Category Archives: DIY Projects

DIY Body Butter

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This year I decided to make lotion in bulk to give as gifts at gift exchanges and hostess gifts at Christmas parties.  As I got completely sucked into the vortex of searched around on Pinterest I came across this recipe for a hand salve from A Sanoma Garden and decided to go for it.  I...

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Chalkboard Wall

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One warm Saturday morning about a month ago, I woke up at 5:30 in the morning with a wild hare to paint a chalk board wall in my kitchen.  Has that ever happened to you?  By 7:00 I had it all taped off and ready to go.  Two coats of chalkboard paint later, it was...

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The One Where We Tried To Make Coconut Oil…

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For anyone who was eagerly anticipating a post about how to make coconut oil after all my tweets about it while I was on vacation – I’m sorry.  We did in fact try to make coconut oil from freshly picked coconuts – but we did not succeed.  I will however share the story because it’s...

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My Super Easy Play-Kitchen

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Yesterday Judah came over to play with us for the afternoon which is always a fun time for the boys.  Shep loves playing with Judah.  You’d think that he didn’t have his own baby brother the way he gets so excited about Judah coming to play.  However, at nap time no one was napping.  Three...

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Drop Cloth Curtains

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Look out!  DIY projects are sprouting up all over my house and coming to a blog near you.  I hope you like before and afters because I plan on posting lots of them.  Hopefully many of them can be as quick and easy as this one! I discovered Pinterest while we were in the process...

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