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Continue reading →: Lavender Lemonade
When your garden gives you lemons and lavender…. First, my love for lavender… I have kind of become a bit obsessed with lavender. If my husband was up for it, I would probably have 6 more lavender plants (I already have 4). Lavender is one of those scents that just…
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Continue reading →: A Weed in Your Garden is Just a Plant You Don’t Want
It’s that time of year…garden prep time. I tend to ignore the garden December- February…for multiple reasons. Busy with the holidays, it’s cold (okay, not freezing, but hey, I am a Southern California Girl…50 is cold), and most of the plants are dormant, meaning no active growth. As the weather…
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Continue reading →: Snackle Boxes
Okay, I have to admit, I did not come up with this idea on my own…but the amazing internet provides amazing ideas. About 6 months into staying at home during “the closure”, I became completely stir crazy and we decided to get out of town for a weekend at a…
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Continue reading →: St. Patrick’s Tissue Paper Window
I absolutely love decorating for the holidays, but St. Pat’s is one that kind of got skipped in favor of Spring and Easter decorations. Not because I have anything agains’t St. Patrick’s Day, in fact I always enjoy some corned beef with my green died drink. Rather, there isn’t much…
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Continue reading →: Bird Seed Eggs
It is almost Spring…and I can’t wait! Well…actually, I can… a bit. I have SO much garden prep to do! I tend to pretty much ignore my garden in December and January. Now as the weather is warming (and here in Southern California that means going up to 70 from…
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Continue reading →: Learning to Love and Grow Pomegranate
A little skill and a lot of luck Oh pomegranates…how I love thee….now. I can say I have never bought a pomegranate in the store in my life. This is not because I have anything against pomegranates from stores…it was just never a fruit my mom bought and then as…
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Continue reading →: Pompom Sweater
Before we go any further….is it “pom pom” or “pompom”? I am one of those people who literally cannot keep typing if one of those little red squiggly lines appears under my words signaling a misspelling. I seem to be able to get away with pom pom or pompom so…
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Continue reading →: Paper Candy DecorationsI was trying to figure out how to turn my backyard into a candy wonderland while also staying in budget. I was wandering up and down the aisles of our local party store looking for inspiration when I came across some glittery coasters and bam! I had an idea! I…
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Continue reading →: 4 Ever SweetMy daughter seems to have two loves these days, Disney Princesses and literally anything with sugar in it. Her birthday party theme naturally had to be 4ever Sweet. I had so much fun setting up this day for her and I am pretty sure she has not come down from…
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Continue reading →: Welcome Your Kids into the GardenWelcoming your children into your garden can be totally terrifying. Especially if you are a type A, it needs to be THIS way kind of person …..and so is your kid. As I do with most things I need or want a solution to, I did a quick internet search.…
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