DIY Advent Calendar

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I’m so happy that I managed to finish our advent calendar before December 1st!  This is our first year doing an advent calendar. Our daughter is 18 months old so I wanted to keep it simple, fun, and meaningful. This is the start of a new Christmas family tradition! This was so easy to make and some of the items used were already in my craft supply. I used Martha Stewart’s Christmas tag pad and foam letter “thickers” for each {Read More}

Fantasy of Trees

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It seems like it’s been forevahhh since my last post! I took a few days off to enjoy the holiday and focus on the family. It was such a wonderful time! We even got going on some Christmas decorating and few fun activities to help us get in the holiday spirit! (As if I really need much help… I loooove Christmas!) This weekend we went to the Fantasy of Trees event. This event has been a holiday tradition in East {Read More}

Potty Training – A New Kind of Adventure

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Hey hey hey!! How’s your week been? For the first time in a while, I’ve not had a lot of projects going on. With the transition of taking out the Halloween and bringing in the Thanksgiving, things have been kinda busy.  But today, I may be undertaking my biggest project ever! Potty training. Yep, you read that right. No DIY projects today folks. Sorry! No frills and thrills of home decor or crafty skills going on. I will be staying {Read More}

{Pumpkin Patch}

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This weekend was a great time for us to get out and enjoy the fall activities. One thing on our Fall to do list was to visit the pumpkin patch. This was our little girl’s first trip to a pumpkin patch and now I think we’ve started a new tradition! We visited Oakes Farm in Corryton, Tennessee – about an hour away from home. Soooo many pumpkins and lots of things to do for the family! We spent the day {Read More}

{How to Make Homemade Play Sand}

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Hey Hey!! Hope you had a great weekend! The weather here was absolutely beautiful! I’m talking no humidity, sleep with the windows open, beautiful. I had to fight off every urge to start working on my fall decor – it was that nice. I ended up spending the weekend relaxing with the hub and our little girl ANNNND still managed to do some little projects here and there that I will be sharing with you soon!! But for now I {Read More}

The Big "One"!

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What a great weekend!! Not only is it Mother’s Day, but yesterday our little girl turned one as we celebrated with family and friends for a pinwheels and polka dots birthday bash. It was soooo exciting and luckily the rain held off until the evening. It was alot of fun planning this party even though we were right in the middle of a deck renovation. (Saving that for another post!) My husband says I always have to have a dozen projects going on… and this time he is right. {Read More}