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A Pinterest Inspired Easter, part one!
Happy Spring! Hard to believe Easter is just around the corner. We have been busy here in our household incorporating everything Easter that we possibly can. We love this time of year, especially the...
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An Easter Dinner Table
Let me just say, you really lucked out today…you get three posts in one! I was going to title this Three Posts in One – Easy Cloth Napkins, Easter Eggs, Vintage China and my Children’s Shenanigans...
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a pinterest inspired easter, part 2
Whew! I think I need another weekend to recoup from the Easter-filled weekend, but what a memorable and fun one it was! I wanted to share a few more things that we did which were really pretty simple,...
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Positive Message Memo Board for Kids
I wanted to create asimple message memo board to keep in the girls playroom, and this did just the thing! I do mybest to write and say possitve messages to my two girls as often as possible. I love...
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Pinterest Tuesday: Birthday and Teacher Printables/Gifts!
Pinterest is such a great resource for printables! From tags, to wall art, to cards, to party favors; it has it all! My daughter recently celebrated her 8th birthday, so for treats at school I looked...
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Stamped Produce Bags – a belated Earth Day craft.
Very high on my list of things I hate are those bags that you put your produce in at the grocery store. By the way, my husband and I have an ongoing fight over whether or not to put bananas into one of...
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Pinterest Tuesday: End of School Year Fun!
We just wrapped up another great school year, and what a year it was! Here are a few great printables I found on Pinterest to make your child’s lat day extra special. I also added a few pictures I took...
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Pinterest Tuesday: Vintage Summer Party
We had an end of school year/ hubby’s birthday party with a few of our neighbors, so I decided to add a touch of vintage flair to it, and you can look no further than Pinterest to find some great...
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Bunting Three Ways (Not the Baseball Kind!)
June is pretty much party central here at the beehive. Last weekend, I went to my Aunt and Uncle’s 50th (wow) anniversary party. This weekend is the Little Bee’s 5th (double wow) birthday, followed...
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Vintage Toy Party
This is a long post with a lot of pictures. Don’t say I didn’t warn you… I have been so excited to share this party with you! On Friday we celebrated Baby Benson turning the big ONE with a Vintage...
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Painted Grilled Cheese Sammies – Funnest. Lunch. Ever.
Lunchtime around here can be, well, chaotic. We “do school” for most of the morning, so sometimes getting lunch on the table on time is challenging. By noon, the Little Bee’s brain is sort of fried,...
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A Tree Grows in My Living Room
If you were to walk into my living room, you would not find a treasure trove of vintage goodies. In fact, my living room is much more IKEA than Vintage Market. But I do have one item that would qualify...
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Sweet Silhouettes
Last week I promised a fun and unique way to display your kids’ crazy artwork, so here it is! Since we paint a lot around here, we have a stack of paintings to the moon (and back, said Big Nutbrown...
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6 Awesome Vintage Children’s Books You May Not Even Know About
Sometimes I think it’s a little weird that I write a weekly post for a vintage lifestyle blog. I definitely have an appreciation for vintage decor, and I loooove vintage fashion, (more on that next...
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Body Painting (don’t worry, it’s G rated!)
Two weeks ago, the evil Arizona weather gave us a bit of a reprieve. It dropped to 99, and we celebrated like crazy. By crazy, I mean we whipped up some homemade paint and went to town. All you need...
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Last week, Junk in the Trunk posted a question on our Facebook wall. “What gets you through the 3:00 blues?” The most common response had something to do with coffee. My go to used to be a coke zero,...
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Fall Fluff – Up
Decorating for the seasons and / or holidays is not one of my strengths. Okay, let me rephrase that. Cleaning up the decorations that I have put up for the seasons and / or holidays is not one of my...
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6 Adorable Vintage Inspired Halloween Costumes for the Kiddos
Halloween is coming quick! This year, thanks to Costco, both of my kiddos picked out plain ole mass produced costumes “Mommymommymommymommy I haaaaaaave to be a pirate princess! SHE HAS A SWORD!” I’m...
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A Sentimental Rant About Birthdays and Bierokes
My “Baby” turned three last week. How does this whole growing up thing happen so fast? I feel like just yesterday she was happily snuggled into my elbow! Now she has pigtails and says things like,...
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Watch Out For Little Gobblers….
Last week, we got a little surprise here in sunny AZ. Water fell from the sky. And then it kept falling for like three days. These crazy little outside lovers got a wee bit stir crazy, and Mama had to...
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