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Santa Claus Christmas Countdown Calendar

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Sometimes I think that the time getting ready for Christmas is even better than the big day itself. I love lighting the Advent candles each Sunday, setting out the pieces of our Nativity set bit by bit, and counting down the days on an Advent calendar, getting one step closer to Christmas Day. This Santa […]

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Quick and Easy Felt Flower Jewelry

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I just love flowers – real, fabric, felt, paper, you name it – and I’m often incorporating flowers into my craft projects. I even made the flowers for my daughter’s wedding! (Of course, the boutonnieres and corsages were lost at the venue and we had to make a last minute dash to a florist to […]

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Upcycled DIY Flower Vase Bookends

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Earth Month may be over but that doesn’t mean that the recycling and upcycling stops around here. I love to take materials I have just hanging around the house and turn them into something useful and beautiful. These Upcycled DIY Flower Vase Bookends are a fun way to make over a plain old cardboard box. […]

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Simple but Elegant Paper Quilled Christmas Ornament

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Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or under, create a tutorial, and ship the ornament off to a new home! Being a […]

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Top 100 Paper Crafts of 2016

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I’m so excited to announce that my Basic Paper Quilling 101 post has been named one of the Top 100 Paper Crafts of 2016 on All Free Paper Crafts. This has long been one of my top posts on Creative Cynchronicity for bringing traffic to my site and is something near and dear to my […]

I am not sure why healthy eating seems so hard sometimes. You see, I love most fruits and vegetables so you would think there were plenty of options. And there are! Yet, snack time rolls around and my mind draws a blank. That’s why I made this list of 15 Healthy Snacks to Make This […]

self care during autumn

I love fall but it also signals the beginning of the holiday season, and often, a more hectic schedule to juggle. Keeping yourself centered and calm during this busy time of year can be challenging but it’s not impossible. And, it’s essential! Here are a few self care ideas for fall that you’re going to […]

Are you a meal prepper? We used to go to Supperworks and spend a couple hours once a month getting some freezer meals ready to go but since they closed, we haven’t done as much. I’m itching to get back into it because it saves us so much time and money! So recently, I’ve been […]

ways to take care of yourself

One of my all-time favorite books is The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher. In it, there is a line that has always stuck with me. A woman is speaking to her mother on the phone and as she is about to sign off, she says “Cherish yourself.” The Shell Seekers   I’ve always loved that […]