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Best Homemade Bloody Mary Recipe

My husband makes a fantastic Bloody Mary from scratch. Everyone raves about it and begs for the recipe. With a Bloody Mary love born during years of family gatherings in New Orleans he set the bar high.  He has tried every tip and trick he has seen or read about. After many successful taste tests [...]

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Hipstamatic-Ize Your Photos!

I love the iPhone app Hipstamatic. It is an app that Hipstmatic says “brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the past.” Basically it makes any old picture look pretty darn cool. Unfortunately, I don’t have an iPhone and even if I did, I love to take pictures [...]

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DIY: Chic and Cheap Upholstered Bed

You know how much I love custom and cheap.  And you know how Miles can launch himself out of his crib and so he needed to have a bog boy bed.  Voila!  A very low to the ground and very chic alternative to a toddler bed.  And you can make it in any size! I [...]

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DIY Simple. Small. Sassy. Storage.

When you have a random tiny space under a dormer or in some tiny corner and you need every square inch of it for some extra storage and you don’t want some white laminate thing that doesn’t really fit – you find some wood scraps and throw it together.  Then you paint it and it looks [...]

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Nesting…Nesting…1,2,3

Can you hear me?  I am a full blown bird at this point and that well known nesting instinct has taken over my entire persona.  My little chicks – I have wings I tell you…WINGS!  I have now judged and made a plan for every nook and cranny and organizational quandary in my house and will [...]

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Happy Holidays!

From my home to yours, a Very Happy Holiday! Yes, making my own card this year allowed me to include a ton of pictures.  It also took a majillion years and made me want to strangle Photoshop.  But I like how it came out.  From January though December I had a wonderful year and hope that you [...]

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Large Vintage Dominos: Game Project Part I

I love vintage games and have been scouring flea markets and online auctions to no avail. I just never find what I want or what I want is way too expensive for this particular desire.  I have seen games c. 1900 and earlier for thousands of dollars!  I am thinking more like $10-$20 each.  Here [...]

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