FIVE FABULOUS PERENNIALS YOU CAN’T KILL

Perennials Can't Kill

I am a very beginner gardener which for most of my life means that I enjoyed picking the fruits and vegetables from my Grandmas garden and eating them.  I always appreciated the end results but thought it took too much time as I watched everyone slave over these plants.  The weeding, dead heading, pruning, and…

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Cute Birdhouse Town – DIY

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There is nothing I love better than spending time with my boys and creating a little something fun for the holidays. To start with, I must say that I had a completely different picture in my head of how this project would go, but couldn’t be any happier with the way it turned out.  For a while my…

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5 Crochet Projects On My To-Do List & Yarn Giveaway

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5 Crochet Projects On My To-Do List: I have been working on a few crochet projects and in searching pinterest for a few techniques or patterns I have come up with a whole list of fun projects I wanted to make.  I figured it would be fun to share (and I would love to see…

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Loving My Ami Gami #MyAmiGami

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Em and I recently had the opportunity to try out a great new project – AmiGami! As a person who gets confused by origami, I wondered if this would be above my  comfort (brain) level. Luckily my 7 yr old had it covered! It took her about 2 min to open everything and spread it…

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Cute and Easy Valentine’s Frame Art

Cute Valentine's Day Decoration

I’ve had this gorgeous hot pink picture frame that I bought a long time ago and have always wanted to use it, but in a house full of boys I just couldn’t find the right place until now. This year for my Valentines decorations I wanted all pink and red. So I pulled out pinky,…

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Grand Opening of Cafe Rio

Cafe Rio Grand Opening in Henrico, VA

We feel lucky and grateful to have so many wonderful readers from all across the country! That being said, when something as awesome as Cafe Rio comes to a specific area, we want to take some time to let our readers in that place know all about it. Thus, it is with insane amounts of…

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XO Valentines Craft

Cute XO Valentine's Decor Tutorial on Little Light Design Collective.

In our house we are all about love, especially hugs and kisses.  I thought it would only be fitting to make this cute XO Valentine’s craft to incorporate in this years Valentines.  I love using texture and mixing patterns and must say I am thrilled with the way this project turned out! For this project…

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DIY Homework Binders

DIY Homework Binders to get your kids away from the screen and enjoying learning.

Hello, my name is Amanda and I am a Pinterest Addict and my children have become screen addicts! ARGH! Don’t get me wrong I completely understand that our world is growing ever more technology focused and I am so happy that my children are tech savvy, but I find it so annoying that all they…

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Easy Valentine's Chalkboard Art

Easy Valentine's Chalkboard Art

I love and I mean LOVE this time of year! I love…love.  It makes me so excited to have a time of year set aside for love and admiration.  It brings such joy to my heart.  That and to be honest, I think it’s because I get to use a lot of pink décor in a…

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Easy Chalk Heart Art

Cute Chalk Heart Art Tutorial on Little Light Design Collective

Creating doesn’t have to be expensive. For this project, I was determined not to spend a penny. Sometimes all you need is just a few supplies that you might find lying around. A simple frame+muslin+chalk= Easy Chalk Heart Art! Items needed: a frame, muslin and chalk. I took a frame that I had lying around…

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Easy and Cute DIY Chalkboard

Easy and cute DIY chalkboard and easel from Little Light Design Collective

  Even with being the less than creative person I am, I have been pulled to chalkboard paint like a magnet.  I mean whoever decided to make chalkboard paint is completely genius and  I bow down to their creativeness.  When DecoArts offered to send me some clear chalkboard coating, I was over the moon happy…

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Easy New Year's Gallery Wall

Simple and cute New Year's gallery wall tutorial

After my last Christmas post and making almost all my decorations, I decided to keep it simple this time. This easy New Year”s gallery wall is a quick and fast way to jazz up and bling out your place to ring in the New Year! Welcome 2015!!! Here’s how I did it. I gathered some…

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Introducting Threadz Factory PLUS a Giveaway

Threadz Factory on Etsy has adorable aprons for girls, boys, and women. The baby blankets are to die for as well!

Hi everyone!  I am so happy to be here! I can’t thank you enough for letting me share with you my thoughts, ideas, and crafting posts. I hope you have been enjoying them and using some ideas in your own home! I have exciting news and I just wanted to share it with you.  I…

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Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree – Part 2

Beautiful earthy outdoor themed Christmas tree with multiple tutorials - Little Light Design Collective

Here are more tutorials to help you complete your Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree!  See Part 1 for other tutorials. Step 5: Adding the eye candy.  I like to save all my bigger pieces to add at the end.  That way I can fill in the gaps and layer accordingly. Have you ever come across something…

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Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree – Part 1

Beautiful earthy outdoor themed Christmas tree with multiple tutorials - Little Light Design Collective

Here’s a little fact about me…right now we are in between houses.  Wait what?  Yes, we sold our house and haven’t found the right one yet so we are currently living with my ever so gracious father-in-law.  Everything we have is in storage for the time being so this year I wanted to come up…

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