Category: Handmade
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Turn an Amber Necklace into a Pretty Wrap Bracelet
This post is for all the moms out there with a stash of old amber necklaces just begging to be made into something new and pretty. Because if you’re anything like me, those necklaces have been gathering dust for half a decade now. Go on and dig the necklaces out of storage – I’m going to show you…
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Making Amber Wrap Bracelets (What NOT To Do)
Want to make your own? Click here to see the step-by-step tutorial. I made these pretty beaded amber wrap bracelets for my friends for Christmas. Each one took less than an hour to make, so naturally making five of them took me … four weeks. It started back in December when I decided that I…
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My Epiphany
Yesterday was Epiphany, the day that we celebrate the three wise men visiting Jesus. We don’t know many of the details of that day – we don’t even know how many men there actually were. We do know, however, that they arrived much later after the birth than our Christmas cards depict – likely a whole year or two. I reflected…
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Making Christmas
When it comes to Christmas shopping for my kids, I’m a believer in the “something to wear, something to read, something they want, something they need” guide. This gives each child four gifts and a stocking, plus a couple extra joint gifts from Santa to share as a family. It works for us. This year was a different year…
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The Sweater Reveal
This past month has been stupidly hot. And I don’t like hot. I lie around on the couch moaning to anyone that will listen, which is pretty much only the baby – he likes it when I lie down because then he can stab his sharp little fingernails up my nose. At one point as I lay on…
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My Misadventures with Chalk Paint
My husband and I took the girls to a frog exhibit a few weeks ago. When we passed by the gift shop, the girls noticed the small aquariums with the African Dwarf Frogs for sale. They of course asked if we could buy one and I of course said no and my husband of course…
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Our Nursery is Done!
Last night we finished decorating the baby’s room. Yeah, yeah, I know he’ll be five months old on Saturday, but what can I say? He’s kept us busy. When we first decided to give him a room of his own, we weren’t even planning to decorate it. I mean, sure, I figured eventually we’d paint…
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Simple Birthdays
It snowed on Sunday, just like it did four years ago when Harbour was born. I remember going to pick up the birthing tub at the midwives four years ago. It was the day before her birthday – I was 40 weeks + 2 days. The midwives told me that a wicked winter storm was…