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list 10 : road trip must-haves

November 4, 2013

At the end of this week my husband and I are taking a road trip to the hill country to stay in a private cottage in an adorable town for two whole nights alone. I chose this month’s topic in honor of that! a good audiobook or podcast queue snacks: something salty + sweet stitching (if I’m not driving) water GPS The Instax photo is of our street, and I chose the background patterned paper because it reminded me of tires and wheels. Next month: I’ll be posting on December 2 and if you want the topic in advance, let me know! *** Confused by Book of Lists? Read this post! See all of my lists here.

project life 2013 : weeks 40 – 41

October 29, 2013

Weeks 40 and 41 are from September 30 to October 13. I did an insert for our visit to the pumpkin patch, but above you can see the spread without it, and below with it. During this time was really when fall began around these parts, so I went with the color scheme. I usually stick to more neutral colors but this was just perfect for right now. I’ve been working hard on my niece’s stocking and I wanted to show the progress, but the bright Christmas colors would have really been out of place. Solution: turn it black and white! Another adorable video had to be included! Also note that a bunch of these journaling and filler cards are…
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fall garland and mantel

October 21, 2013

I made a fall garland! It was one of my goals this month and I’m happy I pulled it off. I had several ideas for types of garlands I wanted to make (and I do hope to get to the others eventually) but I knew I wanted it to be easy and I didn’t want to spend much money on it. One day on a walk I came across all these perfect pine cones and my mind was made up. I already had the twine at home and I only had to pick up some screw eye hooks from Home Depot which were cheap and I have a bunch left over for other stuff now. I ended up using this…
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just for fun craft inspiration

October 17, 2013

Here are a few ideas for “just for fun” crafts that I might try this month to fulfill one of my goals. They are all super simple and cute, so maybe I’ll get to all of them before too long! 1. himmeli – my hanging plant is dying so I want something to hang in its place and this looks cute. The straw version probably wouldn’t be significant enough for that spot but I’d like to try it first before I take on a bigger version like this. 2. sharpie-decorated mug – I’ve seen tutorials on this a bunch of places, but I really want to do it because I don’t have any fun mugs at all. 3. painted vase – I have a bunch of…
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project life 2013 : weeks 38 – 39

October 15, 2013

Weeks 38 and 39 are from September 16 to 29th. As I talked about yesterday, a magical thing happened over the weekend where Meredith was in an incredibly good mood the entire time and I was even able to do some crafting and work around the house while she was awake. Usually she is a demander of 100% of my attention but for some reason she happily entertained herself for awhile. She also took good naps and spent some time with David, so all this to say, I spent more time on this spread than usual and it was so much fun. Most of this is just normal, everyday stuff. A rare family photo! We found out that we are…
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