Prettying up some gifties…

Baby girl and I have had the cold that keeps on giving. You know, giving up lovely coughs and raspy voices (well, it's given me the raspy voice...baby girl doesn't talk yet...she just babbles). But it seems like it's on it's way out. YAY! So in the meantime, I've been of course still working on all ...

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Finding Pretty in the Every Day

I look at trash differently these days. I wonder what I can do to reuse, recycle, upcycle and all that eco-friendly stuff. My current thing? Making flowers. Because flowers are pretty. And why not have flowers that stay in bloom 24/7? So I've been making these light ...

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Good Smellin’ Suds

I have a confession to make. My discount lovin', cheapo side of me has always looked at soap and bought whatever I had a coupon for or whatever was on sale. Then Costco came along and sold a box of decent-sized bars at a decent price. Basic soap. And who needs anything more than basic soap, right? ...

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Mini Note Card Prettiness

You'd think that a person who makes and sells note cards (me - at Beyond The Pen) would have plenty of little note cards laying around to send out to people. Sadly, while I have thought of miniaturizing some of my cards, I haven't yet. I just haven't squeezed out enough hours in ...

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When Rattles Attack

Miss T is finally a little more than a bump on a log. She's grabbing onto things (like my hair - ouch!) and sticking just about everything into her cute little baby mouth. So I pulled out a rattle I was given at Miss T's baby shower way back when. It's sweet and cute. And ...

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