall subway art print
I hope everyone has had a wonderful first week of September. Our current debate in our home is whether or not it is too early to decorate for fall. My youngest daughter and I are firmly in the “decorate right now!” camp, while my husband and youngest daughter are firmly in the “wait til October”…
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DIY Bulletin Board and Chalkboard
We had this white frame lying around and nothing to do with it. It was costly and in good shape, so I didn’t really want to get rid of it. My oldest needed a bulletin board so I figured, why not? I bought a piece of foam board out of the poster section at our…
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World Photo Day: Tips for Taking Better Pictures
Today, August 19, is World Photography Day. I am blessed to be friends with several different local photographers and some of them have even passed along some tips to me. 1. Wait til Sunset to take portrait photos If you don’t, your subjects will look a bit like this. We learned our lesson. Isn’t this…
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Make something Monday: DIY Notebooks from Upcycled Cardboard
At our house, we have acquired a large stack of cardboard. We reuse our cardboard for many things: lining raised beds and flower beds, killing grass before tilling the garden, and for making these neat little notebooks. Say what? Notebooks? First, cut the cardboard to your desired size and cover them with the scrapbook paper…
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Make something Monday: shabby chic nursery lampshade
This post is a throwback to when I was decorating my youngest child’s nursery. She is now seven, and I still miss this cute little nursery. We had a very limited budget, so we made a lot of her decor ourselves. I remember wanting a lamp similar to this one: This lamp was crazy expensive,…