DIY
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Education :: Improving Spelling Skills with All About Spelling
Image courtesy of Flickr If you are a parent looking for a better way to help your child learn to spell, I’m here to share something great with you! I homeschool, and was on the lookout for new material to add to our language arts curriculum. At the beginning of the year we purchased some language arts workbooks from Houghton Mifflin, but they ended up just being “busy work” worksheets for my son. I didn’t feel like he was learning anything new, and the workbooks didn’t give me any tools to help teach him. I found a company online called All About Learning Press. Created by…
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Dwell :: 7 DIY Holiday Centerpiece Ideas
Are you hosting friends and family this holiday? Why not add in some little extras to the table to make it even more special. But don’t worry, we found some ideas that won’t break the bank! Most of these items you might already have in your home! Here are some fun ideas to try out and enjoy this year! Create a Snow Village: Love this idea! I just picked up some inexpensive glass containers at Marshalls and was planning on doing something festive when I came across this Pin on Pinterest. The kids would absolutely love to see this! Would make for a fun activity at Christmas…
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All I want for Christmas is…
SWEETS! And even more and more and more! “Don’t want a doll! No dinky tinker toy!”* I want chocolate, cakes, brownies, fudge, and the like! Oh, I’d also really enjoy it more if I did not gain any weight too! Well, the first part of that “want” is relatively easy … the second part is a no.can.do as I gain just looking at these marvelous creations. So without wasting any more of your time, and because I’m starving (wanting to lick spoons and bowls really bad) I’ve listed some favorites I’ve run across that you can share with friends/family and even make as gifts this holiday. Enjoy *drool* Five Minute Fudge Wreath from Tidy…
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Crafts :: Personalized Holiday Twig Ornaments
DIY Beautiful Handmade Stick Ornaments: This is the season of giving and special one of a kind things always catches my eye. I love handmade gifts. I make most of my presents or attach something handmade to the box. In my opinion, anything can be turned into art. I walk my son to school daily and love to pick up sticks, leaves etc. After I had a bundle in my hand, a stick ornament idea came to mind. You will need: Sticks or twigs, various lengths and thickness Hot glue gun or tacky glue Buttons, yarn, fabric pieces or any other decorations you may like Stamps and a permanent ink pad…
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Jamberry Nails: Fabulous Nails Without the Salon Price
For the longest time I never wore anything on my nails. Being a full time teacher and mom to three little girls, all under the age of 6, I never had time to do my nails. I think I was able to sneak away to the nail salon once every six months. I would splurge on a pedicure but stay away from the manicure. Polish just never lasted on my nails. I would get so frustrated when I looked down and my polish was smudged immediately after leaving the salon or chipped one day later, so I just gave up. Then Jamberry came into my life! I started by…
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DIY Modern Holiday Decor Ideas
This weekend we are working on decorating our home and front porch in all things Christmas! But this year, I feel like changing it up a bit and only putting out things I really, truly love. I picked up a book at the store the other day called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japananse art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo which I plan to do a write up about soon. But one of the things she writes about is to make sure you only have in your home things that bring you joy. Luckily, she provides tips to do this, but it stuck with me…
