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Well folks it’s that time of year again. Can you smell the freshly sharpened pencils and reams of new paper? I have a newly minted 7th grader (ergh!) Which means, even the slightest hint of “Mommy” may send me to the dog-house until Christmas break. It’s “Mom” only, at least in public, for the foreseeable …

Have you had your fill of pumpkins yet? Maybe you’re looking for some new Halloween ideas. Well, around here we’re been Bat-Craft-Crazy! I know it’s kindof weird but the other night I was doing some Pinterest surfing through Halloween and Fall ideas and started noticing some adorable “Bat” ideas. Of course, they don’t exactly work …

I will be taking a bit of a break for about a week so I thought I’d leave you with some lovely inspiration for your Christmas dinner table. With the weather forecast it seems that there will be quite a lot of white Christmases this year. Pictures are labeled left to right and top to …

Doesn’t it seem like we just finished Christmas? And we’re already looking at February, Yikes! I’ve created a quick Valentine’s wreath project here. Start with a plain wire hanger. Using regular pliers, straighten it out completely. (Straighten the spiral at the neck of the hanger as much as you possibly can. Then find the middle …

Well, darn it!! Talk about late to the party. If you’ve been anywhere near Pinterest in the last few days, then you are well aware that the blogosphere is going crazy for fabric pumpkins. Inspired by some adorable, sweater pumpkins from StoneGable blog , I spent last weekend working on making my own fabric pumpkins. …

Ok, I know you can purchase a ready made rolling trash-can. (G reminded me of that quite often throughout this process since he was my designated helper for this one.) I just had a really specific idea in mind for what I wanted. I wanted something that would fit just about anywhere in the kitchen …

Here’s a quick kitchen Spice-Up! Starting with a sweet little spice rack idea. I’ve been wanting one for a while. Sadly, I’ve been stashing my spices in a small box on the bottom shelf of my rolling “island” until I could figure something out. Well, when I was working on my magazine-rack project I worked …

Ok, I know this is a little different but hear me out. A while back it was pointed out to me that I had maybe overdone it a bit in my mission to de-bachelorize (totally a word, I’m sure of it). In his defense, my dear Hubby has never complained a bit. So, I thought …

Welcome to my foray into the world of Ikea hacking. This is probably the most hacked Ikea item so it seemed like the best to try first. My little Rast cabinet is used as one giant junk drawer! Like most people, I was somewhat underwhelmed when I put it together. It was fairly simple to …

Hi! I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some warm weather this week. I’ve been finding it hard to stay inside and get any work done. It seems that people fall into 2 categories. You either love yard work or you hate it. And, if you love it, you can’t call it work. You may …