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Project #5: Vinyl Shutter Facelift for $5
We live in the South. The elements here are not kind to wood. As a result, a lot of us have vinyl shutters on our house. The benefit to this is that you don’t have to constantly paint the things to...
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Project #6 – Pencil Holders made from Fence Posts
School ends in less than two weeks. Momma needs to find a way to thank five teachers for investing their time and (a lot of) energy into our little Motzlings. Panic or plan? Hmmm. Thankfully, I...
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If I had a Million Hours, I Would do Any One of These…
Money is nice. It is helpful to have some, and even better to have ‘enough’. But time is far more valuable and precious to me anymore. It is harder to obtain than money, and frequently easier to...
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Iced Coffee Concentrate Recipe….Use any Amount of Coffee Grounds
The husband. He has a long-standing Starbucks addiction. It’s not completely off the chart, but even at $5 a day, it works out to $35 a week. ($150/month for a 30 day month, $1,825/year…not that...
View ArticleCourageous? Or Not Smart Enough to Know Better?
I had a conversation with my neighbor Sharra yesterday. We got to talking about DIY and flooring. We both have three kids and a dog. We also both have the same unfortunate carpeting in our homes:...
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Project #7: One-Seam Smocked Dress Using Pre-Smocked Fabric
With us leaving for our roadtrip next week, and me working a lot lately, I haven’t had time for a full-on project. But I was itching to do something crafty. And my sewing machine has been a little...
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Day #10 – Tie Dye with Kool Aid Experiment (76 Days of Summer)
I don’t claim to be a hippy. I have friends and family members who do though, so they’ll be proud of this post. And I do have (somewhere, slightly hidden) my high school sophomore yearbook picture...
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Using the Rug Doctor and Vinegar in Your Car’s Interior
Disclaimer: If you are eating anything right now, I suggest you stop before reading any further. We have used the Rug Doctor numerous times for our house. We may have used it on a car mat or two on...
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I Found my Flooring! Now to Fund it…
After hemming and hawing over flooring, I think I finally have a plan. For one, I cannot stand laminate. It creeps me out, particularly when it creaks and sounds hollow when you walk. So the next...
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Day #17 –“Learn the Finer Art of Tagging”& How to Make Your Own Spray Paint...
Now, when I say “tagging”, I am not referring to the in vogue use of the word (“tagging” a friend on a Facebook picture of comment). Nor am I speaking of a playground game. No. I am speaking of...
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