Energy bites with chocolate + pumpkin? Welcome to Tuesday. I know! Stop it. They’re healthy too! I need confess something: I really like candy. I try to eat healthy 90% of the time, and the other 10% is my sweet tooth getting the better of me. This time of year puts me into full split personality mode. I love healthy, hearty soups and stews and leafy greens. But the flip-side? Gimme the candy. I know I’m not the…
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News time! I haven’t done a Friday news round-up for a long, long time. Mostly because I’m distract-able and life is distracting. Something along those lines, but I refuse to commit to a solid reason because I don’t really have one. *ahem* In other news, it’s Friday news round-up time! It’s probably been longer than I care to admit so I’ll remind you about what this entails: me including links of news-y stuff you might have missed on the internet…
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You want home made wood polish? I’ve got your home made wood polish. I’m your best friend like that. A little while ago I needed to have the kids clean the wood floors and dust the wood furniture, (I’m a mean mom) only to discover we were totally out of wood cleaner / wood polish. I’m no Becky Home-Ec-y, sometimes we run out of cleaning products and it takes me months to notice. Shut up, I’m busy. Anyway, two things…
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It’s playlist time. Well, for me it’s always playlist time, but right now it’s time to listen to a little Fall something, something. And since I’m currently listening to a great playlist I made on Spotify, I thought I’d share what I’m loving right now. P.S. if you aren’t already on Spotify, go sign up right now. My dear friend Jane Maynard made me do it (I’ve been listening to Pandora for years) and I can’t tell you how much…
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It’s my birthday! Well, it was yesterday. I was so busy playing with friends and family I didn’t get around to writing a post, but I guarantee I’d share a piece of my red velvet birthday cake (cream cheese frosting on top) with each and every one of you given the chance. It’s sort of too late though, because early this morning dressed in my bathrobe I crammed the last bits of cake into my mouth, both elbows leaning on…
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It’s been DIY free on Petit Elefant for far too long, so I’m here to show you a ‘DIY make a custom welcome mat’, alternately titled ‘I’m late to the bandwagon but I love geometric neon shapes for home decor in spite of my 80’s childhood’. Let’s get our DIY on, shall we? This is my front door, and if you look closely yes that IS a snowflake painted sisal welcome mat. I’m pretty sure I got it two…
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I’m a card person. I love getting cards the old school way, in my tin mailbox. It can turn a blah blah blah Monday into YAY DAY. (See what I did there? Shhh.) But seriously, is there anything better than actual ink to paper mail in a friend’s handwriting? I’m serious, cards are totally my thing. I told you all about my love for legit handwritten snail mail few years ago, because I think you should say hello to someone you…
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Our master bathroom is finally done. YOU GUYS. The bathroom is doooooooonnnnnne. And before we proceed any deeper into the amazing glory that is our new bathroom, I’d like you all to know, *AHEM* that my husband is a saint and the lengthy duration of this remodeling process had nothing to do with him. The epic-ness of tearing out an entire bathroom to the studs while living in the room next door is, well, a thing. A complicated thing. Especially…
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Our master bathroom (and bedroom) were pretty bad when we first bought our house. And while I know you’ve been waiting for photos of the master bathroom remodel final reveal for oh, about a month, I HAD to show you the Nightmare on Elm Street the master bathroom was originally. I dug through some horrid old photos, with resolutions you’d expect from a digital camera in 2003. My 13-year-old’s throwaway cell phone takes better photos than our super expensive camera…
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