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  • Painting Strawberry Rocks for the Garden

    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…

  • 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!

  • Painting Tutorial: How to Paint Faux Bois Wood Grain Texture

    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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • My Top Five Tips for Networking Events

    I had the opportunity to speak at the Fitbloggin conference last weekend; I had a blast dropping Pinterest and branding knowledge on the fitness and wellness blogging community! The first night of the conference was an ice-breaking welcome mixer. I was super jazzed to get out of the house for a few hours to schmooze…

  • 3 Tips for Easy Cleaning

    Today’s guest post comes from Madoline Hatter, who’s got some great tips for easy cleaning. Enjoy! (Wanna get in on the guest blogging game? Check out our guest blog posts guidelines and submit something already!) When you are running ragged with a thousand things to do the last thing you want to do is clean house. However,…

  • Likes on Instagram: How to Get More Fast & Easy

    Every now and then, I discover something in social media like how to get more likes on Instagram… and I don’t just figure it out, but this little light bulb goes off over my head and my brain goes “OHHHHHHHHHHHH”, and I wonder why I haven’t been doing it this way all along. Ready to…

  • How To Get an Avatar

    Have you ever left a blog comment that pulled up a weird random picture next to your name and wondered how to get your own avatar? It’s so easy, and it takes like 3 seconds! Here’s what I’m talking about – take a look at the comments that were left on my fairly popular post…

  • Try This Homemade Dry Shampoo Recipe!

    I’ve always been a little skeptical, but I successfully tried a homemade dry shampoo recipe this week. I told you about how I got an awesome massage when I was at Burke Williams Day Spa this week, right? Right. I don’t know about you, but when I get a massage, I get a massage. They…

  • How to Create a Strong Password

    Do you know how to create a strong password? Show of hands, who here has had experience getting hacked online? And who knows someone else that’s been hacked? And who’s seen stuff on Pinterest about how your friend supposedly lost all this weight with that AMAZING weight loss product, with an image that doesn’t even…

  • Tutorial: Command Hook Curtains for Oddly Sized Windows

    Last September, when Phil came home from the hospital and we were nursing, we’d spend a lot of time on the couch opposite our front door. Feedings in the early evening were kind of irritating, because the sun was juuuuust low enough to laser blast you right in the eyes through these slim little windows…

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