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Learning from what’s behind us
It’s been a while. It’s been so long in fact that it’s made coming back a little harder, but as they say ‘life happens’. During the busy-ness of the holiday season, I always experience a level of grief and heaviness this time of year. Actually, I can’t say ‘always’. I’ve been fortunate, blessed, and even…
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Quick and Easy DIY Teacher Gift
Oh no! It’s the week before Christmas and you let time get away from you. What about the teachers? No worries, mama. With this quick and easy DIY, you’ll be able to preserve the precious memory of this schoolyear’s class and show appreciation for the teachers in your life. Admittedly, this is a super simple…
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Keeping Christmas on a Budget
Christmas is such a fun time of year – to see the new decor, shop for gifts for loved ones, and to do all of the activities. Let’s face it, marketers are really clever this time of year leading us, the consumers, to believe that in order to show how much we love someone we…
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Creating a Cozy Christmas
Creating a cozy Christmas is my main mission each year. I look forward to the coziness of the warmth, flannels, fire in the fireplace, and the ambiance of the lights, and I take pride knowing that although new Christmas decor is for sale each year, I don’t have to spend a dime to achieve my…
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Easy DIY Handpainted Ornaments
There’s just something about the coziness of wintertime that gets me crafty. This year, I’m finding that nothing fills my cup more than finding a new craft that I can cozy up by the Christmas tree to work on. Most of the time, this comes in the form of crochet for me, but recently I’ve…