A Christmas Gift of Flowers

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Here is a fun Christmas flower arrangement I first shared on Honeybear Lane last year. It could make a fun centerpiece for your Christmas dinner, or a great gift to replicate and give to all of your neighbors–the nice ones, at least. You can skip the naughty ones if you like! A few years back [...]

Blurb Book Giveaway

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Before I became so invested in this blog, I used to be pretty good about keeping a personal family blog. I keep thinking I will get my life in order enough to post there again. It served a lot of great purposes. I could share info with family and friends, but more importantly, it served [...]

Alphabet Photography Artwork

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Over the next while I will be sharing several posts with you that highlight ideas you might want to consider as you are doing your Christmas shopping–or better yet–writing your own list for Santa. I will identify these posts with this button, and you can search them all if you’d like! I was excited for [...]

How to Make a Ric Rac Crown with Mod Podge

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I recently wrote about the Pony Royale party I hosted for my daughter and her friends. The story of the Pony Royale ponies is the ponies are born in the same month as their princesses. I knew that a crown would make a great party favor, but I wanted it to be something special, unique [...]

Hair bow as gift bow

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I wanted to share a couple of tips for present-wrapping that I came up with this weekend when I attended a baby shower for a new baby girl. I hope you will excuse the grainy phone pic–I didn’t start out thinking this would be a blog post. I bought a couple of baby headbands, with [...]

Quick and Easy Father’s Day Ideas

Quick and Easy Father's Day

Are you feeling a little pressed for time before Father’s Day this week? These ideas are quick to put together and work well if you are trying to get the kids to help the kids come up with a gift for their dad. #1) Framed Father’s Day Quote {Somewhat Simple} – It doesn’t get any [...]

Father’s Day Gift Idea Round-Up

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Don’t panic, but Father’s Day is on SUNDAY! Have you come up with that perfect gift for your Dad or your man? Never fear! The Dating Divas have teamed up with all of the craziest creative bloggers (that is a compliment, remember?), to bring you a dozen or so fabulous DIY gift options that will [...]

Father’s Day Gift Idea

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Father’s Day gift giving can be tough! It’s hard to come up with a special gift for a dad, since most men go out and buy what they want anyway, right?. That is why I often opt for those gifts that are really sentimental and/or cute, rather than gear and gadgets. I’ve shared lots of [...]

Thanks a Mint! Teacher Appreciation Printable

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We aren’t quite done with school yet. (Are we the only ones still finishing up?) So I am still deciding on what my kids will give to their teachers this week as a final “Thank You for putting up with me all year!” gift.  Here is a simple thank-you gift that could work for teachers [...]

Hot Stuff Father’s Day

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Father’s Day last year was pretty hot. BSB’s main gift was a new grill (well, a new-to-us grill that the neighbors were getting rid of when they moved), so we had a “Hot Stuff”-themed Father’s Day. I made this grilling apron for him for his other gift. I couldn’t resist the scandalous play on words. And [...]