Create your own digital family cookbook that you can edit and update all you want using Google Slides! Download the free template below. Over the years, I've collected many cookbooks. There are a couple I go back to over and over for the basics (I'm looking … [Read more...]
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Easy Fall Decor Ideas
Punch up your look for fall with these easy fall decor ideas. Take a little tour around my house this season! If I can do it, so can you. :) I finally pulled out my fall decorations last week and yesterday I snapped a few pictures of my mantel and "piano room" where I keep … [Read more...]
Meal Planning Made Easy: Day 317
This post about Meal Planning is my #3 most popular post of all time. I find it especially handy when January rolls around and I'm focusing on getting organized for the new year! Today I am pleased to be hosting a guest blogger, Amy, from Lissiegirl Blogs. She's a mom of … [Read more...]
DIY Padded Headboard
Get ready, folks. It's about to get REAL in here. Back in the "olden days" before Pinterest, I read an article in a magazine about making your own padded headboard. The fancy magazine version was more than I could handle or even want, but I figured out a way to make it cheap, … [Read more...]
How to Preserve Pumpkins and Decorative Gourds
Learn how to preserve your pumpkins and decorative gourds so they last all season! Every year, this post about how to keep your pumpkins from rotting surges in popularity. I'm so glad, because it means I'm not the only one who starts dreaming of fall early in … [Read more...]
Garage Sale: 10 Tips for a Successful One
By now, the weather should be nice just about everywhere in the good ol' USA-even in the states that were getting snow just last month. At least I hope so. If you are still under three feet of snow in May, you'd better be living in Alaska! We pay for it with the cost of … [Read more...]
No Sew Bolster Pillow
I am NOT a seamstress. I have never sewn a thing in my life. Actually, that's not quite correct. My mom tried to take me to a lady who taught sewing and we even went as far as buying lovely fluorescent orange material (give me a break, it was the early 90's) and a skirt … [Read more...]
DIY Aphid Killer
Yuck! Aphids destroying your roses? Mix up this DIY Aphid Killer and see results in just 24 hours! Yuck! This picture looks way worse when it's full size instead of on my phone screen! I walked past my rose bush that's full of new growth and buds ready to bloom and I … [Read more...]
Day 179: Saving Christmas Cards
I was talking with a friend who just got her Christmas cards out on New Year's Eve and giving her a hard time about it for fun. I used to feel bad when that would happen, because I don't like to keep things lying around-especially mail. After Christmas is over and I take down my … [Read more...]
Toilet Paper Pumpkin
Behold, I have found the easiest craft ever. Seriously, this took me about 30 seconds to put together! I spent longer searching for a stick than I did putting this adorable toilet paper pumpkin together! I've been slowly but surely putting things together for my Fall mantel and … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Take Control of Your Calendar
Use this simple system to take control of your calendar and keep your family organized! I love this time of year. The stores are full of bins overflowing with brand new pencils, fresh pink erasers, and colorful highlighters. I also switch over to a new calendar because I … [Read more...]
DIY Tin Can Lantern: Vol. 2, Day 55
Today in our homeschool co-op, we studied the state of Virginia. This led to a study of Jamestown, the first successful English colony. I searched and searched for something interesting to do with the kids relating to colonial life, and came up with these DIY Tin Can … [Read more...]
