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Monday, April 30, 2012

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...

Sunday, April 29, 2012

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...

Monday, April 9, 2012

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 blind...