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Painting Strawberry Rocks for the Garden
Joy and I spent a couple of hours last weekend painting strawberry rocks for the garden! Let me back up just a bit. Every year you garden, it’s another chance to try new techniques. Maybe our produce was decimated last summer. Maybe a dingus named Steph never got around to putting a simple gate on…
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Henry County Schools Clear Bag Policy for the win!
We’re at the Fairview Performing Arts Center this morning to watch the countywide 6th grade Honor Band concert, and you know we’re rocking that Henry County Schools clear bag policy!
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Cute French Toast Food Illustration
I’m not sure they understand how French toast really works. But it sure makes for a cute food illustration! I started a fresh YouTube channel yesterday, and I made you a present: Digitial Painting Process – Cute French Toast Food Illustration Don’t forget to click on over to YouTube and subscribe to that channel so…
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Painting Tutorial: How to Paint Faux Bois Wood Grain Texture
Is it weird that I wanted to get a new iPhone tripod so I could show you guys painting process videos? I thought it’d be neat to make a painting tutorial – so I started with showing how easy it is to paint a wood grain texture. That’s “faux bois” if you’re fancy. I’m fancy.…
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How to Stop Your Laptop Cursor from Jumping Around
I’ve been on my desktop computer for almost two years now, and my local Effingham county tech support guy Dylan Riggs really helps keep it running smoothly! Not like the *cough cough* Dell travesty we went through before he built this machine for us. But every now and then, there’s still the need for the…
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How to Start a Blog Editorial Calendar
By the end of this year, my blog will be thirteen years old… and this teenager is finally starting to grow up. With the start of 2015, I’ve finally taken care of a few things that have been on my blogging to-do list for ages: I switched up my permalinks to ditch the dates. It’s…
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How to Clean a Laptop Touchpad
Phil started using ABCmouse.com this week, which he was super excited about. They advertise on all the kids tv channels, so we’ve been hearing about how he needs to use ABCmouse.com to learn about reading for months. I’m not kidding. Months. So when we got our account set up, I saw they had an Android…
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How to Make Fox Ears and a Fox Tail
Have you ever wanted to know how to make fox ears and a fox tail? I’ve got a fun, easy and free form craft for ya! This year was Phil’s first year in the Christmas program at Living Faith Church, and all the kids without speaking lines were different animals. He got a fox, and…
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Make Your Own Watercolors
Huge thanks to Robert Mahar for introducing me to the idea of homemade watercolor paints… Like… Months ago. I saw him post a tutorial on Instagram ages ago, and I was like WHAAAAAT! I never got a chance to try it, and then I kind of forgot about it. This week, I’m working on a…
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Cleaning the Shower with Vinegar
Anyone with more than one kid will tell you… That second kid totally wreaks havoc on any and all routines you had in place before she got there. I’ll be honest. My house used to be lots cleaner. I’m still keeping us in clean underwear and breakfast dishes, but I’m lucky if I have a…
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Adventures in Baby Sleep Training – A Chronicled Adventure in ZZZs
Our newborn daughter, as cute as she is, has a major issue with sleeping at night… Which means we have a major issue with sleeping at night. So we’ve started down the path of baby sleep training in hopes we can all start getting a semi decent night of sleep sometime soon! (Preferably by the…
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Quick Christmas Ornament Craft – Snowflake Globe
Phil really wants me to be off of work right now – so my goal is to describe this super quick Christmas ornament craft in less than 10 minutes! Last weekend was the Christmas party for the women’s group at church. Part of the fun, along with taking the bus to Statesboro for lunch at…
