Doors don’t have to be decorated with wreaths, and fridges and staircases don’t have to be left bare. I’m a real Christmas freak so when the time come around, I like to pull out all the stops to decorate the entire house; inside and out. I’ve collected some of my absolute favorite festive home decorations so that not only will be people amazed when they walk in your house, but their jaws will drop even when they’re just passing by the
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Posting some paper mache paste recipes and paper mache projects has been on my to-do list for a couple of months, so I reached out to all of the fans on the Family Crafts Facebook page a few weeks ago. I asked for some ideas for what sort of creations I should make, and I was not disappointed by all of the suggestions I received.
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Papier Mâché, french for “chewed paper,” is an inexpensive, fun way for kids to create sculptures. This safe, easy-to-make paper mache recipe for kids uses just a few basic kitchen supplies and whips up in less than 2 minutes. Ripping paper provides sensory stimulation for kids as well as the cool, goopy textures of paper mache glue.
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Add some humor to your kitchen or bathroom, or give a unique gift to a jar-loving friend! Handmade from a melted mason jar in a basement kiln, this Melted Mason Jar Spoon Rest makes the most adorable spoon rest, soap dish or desk dish.
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Blackheads — the little bastards that never seem to go away, no matter how many pore strips I apply, no matter how obsessively I exfoliate my skin. It seems they've found a permanent home (my nose) and are refusing to vacate the premises. Well, sorry guys, but it's time to get the hell outta here and leave me and my noggin in peace.
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I love making my own dishwasher tablets because it saves me a ton of money, smells divine, and gives me a sense of accomplishment and control over my choices. Not to mention that a mason jar of these hanging out on the counter just looks pretty! They leave your dishes clean ( I use them in a combination with vinegar as my rinse aid in the dispenser) and smell so fresh and bright.
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It’s very simple. Every time you get a $5 bill, you save it! At the end of the year, you buy yourself something!
I saw this idea on Pinterest last year, and decided to try it…it was so fun!
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Every time you get a $5 bill, you save it. I kept mine in a clip for a long time, until I finally found a shadow box at a thrift store! Then I stored it in the shadow box, simply up on my wall. I used a dry-erase marker to change the amount every time I added a $5.
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Want to add a little glow to your next celebration? Include a bit of magic with these awesome glow-in-the-dark party ideas. Toast your guests with glowing beverages in glowing cups, and then eat glowing cake, cupcakes, Jello and cotton candy...by the light of a glow stick chandelier! Use glow bracelets for tic-tac-toe, ring toss, hop scotch or bowling and make a way cool glowing chain decoration with glow necklaces. The shine continues with glowing ice paint or glowing bubble paint, glowing play dough, - See more at: http://spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com/blog/2014/09/boyish-charm/20-glow-in-the-dark-party-ideas#sthash.6JHDSKPn.dpuf
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You can plan almost every featured design and necessity of home furniture out of recycled pallets. You can make very new and modern models out of dump scrap and discarded material of your home. This leftover material of your home can provide you many useful and pleasurable ornaments and trinkets. But to do all this magic you should be aware of modern recycling ideas,
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Hi peoples! If you’re like me you totally are in the holiday mood! I LOVE decorating for this time of year and just gawk at all the pictures on pinterest as I scroll and scroll. Here I have collected my favorite looks for a “Winter Wonderland” theme. To me that means lots of white accents and a clean and simple overall design. So get cozy and I hope you enjoy!
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the natural way! Hard to believe that a lemon can be so powerful. Not only that, but you don’t have to deal with that harsh chemical smell, only the scent of fresh lemons! This method is a heck of a lot cheaper, too! Simply cut a lemon in half,
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Make your own eye-catching signs and wall hangings with this push pin wall art tutorial from Metal & Mud!
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Truth be told, very few members of Team MDC are blessed with the crafting gene. For most of us, our biggest crafting projects consist of adding glitter to something – anything, really. However, nail art is an area where we excel (please excuse the not-so-humble brag). So we decided to try our hand at a few crafts that fit right in our wheelhouse: Nail polish crafts.
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Here at TBD, decorating on a budget is what we do, and you can’t ask for more in “budget” ideas than a dollar! We love the idea of dollar store decorating, but we were skeptical. There is a lot of stuff out there that just seems a little too cutesy for our taste… and the idea of budget decorating isn’t to look “cheap”…
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21 Ways To Make Your Broken & Boring Jewelry Sparkle Again
Don’t get forced into wearing the one-earring trend because you lost the other one. here
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Do you exfoliate your skin?
I never used to.
But after experiencing windchills of -35 for most of February, my skin was in rough shape, and even though I recently purchased the most spectacular set of makeup brushes I’ve ever owned in my entire life, my makeup looked cakey and drew attention to my wrinkles, blemishes, and dry spots.
It wasn’t pretty.
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On the last trip to the grocery store, I stopped by the kids art supply section and stumbled across this pink glitter glue (they had green too.) I grabbed a bottle of each, since I just happen to know a sweet little girl who would love to make something fun with glitter glue... (And of course, mama had something very fun planned for the glue.)
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Of all the wonderful Ikea hacks we’ve gathered throughout the years, some of them made their way into our favorites list. All the Ikea kitchen island designs we showed you definitely inspired lots of DIYers. And let’s not forget about the drop leaf dining table designs that turned out to be great space savers or all the ingenious ways in which you can hack Ikea spice racks.Some of those and several others have been included here.
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While performing an advanced, therapeutic back massage requires plenty of professional training, you can still give someone a relaxing, tissue stimulating massage even without training. By learning some of the basic massage techniques and how to apply them, you can begin giving quality massages at home. One of the most important parts to note is that without professional training, you should apply only light pressure with all of your techniques.
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41 Amazing Free People-Inspired DIYs
Let’s be real, the boho style doesn’t come cheap.
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