May 14, 2013

Appliance shopping

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Remember when I wrote about my fridge not getting cold?  Well we thought we had it fixed.  After unplugging and defrosting 3 times, we decided to throw out all the food {better safe than sorry} and got all new groceries.  We thought things were ok.  It had been a week all was working well.  Then this morning I noticed it was frosting over again. So we decided enough was enough and we are shopping for a new fridge. I would love your opinions. I think I am leaning towards a french door … [Read more...]

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Apr 30, 2013

Printable Mason Jar lids

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Apr 17, 2013

Side swept hair style

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I love this cute side swept hair style. It is perfect for kids or adults.

I really love a cute side swept hair style.  I have seen this hair style on a lot of celebs and red carpets lately and I liked it.   But I wanted to make it kid friendly. I knew with all the running around and fidgeting they do, these curls would never stay over to the side.   So I devised a way to keep it over there.  Here is what I came up with: It was pretty easy to do and looks great on adults too.  But you need to watch the retro curls video first.  I used that curling … [Read more...]

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Apr 12, 2013

Funky Pretty Birthday Cake

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I love the idea of a quirky but pretty birthday cake.

My daughter Emma had a birthday recently.  She requested a funky pretty birthday cake.  Which is so her.  She is quite girly but she also has a quirky side.  I tried to capture that in her cake. The outside is the funky part.  I used white frosting and piped it on in circles.  I used a big writing tip. It's the one that looks like a circle.  No points or star shapes.  Just a circle.  Then I filled in the holes with dots.  I didn't try to be too pretty or uniform or anything. The … [Read more...]

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Apr 4, 2013

Retro curls hairstyle

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So doing these retro curls on my daughter. This hairstyle looks easy.

I love doing curled hairstyles.  On myself and my girls.  It makes them seem more precious to me.  This style is great for a fancier occasion.  I usually don't do curls just for school.  They are more time consuming and then kids run around at recess and all your hard work is down the drain.  I like to put my kids hair up for school.  It helps with the snarles. But then my girls play hard at recess.  I will probably do curls more once they hit Junior high. These curls are pretty … [Read more...]

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Mar 28, 2013

Updating a plain glass vase

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Stencil on your glass vases...why didn't I think of that.

I wrote this post as part of a campaign with Plaid and Blueprint Social. The opinions in this post are my own. My hubby bought me flowers a little while ago. They looked like spring in the middle of all the snow.  It was such a great surprise.  I like to dry and keep flowers.  They remind me that someone was thinking of me.  But I have a lot of plain glass vases.  I wanted to do something to dress this one up a little.  Enter FolkArt Enamels. I love their stencils.  They are … [Read more...]

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Mar 25, 2013

Happy Birthday Emma

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Today is Emma's birthday! Emma is the sweetest girl.  She will do anything you ask her to.  She is very loving and cuddly.  She has the BEST smile.  Emma loves to laugh and loves to make others laugh. Emma is in Chinese immersion at school.  She goes to half a day in English and half a day in chinese.  The other day she said to me, " you know mom sometime I think in chinese.  If I need to count, I always start in Chinese and then have to stop and count in English."  I love that she … [Read more...]

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Mar 20, 2013

Surprise Talents

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I am so excited to brag on my daughter today.  Samantha is so creative and talented.  She has always been an artist, but every day I am blow away by her talent.  Here is some of her work: Isn't she great? She has never had lessons, she just comes by it naturally.  Of course, practice makes perfect.  She can always be found sketching or painting. She was excited to do a video tutorial for you guys.  She is showing you how to draw Steamed Veggies in honor of Green giant. Art is … [Read more...]

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Jan 9, 2013

Family Photos

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We hadn't had a family photo done since my little one was 18 months old.  She is now going on 4.  It was long overdue.  I found an awesome photographer.   She was great to work with and got some beautiful shots. I have watermarked these photos but I did not take them.  My family and especially my children are very important to me.  Please do not take, use or pin these images.  I have deactivated pinning for this post ONLY!  Please feel free to pin any other post on my blog EXCEPT for … [Read more...]

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Dec 17, 2012

A day of silence

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