Thank you for participating, friends. The winner of our movie giveaway is #108, Amelie. Please contact us with in 48 hours, Amelie. Congrats! A summer of movies headed your way! I love movies. I mean I really, really love movies. I spent my childhood watching offbeat comedies with my siblings, all the John Wayne classics with my dad, Masterpiece Theater productions and every Doris Day movie ever with my mom. Movies, I’m all about that business. Summer…
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It’s recipe time. I haven’t been cooking much lately, which is lame, but this master bathroom remodel is pretty much ruining my life. I know! First, FIRST world problems. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have a new master bathroom, I really can’t. I’m just saying, my house is a mess. Like crazy, hoarders episode, staple guns and concrete buckets hanging out in the kitchen, messy. No room for a girl trying new recipes. Whatever. Sometimes you don’t cook either, right?
Right?
Anyway. *ahem*
I did find it in myself to whip up some mashed sweet potatoes, because my kids need to be fed once in awhile. Not very often, but sometimes. So I was in the kitchen a few weeks ago, making sweet potato rolls (it was a whim, don’t ask) and the recipe called for mashed sweet potatoes from a can. Nasty. If you have sweet potatoes (yams) within reach, even if that means a trip to the store so you can try a new recipe, do it. Fresh sweet potatoes (yams) are heaven. Mashed sweet potatoes? Holy-have-mercy, come-to-mama.
Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
Today: 4 DIY crafts in celebration of Earth Day. You might want to put your seat-belts on because things are about to get all glittery up in here. Today’s post is pretty great; some recycled accessories in the form of DIY t-shirt necklaces with beads AAAAAND 3 bonus crafts from three other amazing bloggers. All the crafts you’re about to witness (they are a thing to behold I tell you, 4 DIY crafts in one post) were created using only…
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A master bathroom remodel is way less fun than you think it would be, and I know you think it would be fun. The most fun in all the land, ripping apart your personal space and tearing out your closet. So much fun they should have entire TV shows dedicated to remodeling people’s master bath … oh wait. I mentioned a few weeks ago that we’re in the middle of our master bathroom remodel part I aka ripping up moldy…
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Our master bathroom is kind of a nightmare. Was kind of a nightmare I mean, right before we ripped it all out. It all started when we bought our house, almost ten years ago. The master bathroom and (attached) walk-in closet were part of the reason we loved the house; the jetted tub was my closer. What we didn’t notice, or know to notice, was all the water damage in the bathroom. The floor next to the bath was so…
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Today: 3 great organic cleaning + bath products for your pleasure. Get excited. You know I love me some good bath products, and even though I haaaaaaaaaate cleaning my kitchen and bathrooms, there is a great smelling delicious organic cleaner to ease my pain a little so you probably want on that train. Where does one find such magic? The Honest Company. You’ve heard of Jessica Alba, yes? Me too. She seems like a girl I’d want to have lunch…
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A DIY Tutorial for chalk paint organizers, yes? Yes. YES.
Hi, my name is Stephanie, and I’m a craft-aholic. I’m constantly accumulating craft supplies or little trinkets that I think could have great crafting potential and DIY tutorial potential (hello bottle caps, corks, and old sweaters). I store my craft supplies on a book shelf in my bedroom, and what were once five nicely organized shelves of a few pieces of fabric, a couple spools of thread, and a craft book or two has become a monstrosity of felt, sequins, jars, scissors, buttons, paints, brushes, bottle caps, and any other craft supplies you could possibly think of.
Well, it’s time for the madness to stop! I need some order in my craft bookshelf, and I’m sharing with you one of the tutorials of solutions I have come up with to help organize the chaos, and of course it is in on par with most of my other projects: up-cycling every day items you already have laying around the house!
SUPPLIES FOR DIY CHALK PAINT JAR ORGANIZERS TUTORIAL:
A designer, maker, crafter, and blogger, Stephanie Hayward spends her days designing buildings in Columbus, Ohio and nights blogging about design, DIY, and (attempts at making) good food at Stuff Steph Does. She lives with her partner in crime, Brandon, and their spunky little dog, Lucy.
I’m no drama geek, but oh-my-eff, there was some serious crazy drama at last night’s Oscars. I don’t love watching the actual show as much as the red carpet and the sweet acceptance speeches, but only the very few genuine ones. And of course my favorite part is the eye language (it’s a thing, I just made it up) between couples on the carpet, and the dialogue (lip reading only) between the assistants and actors/actresses. Whoo, there was some drama…
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Homemade marshmallows are my a dream come true. They can be as thick and pillowy as you want them to be, melt like buttah in your hot steamy drinks, and one more time just a little bit louder now: they’re HOMEMADE. Can’t beat that business back with a stick. YUM. So how does one make these tasty home made marshmallows? Easily, so so very easily, you might just swoon from the simplicity of it. This recipe is from Martha Stewart…
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