iBlog – Everything You Need To Know About Blogging Giveaway

May 1, 2013 by  |  3 Comments

  This post contains affiliate links. I’m so excited to tell you about an incredible resource for bloggers that I am privileged to be a part of.  iBlog is a brand new ebook containing almost 400 pages of blogging strategy and wisdom from 30 top bloggers. (They were gracious and let me contribute!)  Consider iBlog an owner’s manual for blogging.  You’ll get [...]

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Free Easter Subway Art Printable

March 20, 2013 by  |  1 Comment

Free Easter Subway Art Printable

Looking for an Easter Subway Art Printable? I love decorating for the seasons and holidays, but those Easter pastels just don’t go with my foxfire brown walls. Clash! I’ve looked everywhere to try and find something Easter-y, that I like, and that’s not pastel or just off-white. No luck. Then, I remembered my success with the [...]

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Make A Resurrection Garden

March 4, 2013 by  |  2 Comments

Make A Resurrection Garden

We’ve been feeling crafty around here lately. (See the Tin Can Map Craft  and the DIY Shaded Glass Lantern) Since we are in the crafting groove and Easter is just a few weeks away, we are breaking out the Resurrection Garden project again. The kids had a great time doing this last year and we are all looking [...]

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DIY Shaded Glass Lantern

February 27, 2013 by  |  2 Comments

DIY Shaded Glass Lantern

Create your own DIY glass candleholders using dollar store glass cylinders, tissue paper and modge podge. This one was created by cutting the tissue paper with a large circle hole punch.   This candleholder was created by cutting strips of tissue paper in various colors.  To create your own DIY glass candleholder: Apply a thin [...]

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Daily Homeschool Agenda Printable

February 18, 2013 by  |  8 Comments

Daily Homeschool Agenda Printable

Each Sunday night, I plan our homeschool week with the Weekly Homeschool Planner  from Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations. I have used it for 2 years and love the simplicity. It is great knowing each day what we need to accomplish. However, I have found that my kids like to know what is planned for each day, [...]

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Tin Can Map Craft

February 13, 2013 by  |  1 Comment

Tin Can Map Craft

  My son and I had fun at a local art studio who opens up two afternoons a week to kids called The Art Garage. Today’s project was using tin cans to create art. My son is interested in maps right now (we are studying the states and using a lot of them). He cut [...]

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Too Much Drama

February 4, 2013 by  |  No Comments

Too Much Drama

Drama. Life is full of it. It just happens, whether you want it to or not. Drama can cause pain, stress and stretching. It’s not always comfortable. It’s not always easy. But, it’s part of life. I’ve always tried to avoid it, but sometimes I just can’t. I realize that. What I can avoid is [...]

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A Few Of My Favorite Things

January 14, 2013 by  |  4 Comments

A Few Of My Favorite Things

Sometimes, I think I get too deep on Overcoming Busy and don’t have enough fun. So, since yesterday was my birthday, I feel like having a little fun around here. I thought I’d just share a few of my favorite things. I could add my family or faith to this list, but I think that [...]

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Setting High Standards For Our Kids

January 10, 2013 by  |  2 Comments

Setting High Standards For Our Kids

My husband takes my daughter to the ice rink for figure skating practice at 6 am and I am there to pick her up when she gets off the ice at 8:30 am. Figure skating is her love. We never have to push her to go to the rink. She wants to go. She loves [...]

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Do Less To Do More

January 6, 2013 by  |  2 Comments

Do Less To Do More

The new year prompts some to make resolutions to do more – lose weight, work-out more, get organized, clean the house… Today, at church, our pastor challenged our entire congregation to do more this year, to make this a year of action. He presented the first step of our action plan this morning – Do [...]

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New Year’s Resolution Resources

December 31, 2012 by  |  No Comments

New Year's Resolution Resources

How many of you are making New Year’s Resolutions? How many of us have made them in the past only to lose steam and interest by mid-January? Come on..admit it. I know I’m not alone! What if you had resources to help you keep those resolutions in focus so that you could really attain those New [...]

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