Cartwheels and Pearls

Today you can find me over at Twin Dragonfly Designs sharing my Obstacle Course as part of Take it Outside Week! Here's a sneak peak of what you might find:  Okay maybe not that... but something similar! Go over and check it out!  ...

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Okay, as an athlete myself, I LOVE the Olympics. Here are some of my favorite USA athletes: Missy Franklin I don't know why but I really like her! It may be because of her appearance in a music video of Call Me Maybe. Jordyn Wieber As a former gymnast myself, I love watching gymnastics but I especially love Jordyn since she's from Michigan too! And...

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Okay... will someone please tell me that there is an easier way to get some instagram pictures on here rather than emailing them to myself off of my phone, saving them on my computer, and then uploading them on here? UGH. It's a pain. Anyway, I'd like to share my week (maybe 2?) in instagrams. Practically all of my pictures are of my...

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Okay so you may have seen my Craft Room Clean Up earlier but that wasn't the real redo. It was a simple organization update... and it was very select. I decided that I wanted to actually redo it! Here it is! I love the how bright it is compared to the rest of our cozy basement! We used Benjamin Moore paint and it looks great!...

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I did it... I helped someone sew. Gee. I didn't think I could do it... especially since that person was my sister! This dress was a nice and easy 5 pieces. Very managable especially since there were really only 3 pattern pieces. My sister did the main parts of the construction... I did the more detailed and harder parts like the hems, darts,...

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We've been slowly working away at making our house beautiful again... I mean hey, we've only lived here 17 years! I'm not even 17... anyways, the next total redo room on our list is the craft room. I mean I cleaned it up and you can find a lot of photos about that here. But it honestly doesn't quite look this pretty anymore....

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Okay is it just me or was today a great day in blogland? Well as I was just browsing this morning before leaving, I came across way too many great projects. Like way too many. So I felt the need to share some of my favorites! DIY Stone Welcome Mat from Thrifty Crafty Girl Is this cool or what? It looks like a...

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Much to my dismay, I do not own photoshop. And truth be told, the generic photo editing software most computers come with just doesn't cut it. Here are a few of my favorite online photo editing sites: Foto Flexer- Kind of like an online version of photoshop but simple Pixlr- A very simple editing program that is easy to use but limited Gickr-...

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        We all strive for perfect pictures. It's true. Children really are easier to photograph than animals. Children know human commands and if they don't listen to them they usually at least understand them.        Animals are different. Dogs can understand simple commands like sit, stay, and lay down... but most animals aren't dogs. The number one tip...

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I found a tutorial for a similar dress that was striped at Better Together. It was so great I had to try it myself! I was going to get black and white jersey and make a black and white striped one. I could only find this zebra-y jersey stuff and thought it would be great!  If you want a big loose dress, 2 yards...

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