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Mexican Wedding Cookies + a Christmas wish

December 21, 2022 By Tanya Leave a Comment

Hello friends! I cannot believe we are just a few days away from Christmas Day, I am reminded daily I need to finish wrapping gifts by a persistent 13 year old lest I forget how little time we have left 🙂 We saw the singing Christmas Tree at a local church this week, these folks…

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas, Food Gifts, Gifts From The Kitchen, Thoughts, Thrifty Living Tagged With: Christmas, Cookie recipe, DIY, Mexicanweddingcookies, twelveOeight

When less is more: De-clutter with the 80/20 method

May 6, 2018 By Tanya 4 Comments

I am unsure of how so much stuff accumulates so quickly.   We have cleaned closets, donated, and done what we thought was a house purge before. But this time is different…     This time is for a very special reason.

Filed Under: DIY, how to organize, Thoughts, Thrifty Living

Favorites from 2017 + an Irish Blessing

December 28, 2017 By Tanya 6 Comments

Hi friends! While I don’t have a brand new upcycle or DIY to share today, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you a Happy New Year. I started this blog 6 years ago, and had absolutely no idea what direction it might go or where I would be years later. Having this…

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Filed Under: DIY, Farmhouse Style, Thoughts Tagged With: DIY, Farmhouse Style, how to paint, painted furniture, shabby

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Wake pray slay printable

March 14, 2017 By Tanya 14 Comments

  click here to begin slaying it with your free printable The balancing act of life/work/family/kids/money/and-everything-else has admittedly felt overwhelming to me many times. More than I would like to admit. But this is a keep it real zone and to pretend that I get up every day and feel like a rock star could…

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Filed Under: Printables, Thoughts

A new year + making peace with my size 16 body

January 2, 2017 By Tanya 6 Comments

  I know I am not the only one who has struggled with their weight. That it’s not just about what size we are, but what we see when we look in the mirror.  Who looks back at us and do we approve or make a list of everything that needs to change. Living in…

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Filed Under: Being happy, body acceptance, Thoughts

The power of forgiveness

March 29, 2015 By Tanya 3 Comments

I asked my Grandmother years ago what she thought the secret to good relationships might be. She paused for a moment, and simply said “Be kind with one another.” I wish you could have met her.  If anyone was having a problem,  was struggling in life, or needed healthy input, Grandma was a wellspring of…

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Why I am getting rid of my to-do list + learning who we really are

January 31, 2015 By Tanya 10 Comments

Oh friend, I hope you can forgive me for trying something that wasn’t me at all. Remember the no/low spend challenge I began at the beginning of January? Year, the one that I made it about a week and a half into? I learned something valuable this month, more important than getting stuff done. I…

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Filed Under: DIY, home decor, Thoughts

Stay the course when you feel like giving up

January 19, 2015 By Tanya 8 Comments

While January and a New Year holds so much hope and promise, sometimes we are just not feeling it. Or see it, no matter how hard we look. Maybe we are exhausted from battle, and an ongoing challenge rolled right into the New Year with no regard to our wishes for it to be over….

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Top DIY Projects + Reader Favorites for 2014!!

December 30, 2014 By Tanya 5 Comments

  Happy last day of 2014 friends!! I don’t know about you, but to me that just looks and sounds crazy!  But we are here again, saying farewell to another year, and welcoming in a wonderful new year full of hope, promise, and some projects we can work on together!! I want to thank you…

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Filed Under: craft, Decorating, DIY, Dollar Store Projects, home decor, How To Decorate, how to make a chalkboard, Thoughts, Thrifty Living, Wreaths

Merry Christmas + some Chewy Molasses Gluten Free Cookies!

December 24, 2014 By Tanya Leave a Comment

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!     Good tidings of the gluten free sort are what I am sharing with you today. This is my all-time hands-down favorite cookie on the entire planet. It’s chewy, sweet, tastes like…

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas, Gifts From The Kitchen, Gluten Free Recipes, Recipes, Thoughts

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