Upcycle and Recycle Your Easter

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Spring has taken forever to arrive this year. Thankfully Easter is just around the corner! Hooray!!! It’s possible that Easter just might be my new favourite Holiday. Step aside skulls and pumpkins and frosty window pains, and make way for flowers and eggs and pastels!!! As I touched on in my earlier post, I’m not…

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Recipes for Leftover Easter Ham

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Easter is just around the corner, and at our house that means serving up a big ham for Easter dinner.  One of the best things about Easter ham is the amount of leftover meat I have. I usually cut it into cubes and store 2 cup portions in baggies to use in meals the rest of…

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Cover Reveal: Diamond Rings are Deadly Things

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TITLE: Diamond Rings are Deadly Things Author: Rachelle J. Christensen Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing Page Count: 352 (5.5 x 8 softcover) Release date: July 8th 2014 DIAMOND RINGS ARE DEADLY THINGS (Shadow Mountain Publishing) is a new romantic suspense series.  Adrielle Pyper knows how to plan a wedding, and she is especially good at pleasing bridezillas….

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High Point Market 2014

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I didn’t get to immerse myself in the High Point Market this year, like I did last fall. I was in town for one day and one day only, and believe me when I say I was a girl on a mission! After landing in Charlotte, NC from my twice-delayed red-eye at 7:30am, I was…

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Deviations

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Deviations is a thrilling adventure that you’re going to want to be apart of. It starts off at a fast pace, and keeps you running until the final sentence. The young leading characters are completely engaging and identifiable. The protagonist is relatable and endearing as she struggles to fight her way through the new reality she must…

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Meet MercoBox

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The box trend. Has anyone else noticed it? All of the sudden, all sorts of businesses are popping up that offer a monthly subscription to some sort of product that they will send right to your door, boxed up beautifully. Most of these businesses aim to get you a sampling of a certain type of…

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How To Wear Harem Pants (and rock it)

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Its not very often that something is super comfortable and super trendy.  As a busy mom of 3, I feel like the harem pant trend may seem a little out there, but I am rallying the troups to embrace this trend.  You can wear pants that feel like sweat pants – even more comfortable than…

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He Is Risen CD by Mormon Tabernacle Choir

He Is Risen

I have to say that in all honesty I have never listened to a Mormon Tabernacle Choir CD in my van. That is where I do most of my music listening these days. We are more Veggies Tales and Katy Perry when the kids and I are on the go, but as soon as I…

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Cinnamon Burst Sweet Bread

Cinnamon Burst Bread

If you would have told me a year ago that I was going to make up my own bread recipe and have it turn out fantastic, I would have given you a furrowed brow look and said you must be mistaken. You see, I grew up in a home where mom did all the cooking and baking…

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Fortune Cookie by Josi Kilpack

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Book Title: Fortune Cookie Author: Josi Kilpack Series: Culinary Mystery Publisher: Shadow Mountain Release Date: April 1, 2014 ISBN-10: 1609077873 Fortune Cookie Sadie Hoffmiller has always liked things to be just so. A place for everything and everything in its place. Order over chaos. And of all things Sadie should be able to control, her own…

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What I Learned About Art From My Kids

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I am ‘blessed’ with 3 wonderfully creative kids! The term ‘creative’ is actually a code word for very busy and messy, haha! But I actually do see it as a joy and a blessing because I grew up with a passion and a love for the arts and I love how their strange little minds…

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TIPS FOR AN ECO FRIENDLY HOME #DESMARTHOME

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There are few things in life that are truly a win win.  In celebration of earth day and spring being here, we have come up with a few ideas to inspire a more eco-friendly home as well as save you some money.  A true win – win! We asked friends what they do to save…

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Colorful Easter Egg Cakes

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I LOVE spring!  I would be happy if it were spring all year long.  I get to celebrate my birthday on the first day of spring.  The weather is FINALLY starting to warm up (I absolutely despise being cold!), daffodils are popping up everywhere, trees are budding, and pastels are back!  Then, of course, there’s…

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