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We Love You Mounds and Mounds!

father’s day card (mounds of love)

    Father’s Day is this Sunday and as you probably know, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach; so what better way to say, “thanks dad, we appreciate you!”, then with some chocolate?   For some reason I had a hard time finding Mounds candy bars, but once I did the hard part […]

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Creative idea to send a Mad Libs Valentine

“happy heart day!” cards: mad libs valentine

Valentine’s Day is less than two weeks away. Which means I’m right down to the wire with sending out Valentine cards to our friends and family far away. We love where we live but it is hard being so far away from our family. Especially when I think about my parents not getting to see […]

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Kids at the airport.

airplane tote: a tray table cover for kids

Today I’m sharing a fun little labor of love with you. This tray table cover for kids wasn’t super hard to make, per se. However, it was definitely more involved than many of my DIY sewing projects are. I actually finished this project back at the end of August just in time for our big […]

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How to make an easy DIY garden stake for your yard or patio.

DIY garden stakes for your garden or patio

For awhile now I have had an idea floating around in my head for some garden stakes. Admittedly, that might seem strange since we’re living in a small apartment. We don’t even have a yard but what we do have is a large patio. Somehow I convinced my husband to make us a raised planter […]

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How to make a magnetic frame.

DIY magnetic frames to display your child’s art

I originally made these DIY magnetic frames to gift to some fellow mommas. Back in January there was a “Pay it forward 2011” status that was going around. It basically said: “I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. They must in turn post this and send […]

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