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By Brianna, on January 18th, 2012 
As creative as I like to pretend to be, I have a very analytical side. I would love to say I waltz into a paint store and pick out the perfect color every time. However, that would be a BIG lie. After many failed paint jobs my husband and I have worked out a process to select paint colors for our rooms. Husband? What?
Patrick assisting with swatch selection.
Yes, I am cursed blessed with a husband that has real, valid, opinions as to our home decor. Patrick, may not blog about crafts and decor but he sure as
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By Brianna, on January 11th, 2012 
Since it appears I am going to be incapacitated for a bit, I am rethinking my home goals for 2012. I want to give myself enough to be motivated but not so much that it is overwhelming. First though let us take a quick look at the layout of our bungalow:
Our floor plan created at floorplanner,com
Goal #1 Finish painting the “private” side of the house.
Currently the the public side considered the living, dining & kitchen areas. They all flow from one to another (most of the doorways are either open or left open french doors) and
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By Brianna, on January 9th, 2012 So this is where there is supposed to be an amazing post with some amazing/inspiring/creative shiznit….
Have I mentioned I’m somewhere over 32 weeks pregnant?
I so want to whine, but I’m going to save that for my husband. I just felt like utter crap this weekend (whine) and only managed to accomplish some more organization (whine). Really we are down to cleaning out a pile in the office and doing a little upkeep in the bathroom closet and pantry.
Well… If we are being entirely honest then we won’t discuss the basement, because that isn’t getting tackled until the
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By Brianna, on January 5th, 2012 
During my organization frenzy of 2012 I am pretty excited to tackle the spice mess in my pantry. I created a mounted spice rack using old baby food jars. Want to learn how? See the following tutorial on creating your own spice rack. Bonus organization: I not only cleaned up the spices but I used these random jars I refused to throw away.
Necessary Materials
Jars with lids (Labels removed… If you want it to be aesthetically pleasing)
Wooden board or Shelf
Wood Screws
Drill
Step 1 Painting the Lids (Not shown because spray paint comes with directions)
Depending on
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By Brianna, on December 21st, 2011 
We need help coming up with a crafty project to take care of this:
We need help with crafts, not alcohol. :)
We have amassed quite the collection of beer caps with a fair number of wine corks thrown in for good measure. Now before you judge our alcohol consumption please note that these have been collected over a large period of time. Still judging our alcohol consumption? Fair enough.
Anyway, we just toss these bottle caps in a bag BECAUSE I keep thinking I am going to come up with some awesome crafty project for them. Well folks I will
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By Brianna, on December 16th, 2011 
I’ve been in a Christmas whirl, viewing all the amazing decor about the blogosphere. However, it is always and forever the craft tutorials that grab my heart. I love to both write and read them, but here are my top 5 choices for ornament tutorials. These crafty peeps blow my tutorials out of the water! I can’t wait to try some of these; both this and next year!
In no particular order:
1. My Desert Cottage: Paper, glue, and pipe cleaners never looked so good.
Image courtesy of My Desert Cottage.
2. View Along the Way: Glittery Snowball Ornaments
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By Brianna, on December 14th, 2011 
My Christmas tree coordinates with the adjoining Snowy Woodland Mantel. However, I had to add a little more shimmer as you can see here.
Perhaps you have noted the diminutive size of this particular tree. Make no mistake, we carefully selected our special tree. We might have been the ONLY people out looking for our own perfect “tiny” tree. Certainly Lowe’s or Home Depot has expanded their tree selection to include some live tabletops in the last few years, but if you really want that elusive size above table-top but below 6 feet you are going to have to seek out a
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By Brianna, on December 12th, 2011 
In 2010 we insanely agreed to be part of a charity tour of homes. If we never have to do that level of decorating again it will be to soon. Instead I kept my decorations simple and my tour more virtual by joining the The Inspired Room & The Nesting Place Christmas Tour of Homes in 2011. Hope you Enjoy!
Welcome to our humble abode bungalow. Right now we are a family of three, though Willis 2.0 will make us a family of four early in 2012. That should put any questions to rest about whether my belly is a baby bump
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By Brianna, on December 12th, 2011 
I tried a variety of techniques to make crystal ornaments and accents for my Christmas tree. I wanted a naturalistic looking crystal without a lot of cost or time. Follow this simple recipe to make these beautiful borax crystal ornaments overnight.
Crystal ornaments made with borax in less than 24 hours.
Supplies
(TBSP or 1/4 cup measure not shown)
Borax (Found with the laundry detergent) Large glass jar, or steal borrow your husband’s pint glass Straw, dowel, piece of wire, bamboo skewer basically something to attach across the top of the glass Paper coated florist wire (or
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By Brianna, on December 7th, 2011 
Despite the cloudy, rainy mess our December is turning out to be, I was more in the mood for snow. Perhaps I needed the peace of snow falling in the woods after my shiny dining room and busy Christmas schedule. To be sure, I kept the sparkle to touches of shimmer. Let us take a look at the snowy woodland inspired mantel.
I know you should never lead with an apology, but excuse these photos. It seems we will never have another sunny day in which I can photograph my decor.
To create the upholstered/snow draped mantel
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