Do you get the Lowe's Creative Ideas Magazine they send out? If not, you can subscribe here. And the best part is that it's FREE!! It always has the best decorating ideas for the holidays. Look at this cute idea for fall- {all of the pics and directions are from Lowe's website}
1. Cut 15 (2-foot) pieces of 3/4-inch-thick rope (#31166). Unravel 6 inches at each end of each piece.
2. Cut a 17-foot length of the rope, and tie on the unraveled pieces at 12-inch intervals with twine...
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I love Christmas and I love giving gifts. The problem is not having enough money to buy those gifts with. So this year my friends and loved ones will be getting homemade gifts from the heart....and my kitchen! And if you didn't know- Christmas is only 164 days away!!! So you may want to get on the ball with your Christmas List...
First off I think I'm going to make some homemade vanilla extract.
Chickens in the Road has a great tutorial for making this.
And for my friends and family...
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Happy 4th of July... I hope everyone had a great day... I know I did. We had friends and family over for a cookout. I absolutely love getting together with family. When we get together its always a lot of fun. We eat way too much, laugh too loud and have a blast!! Here are a few pics of our 4th of July!!!
I started out by making tie dye cupcakes. Click HERE for a great tutorial at Skip to my Lou.
I frosted mine with a cool whip/white chocolate pudding mix instead of frost...
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Easter was a few weeks ago but I just had to post these very cute pics. My sister-in-law brought some bubbles to our mother-in-law's house for the younger kids but after a while everyone was joining in.
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Don't you love small town parades? The local high school bands, brightly decorated floats and the pièce de résistance..No not Santa, my son Tré marching with the Air Force JROTC. This is his first year in ROTC and so far he’s doing great! His older brother Chase was in it all four years of high school and now Tré is following in his footsteps. Looking good baby!!!
Tre' and Grandma after the parade
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Oh my gosh!! Can you believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow? I love Thanksgiving; it's the cooking and prep work that I don't particularly enjoy. Well, let me take that back...I love the cooking but detest the clean-up. Calgon, take me away!!!
After working all day, I am now busy making a Pumpkin Gooey à la Paula Deen, sweet potato casserole and a honey glazed ham!! In the immortal words of Rachael Ray, "YUMMO".
I have to work on Thanksgiving...cue the violins...but hopefully I will b...
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Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? Halloween was just a few weeks ago and there are only 37 days left until Christmas!!! I love Fall, it's my favorite season but it seems like it comes and goes so quickly. As soon as we start carving pumpkins and hanging cob webs it's time to turn that pumpkin into a pie and stuff a turkey. And then there's Black Friday, oh Black Friday how do I love thee?...Let me count the ways... I love thee to the depth and breadth and height...ok girl snap out of...
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