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My Favorite August Posts

1. Placemat Clutch

This is one of the most popular posts of mine and I gotta say, I just love the clutch. It’s a touch of sass and a little bit of class!

2. Magazine Files used as Shelves

I’ve already gotten lots of compliments on these shelves [...]

Thursday Leftovers: Wash Shoes in Dishwasher

SAVE TIME. SAVE MONEY.

A load of shoes I got at multiple garage sales plus some toys thrown in too

Sneakers. Tennis shoes. Kicks. No matter what term you use, we’re all familiar with shoes and the fact they wear easily and are impossible to keep clean, especially if little boys [...]

After all the work we’ve done in our closet by installing shelving and maximizing our closet space with pegs, I was wondering if there was any more space I could use to organize our clothes and accessories. The only space left untouched was an area towards that ceiling that juts out.

I had run [...]

New Laundry Mat

What I have for you today may not seem that exciting, but it was for us. As we were looking for a new area rug for our wooden floors, we happened to come across this laundry mat in Lowe’s.

We snatched it right up because our previous one would often get caught under the [...]

Chalk Party Decorations

One easy way to decorate for any party and welcome guests into your home is to use sidewalk chalk. Simply draw and write words that go with your party theme on the driveway and walkways. It’s easy, cheap, and fun to do!

My oldest son, Rylan, had a blast creating monsters on our driveway. [...]

Thursday Leftovers: Placemat Clutch Tutorial

SAVE MONEY. CREATE.

Have trouble walking away from a cute purse even though you have a mountain of purses crammed into your closet? Next to shoes, I would have to say purses are commonly a woman’s next addiction.

If you saw my post on shoe organization, you know I [...]

Monster Birthday Wrapping

Very last minute, literally one minute before we brought up Owen’s birthday presents, I thought up the idea to make one of his presents look like a monster. I wish I would’ve thought of it earlier because I would have made all of them look like monsters!

Tuesday Tip: Freeze Fruit for Summer Snack

SAVE MONEY.

Have trouble getting your kids to eat fruit? I would guess that most of you don’t, but if you have kids like mine, they go through periods of not liking certain fruits. For instance, both of my boys have gone through periods of not liking grapes. However, if I just pop them [...]

Baby Girl Dress made from Alteration Scraps

DIY. SAVE MONEY.

Last month I had the honor of being a bridesmaid in my good friend Izzy’s wedding. There was a bit of a hiccup when the bridesmaid dresses came in because they all were super long which meant alterations were in order. I had the seamstress save the scraps from my dress [...]

Monster Birthday Party Games & Activities

We recently had a monster birthday party for my son, Owen, who turned two. All of the kids attending the party are preschool age children and younger so I tried to come up with a few activities I thought that age of kids would enjoy.

The three activities I decided on were decorating sugar [...]