EAT Sign

It's a 3-day weekend for me and I had high hopes of getting a bunch of projects done, but I am having a hard time staying on task.  I keep getting side-tracked on things I never planned on doing - like this craft project.  My main goal this weekend was to try and get my house a little more organized and get rid of some excess stuff. Instead I have been side-tracked by pinterest and making more of a mess. However, on the positive...

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New Year - Time to clear the clutter - 15 minute Linen closet cleanout

Happy New Year! I love this quote I stumbled upon  by Neil Gaiman “I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now),...

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Missionary Care Package - Halloween

I love making care packages for my missionary boys. I especially like decorating the inside of the box for that little extra surprise to let them know how much I love them. I bought a package of Halloween card stock placemats at Michaels. I glued the papers inside the box and then added some fun corny messages - "Some mummy loves you!", "You are Fangtastic!", "Orange you glad we love you!". It took no time at all and I think it turned out...

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Missionary Happy Hump Day card

Josh just reached the first year mark of his mission,  so to celebrate I made him this Happy Hump Day card. I stuck on a McDonald's gift card and cut out an enlarged McDonald's symbol for the camel's humps. I found the camel image and the Seasoned Missionary message by Cheryl K. Carpenter here...

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It's the most wonderful time of the year!

December is alwasy so busy, and this year seemed to go by especially fast since Thanksgiving was so late in November.  I always have good intentions that this will be the year I will be more prepared and get things done early so I can just sit back and relax (I guess that will be another goal for next year)  Actually, I think I would miss not being busy, and when I look back I loved all the activities that kept my schedule full.   I...

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Missing my Missionary - Missionary Christmas Care Package

Christmas is just over a week away, and I have been busy trying to finish up and ship out all of my Christmas packages.   I am definitely going to miss not having Josh home this Christmas  (as I have probably said many times before this will be the first year we will not all be spending Christmas all together as a family - not quite ready for this mile-stone). Hopefully he is not too homesick, and if so I hope he enjoys the  Christmas...

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Today I will be happier...

At work we recently moved to a new office building. The move has inspired a lot of decorating creativity.  It has been fun seeing everyone express their unique style with lots of fun fabric covered bulletin boards and artwork.  I wanted to add a fun quote to my office wall and I just love the quote "Today I will be happier than a bird with a french fry." I used a frame I already had, and printed the quote on some scrapbook paper using...

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