Mother’s Day Personalized Picture Frame

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Mother’s Day is right around the corner and giving handmade is always a sweet and sentimental way to show your mom you care.   My mom happens to think her grandbabies are the perfect creatures of this earth so I decided to make an art piece to showcase them for her Mother’s Day gift this {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Create a Photo Booth

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Did you get a chance to enter the HP ENVY printer giveaway?  The winner is going to be so lucky!  Taking pictures and finding ways to display them can be a lot of fun.  With the ease of digital photography, there are so many new and interesting ways to preserve memories.  One way that is {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Decorate Your Home for Winter

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January…it’s a long, cold thirty-one days from the time we box up the Christmas ornaments until we can pull out our Valentine decor (like my Countdown to Kisses board).  Most people seem to have an abundance of holiday themed decorations, but when the 12 Days of Christmas are past, they get a little bit stumped {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Organize Your Family’s Command Center

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The Army, NASA, and any busy family have one thing in common:  they all need a central command station.  Whether you’re moving troops, putting a man on the moon, or just trying to get three kids to three different activities on time, it takes planning….and a dedicated space to do that planning.  Quite a few {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Repurpose Vintage Doorknobs

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Recently, I shared a tutorial for converting old doorknobs into drawer pulls or wall hooks.  This conversion will make anyone’s collection of vintage door hardware much more versatile and useable.  So, if you’ve had way too much fun at architectural salvage and antique stores collecting pretty, timeworn handles, you can dust them off and try {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Repurpose Old Cabinet Doors

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Recently, I’ve developed a crush on cabinet doors. Maybe it had something to do with better utilizing the space on the other side of my own kitchen cabinet doors.  It might be because of all the great ideas I found in the 5 Ways to Organize With Cabinet Doors post, a few weeks ago.  The {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Upcycle Maps and Globes for Home Decor

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Upcycling is one of the hottest trends in this second decade of the 21st century.  We’re all looking for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle to leave a smaller footprint on the earth our children will inherit.  It’s safe to say that repurposing is certainly easier on the pocketbook, too.  You know how much I {…Read More…}