What do you get when you add a mirror to the back of a wine cork wreath? A wine cork wreath mirror?? Not sure there is any better name to call this upcycle, but that is what I ended up with when I decided to update one of my mom’s favorite door hanging decorations. She just loved this cork…
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Summertime… and the livin’ is eeeeaaasssyyyahhh!! I remember my mother singing that song when I was a kid and rolling my eyes. One, because she was an adult letting loose (not permitted) and two, because she was my mother. Both good reasons for a teenage girl to want to run and hide because she was embarrassing me…not that anyone else…
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Did you ever notice how many birthdays there are in July? According to babycenter.com, July is the 4th most popular month for birthdays in recent times (in the U.S.) with September, August and June being the front runners. That’s a lot of summertime birthdays with a lot of potential gift giving, gift wrapping and perhaps even scrounging around for gift…
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I took a few days off from work, to try and get some stuff done around the house, and as I mentioned the other day, to take our annual trip to the dunes. The trip went off as planned, no surprises. We had a wonderful time and the water was positively perfect! This year, I psyched myself up for the…
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It’s that time of year again, when our family heads to the coast of Lake Michigan, the Warren Dunes to be exact, for a day of fun in the sun (and lots of sand) at the beach. When I talked about 5 tips for choosing a vacation home at a camping resort, I left out one tip (albeit a very…
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