Category: DIY
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making christmas
For me, the best part of the holidays is spending time making special gifts to give to friends and family; ornaments, candles, knit cowls and scarves, and sweet/savory treats. One special gift I created this year was a music box wreath. All you need is a hot-glue gun and a little patience. I used a…
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farmer’s market fall desktop wallpapers
It’s officially Fall and that means seasonal desktop wallpapers – 15 of them, ya’ll! It won’t get chilly here in Florida until December/January, but the nights and mornings have been cooler lately, which is a nice change. I’m about to make a Target run, yay weekend! My beagle has been sick since July, lots of…
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plant lady
Almost every weekend I’m at the nursery staring at plants and flowers wondering which would do best at the house. We’ve got some minimal landscaping going on, it’s all low maintenance and survived the few hard freezes we’ve had without any problems (go plants!) I’ve got a few medium sized potted plants (rubber plant, lamb’s…
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farm fresh winter desktop wallpaper
click to download 2560×1600 desktop wallpaper We’re going to get cold weather this weekend in Jacksonville! Below freezing on Sunday according to the news. I’m planning on cozying up with hot cocoa and the furry children, watching Christmas movies and, of course, continuing to move my things from the tiny townhouse to the new house…which…
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let go. show up. repeat.
This is such a relatable quote. Over the weekend I was working on a project for the blog and started to feel anxious about getting everything just right. I started rebranding a couple weeks ago and I’m still feeling things out. It was only after a little therapeutic paper crafting… …that I began to calm…
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breaking bread
I conducted an experiment last weekend where I followed this recipe for Cranberry Swirl Bread, traded out the cranberries for apricot preserves, and used gluten-free flour instead of regular ol’ all-purpose flour. IT. WAS. A. COMPLETE. DISASTER. I started over with regular flour (because failure is not an option and I was making BREAD, damnit!).…