Oh, Julia Ann
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I can do it! You can do it! DIY for the win! Just keep you fingers away from the super glue.

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Christmas Crafting: Easy DIY Snow Globe Ornaments from Cupcake Toppers

Christmas Crafting: Easy DIY Snow Globe Ornaments from Cupcake Toppers

I keep buying fancy cupcake toppers for cupcakes I never bake. You know the kind: three-dimensional, deeply intricate, and highly discounted at a store like Home Goods. There’s charming witches with string hair and holographic ghosts for Halloween, or honeycomb turkeys and pumpkins for Thanksgiving. And at Christmas, the options are practically endless: Santas and reindeer and nutcrackers and cute little ballerinas … Keep reading…

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Halloween as Sally and the Mayor | Easy DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Costumes

Halloween as Sally and the Mayor | Easy DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Costumes

I sense there’s something in the wind… Like countless others, I’ve loved The Nightmare Before Christmas for as long as I can remember. Only this year did I realize my bottle red hair would be a perfect fit for this costume! Lance and I decided to go as Sally and the Mayor of Halloweentown, and both costumes were incredibly inexpensive and simple … Keep reading…

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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire | Salsa Mezcal Bloody Mary Recipe

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire | Salsa Mezcal Bloody Mary Recipe

This cocktail recipe is brought to you in partnership with Drizly. “What if you blended Pace salsa into a Bloody Mary?” my mother asked. I didn’t really know what to say. I don’t order Bloody Marys—I’m a Bellini gal at brunch—so I wasn’t entirely sure what they should taste like. I guess it could be like salsa? And she had been a … Keep reading…

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Simple Storage: Make DIY Lazy Susans from Old Fidget Spinners

Simple Storage: Make DIY Lazy Susans from Old Fidget Spinners

Oh, fidget spinners. Your 15 minutes are over, yet I’m still finding you around my house. I attended a big conference the year fidget spinners took over, which means I brought home a ton branded by exhibiting vendors. They were fun momentarily, and my perpetually fidgeting husband still sometimes spins his around, but overall I was ready to get them out of … Keep reading…

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