Tag: DIY
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Photo + Candy Lips | DIY Valentine’s Day Cards
Feel like making your own Valentine’s Day cards this year? This one is easy peasy and super cute! All you need is a cute photo and candy lips. I used foil-wrapped chocolate candy lips I found at the dollar store, but you can also use lollipop lips. DIY Valentine’s Day Cards Instructions
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Personalized Toy Basket
Toy baskets are a parent’s best friend… Because they spend so much of their time picking up toys off the floor. Again and again and again. Someone has to pick up those 50 Hot Wheels cars and those 150 pieces of Mega Bloks. Yes, I make my kids help me a lot of the time […]
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Kids Traceable Thank You Card
My mother taught me the importance of writing thank you notes, and I’m passing the skills of showing appreciation down to my own children. I started with my oldest child, Aiden, when he was only three years old. I created Color In Thank You Cards since he could color at that age. At age 4, […]
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Rock Painting Kit
My son and I were shopping at an outdoor mall when he found a piece of “treasure.” He held it in the palm of his little hand. The look on his excited and eager face said, “Can I keep it?” He showed me a smooth, round rock painted red with blue polkadots and a large […]
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Thoughtful Second Marriage Wedding Gift
When my friend announced she would be saying “I do” for the second time, I wanted to give her a special wedding gift. Traditional gifts such as dishes, towels and kitchen appliances are usually not needed in a second marriage. I had the perfect opportunity to give a creative and thoughtful wedding gift! Mike and […]
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A Candy Bouquet for Any Occasion
Flowers bouquets are considered a perfect gift for any occasion. Although, realistically, women tend to appreciate the gift of flowers more than men. Not so with candy bouquets. Men, women and children love them equally! A candy bouquet is like a flower arrangement except it uses candy instead of flowers. Think about it. Not everyone […]
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Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub
Do you know what I love about homemade things? You know exactly what goes into it. The ingredients don’t have weird scientific names like maltodextrin and sodium nitrate because you’re making it in your kitchen and not in some laboratory. My Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub recipe contains only four natural ingredients: white granulated sugar almond […]
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Stuffed Animals Displayed as Art
Most of us have grown up with teddy bears or other beloved stuffed animals. Many of us still have them. They are tucked away forgotten until we come across them stored away in the attic or closet. Oh… that warm fuzzy feeling of seeing your childhood companion! I have a beautiful gift idea to display […]