Decorate Creatively & Inexpensively for the Holidays with Fabric

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 I love homemade Christmas decorations, especially when they look fabulous!  Those of you who know me personally are probably chuckling to yourself about now.  Yes, it’s true that I’m not very creative.  However, I love texture and color, so there’s hope for me. I’m also a “recovering perfectionist” so crafts that involved a lot of [...]

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Minimalist or Frugalist?

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I love to read.  If I could find the time to curl up with one good book after another, sipping green tea under my ragged quilt, forever and ever, I would. Back to reality…but despite my busy life as mom to 9, I constantly strive to feed my soul and mind with good books.  You [...]

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How to Get Continuous Color with Perennials

An entire year of color in your yard?  Possible?  Why not? There’s nothing prettier than a gorgeous display of flowers embracing a yard!  You know what’s even better?  When all of that beauty comes up year after year all by itself. How can that be done? Perennials! Being the pathetic homemaker that I was many [...]

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Decorating for Winter

This was the night before Christmas this year in our family room!  There is just something magical about a Christmas tree…. Fast forward to the week after Christmas and the focal point of our family room looks pretty bare. I have 8×10 framed pictures of all the kids that I usually keep on the mantel, [...]

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How to Decorate with Plates

  It all started with a plate.   I liked the plate’s pattern and colors.  “Fruit of the Spirit” I call it.  In my last house, my walls were latte color which extended into my kitchen.  It took me months and months to find a fabric to make my curtains from.  Pulling the burgundy and [...]

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How to Organize Your Pantry

The Tribe’s disorganized pantry Making the best use of the space we have is an important part of being a homemaker. I am blessed to have a wonderful pantry in our new home, but I haven’t always had a pantry.  We have lived in homes that might be considered small for our family’s size, yet I [...]

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Making Your House a Home: Art

Art. The very word intimidates me. It makes me think of a dogmatic group of folks, gathered together in their infinite and unattainable wisdom to discuss ugly paintings, valued at millions. Today I am more comfortable with art, but not much. I realize, though, that art is so very personal. What one person likes, another [...]

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Making a House a Home: Used Furniture

We were blessed to be able to purchase some nice used furniture for our new abode. These bar stools would cost $150 new, but we paid $25 each….cool. They also match our dining room table chairs that we already had. Not only did we get some sweet deals, but the furniture matched what we already [...]

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Making a House a Home: Color

For the most part, I have minimized the effect of color in my life. I was afraid of it, I think. Afraid of making a mistake, afraid of my rooms looking weird, afraid to waste money on the wrong color paint. White was just easier. Later, I graduated to beige, but still staying very safe [...]

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Making a House a Home: What to Keep

I hate moving, really hate it. OK, no more whining about it. Good things come when we are forced to change, and one thing I appreciate about the process is purging. We are not pack rats in this family, believe me. Yet, I am declaring winners and losers with my possessions, here are a few [...]

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