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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The Best Holiday Music Mix

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Here are the songs I love to listen to each year.  I like a good mix of classic and new.  I think that an AWESOME mix CD of holiday music would be a great teacher gift.  If I were more organized I would print off a cute CD label or card to go along with…

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Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree – Part 2

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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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10 Gifts Your Teen Wants for Christmas

10 gifts your teen wants for Christmas

As a mother of a tween and someone who teaches and works with teens, I know they can be tricky to buy gifts for.  However, you don’t have to spend hours walking the mall only to leave with a lame graphic tee they will wear once.  I have 10 fantastic gift ideas your teen wants…

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Holiday Gift Guide for Children 2014

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Christmas is just around the corner and I personally think Christmas is best experienced with a child.  They are old enough to enjoy the festivities but young enough that Christmas is still so magical and exciting.  If you are shopping for the perfect gift for the child in your life, we have 10 awesome ideas…

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Festive Thankful Tree – Thanksgiving Activity

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It’s that time of year again…you know what I am talking about.  The time of year when everything seems to pick up pace tenfold and before you know it, the holidays are here in the blink of an eye…literally! This time of year is so much fun getting everything ready for the big day.  I…

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Day of the Dead Spicy Popcorn Recipe

Day of the Dead Spicy Popcorn

Hello, my name is Amanda and I’m a Pinterest Addict. Also I have come to realize that I am addicted to something else… Day of the Dead! It’s so much fun! Back story… when I was in university I started out studying Archaeology.  It’s my passion and I longed to be the next (female version) Indiana…

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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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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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Presidents Day Inspired Home Office

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Happy Presidents day! I don’t know about you, but I love a 3 day weekend! And who do we have to thank for one extra day of recreation but our very own founding father, George Washington! Yep- Presidents day actually originated from commemorating the birth of our first President (OK, I know not all of…

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