February 2012

Fun at The Blissdom 12 Conference

February 29, 2012

This photo about tells it all. Fun was had at Blissdom. If you are not a blogger and don’t know what Blissdom is, it is an annual conference for women bloggers held in Nashville, TN. I decided to go last month so I could personally meet some of the bloggers I have built online friendships [...]

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The Best Way To Read A Blog

February 27, 2012

How do you read your favorite blogs? By typing each blog’s name into your search bar? Bookmarks? Folders? E-mail subscription? RSS feed Reader? I use Google Reader and the Google “NEXT” button to read and view all of my favorite blogs quickly while still letting me go directly to the actual blog itself -all with [...]

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Blog Crush FUN + My Colortopia + Blissdom 12

February 22, 2012

On Valentine’s Day I wanted to share a little blogger love and had a link-up for bloggers to post about other bloggers they had a blog crush on. I had a good time reading through the posts and wanted to say thanks to all the blogger’s who spread the love that day. I found a [...]

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Faux Zinc Candy Jar Top Made With a Tuna Can

February 19, 2012

Faux Zinc painting technique step by step tutorial

If you have followed my blog for a while then you probably remember the post I did where I made a lantern using – a tuna can! Well this project is another way I have found to re-purpose a tuna can. I created a faux zinc top for a glass candy jar that was missing [...]

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How To Decoupage Glass Into A Pretty Paperweight

February 16, 2012

As I am redoing my studioffice, I still need to work in the room and keep things organized. I realize that even in all the mess, I am a pile-er not a file-er when it comes to organizing my papers. I have tried to change my ways as every organizing guru will tell you to [...]

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I Have a Secret Blog Crush on You! Link Party

February 13, 2012

Before this party gets started I just want to say I hope it is a sweet one! If you are reading this, then I bet you 100% that you love reading blogs as much as I do. I find I enjoy them more than magazines!!! That fact, alone – amazes me since I used to [...]

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Happy Saturday

February 11, 2012

How to make a monogrammed cell phone cover with scrapbook paper

Yeah! It is the weekend and I promised myself a little time away from the computer this weekend, but before I close up my laptop I wanted to share a few things. My weekly Momtastic post is up. I recently got a new phone and made a few monogrammed covers for it. I saw the [...]

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DIY: Window Trim Painting Tricks

February 7, 2012

I have a confession, one that I know a DIY’er should be ashamed of. I have kept my problem to myself for some time, but now the truth must come out since I am redoing my studioffice and had to confront my problem head on. I dislike painting trim and woodwork! Dislike is not a [...]

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How to Make a Tissue Paper Flower Valentine Gift Box

February 6, 2012

I was going to entitle this post – How to make a G-Rated Victoria’s Secret gift, but that would be a little misleading since it isn’t an actual gift from Victoria’s Secret - just a re-use of their pretty boxes. I am also going to show you how to make a super easy tissue paper [...]

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In “Their Own Style” Friday

February 3, 2012

Every now and then I like to show you some truly genius, beautiful, fun, or just down right amazing DIY projects that others have done. I have been busy this week trying to get my studioffice makeover started and don’t have anything completed yet to show you, so I thought it the perfect time to [...]