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 The True meaning of Christmas I love Christmas time. I love being with family, I love decorating, and parties.  I just love all the sparkle and shine!  this year our family is doing a service advent calendar It was put together by our church and has the most amazing activities that focus on Christ and […]

Christmas with the Glitzy Pear

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Gift Giving List of 2016 Trying to find meaningful gifts is sometime a tricky venture.  I’ve put a few list together for you with links to where you can buy them.  Most of these gift I have or have purchased for my friends and family this year.  I’m totally safe in saying that because I […]

Gift giving list of 2016

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Getting your pantry organized for the holidays This is my second installment of getting organized for the holidays.  One of my favorite things to do is pantry organizing. I’m not sure why maybe its because you can go crazy with containers, or maybe its because it has to do with food (i love food)  Or […]

getting your pantry organzied for the holidays

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Have you ever wanted to know how those fancy DIY girls make paint dipped salad tongs?  No?  ok neither did I till I saw them on an Ikea hack blog,  and thought I have to make these!  I love the dipped look because it has a thicker layer of paint and looks so much more […]

How to make paint dipped salad tongs Thanksgiving Ikea hack #1

I loved the little cupcake stands.  These were made with an Ikea coaster paint and stuck to the top of a measuring cup.  you could glue them to any number of things to make them appear more special.

Modern Thanksgiving tablescapes seem a little bit counter intuitive, seeing that Thanks Giving is a holiday seeped in tradition.  You know me always wanting to be current and yet I do have a ton of vintage and family heirlooms  in my home. I guess I love looking to the future without losing the charm of […]

Modern Thanksgiving Tablescapes you can do yourself

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November is a time for being thankful.  I have so much to be thankful for, I have a wonderful family, have a super fun job and I’m in pretty good health (if I could get rid of this exhaustion LOL)  There is one more thing that I’m thankful for, friends.   In my day to […]

I’m thankful for friends. Code for free tee from Cents of Style

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Getting organized for the holidays    Getting organized for the holidays happens early around here.  With lots of boy teenagers living under my roof I feel I need to get be extra vigilant in keeping things fairly under control. Ok maybe under control isn’t the right word, (lets try ‘not) looking like a bomb went […]

Coat closet organization, Getting organized for the holidays part 2

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Hello my fabulous friends!  You are well aware of my love of crafting and designing.  I’m pretty sure I’m always creating something.  I just have to say thank you so much for loving my paper flower wall so much on Pintrest and on my blog.   I am presenting  How to make giant paper flowers […]

Do you want to make giant paper flowers at Pinners Conference?