I haven’t written a personal blog post in such a long time. My new years post was a bit personal but still not the same way I used to write when I started this blog. I’m not sure how many of you are left who have been following me from the beginning but I’m pretty sure that a majority followed…
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A long-overdue personal post
How to make long narrow wall art using combed macrame yarn and embroidery floss
I have an odd obsession with the straight, exact, cut, and combed look of macrame which you can also see in my modern macrame wall hanging tutorial. In today’s post, you get plenty of that because I created a long narrow wall art tassel for an odd skinny wall that has looked empty for way too long. You can use…
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stylish DIY macrame chandelier made from planter basket
I will call today’s post part two to my macrame flush mount ceiling fixture post because you can use that same fixture and add on to it to make it a chandelier. The best part is that the top part of this macrame chandelier is removable and you could use it either way. Like I said before, I originally wanted…
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How to decorate your home on a tight budget
I have been asked so many times by readers and friends how I decorate our home on a budget and where to even start in their own homes. And while Pinterest is flooded with budget decorating tips, I still get the question all the time. I wrote about today’s blogpost years ago already and felt the need now to re-write the…
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Getting ready for spring home tour
I didn’t add any traditional Easter or spring flowers, bunnies or Easter eggs to our house instead, I added beautiful house plants. Shocker, right? LOL… well I can’t stop. Today’s post is all part of Marty’s (A Stroll Thru Life) Spring Home Tour series. I’m glad to be participating again. If you are coming from Rachel’s of This is our…
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DIY flush mount macrame light fixture
This macrame light fixture tutorial kind of happened by accident as I hinted in my last post. I wanted to make a macrame cat bed and had purchased all of the materials used in today’s post to make a cat bed. I guess you could still plop a pillow into this light fixture and hang it like the cat bed….
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purrfectly cute DIY cat bed using macrame cord
This DIY cat bed was a true evolution from a differently planned project to the outcome which I will get to in a bit. I have been wanting to make a hanging DIY cat bed for our dining room window because the windowsill is so small and the cats love sitting there to watch the birds that nest in our…
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DIY wall mural art on canvas
You guys, I’ve had this DIY wall mural art done since before Christmas and am glad that I can finally share it with you. It’s part of my bedroom mini makeover and I just wanted to be happy with the bedding before I shared it all. I’m officially happy again with our bedroom and this super easy and affordable DIY…
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My cat-friendly decorating tips
Today’s post is more of a follow up to the post that I wrote about “how to get your cats to stop scratching furniture” where I already shared some of my tips. In this blog post I want to be even more specific and share my cat-friendly decorating tips. Some of my tips are possibly a no-brainer to most pet…
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Goodbye 2020
This crazy year has come to an end and I have such mixed feelings. This past year has been a year where I barely wrote any personal blog posts. I know that many of you liked my personal thoughts over the past years if you have been following me for a while. This past year I felt the need to not…
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Toffee Tassies Recipe
I know we are a little late with the Christmas cookie baking this year. I’m part of Room For Tuesday’s Holiday Cookie Recipe Blog Hop today where 6 of us share their cookie favorites. I have been begging for my husband to turn his Boston Banoffee Pie into a cookie version and when I saw nut tassies, I knew that…
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