Ruffled 4th of July wreath made using a pool noodle and felt

I love ruffly felt wreaths.  Remember the ones I made for St. Patrick's day and Easter?    When I saw this adorable 4th of July wreath from the Capital B I wanted to make one for my house too! The best thing is that the wreath only cost me $6!

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St. Patrick's Day Mantle {Rainbow Garland}

Do you decorate for St. Patrick's day?  I don't do very much but the Mantle needed something after Valentine's day was over.

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Ruffled St. Patricks Day Top {Freezer paper stencil}

I'm excited to show you how I made a little ruffled St. Patrick's day shirt!  The ruffled shirt is so easy and fun!  It even has that wonderful "spin out" effect when you twirl!

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Felt and Yarn Heart Wreath {Valentine's Day}

I'm still decorating for Valentine's Day.  You know that holiday a few short days away?  Yup that one!  My little gal and I are having a little party for her preschool friends so she's been helping me make the house extra festive.  Today we made a couple yarn wreaths.

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Pink and Silver Valentine's Mantle {Heart Glitter Garland}

Only a few weeks until Valentine's Day!  Valentine's is one of my favorite holiday to decorate for.  Love any chance to use some pink and glitter!

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3-D Book page Heart Mobile {Valentine's Day}

I've been working on cleaning out my sewing/craft room the past few weeks.  My biggest problem is that as soon as I get stuff cleaned up a little I find something that others would classify as trash and have to turn it into something fun!  Today I'm going to show you how I made a heart mobile out of an old lampshade and a thrifted book.

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Christmas Tree {ruffled garland tutorial}

I'm getting so excited for Christmas especially as I get more of the work done! I feel like it's hard to be the Mom and still enjoy the holidays. It's hard to get all the decorating and shopping finished plus orchestrate all the traditions and still feel fun and relaxed.

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Simple Wood Christmas ornaments {Christmas tutorial}

I have this problem every Christmas. I pull out ALL the Christmas boxes with the intention of just setting it all up and then after I get it all unpacked I decide I hate it all and want to make new stuff. Last year it was a bunch of Salt dough ornaments.  This year it's wood. So here is a simple tutorial so you can make your own.

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Christmas Mantle

I have an explosion of Christmas at my house. Every year I get the boxes out of the basement and think I can keep things organized while we decorate. About 5 minutes later my kids have "helped" find all the ornaments and there is stuff EVERYWHERE!!

Fun times. So today I'm showing you the one clean, decorated part of the house. The mantle. The only place my mirror and mantle would fit in our new house was the stairway. Kind of an odd place for a mantle but sometimes you take what you can get!

Have you started decorating for Christmas yet?

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Turkey Mantle {Thanksgiving}

Are you ready for Thanksgiving?   I can hardly wait for the potatoes, they are my favorite.

My kids helped me give the mantle a little Thanksgiving spruce up.  The kids made all of the Turkey crafts.  Ellie helped make the handprint garland and gobble art (I did the letters on the silhouette).  We built the mantle and the mirror earlier this year and still love them.  Love how cheerful and colorful it turned out!

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Three Easy Turkey Crafts {Thanksgiving}

Every year I do a couple little turkey crafts with my kids. My older boys still participate. Though their turkeys each have at least 10 eyes and look more like aliens then turkeys.

This year we made a handprint turkey, pinecone turkey and yarn ball turkey. All pretty easy and took less than 10 minutes each. I used a hot glue gun to glue them together and my older kids helped my little ones. If you wanted a bunch of kids to do these you would want to use elmers or some other kid safe glue that would be safe and not get anyone burned!

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