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It’s that time of year, a very bittersweet time of year.  Summer is starting to come to a close and that means school is starting! One of my favorite things to do around this time is to get into my classroom and start organizing.  I recently went in to get started and was completely shocked…

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One thing that I have always had trouble with is hanging frames evenly.  Before painting my living room I had a mirror and canvas art on either side of the one bare window in the room and after I painted it I put the canvas back even though it didn’t go at all with the…

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The dirty thirty has arrived! To commemorate the curvy digits I wanted to show you all a little craft project I did for my cousin who also had the pleasure of meeting her third decade recently.  This project took me one DVR’d episode of White Collar to accomplish and took a few materials to make…

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Since I can remember my family has been making and jarring their own tomato sauce.  When the time comes around every summer it’s a great way to get everyone together and quite the reminder that summer is coming to a close.  Nothing can beat the sweet smell that fills the air while crates of meaty…

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I love me some cheese.  All kinds of cheese! So when my dad handed me a container of his homemade ricotta cheese I knew I wanted to make something tasty with it.  What did I come up with? Spanakopita! My mom makes her own version of it which we just call pita but pronounced more…

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I am not a huge chocolate lover but I do enjoy an occasional Hershey kiss every now and then.  One kind of chocolate I am completely and totally in love with is Nutella!  I remember my love for this amazing chocolate hazelnut spread started when I was just a little girl.  It wasn’t often that…

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Remember how I mentioned my love of fabric changing the look of any space?  Well, how about some furniture!  Recently, my friend Beth brought over an old chair that she wanted to incorporate into her classroom as well as a bench.  The problem…ugly, stinky, old seat coverings. Solution? Why let’s reupholster them! Ok, that was…

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One of my favorite and easy ways to change the look of any space is 1. painting and 2. adding fabric.  I recently took a trip to Joann’s fabric store which had gone from a tiny store behind a shady shopping center to this… Ok fine, I googled this picture because I didn’t actually take…

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I have finally completed the mirror!  It was so much easier this time around then the first attempt.  I knew I needed some type of lip for the dowels to rest on rather than just the edge of the embroidery hoop so I did some research and I found someone who also gave this whole…

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I’ve finally completed the sunburst mirror (sort of) which I have to say was an un-sticky situation! To remind you let’s take a look back at this post. I knew I wanted to do the mirror but I wasn’t sure what materials I was gonna use yet or how I wanted the shape of my…

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