Creative stamping fun with a simple potato
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DIY: Silhouette Art {Using Photoshop Elements}
This is the tutorial that was originally featured on UCreate. . . Time to bring it home! Right now silhouettes are one of my favorite home decor and fashion trends. I love them because they can be made to look subtle and classy, but are also a way to capture and display the detailed charm of your favorite people. I recently created some framed silhouettes for our living room wall and they have become a popular topic
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Six weeks Until Spring? {Freebie}
Happy Groundhog Day! According to the legend, on February 2nd the groundhog emerges from its burrow. If it does not see its shadow, it will come out of hibernation, leave the burrow, and there will be six more weeks until spring. But if the groundhog does see its shadow, it goes back to its burrow and there will be six more weeks of winter. A while back I was explaining the tradition to
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DIY Valentine Heartstring Garland
Just ’cause I’m a digi-girl, doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy a good paper craft once in a while! Pretty simple here. . . Free-hand cut hearts out of old book paper and patterned paper. Hot-glue to a piece of red baker’s twine. Embellish with chipboard stickers, other pretties, and a felt flower. Display your lovely. Hope you’re having a marvelous Monday! P.S. Check out my latest guest post on Money Saving
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We all DREAM
Abraham Lincoln is quoted, I tend to believe and am even inspired by it. I want my kids to believe they really CAN do anything and be anything. Sure it takes work, sure it’s hard, sure we fail. But it doesn’t mean we stop dreaming. Success and failure will always be woven throughout the stories of our lives. We have family night every Monday. Last night we read a children’s book on Martin Luther King, Jr. and explained Martin’s “dream”
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Chicken Noodle Soup {Bargain Meal of the Week)
Part of the thrill of couponing for me is seeing what meals I can make out of the items I have around. At the moment I have an abundance of Maruchan noodles I picked up for free after sale and coupon and am always looking for new ways to use them. (P.S. I omitted the “cheese” seasoning packet and just used the noodles.) This is one of those recipes. Pantry
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SQUEEEEE!!!
I may or may not have screamed, cried, and then wanted to throw up when asked to be on the Paperclipping Digi Show podcast alongside ALI EDWARDS!!!!!!!!!! Soooo fun. I’ve been a fan of Paperclipping Digi Show since the beginning, so it was totally an honor to be invited to the show to begin with, but then to be invited to be a panelist along with Ali Edwards–PINCH ME, PLEASE! Wanna go
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The Gift of Baking
Free Baking-themed labels for your holiday goodies
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