{Wishlist Wednesday} Pinterest Overload

I’m on Pinterest overload ya’ll. Don’t judge me just yet though. I’m definitely not a Pinterest mom (I’m not knocking those who are, they’re pretty awesome and I wish I could be more like that!) Surprisingly, even though I have been heavily into DIY projects and reading blogs for as long as I can remember, I was never much of a Pinterest girl until...

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{Free Printables} Important Dates

So about a month ago I mentioned I was going to do a series of limited time free printables. And then (like so often lately) all kinds of stuff happened and I forgot all about it. This has been a really tough and bad year for us so far (we've lost 3 family members in the matter of 3 months). And so it feels like nearly everything has been put on the...

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{How To} Faux Granite Paint Your Countertops

Sooo I'm a little late on this post (as always). Sorry to those I told that I would have it up within a week! The main reason for the delay however is because I was having a hard time sealing my island with polycrylic without it looking like a streaky mess. Those who have tried to use clear gloss polycrylic on a large surface probably feel my pain....

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{Free Printables} Family Shopping List

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I've posted! Life has been extremely busy over the past few months. Those who know me personally know that my mother passed away unexpectedly 2 and a half months ago and it's been a long and painful road for my family since then.  Needless to say I haven't had much time to do anything for myself...

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{Make It} Pretty Coupon Organizer

As promised in my last post, today I'm going to show you how I turned my oh-so-helpful little coupon organizer from plain to pretty. What you'll need:  Small 6 Pocket Organizer Card stock Washi Tape Pretty Wrapping Paper Label Maker Glue Stick Double Sided Tape Unfortunately I dropped the ball on pictures for this one....

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{Organize It} (Un)Extreme Couponing

I'll never be one of those extreme coupon-er people. That's just something I finally had to accept about myself. There was a time though when I thought I could pull it off. Yep.  For about 5 (naive) minutes.  Alas, I realized a few things. I really don't have the amount of free time that's needed to keep up with it. Also, I don't...

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