I figure there’s two categories of people when it comes to visually documenting life’s memories…the ones who take a photo of everything and the ones who have a thick layer of dust on the camera sitting on the shelf. I fall into the former category. The food we ate at Brick Lane in London? Captured it. My son’s first airplane ride? Captured that, too. Standing in line at Leo Burdock’s in Dublin? Got it. The bike my husband test drove…
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Part 2 of this series is all about booking a resort/hotel. I want to start packing my bags right this minute. From day one of our planning process we saved and budgeted to stay at a DisneyWorld resort. I’m admittedly biased here, but I’m happy to say that there are plenty of other decent options nearby with a good relationship with Disney. So, don’t let my biases deter you from going at all! For today, though, I’m giving my reasons…
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Today’s DIY: make a simple chalk board frame! I’ll admit, I’m a bit obsessed with chalkboards. I don’t care if they’re trendy or not in the home decor world, I love them. (are they still trendy? I’m so behind!) I love the idea of painting an entire wall or the inside of a door with chalk, with a little cup of chalk nearby for random doodling. How fun is that? About 5 years ago I painted the inside of my pantry…
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Are you close to your grandmothers? I always think of my Grandma Bee at this time of year. Her birthday is in April, she loved flowers, her fluffy white hair looked like a puff of cloud on her dainty noggin. Just like her mother’s before her. She was a sweet little thing. She’s been gone for over a decade, but lately I find myself missing her more than ever. Missing all my grandmothers and great aunties and the ladies that…
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Alright, here is some art for the artistic and non-artistic alike. Now, I was a student who elected to take art classes (Art 2, Art 3, AP Art – you name it), but in my mandatory high school “Art 1” class, we used to have “blind contour days.” Blind contours are fun and simple; so, with my love of watercolor in one hand and my love of poppies in the other – I am going to tell you how to…
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***UPDATE: Our randomly generated winner is #71, Chrysula! Congrats, you lucky gal! Please contact us via email directly so we can get you all hooked up with your boots. Thank you, to every one who entered. I feel some definitely cowboy-boot-love solidarity with all of you! Do you have a soft spot for cowboys, cowboy boots, books movies, or love stories? Yes, you do. And you’ll want to pay attention here. You’ve seen the trailers for The Longest Ride from…
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Our bright young friend Whitney, well versed in all cool things, is an avid tennis fan. She’s sharing her love affair with this classy sport today, right here. You’ll be studying up on your Aces and 40-Loves in no time with this primer on why it’s so easy to love watching tennis. It’s spring again. Spring always gets me thinking about love, and love always gets me thinking about tennis. (See what I did there?) One Sunday afternoon in 2008…
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Today’s how to: Make Personalized Dinnerware! You guys, I’ve been wanting to make my own how to, markered-up plates and mugs since Pinterest became a thing. Truly, I’ve had this Sharpie Mug DIY from A Beautiful Mess bookmarked since 2012. Finally, on a whim one night I ordered these Sharpie Oil Based Markers from Amazon and I’ve been playing around with them since. It’s so much fun, I can’t even tell you. So, shall we get started? How To Make…
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Today I’m going to introduce you to the best thing ever. Are you ready for this? Think of your palate exploding with chocolate, coconut, and banana, and you have a South Africa banana braai. Not only am I going to give you the how-to, but I’m going to throw in some free history lessons along the way. Let’s start with braai. What the heck is that?? braai ~ (pronounced bry) a structure on which a fire can be made for…
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