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 You always hear about spring cleaning, but for me the cleaning bug always seems to hit mid-winter. I think it’s because when the weather is nice we’re not spending much time inside, but now that it’s cold and icy/slushy/snowy outside we’re inside most of the time and the clutter has more opportunity to make . . . → Read More: I thought it was called ‘spring’ cleaning?  I am constantly putting up new pictures in our home, and I love ‘themed’ picture frames – seasons, holidays, you name it and I want it. The problem is that they can be really expensive, and where do you store all of the Santa/Christmas/Easter/Valentine’s Day/Halloween/etc frames for 50 or so weeks a year you . . . → Read More: Easy DIY Picture Frame  Every year I get a new ornament for our tree. My mom always got me and my brother an ornament and it was so special for me to have a tree full of ornaments with memories attached to them when I moved a few provinces away with my then-boyfriend (now husband). I’m continuing the . . . → Read More: DIY Christmas Ornaments  It’s become an annual tradition (two years in a row makes something a tradition, right?) for some of my girlfriends and myself to meet at a B&B just outside of Edmonton for a weekend of scrapbooking, eating and catching up. We used to all live in the same small town in Alberta but now only one of . . . → Read More: My Scrapbooking Weekend  Looking for an easy craft to do with your toddler when it’s too hot or rainy to go outside? Why not whip up a batch of pudding finger paint! It’s so easy: make a box of pudding, then add some food colouring. Let it set and let the fun begin!
The . . . → Read More: Pudding finger paint  I made Ashlyn’s turtle cake for her first birthday, so of course I wanted to make her second birthday cake this year. She loves rubber duckies so I thought that would be a great cake to help us celebrate. Using the same carrot cake recipe as last year, I used a small glass measuring cup . . . → Read More: Cake #fail (or Ashlyn’s 2nd birthday)  My husband is a wonderful dad, so I wanted to find him something special for Father’s Day. Lucky for me, a few weeks back Bakerella had a post about Star Wars cookie cutters and I knew I’d found the perfect gift! Also lucky for me, a friend in The Centre Of The Universe . . . → Read More: Star Wars Cookies for Father’s Day I used to be an avid scrapbooker, but I’ve barely touched my stash in over a year! I have (almost) everything that I need to do Ashlyn’s “first year” scrapbook but I lack the motivation to start it. I’ve just got scrapping block! Since I don’t live close to the girlfriends that I used . . . → Read More: My scrapbooking challenge  It was really important to me to make Ashlyn’s birthday cake. I love to bake, and I was thinking for months about what to make for her. She loves carrots, and I have an awesome carrot cake recipe, so that was a no-brainer. We did her room in a “sea” theme so I thought . . . → Read More: Crafty Stuff ~ Birthday cake  We were really happy to find a house when we were looking that was move-in ready. The only things we wanted to change was the paint colour in the master bedroom and our daughter’s room, and all of the lighting upstairs. Ugly lights make me crazy! We had brought a couple of chandeliers from . . . → Read More: Crafty stuff ~ DIY custom light |
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