tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88447004970864241152025-12-06T05:29:55.555-05:00A lifestyle blog about crafting, cooking and living domestically modern.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831388787692505622noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844700497086424115.post-67302282487131348852012-12-20T14:24:00.003-05:002012-12-20T14:24:55.853-05:00

This post is a guest post for So You Think You're Crafty...Go check it out!! Since the holidays are coming up I thought it would be nice to get into the spirit and share something I love to give away as a present, or have at all those holiday parties. I'm going to be giving you a recipe for Andes Mint Bark.  It's a chocolatey delicious take on peppermint bark...and in my opinion (and my

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First of all I wanna say that I have missed you guys! I have been busier than ever, and when I do have down time I don't want to think or move or ANYTHING!  We all have those days...weeks in my case!  The packing is going ok. Still so much to do and so many engagements are coming up.  Hubs is graduating in a week, my employment will end, we go to Hubs' family for Christmas, have

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Picture from Luxury Curves  I found out some GREAT news yesterday! I passed a test that allows me to become a licensed ESL teacher, yes all very exciting! So like any good American hubs and I decided to celebrate with food. What is wrong with me?! This is probably the reason I've gotten into to this mess in the first place.  Food as a reward... ANYWAY I'll get off my soap box for a

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There were some good ones this week on Pinterest, let me tell ya'!  I love sifting through all those ideas to find ones that are seriously BRILLIANT!  Here are my top pins of the week! Book Shelf for Purses and Accessories by Lucky Mag WOW. Such a great idea! I would love to tuck one of these in my closet and use the top for jewelry! Cinnamon Bun Bites by Martha Stewart A

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From Greatist  Thanksgiving was a little road bump, the gooey deliciousness of all the sweet foods. I couldn't help myself! One piece of pie was a lot easier said than done let me tell you.  I did in fact have one piece of pie...but I also had two sugar cookies AND a sliver of the orange cake my moms family makes. SERIOUSLY, why in the world would I choose to do a sugar fast in the

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This is my 23rd Thanksgiving on this planet and it has been a good 23 so far!  I decided in honor of my 23rd Thanksgiving I would write 23 things I am thankful for! I am thankful for... 1.  My Savior Jesus, who has changed my life and has given me purpose.2.  For hope in all situations! 3.  My husband's love towards me.  He is the picture of unconditional love! 4.

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Picture from Lach Ortho Cookbook  I got through another 2 days!  The days are getting easier to get through without such strong cravings.  I am ecstatic that I have been without added sugar or baked good for almost one week successfully!! I know that it doesn't mean much to some of you strong willed, sweets hating people (AKA my hubs), but to a girl that wanted something sweet

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This week in the world of Pinterest has been a good one! I found all kinds of great stuff and have found the time to actually DO the great stuff I've found! I love it when that happens!  So here they are my favorite pins of the week. Fridge Gallery by A Diamond in the Stuff This is a great way to keep the fridge looking clean and organized.  I hate my fridge being so unorganized

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Picture from delish.com Day 3 and 4 are done with! The weekends are always my heavy hitter for sweets and goodies.  We have this great little local doughnut shop that sells the most amazingly horrible creations.  I craved those suckers like nobody's business this weekend.  But within the 10-20 minute craving window my will power stepped in and said no.  I've noticed some

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I thought a fun way to start out my entries would be putting a pretty picture of what I'm craving...Why not torture my will power a little more right?! Picture from Carrots N' Cake Second day out of the way...Success! No added sugar all day long.  Even when we went to hear and perform some live music at a coffee house which boast all kinds of yummy naughty drinks and foods like a

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I don't know about your household but in mine we are always in the great magnet shortage.  We for some reason really love hanging things on the fridge, but never seem to have enough magnets...SO to solve this problem once and for all I made some out of things I already had! I used an existing magnet we already had... you know those super cute Save the Date magnets...well I chopped one of

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Picture from mindbodygreen.com I did it. I made it one full day without any added sugar or sweet sugary donuts or anything else that I hate to love! I only had a tiny craving at night, which seems to be when my cravings hit hard, but instead of succumbing to sugars evil bewitching powers I said NO.  I said no to sugar for the first time in a long time...and you know what? It felt good.

