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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 […]

Fall Family Fun Bucket List

At times, it may feel like summer is lingering but the signs are there. The leaves are starting to change color here and there and there is a bit of a chill in the air from time to time. The squirrels in our backyard have picked up the pace and are rushing around gathering nuts […]

Forget the takeout! You can make this Instant Pot Mongolian Beef quickly and easily at home. With only 15 minutes of prep time and the Instant Pot doing the heavy lifting, you’ll get dinner on the table in almost no time. It’s so tasty and was a huge hit with our whole family. With the […]

One of the things I have learned over the years of finding great bargains was to take note of what items to purchase when. If you know when to buy certain items, you can definitely save quite a bit of money. Obviously throughout the year, there will be items that are put on sale at […]

A perfect side dish for fall (or anytime!) this Instant Pot Wild Rice Pilafis hearty and delicious. Flavored with scrumptious aromatic herbs andvegetables, this is the ideal accompaniment to any main dish. It’s easy toadjust some of the ingredients for yours and your family’s particular tastestoo. A simple to make side dish recipe with only […]