Tag: Create
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Best Mini-Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you haven’t noticed yet, I love a good treat. I was laughing one day as I proofread a post about gift-giving and noticed that once again, I had mentioned how everyone loves a batch of homemade cookies as a gift. Simple, fast, frugal, delicious. Not exactly nutritious, but maybe you’ll forgive me that? These…
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Peppermint Jello Playdough
Well, here we are in the quiet after Christmas. My husband went back to work today after a wonderful week off (why do vacation days always go twice as fast as normal days?), and we’re getting back into our routine. It is cold outside today so I thought I’d pull out the peppermint Jello playdough…
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Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags
Printable Christmas gift tags are the best! And these cuties are free! Enjoy! My family always had our big Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve thanks to our Scandinavian heritage so we’re officially one week away from the festivities! I should probably be figuring out what we’re going to be eating for Christmas dinner about now,…
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Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
When I was a little girl, we made chocolate cake mix cookies. My mom would buy a box of cake mix, and we girls would mix up a batch. Because there is only one ingredient to measure, they are easy to make and are difficult to mess up. Even now I love their crinkly tops…
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How to Make a Watercolor Leaf Card
When I was visiting my parents recently, I had the chance to read through my mom’s stack of magazines and new-to-me cookbooks. You read cookbooks too, don’t you? I made notes on a scrap piece of paper as I read in hopes that I would come back and actually make some of the things that…
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Make a Silhouette of Baby
Learn how to make a silhouette of baby with this extremely simple tutorial! No crazy cutting skills or perfect babies (who stay still) required! I have wanted to make a silhouette of my baby daughter since she was tiny but it is not so easy to get a baby to hold their head just so…
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Make a Counting Book for Baby
My daughter is suddenly into counting so I thought I’d make a little book for her. There are hundreds of counting books out there, but it is always sweet to make something for your little one. If you don’t have a munchkin, this would be a unique baby shower gift. Making a counting book turned…
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A Fun Name Game for Baby
One afternoon my daughter and I were reading through a book about a cat. I pointed out the cat and the fish and the rainbow like I had done so many times before, but then on a whim, I asked her where the cat was. She lifted her chubby little finger and it landed right…
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Make a Love Notes Book
There are gifts that you receive and love and then there are gifts that keep on giving. This love notes book definitely falls into the second category. One of the best gifts my husband and I received came from my husband’s aunt right after we were married. She gave us a spiral-bound sketch book with…