I've always found pop-up cards to be pretty cool. The cleverness of creating something that can sit flat one moment, and be 3D the next has always facinated me. So, when I saw a Valentine's card in the store that was an expandable heart- I had to make one! The concept is simple as can [...]
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I'll admit it. I have a thing for mocha. Just mocha, mind you. I don't like coffee. I do like what coffee does to chocolate. . One of my dearest go-to drinks are the kind you buy in adorable little glass bottles at the grocery store. But what to do with those ideally sized glass [...]
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What do you get the person who has everything? Your time. The idea of a love coupon is to give the gift of yourself. A back massage, a night out on the town, etc. These vouchers promise your signifigant other some special time with you, and that is a gift that can't be bought. So, [...]
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For my birthday a couple weeks ago, one dear friend gave me a Martha Stewart Holiday Crafts book. I was DELIGHTED. This is the first craft that I have tried (and spruced up a little bit)- and its just in time for Valentine's day. In the book, this bath fizzie recipe was listed under Mother's [...]
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Even as I'm writing this, I don't know if this is a tradition that is unique to my family. For some reason, every New Year's Eve, we have Root beer Floats. Sometimes its just regular root beer, sometimes its the special kind you can buy in glass bottles. It's pretty much the only time of the year we [...]
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I think I've said it at least a million times on this blog: I love to give gifts. So what better office mood-lightener is there than Secret Santa!? This year, the first theme happened to be "Something Cozy". At first I thought about the Hot Cocoa mug craft I guest posted for One Artsy Mama. [...]
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Alright I admit it. I'm a bit of a nerd. My Husband works in IT- I spend my whole day on a computer doing Graphic Design- and just this week end I broke out a 20 year old DOS based game (Tim Sweeny's ZZT) just to remenisce. And if you don't understand that last part- [...]
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Alright alright. Salt dough ornaments are not new. Salt dough is a tried and true kid friendly craft that has been reincarnated into hundreds of different projects. And really- it is a dough. Why not roll and cut it out with cookie cutters? Its really not a stretch. So, when I decided I needed to [...]
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The smell of warm lemon-butter cookies, or pumpkin bread throughout the house is a dear one to me. The Holiday season feels to full of joy and love when I and the people around me pour our love into food. Its tangible, its giftable, and its delicious. Each year I try my best to make a [...]
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When Amy from One Artsy Mama contacted me a few weeks ago about her awesome Holiday round of posts- I spent some time trying to think of traditions that I could craft out of. My family is very large- and we've got a lot of really great traditions- but how do I make a guest [...]
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I just can't get enough of these little boxes. They're the perfect size to treat the children in my family when I see them for the Holiday. Plus, I just really love to bake- and these nifty little boxes are a great receptacle for my various treats. These little puppies go together the same way [...]
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