Favorite Find - Cookie Dough Gifts

Found this great idea on Pinterest which originated from Southern Living.

Make a batch of your favorite cookie dough.
Wrap the dough in a roll shape in Parchment paper or Freezer paper and tie ends (I used ribbon).
I thought rolling the dough was going to be very messy, but it actually rolled up very easily.
Print out the recipe on vellum and wrap around the dough. I also added some cute pink polka dot card stock.
Freeze cookie dough.
Make several batches ahead of time and have some ready to go gifts.
That's if they can last that long :)

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Time to paint - Color Inspirations

It has been at least 5 years since I last painted the walls in the main living areas in my home, so I am way overdue for a change. Currently the walls in my living room, family room and kitchen are all a buttery yellow with reddish/orange accents. I love these colors, but the yellow is a very safe color, and I am ready to mix it up a bit.   I have found myself being drawn to the color blue, which would still go well with the burnt orange color I love.

Some rooms that have inspired me:

Blue/orange room - marthastewart.com

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Picking a shade of blue was not an easy task, until one day I was looking through old magazine clippings and stumbled upon a color palette from Lowes Creative Ideas Magazine.

(Colors: Sea Sage, Summer Tan, Tealight, and Cup of Cocoa)

I plan to paint my Living room walls Sea Sage. My couches are the Cup of Cocoa color, and I have some light colored bookcases, so I think it should work well.  In the same magazine there was another room makeover with an orange color called Earthern Rose which I think will also work with the above pallette.

 

Wish me luck!

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Be-you-tiful sign

I love this statement "Be-you-tiful", a reminder that just being yourself is beautiful.
I recently organized a conference for 12-13 yr old girls and I knew I wanted to incorporate this statement.  I don't own a fancy vinyl/paper cutting machine or a large budget so I came up with this up-cycling project and made signs out of my old 3 1/2 inch wide vertical blinds.

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