Paw Cupcakes

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I love these paw cupcakes! My sister found them on Pinterest  last summer so I pinned them to my board and FINALLY got to making these for my son’s birthday weekend! I think these remind me more of a polar bear paw print, but with green tinted coconut it might look more like a puppy [Read more…]

Idea for my backyard mess

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I keep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers to help me with my  18 x18 {doggy} litter box. I have been blocked from his Twitter handle!  I profiled my back yard mess in the past, but since removing our shutters from our dining room the first thing family and friends see when they walk into our main [Read more…]

Best Grass Frosting Recipe

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Hi all~  Let me start with the need to put the word “grass”  in quotes or my favorite parentheses,  because in Colorado, “grass” has an entirely different meaning!  Ha!   Over the past year,   I have made batches of frosting in my  attempts to make  “grass” frosting.   I  adjusted the butter, used  shortening, and worked with meringue powder!  And, my frosting never [Read more…]

Bookcase Makeover with Paint

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Hi everyone- I don’t know why I never noticed this, but I have a lot of dark wood furniture!  And, I am over it.  Yes, my son would say, “hashtag suburban mom probs.”  So when I saw this before/after project on BH&G.com of a very similar bookcase I knew it was time to get out the [Read more…]

School Storage Solutions for Crafts & Report Cards

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Hi everyone~ Anyone have boxes and files of your children’s artwork, report cards, medical checkups, book reviews.. ?  One of my New Year resolutions was to sort and do some serious clutter containment.   I also wanted to use the time to pull artwork or funny letters and frame them to display! I don’t believe in [Read more…]

No Soliciting Sign…Unless you have chocolate: Free Printable

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Happy Monday!  We are warming up here in Denver this week!  I am late getting my Easter décor out this year, but I did create this cute {free}  no soliciting sign to download or print!  It has a Spring theme!  Scroll down below  to print image. Here’s mine.  I would like to call it the ombre look, but [Read more…]

Vinyl for Kids’ Decor

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*Expressions Vinyl contributed the neon vinyl used for this project. Last summer I posted on my blog, I’m Not a Trophy Wife, how I turned foam mat squares, often used beneath exercise equipment, into a wall display for my son’s room. My goal was to add stickers and vinyl   incorporating my son’s interests.  So when [Read more…]

How to paint 26 cabinet pulls in seconds!!!

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I wanted a quick change in the  laundry room. I had the original chrome pulls.. actually… these chrome pulls are updates from the original brassy  finish.   I know, I know… #suburbanmomprobs” is what my son would call this post. And I found these egg knob pulls over at Classic Door Hardware . The egg shape was fun and different.  They ended [Read more…]