I wanted to share a salad dressing that I make at home that is super easy to make and is really delicious!
My latest project… My nephew’s nursery
My sister is expecting her second baby this April and I have offered to decorate the nursery in time for her new bundle of joy. I asked my sister what theme she wanted for the baby’s room and she was VERY specific…… BATMAN. Her and her husband are both big fans. So, there really aren’t any pre-made BATMAN nursery decorations…
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An Easy Gift Everyone Will Love…
Finally becoming a stay at home mom this past November was both the greatest thing I had done up to this point in my life and the most difficult. Great because I now got to spend every day with my children, but difficult because with only one household income everything from buying socks to going out to dinner and making…
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After the booze is all gone….
Let’s face it, we all like a little alcoholic beverage every once in a while. And haven’t you noticed that some of those alcoholic beverages come in the prettiest bottles? The question is what to do with them. Well, I turned mine into DIY liquor bottle soap dispenser. I don’t use the large liquor bottles though. I like to use the…
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A Taste From Home… Guava
Whenever I travel home to Puerto Rico, one of the places I definitely go to when I am there are the local bakeries. One of the items I always have to order are Pastelillos de Guayaba or Guava Pastries. I decided I really wanted to learn to make them for myself so that I didn’t have to wait for that…
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Dirty Laundry….
One of the first things I wanted to fix when we moved in was the laundry room. It was yucky! The walls were scuffed, the linoleum was torn and dirty, the baseboards were mucky, I could go on forever! So we opted to repair and clean it up a bit before anything else, since after all there was going to…
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Another Spray Paint Fix for the Master
We have a rather large master bedroom (pictures coming soon) and I need to fill up my empty walls, so I have been sifting through the Hobby Lobby clearance aisles in search of some usable pieces of art and I came across these! They measure about 12 x 12 inches and are made of resin so they aren’t heavy. They were…
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Another year, another tutu!
Well what can I say? There is nothing more fun than creating absolutely girly stuff for my daughter, especially costumes. I figured, eventually she will be telling me what she wants to be so I took a stab at making her costume this year, something that mummy would like – see what I did there? I had already bought pink fairy…
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Decorating for Halloween on a Budget
Now that we are a family of 4 and in a new home that is twice the size of our last, we have had to scale back, WAAAAAAY back on spending. But I totally love the holidays and want to enjoy them as much as I can with my little ones, so I want to be sure to do a…
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Initiating the “Pin it to me!” series…
Let’s face it….Pinterest is as popular as Facebook nowadays and I am just as addicted to it as you are, yes YOU. There are always so many inventive things on there, I just can’t keep my eyes away – it’s a sad but oh so satisfying addiction. So, I thought it would be fun to start trying some of these…
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10 Minute Halloween Wreath
I wanted to make a cute Halloween wreath for our front door, but I wanted something cute, easy, and most of all affordable…. and this is what I came up with. All I needed was the following: 1. Wreath 2. Spiders 3. Wire Mesh Ribbon 4. Something that said “Happy Halloween” 5. Glue gun I glued one end of the…
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3 Years Baby!
Today is 10.10.13 and marks our 3 year wedding anniversary! I must say it has been an eventful time together with my hubby, Nelson, ever since we met 5 years ago. We got engaged October 2009 in the small town of Mazatlan, Mexico. This was actually before our engagement…. I HAD NO IDEA! Here is the pool area where they served…
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Big Girl Room
So after moving while 9 months preggo with baby #2, giving birth to that beautiful baby boy and moving into what I like to call, “Leave it to Beaverville” I can finally start working on making our house a home. Our 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath on a full finished basement home is dying for some character, since the people who…
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TuTu Cute for Halloween!
Ever since I knew I was having a little girl, all I wanted to do was make her tutus! I think they are SO adorable and maybe, just maybe, I am living a little vicariously through her. All I know is that one day she will either thank me for always making her wear them or resent me for it…….
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A Sentimental Transformation
My grandfather is very ill, and the last time he came out to visit us from Puerto Rico, he bought my dad these outdoor chairs. It was the last thing he bought my father before he became too ill to travel back out of the island. My father’s work travels took him away from home and after a couple of…
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Fleur-de-lis
Isn’t it frustrating when you go to your local crafts/home decor store and you find something you like, but it’s the wrong finish or the wrong color, so you opt not to buy it???? Well, my friends not anymore! 2 things I am always stocked up on are primer spray cans and spray paint. DUH right!?!? Lately, I have been…
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