Friday Freebie: DIY Sports Room Poster

I'm still playing around a bit with decorating in Dylan's "big boy" room. Thus, I keep failing to share the after photos to follow up the toddler room post. But, I did want to go ahead and share the latest artwork creation I made for it. I wanted to add a little bit of personalization and goodness knows I take a LOT of photos so a large photo collage made sense. I used 16 photos and left the bottom blank for a few ticket stubs. Three shown are...

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An Open Letter ...

to the window treatment salesman, I wanted to be so excited about the options you offered that I would struggle to hold off on an order. Instead, you destroyed the sale. Now, admittedly, I've never been in sales and I'm sure it is challenging, but here is where you made missteps that killed the deal and, I think, are things you should know: Taking Measurements One of the windows I want to add blinds to is at the second story level of our two-story...

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Mabel's Labels: Hockey Labels Sale

If you have kids, then you also have lost items. Especially when it comes to items they carry to school or sporting events. Mabel's Labels helps you get those items back with their large selection of fun labels for everything from bottles to clothing to gear and everything else you can think of. As the Olympics wind down this week, Mabel's Labels is offering a 25% discount on their hockey Personalized Sticky Labels. Use code HOCKEY25 during checkout....

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Wordless Wednesday: Snow Jabba

Linking up to Wordless Wednes...

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Project Kitchen: Before

When we were looking to move a couple years ago, one similarity occurred in every house we looked at - I didn't like the kitchen. And that's ok. I knew I could eventually turn one of them into my dream kitchen. Now, we're far from "dream kitchen" status, but we're on our way. When we first walked into the house, the kitchen looked like this: I know, stop the presses. That's gorgeous, right? (That last sentence was sarcasm, of course.) What didn't...

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Valentine's Day 2014

One of the fabulous things about being 4? Dylan woke up excited just to have another snow day at home. No realization there was a small surprise awaiting him for Valentine's Day. He was so excited about the Minion card and robot t-shirt I made for him as well as the heart shaped box of chocolates. And, since the snow equaled a slow start to a weekday, we also had homemade Peanut Butter and Banana Stuffed French Toast, of course. Hope you...

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Peanut Butter & Banana Stuffed French Toast

More than once I've shared photos on Instagram of a weekend breakfast favorite in our house - Peanut Butter & Banana French Toast. Today I'm sharing the recipe to go along with the photos just in time to have it for Valentine's Day or on a future weekend. Ingredients 1 Banana Harris Teeter Take & Bake Club Rolls Creamy Peanut Butter Butter 1/3 cup of Milk 2 Eggs 1/4 tsp of Cinnamon 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract Powdered Sugar (optional) Slice...

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ModCloth Make The Cut Contest: 'Prints Charming'

Have you always dreamed of becoming a fashion designer? Well now that dream can come true! The ModCloth Make The Cut program is a recurring design contest that invites the ModCloth Community to design garments, graphics, or fabric prints. Its main purpose is to further their mission of democratizing fashion by producing clothing designed by community members. YOU can become a designer at ModCloth! How does the contest...

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Disney All-Star Music: Resort Fun

The cold weather and household conversation about our next Walt Disney World trip (nothing planned ... yet ;) ), have me Disney dreaming. And what better to daydream about than enjoying the pool and other fun entertainment at a Disney resort? I put together this page for our photo book last year to give a snapshot of the fun we had swimming in the guitar pool and playing in the arcade at All-Star Music Resort: On previous visits, Trent &...

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Valentine's Robot T-Shirt

I have a small surprise for Dylan next week - a fun Valentine's Robot T-Shirt. He knew I was going to make him a shirt and I asked for his preference between a dinosaur or a robot. He chose a robot. While the boys were out on Saturday morning, I quickly sketched up a design, cut it out of freezer paper using my X-acto knife (those design school skills pay off when you don't have an electric cutter!) and painted it in using fabric paint. I...

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Little Passports Fundraising For Your School

Planning a fundraiser at your child's school? Little Passports is the perfect partner, with an award-winning educational product that kids and parents love. Here's how it works: your community shops at Little Passports and we donate 15% back to your school. They even have a flyer to help you spread the word. Get more information here: www.littlepassports.com/schools This post was sponsored by Little Passports. It contains affiliate links and...

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