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Formica® Laminate: A Modern Choice
Can you hear the yelps of joy coming from my place? Yes, our kitchen redo is finally finished and I am so excited to share it with you! I have wanted to change our concrete kitchen countertops forever and was going back and forth on what I wanted. The concrete just didn’t hold up very well over time and to get it fixed properly would have been quite expensive. And Corian and Marble countertops are gorgeous but weren’t really what I was looking for. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted but I kept looking through Pinterest and Instagram looking for the perfect kitchen design that suited my tastes. So you can imagine my excitement…
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Crafts :: The Giving Plate
Thanksgiving is a week away and to avoid last minute shopping for gifts I am baking cookies to fill my giving plates. I love this original handmade gift for sharing life’s special moments with those closest to your heart. With the holiday season upon us, the Giving Plate is perfect for creating your own traditions while reflecting on the meaning of the special time you spend with those you love. Take turns with the Giving Plate—give it to Mom or Grandma even a friend—and maybe you will receive it back, a special reminder of one another. You will need: Craftsmart paint pens (ideal for wood, plastic, metal and glass) I found…
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The PicCollage App and HP Help Create Memories
Last year I heard from a friend who is pretty tech savvy about this really cool app that lets you create fun collages from your photographs. I was looking for an easy way to create cards and quotes from photographs I had taken. The PicCollage app is really easy to use and this is coming from someone not particularly that tech savvy! I made this one from a day at the beach. There are over 100 million people who use PicCollage to combine photos, Youtube videos, funky fonts, sassy stickers and cute cutouts to create the prettiest collages you’ll ever see on a mobile device. They have stickers from Sanrio and LA-based independent designer, Sara…
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What’s Hot in Southern California :: November
Image courtesy of Time Out Los Angeles Los Angeles: L.A. Zoo Lights, November 27th-January 3rd: https://www.lazoolights.org/ KCRW presents: Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host: Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes, and Anna Bass, November 7th, 7pm & 10pm https://events.kcrw.com/events/2015/11/7/three-acts-two-dancers-one-radio-host LACMA: The Rain Room: November 1, 2015 – March 6, 2016: https://www.lacma.org/rainroom#landing Orange County: Image courtesy of Azulonapts A Year with Frog & Toad November 6th – 22nd, 4:30 p.m. Ages 4 plus South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa https://www.scr.org/theatre-for-young-audiences/theatre-for-young-audiences—frog-and-toad The King’s Singers November 6th, 8pm Irvine Barclay Theater https://www.thebarclay.org/events-details.asp?n=explore-events&n1=view-events&n2=by-date&refId=8E607C21-9089-450A-B404-9A92F1616652 Image courtesy of Visit California Flamenco Dance en el Parque Orange County Great…
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Dwell :: Our Kitchen Redo – Part One
Buying Your First Home: Buying your first home is such an exciting new journey but it can be stressful! We had looked all over Orange County and ended up buying a place about 50 yards from our apartment. I guess you could say we liked the area. The day we signed the papers happened to fall on my birthday so we had some chocolate cake and a glass of champagne in our new home that night. My sweet husband even carried me across the threshold into our home. We immediately had the floors replaced with bamboo flooring and had the house painted, and ceilings scraped before we moved in. If you have the…
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Crafts :: DIY Decorative Halloween Pumpkins
Spiders, skeletons, spooky ghosts and pumpkins! That is what October is all about. I always try to do something fun with our pumpkins and this year I have decided to make them less scary and more decorative. I may even decide to keep them around until Thanksgiving, with minor adjustments of course. Seasonal crafts can turn out to be pretty expensive but with a good eye you can make some that are more affordable. What I like and look for are flowers and ribbons, pieces of fabric in colors I love. And of course, I love to glitter too. You will need: Fake craft pumpkins I bought mine at Michael’s…
