Archive for November 2011

17 Hot Chocolate Party Ideas

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Link up your latest and greatest projects!! I dig some hot chocolate in a big way but I dig things that are hot chocolate themed maybe more. Here are some ideas for your next hot chocolate event. Hot Chocolate Cookies Party Pinching  Hot Chocolate Stirrers Adventures in Savings  Hot Cocoa Bar Dukes & Duchesses  Hot Cocoa Kit Elizabeth Anne Designs  Hot Chocolate Shots Martha Stewart Weddings  Hot Chocolate on a Stick The Ticket Kitchen  Healthy Frozen Hot Chocolate The Healthy Push  Party Printables Shindig Parties To Go   Hot Cocoa Popsicles This Homemade Life  Truffle Hot Chocolate Balls Mel's Kitchen Cafe  Hot...

Living Room and Listen to Me Whine

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I've been working on trying to get our living room half way decorated. It's not working. I don't know what the problem is but I'm stuck in limbo with decorating this house. I feel burned out by it all.  My tastes run pretty traditional but I decided to ramp it up a bit with some more modern elements. I wanted a rug with a geometric shape or a repeating pattern and I wanted it to have a little orange in it. If I couldn't get that I wanted a cowhide rug but I wanted it fake bc I don't think I could wiggle my toes in cowness. But sadly I refused to pay for either of those options. We use our living room a ton and it needed to be cheap, cheap, cheap. So I settled on my regular traditional look...

Giveaway prize from Crazy Wonderful and Christmas Mantels

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Link up your favorite projects here! I won the neatest giveaway recently! I was stoked when Shelley at Crazy Wonderful emailed me and told me I'd won  this I received two large, monogrammed mugs, 4 glossy glass magnets with almost vintage looking black/white insect images (but not icky ones, classy insects.) and the most beautifully sewn burlap clutch. The mugs are so cool. I have used it for my morning coffee every day since I won them. Ellie hasn't stopped being enamored with the bug magnets. She takes them off the fridge and then puts them back on. So cute. But the clutch is maybe my favorite. Shelley's stitches are so straight and small and she lined the whole...

Christmas Chair Monogram

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Link up your latest and greatest here!! I have fantasies of stenciling a monogram on the back of our chairs. Jim would flip. He's not into changing something that is just fine the way it is. So I decided to make a monogram decoration for the back of our chairs for Christmas. It was easy and adds a little something. I used a graphic that I found on The Graphics Fairy. I saved the image to my computer and then inserted it into a word document, adding the initial. I printed out the copies used a circle cutter to cut them out. Then I glued them onto slightly larger circles of red card stock. I used some sparkle glaze to add a hint of sparkle to the image and then I Mod Podged the...

Latest & Greatest Friday Link Party #7 and Features!

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I'm sorry this is so, so late. We were shopping today and I didn't get a chance to post it earlier. But better late than never, I always say!  Or at least I say it when I'm late. So here are a few of my favorites from last week! These Moments of Mine created this beautiful reading nook. Aren't the colors so cheerful?  Who doesn't want to pull up a beanbag and rest for a spell with a good book here? Art is Beauty shared her gorgeous holiday wreath. I love the combo of the rustic with the glam. And you'll never believe what she made those pretty fabric flowers from!   How's the Married Life made this entry table. I think it's even prettier than the expensive inspiration...

Teen Book Blog

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Both of my sisters are phenomenal mothers. I guess it's owed to the fact we were raised by a phenomenal mother. But both of my sisters, in addition to my own mom, are my  mothering mentors. They have been there, done that and never fail to have a solution to my toddler/preschooler issues. And so they are raising super cool people who I'm lucky to have as my nieces and nephews. My oldest niece is 13 and  is growing up to be the kind of woman I keep trying to become!  She's smart, beautiful, and oozes integrity and character in all she does. Want to hear something cool? She went dressed as Minerva for Halloween.  Last year she went as a historically accurate Salem witch. What...

Ottoman Slipcover

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Link up your latest masterpiece here! Enter the My Memories giveaway! Over a month ago I made a slipcover for our ottoman and I kept meaning to take pictures and finally did today. It is my first attempt at slipcovers and it was tricky in that the ottoman opens to hold toys, blankets, chocolate, whatever and I wanted to be able to continue to open it up without having to take the slipcover off.  I didn't know how to do that so I just winged it. Before: I'm over the color and the leatherness of it. And yes it has milk from sippy cups dribbled on it. I'm an AWESOME housekeeper. And now: The fit is a bit off on top because, like I said, I wanted it to open so I actually...