I’m a huge Pioneer Woman fan. Huge. I not-so-secretly want to be living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere with my family. Can you imagine if I had access to Reuben the horse without driving to the pasture, and Viktor was on the premises all day? Heaven. I digress. I was reading Pioneer Woman’s Home & Garden section a couple weeks ago where she wrote about these hilarious greeting cards made by a company called Foxy Blunt. Get…
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{photo via Cucumbersome} Do you ever Stumble? It’s one of my favorite things to do when I’m avoiding work. I’ve recently come across some really cute stuff. Check out these Earl Grey Tea Soaps from Cucumbersome that look like little tea packets! So adorable. {photo via Made by Lex} And this headband refashioned from a hem at Made by Lex? Come on. Killing me with cleverness. {photo via Crepes of Wrath) Who wants to make homemade pop tarts this weekend?…
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Making strawberry jam is the easiest thing on the planet. Seriously. Out of all the canning I do, this is the most cut and dry. Simple. And there’s nothing better than homemade strawberry jam on toast when the weather is frightful out. So, on to our ingredients. There are only FOUR ingredients, can you handle it? Strawberries {washed, hulled, and blended}Lemon JuiceSugarPectin Step 1: After you’ve washed and hulled your strawberries, blend them up into a chunky sauce. The consistency…
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What kind of art do you have in your home? Are you a big proponent of art or do you kind of wing it like we do? We have a few paintings in our home we’ve acquired over the years, one by Mike Loveland husband of my dear friend Alma, another that was shipped over from Poland painted by Viktor’s dead uncle, and then there’s this one. I can’t capture it with a camera. It’s my favorite piece of art….
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You know the really fun fashion origami book I wrote about last week? The one keeping Precocious sane right now? Today is your lucky day: I’m giving away three origami books and, AND, a $50 gift card to Klutz. You want in? Here’s how it rolls out: 1 winner will get a $50 gift card to Klutz + a copy of Fashion Origami 2 winners will get a copy of Fashion Origami Giveaway Details: To enter the Klutz Giveaway leave…
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I like a good bath. It’s the best way for me to unwind, escape the dishes, catch up on a little pop culture in the way of an US Weekly or a thick People Magazine, and deal with my ongoing pain. I’ve written about how to make homemade bath salts, and how to make homemade sugar scrub, and today I’m going to show you how to make homemade bath bombs. They’re the bomb. Ha ha, I slay myself. Bath bombs…
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We love Klutz books in our house. They’re the people responsible for sending Precocious the core of her life, the terrifically clever Encyclopedia of Immaturity. Which she carries with to school in her backpack, in the car on road trips, and to Sunday dinner at my parents’ house. The newest book in their collection, Fashion Origami, has gotten us through our extremely cold Spring Break. The book contains the instructions and materials to make darling fashion origami. Purses, sundresses, shoes,…
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Do you ever get really nasty toys in the bath? They’ve been in there a while and they start to get moldy and gross like these boats? See those healthy little black patches of mold? I know. I’m probably creating an entirely new species in our bathtub. Here’s my painless cleaning tip for bath toys. Or any toys for that matter. Run them through the dishwasher. Once, twice, however long it takes to get them totally sanitized and fabulous before…
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