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Hi all, and Happy Thanksgiving! There is nothing more precious than children's artwork to decorate a house, and what better way to remind ourselves to be thankful this Thanksgiving season than Thanksgiving children's crafts?! I am pretty excited about these.... So...I work full-time in a homeless shelter and part-time in a church preschool ministry, meaning, I get to interact with lots of kids!

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I have a confession to make...I'm addicted...to sugar.  No seriously, you can laugh but I have a problem! I eat sugar like it's going to disappear off this Earth in the next day.  It has almost gotten to the point where my will power checks out and I can't not eat dessert after every meal.   So this is it. I'm done with the hold that the granular, sweet substance has on me. &nbsp

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I decided to reuse an old canvas Michelle was getting rid of and make it my own little project! I wanted to make it to hang beside my mirror in the bathroom...you know something inspiring and something truthful to start and end the day on.  I had lots to choose from but decided on this,"Love life as it is, not as ou want it to be." Powerful, truthful and something I've been learning as of

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Can you believe it's been just seven weeks since Domestically Modern has been doing it's thing? I certainly can't! I love blogging, I really didn't think I would love it as much as I do. But the community is just so great and the inspiration never runs dry for these people!!  So anyways here are my favorite pins of the week! Bleaching Jeans 101 by The Little Giggler I love the look of

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One of my favorite things in the world of crafting is lace. Lace can be so simple yet elegant and beautiful, much like a Barbie doll wedding dress. :) So I had the bright idea one day to make a headband of lace. Here’s how I did it… Materials: Elastic Lace Hot glue gun/hot glue Scissors Thread/needle I began by sizing the elastic around my head. I didn’t want it to be too tight, because when it

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Love Pinterest....love, love, LOVE it!  It inspires me and makes me just plain happy to pin an hour away.  It's also been a great advertiser from my ideas and many other my blogging cohorts...SO my final word on Pinterest is...love.  Anyway now that I sound like a total crazy person here's what you've been waiting for- my favorite pins! Ribbon Bookmark by Sewing Barefoot I

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Waste not want not right?  I used an old shrunken sweater to make fingerless gloves, boot toppers, and a cute ear warmer!  That's pretty great right?! 3 for the price of one! To make the fingerless gloves I basically cut out 2 rectangles through both sides of the sweater so you have 4 pieces.  I sewed the edges and then sewed the 2 sides together making to leave about an inch

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I have always loved the cute little social media buttons all lined up in that nice neat little bar...But I could never figure out how to make them.  Between the codes and finding the right and matching social media icons without a background...it was a struggle for me. But I finally found this great tutorial and it completely saved my blog brain from exploding every time I would visit a

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I've always wanted to do the whole picture of the day thing and now I actually am. And you can too! Go to Silver Boxes and check out her great Photo of the Day challenge!  I'll be doing it and I'm sure many others will to! My Instagram user name is ncdye, so feel free to follow along on my journey and I will follow along with yours too!(Steph posts her Instagram name on her site) So much

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Delicious and easy! The two words you want all your food to be right?!  Well I've got another yummy and ready in a pinch recipe that you probably have all the ingredients for in your kitchen right now!  I love the taste of sour cream and onion potato chips and this is my way of translating that yummy savory flavor to a meal or party snack!  Here's what you will need: 2 packages

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Happy Halloween!!! This is a post dedicated to all of those cute Halloween ideas that I thought were just oh so cute, but as I don't decorate for Halloween since it's just me and hubs so far, I didn't make.  Here they are, my favorite Halloween inspired crafties, food, and costumes!!! Spooky Halloween Bunting Gourmet Caramel Apples Halloween Mantels (or shelves for us without

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Here they are again! My Top Pins of the Week! This is one of my favorite posts to do.  There is so much creativity out there and I love showing you my favorite pins. Soap box moment for me, when you pin something go and look at it eventually. Most of the stuff from Pinterest is from some cute blogger who has a ton of other great ideas too, so go have a look!  Now that I'm off my soap

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This mask generally improves the look and feel of my skin.  It's like an at home micro-dermabrasion and the ingredients are found in your own pantry!  I use the face mask once a week or at least every two weeks. Ingredients: 1/2 TBS fine salt 1/2 TBS baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon gel face wash Instructions: Mix the dry ingredients together. Squirt gel face wash in the dry

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