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Cupcakes in a Cone

February 21, 2012

One of my favorite birthday treats growing up were Cupcakes in a Cone. When I saw this idea on Pinterest it inspired me to make them for my sons school birthday treat. I used House of Hepworth’s  idea to bake my cupcakes and then I decorated with chocolate frosting and a cherry. The tip with the cherry [...]

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Angry Birds Birthday Party

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This week my oldest son turns SEVEN. It seems like only yesterday I brought him home from the hospital. I want to share some of the pictures and ideas I used for his Angry Bird birthday. You can check out my post on Garanimals for tips for organizing for a birthday party, but I wanted [...]

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Refreshing the Daily Routine just in Time for the New Year

January 9, 2012

Most of life is routine – dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going.If you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ~Ben Nicholas As much as you might not like routine, we all have it. As a mom, [...]

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Garanimals Mom Blogger ~ Tutorial for Handmade Soap Dispenser

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I’ve highlighted one of these I made here, but now I have a step by step tutorial at Garanimals! I made this one for the SUPER teachers at my sons school. There are so many different uses for these…..     This one I made for a friend using her daughters art work     [...]

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Making Easter Eggstra Special

April 15, 2011

  Tip Junkie has some great ideas for Easter and Spring Home Decor from around the Web and also some great Easter & Spring crafts See why I LOVE Tip Junkie! Create Studio has a great Easter Basket Tutorial for those of you that are able to sew.   Some great Easter family devotionals are [...]

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Custom Soap Dispenser

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I want to share this great idea that I found that works as an easy, fast, and cheap gift. Perfect for a teacher, the mailperson, or someone else special. The possibility for different words, pictures, sayings is endless. You could add a little ribbon, too. The bottle is just a pink tinted hand soap from [...]

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St. Patricks Day Fun

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How do you make St. Patricks Day special for your kids? Tonight, we are going to work on a Leprechaun trap. When the boys find it on Thursday morning it will be down. When they look under the box there will be some gold coins and a surprise (usually a book, pencils, or straws with [...]

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Soap Dispenser for Valentines

January 10, 2011

I want to share this great idea that I found this Christmas and then made as gifts. I think this would be a great Valentine’s Teacher Gift idea. The possibility for different words, pictures, sayings is endless. You could add a little ribbon, too. The bottle is just a pink tinted hand soap from Walmart. [...]

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Back to Normal

January 2, 2011

Tomorrow is BACK TO NORMAL! It’s been great having the kids and husband home for 10 whole days, but I am excited to get back on schedule. What did we do during our 10 days off? Played a lot of Wii, legos, marble races and slept a lot. I am finally hitting that stage where [...]

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Getting Organized for January

January 1, 2011

One of the things I look forward to every month is Tip Junkie’s personal assistant post. It reminds you to do all those things you tend to procrastinate – cards and gifts for the month, holidays that may be coming up early in the next month, home projects to do, and more. It is a [...]

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