How-To Sunday

Tutorial ~ Basic Photo Editing With Picnik

Just about every photo you see here on TMH has been edited in Picnik, right down to the sewing tutorial photos. You can take just about any photo from drab to fab, fix white balance, take out objects, add “actions”, make printables, blog banners and buttons…oh all sorts of stuff. I thought it would be [...]

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How-To Sunday

The Best Painting Tips And Tricks

I love a good tip, the kind where you think “Now, why didn’t I think of that?”. That has been one of my favorite things about Pinterest, all sorts of tips like that. I have pinned all kinds of painting tips that I wished I had found years ago; I have logged quite a few [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Organize Fabric

Betty-Ann from Texas sent me pictures of this brilliant idea, and I had to share! She took one of those racks that hold slacks and organized her fabric on it. Pretty smart. What makes this so great, is that she clips the patterns right on the fabric she intended it for. Then you don’t forget [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Store Spices

Happy Sunday! It has been a long time since we have had a how-to Sunday post, but there will be some more news on that front soon . I have a simple solution for storing spices today. Where do you keep your spices now? Mine here in Arkansas were above my microwave in a cabinet [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Make Lip Balm

Winter weather can be very beautiful with fresh white snow, but it wreaks havoc on our skin. Being indoors and the dry heat from our homes causes many peoples skin to become unbearably dry. I ran across how to make your own lip balm to moisturize your lips last year that doesn’t require any melting just mixing [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Make A New Years Eve Ball

Hey friends! How were your holiday festivities? Hope they were stuffed full with whatever makes happy. We might be posting a little light this week, but I had to pop in and give you a few ideas for New Year’s Eve. If you’re like us you’ll most likely have the kids, and here are few [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Stuff A Stocking

So we are just about to wind down the holiday posts here on TMH, but I couldn’t leave without a little something being said about stuffing the stocking. Around my house it’s serious business, handed down from my mom. I remember being more excited to go through the treasures in my stocking than anything. That [...]

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Crafty Kids Corner

How To Make A Hot Cocoa Kit

I’m over to one of my most favorite spots on the web today, care to join me? Marta has a How-to series and my kids and I are sharing a fun project we did for his friends, teacher and even party favors for his Christmas party (that we just wrapped up….phew!). We mashed…. dipped…. filled…. [...]

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How-To Sunday

How To Wrap Gifts Like A Pro

Or at least like they do at Dillard’s. When I lived in Denver I picked up a side job as a gift wrapper during the holidays at Dillard’s. I wrapped more gifts then I care to remember that year. But, it did give me a skill, if you count gaining an OCD for wrapping presents [...]

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