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Hey, hey, hey! Happy Friday! We’re having sandwiches for dinner tonight and I’m here for it. A nice and easy dinner after a second week in the row of crazy busyness! I’m so curious, what’s your go-to easy dinner meal? I need ideas! I’m sooooo looking forward to slower weeks ahead, well before the holidays…

Walmart Ghost Garland

Let’s make a Ghost Garland with these adorable little ghosts from Walmart! These adorable little ghosts were $1.00 each at Walmart and I instantly fell in love with them! I grabbed some pretty pink bows from the craft section, some garland/trim, my handy-dandy hot glue gun and started to make the cutest not-too-spooky Halloween garland…

Weekend Favorites

Welp, how busy is everyone else out there? Because I feel like the week flew by and that I’ve been living in and out my car all day, everyday. This is also my first blog post of the week and I barely had time to get in any reading. I plan to play catch up…

Weekend Favorites

Happy weekend, friends! We’ve been enjoying this beautiful and warm Michigan September. The kids have been swimming in the lake every night this week and Jon’s been out water skiing in the evenings. The kids had friends over on Sunday for a lake day and the weather did not disappoint. As for my blogging favorites,…

DIY Shabby Chic Witch Hats

Let’s make some shabby chic witch hats! When thinking about decorating Jane’s bedroom for Halloween, I was thinking I wanted to keep things fun and not too spooky. I recently added pink bead board and some floral wallpaper to her room and it’s very cottage core. So, I decided to attempt to make something to…