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Home and Garden Thursday
4th Thursday – Thrifting/Crafts: Creating Headers and Buttons With My Memories Suite And Photo Editing Sites I have received a number of compliments on my latest headers and buttons....
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DIY Social Media Icons
Well, it now appears that Google Friends Connect is still working – not going away. That is good. I had, in my opinion, cluttered my sidebar with every means I found to allow you to stay connected....
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Home and Garden Thursday
AntiquedVerdigris 3rd Thursday – Thrifting/Crafting: I have been wanting to create a decorative look to my Four Seasons cast-concrete statues situated in their new home. I moved them from the...
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Tutorial
How to Make a Grab Button You’ve tackled and conquered creating your own blog. You’ve figured out how to make your own Blog Header. Now, you want others to stay connected with you - to advertise...
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My Blog – Before/After and In Between
Learning From My Mistakes this is a capture of part of my first post, not too bad, but looking over the past posts I seeproblems that were caused by my posting method I did not understand at the time...
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The Natural Soap Chef Book Review Part 2
Making Cold Process Soap I shared with you a while back that I was given the opportunity to review a book on soap making entitled, “The Natural Soap Chef” by Heidi Corley Barto. I have been very...
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Faux Blue Mason Jars-Updated
Painted and Lace Mason Jars Versatile and Decorative Storage Mason jars are so easy to find – at garage sales, thrift stores, and just about any store. I have boxes full of Mason jars of all sizes in...
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Tutorial: Pixie/Fairy Dust Mouse Pointer
How to Add Glitter Effect Mouse Pointer or Fairy Dust My greatest desire for my blog is that it be an enjoyable place to visit. I want all things to come together, the pictures, text, music and bits...
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Fun with Pictures
Labeling Photos I have been having fun learning how to use Pixlr to add an opaque band with text to identify the content of a post in some of my pages. If you click on DIY and Cottage Garden you will...
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Google Reader Alternatives
Another Change is Coming source In part of their “Spring Cleaning” of features and services Google had been offering (you can read about the some 70 features Google will be discontinuing here), Google...
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Kitchen Cabinets Painted
First Step in Kitchen Renovation. Renovate: Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare, from re- +novare to make new, from novus new I shared in previous posts that I have spent a few days painting...
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Natural Dye: Avocado
Pretty in Pink A while back, I shared some photos of some lovely pink flowers, pink teacup and pink lace and fabric. I had just recently dyed the fabric and was thrilled with the soft, dusky pink....
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The Making of A Kitchen Renovation
The Successes and Misadventures of a Living Project I called this kitchen renovation a living project – because it could not be accomplished in a weekend – we had to live around it. As I work part-time...
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Shabby Chic Dried Rose Christmas Wreath
The Stuff Dreams are made of A few nights ago, I dreamt of making this wreath. I noticed that my bouquet of roses were drying beautifully, so I wanted to make something decorative for Christmas. Then I...
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Bleaching Pinecones and Boxwood Wreath
Bringing in the Natural to your Christmas Decor Time is flying by so very fast and Christmas is just around the corner. So is our Christmas party. Bleaching Pinecones has been around for years. But...
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Glittered Bleached Pinecones
Adding Rustic Sparkle I saw recently Miss Mustard Seed’s glittered pinecone! She found these amazing, large ones at Hobby Lobby. Absolutely gorgeous. I have a few that I bleached that I could play with...
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Christmas Burlap Wreath Tutorial
It began with an idea Inspiration for wreaths of all kinds abound every where. There’s so many beautifully styled natural and creative wreaths to choose from. I wanted a burlap wreath. I’ve seen so...
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Homemade Bath Salts
An Easy Christmas Gift or Exchange Gift Each year at our Christmas party we do a ‘Left ~ Right’ game. My husband reads a Christmas story and every time he reads the word ‘left’ or the word ‘right’ our...
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Our Christmas Tree
It started as some things tend to do…on a whim. About three years ago, Dearest and I decided to purchase a real tree for Christmas. We hadn’t had a real tree for years (at the time, our youngest, now...
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Homemade Whipped Body Butter
I love making homemade gifts. As part of our Christmas party, we play a ‘Left – Right Game’. I prepare bagged gifts and we space them out between our guests who are standing in a somewhat circle....
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