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Girls Night Harvest Party Ideas

Girls Night Harvest Party Ideas

Girls Night Harvest Party Ideas

Let’s talk harvest party ideas! I LOVE sweater weather. Cozy up with a mug of hot cocoa with your blanket and boots weather. Makes me want to gather up a great book and not move for a week kind of weather. But since I have kids, husband, and a job. That’s a fantasy! A really great option is to cozy up with friends for the best Girls Night ever!

The Girls Night…

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2018 Ornament Exchange: Handmade Ornament Tutorials

2018 Ornament Exchange: Handmade Ornament Tutorials

2018 Ornament Exchange: Handmade Ornament Tutorials

Welcome to the 2018 Ornament Exchange Link Party, this is my first year participating but it won’t be my last! This link party is only for handmade ornament tutorials and will run from November 15th through December 15th. So get comfy, grab a cuppa, and get ready for some serious holiday inspiration!!

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DIY Mounted Deer Head Ornament

DIY Mounted Deer Head Ornament

DIY Mounted Deer Head Ornament

I love decorating my Christmas tree so I jumped at the chance to join an Ornament Exchange Party this year hosted by My Pinterventures. We were matched up with another blogger who has similar tastes and challenged to create an ornament for each other. I’ll admit I was short on inspiration and had no idea what I wanted to do until an emergency trip to Hobby Lobby!…

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Ultimate Gift Guide of Handmade Gift Ideas for Her

Ultimate Gift Guide of Handmade Gift Ideas for Her

Ultimate Gift Guide of Handmade Gift Ideas for Her {You Don’t Have to Make!}

Before we get started into this list of Handmade Gift Ideas, let me clarify that these are geared towards a FEMALE audience. Like your best friends, sisters, mom, and probably YOU, dear reader. And me. Ok, mostly me. I hope you will also like these handmade finds for you or someone you love. There are simple handmade…

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Easily Customized Christmas Party Invitation

Easily Customized Christmas Party Invitation

Easily Customized Christmas Party Invitations

I’m a HUGE fan of Christmas Parties. I know, I know, not much of a shock. But I’m always on the lookout for fun new theme ideas and when I came across the Christmas party invitation options from Basic Invite I was excited to share them {and a coupon code} with you!

This post is in partnership with Basic Invite. But of course all opinions are 100% my…

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Cricut Made DIY Gift Ideas for Everyone

Cricut Made DIY Gift Ideas for Everyone

Cricut Made DIY Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List

Ok, so I have a confession to make. I’m heavily involved in a love affair with my Cricut machine! It’s alright, my husband already knows. I’ve always been a big fan but have never really known what to use it for beyond cutting fun things out of paper. Seeing all the incredible projects at the Cricut Make-a-Thonblew my mind! Got me thinking…

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Last Minute Easy Halloween Dinner Ideas

Last Minute Easy Halloween Dinner Ideas

Last Minute Easy Halloween Dinner Ideas

I’ve been making fun food for my kids for Halloween ever since they were born! I’m a sucker for a theme and Halloween is a big one. With so much candy at the heart of the season I’ve done my best to collect great {mostly healthy} and for sure easy Halloween dinner ideas that I want to share with you.

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Red Velvet Brain Cake Tutorial

Red Velvet Brain Cake Tutorial

Red Velvet Brain Cake Tutorial

Halloween food is so much fun but you can follow this red velvet brain cake tutorial any time of the year for a science party, graduation party of a psychologist/nurse/doctor, or a Walking Dead marathonwith friends. I’m not into super creepy Halloween themes but for some reason I’m LOVING the brain molds. I used mini ones as cupcake toppers and needed a way to use…

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Grape Molecule Food Science Activity

Grape Molecule Food Science Activity

Grape Molecule Food Science Activity

I may be a designer but I LOVE science. I always have. Taking extra science electives in High School and College, I almost pursued Art Therapy but Interior Design ultimately won my heart. That said, I’m a sucker for a great science activity. And the good news is that exploring our world totally counts! Even this super simple grape molecule food science…

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Mad Science Party Details with Cricut

Mad Science Party Details with Cricut

Mad Science Party Details with Cricut

Planning for the party is often just as much fun as hosting it. And my favorite part is adding little details that takes my simple party to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL with minimal effort. I want to show you show easy it is with these Mad Science party details I created using my Cricut. There are lots of ways to add detail but vinyl and iron-on have become my new go-to.

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Simple Halloween Centerpiece Activity

Simple Halloween Centerpiece Activity

Simple Halloween Centerpiece Activity

If you’ve been around here long you’ll know how much I LOOOOVE Halloween! In that spirit I plan a party every year and this year we needed a simple Halloween centerpiece for my Mad Science Halloween {coming soon!}. I was thrilled to find these DIY kits for fun 3D Halloween scenes at Michael’s. This post is not sponsored by Michael’s, I just wanted to share…

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Simple Play-Doh Birthday Party Ideas

Simple Play-Doh Birthday Party Ideas

Simple Play-Doh Birthday Party Ideas

If you’re in the market for simple, affordable, no-nonsense Play-doh birthday party ideas, you are in the RIGHT place! A party for your little one doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive to be a great time. My baby just turned THREE! I can’t believe it. I mean I was just holding him as a newborn in the hospital and now he’s toddling off to Preschool! It’s…

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Keeping Little Artists Busy: Three Creative Party Activities

Keeping Little Artists Busy: Three Creative Party Activities

Keeping Little Artists Busy With Three Creative Party Activities

Keeping little artists busy can be a daunting task. Especially if you have several like at our Party Like Picasso birthday! Ages ranged from 5 to 8 years old and each guest successfully completed all three stations with minimal assistance. Please note….these are NOT activities for young children. I will be making of list of ideas…

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Prehistoric Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas

Prehistoric Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas

Prehistoric Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas

When your little man loves all things Jurassic you know you will eventually get to design a dinosaur birthday party! I’ve been gathering ideas for over a year and am so excited to share our favorite prehistoric dinosaur birthday party ideas with you! Take a peek at this modern green, black, and gold party and let me know which is your favorite part! {I’ll…

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Prehistoric Dino Dig Party Activity

Prehistoric Dino Dig Party Activity

Prehistoric Dino Dig Party Activity {and more!}

A dino dig party activity is a HIT! Somehow my little boy turned 6 years old. I’m not sure when or how, but it happened. I keep telling him I’m not going to allow him to have any more birthdays but it’s starting to look like I don’t have much control of that part either. Plus if we didn’t have birthdays, how could I throw a party!? Alright. I guess…

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Prehistoric Party-saurus DIY Dino Egg Piñata

Prehistoric Party-saurus DIY Dino Egg Piñata

Prehistoric Party-saurus DIY Dino Egg Piñata

When your son turns 6 and requests a prehistoric dinosaur soiree…..you get excited! There are so many amazing things you can do. A MUST have on the birthday boy’s list was a piñata. Apparently a piñata never quite made it to his Monster Truck party last year and it seems he hasn’t forgotten. So the quest for a DIY Dino Egg Piñata began!

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Things I learned at Cricut Mountain Make-a-thon

Things I learned at Cricut Mountain Make-a-thon

Things I learned at Cricut Mountain Make-a-thon

If you’ve ever been to a conference full of like minded people you know how energizing and inspiring they are. I am super lucky to live in Salt Lake City that hosts several blogging/maker conferences a year. I enjoyed SNAP in the Spring {and you can read about my 3 reasons NOT to attend SNAP here😉} and the Cricut Mountain Make-a-thon just a few…