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3 DIY Halloween Decor Ideas: Using Dollar Store Ping Pong Eyeballs

3 DIY Halloween Decor Ideas: Using Dollar Store Ping Pong Eyeballs

It’s Dollar Tree crafting time!! Because finding ways to make something fun from something cheap is life!! If you have ever been to the Dollar Tree at Halloween, they always have these ping pong eyeballs, but what do you do with them? Well I have…

Halloween Treats: Chocolate Covered Apple Spiders

Halloween Treats: Chocolate Covered Apple Spiders

Let’s just take a moment to be thankful that spiders don’t fly!! Imagine!! Just witnessing their creepy legs crawling around is bad enough! Spiders are CREEEEEEPPPPYYYY!! So, guess what Ivy wanted to make for her class Halloween party treat last year (yes this treat is…

Halloween Crafts For Kids – Turn Your Kiddos into Bat Kids!

Halloween Crafts For Kids – Turn Your Kiddos into Bat Kids!

Isn’t the best part of parenting when you can turn your kids into something else?!?! Lol… Well, not literally… but by putting your kids cute faces on some fun or Spoooooooky animal crafts! Well this Halloween we decided to go batty, and turn the kids…

DIY Thanksgiving Table Place Cards Made by the Kiddos

DIY Thanksgiving Table Place Cards Made by the Kiddos

There is always something to be grateful for! This thanksgiving I am grateful for the health of my family, grateful that we have some of our family close by so that we can share our lives together, and for Shawnikins and everything that he does…

Pumpkin Patch Photoshoot Tips to Capture Beautiful Fall Memories – This Years McMillan Pumpkin Patch Adventure

Pumpkin Patch Photoshoot Tips to Capture Beautiful Fall Memories – This Years McMillan Pumpkin Patch Adventure

It’s the season of fall… the best time of the year to to capture beautiful photos of your family with a pumpkin patch photoshoot. With all the leaves changing color, and the beautiful fall flowers in bloom, not to mention it’s not scorching hot out,…

DIY Fall Decor – How to Paint a Cute Watercolor Pumpkin Patch Painting

DIY Fall Decor – How to Paint a Cute Watercolor Pumpkin Patch Painting

Decorating for fall, is my favorite thing of all! And that incudes finding new ways to DIY my own new fall décor each year. Anyone want to DIY their own watercolor pumpkin patch fall art?!?! If I can do it halfway looking like a child…

Mom’s Delicious Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Best Side Dish for Ham This Thanksgiving!

Mom’s Delicious Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Best Side Dish for Ham This Thanksgiving!

Yummers! The easiest, yummiest, bestest, Oh and did I mention most delicious Scalloped Potatoes in da HOOOOUUUSEE!! I grew up eating this delicious side dish every time we had ham for dinner, so it reminds me of my Mom every time I make them. It’s…

DIY Textured Paint By Mixing Baking Soda With Paint, That Looks Like Pottery!

DIY Textured Paint By Mixing Baking Soda With Paint, That Looks Like Pottery!

Trend Alert! Did you know that you can make inexpensive thrift store or dollar store decorative items (such as vases, bowls, and jars) into pieces that look like they are actually beautiful pottery!! Pretty much any glass or hard plastic decorative piece, that can be…

Spooky Ghost and Skeleton Halloween Treat Cupcake Toppers

Spooky Ghost and Skeleton Halloween Treat Cupcake Toppers

This is Halloween, This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween… HALLOWEEN!! AHHHHH… This song plays in my head all season! And so do the thoughts of DIY Halloween decor, Halloween adventures, and of course Halloween Treats!! To celebrate the season we made these fun ghost and…

DIY Fall Porch Decor By Improving Items at the Dollar Store

DIY Fall Porch Decor By Improving Items at the Dollar Store

I’ve been envious of super cute fall porch decor for years!! I always wished I had a stash of awesome beautiful faux pumpkins, a gorgeous large garland to go around our entryway, and baskets filled with beautiful blooming Mum flowers flowing down our front steps……

DIY Simple Fall Wreath with Pumpkins!

DIY Simple Fall Wreath with Pumpkins!

Is it fall yet?!?! I love this cozy season, and everything associated with fall! The smell of the air (minus the smoke), candles burning, crisp leaves under your feet (or slippers inside), sipping hot apple cider, and getting cozy under a blanket by the fire.…

The Quickest and Easiest Faux Board And Batten Wall Ever!

The Quickest and Easiest Faux Board And Batten Wall Ever!

Welcome to the laundry room/wish we had a mud room tutorial series!! I really wish we had a proper mud room! Or at least a convenient location in our house to keep all of our shoes, boots, jackets, backpacks, gloves, toques, hats, and just stuff……

Most Delicious & Easy Sweet Refrigerator Pickles Recipe EVER!

Most Delicious & Easy Sweet Refrigerator Pickles Recipe EVER!

Ready to have your mind blown by the most delicious, and easy sweet pickle recipe EVER?!?! Did you know that you can whip up a batch of sweet refrigerator pickles in a few mins, and they will be ready to eat right away! Okay, there…

DIY RV Parking Pad – How We Made Space In Our Yard For A 30 Foot RV!

DIY RV Parking Pad – How We Made Space In Our Yard For A 30 Foot RV!

Our RV Story… Once upon a time (last year) we bought a stinky, stinky Repo trailer. We bought it unseen knowing that the fridge would probably need to be replaced, the mattresses tossed, and everything would need to be very, very, very, deep cleaned! It…

DIY Easy Fall Decor Sign – Made Out of Cute Wood Beads

DIY Easy Fall Decor Sign – Made Out of Cute Wood Beads

Fall… The most wonderful time of the year! I love getting cozy in sweaters and boots, going for walks and kicking up the leaves, and the weather is not too hot and not too cold… It’s the most perfect time of the year! Oh, and…

DIY Large Textured Art – Make your own Beautiful Inexpensive Large Wall Art!

DIY Large Textured Art – Make your own Beautiful Inexpensive Large Wall Art!

Large Scale Art! We all love it, we all want it, it’s AMAZING… But we don’t want to pay for it!! Want to know what is even more amazing… Large Scale Textured Art! But you know what?!?! It’s also very expensive, and unless you have…