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Tomato Basil Avocado Bagels aka Love On A Bagel

Maria's Kitchen

If you are lucky, your tomatoes are just now coming on, or at the very least your neighbors are, or they are overflowing at your local farmers market.  Anyway you get ‘em…you have to try this.  So so good.  Me and my husband stopped by a cafe last week and ordered what they called a [...]

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Simple Monogram Wreath

Make it Monday

I’m excited to share with you todays’ post and hope you all like this wreath as much as I do.  I was browsing the craft books in Hobby Lobby and came accross This wreath.  I was thinking it would be perfect for my house in the fall and since the fall flowers were half off, [...]

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Rock The Flop Event

Make it Monday

We have given you all summer to do something with a pair of flops, now we want to see you strut your stuff.  We even have a $100 gift card for the one who struts their stuff the best.  Where is the gift card to you ask?  More on that later, a teaser if you [...]

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Tutorial ~ Hanging Fabric Storage Baskets

Sew be it

Happy Saturday!  Still hot where you are?  Same here, but somehow we are still finding ourselves out in it.  I have fifty, kid you not like fifty projects to finish up and share with you.  And then the kids want to play, or the hubbs wants to do to something fun or my new Country [...]

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The Bullet List {Michelle With Someday Crafts}

The Bullet List

I am so excited about the subject today’s author chose, it just goes to show you the kind of woman she is.  Michelle is genuinely nice, thoughtful and super humble.  I say humble because when I had a chance to meet her recently she didn’t give herself nearly enough credit.  Just reading the about page [...]

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The Power Of Play: Attention Symphony

Crafty Kids Corner

Have I mentioned how much I love the opportunity to do these posts?  I do.  I love it!  Thanks so much! When most adults think of play, they think of being out of control.  They picture mass chaos.  Mayhem.  MADNESS!  But truly? Play is the best way to teach a child about paying attention and [...]

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Company Chocolate Cake

Maria's Kitchen

I love this chocolate cake because it is so moist and chocolate-y and pretty. My friend gave me this recipe a few years back when we were in charge of a large dinner for 100 women at our church. My favorite recipes are the ones that have normal ingredients that are affordable and not to [...]

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Back To School Traditions ~ Schultuete School Cones

Make it Monday

Are you looking for a fun tradition for back to school? How about a Schultuete, a German tradition that had been around since the early 1800′s?  In Germany a cone given to a child on their first day of school filled with sweets, trinkets and back to school supplies.  It’s no wonder this idea has [...]

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Give Your Kid’s Favorite Shirts A New Life

Sew be it

I have a boat load of projects that are either in the works or in the thought process, most of which are for little girls.  Okay, like 98% of them.  You’d never guess I have a little boy!  Poor guy.  So I thought before I finish any of those I’d better work on a little [...]

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