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I have been having a lot of fun working on doing some fall crafts for my house. I thought that I would share this quick, easy craft with you. I have had a lot of fun working on different crafts lately. I have always enjoyed doing crafts, but haven’t really taken the time to do any crafts since I had girls.

Supplies:

  • Roll of Burlap
  • Raffia
  • Black and White Paint
  • Letter Stencils
  • Foam Brushes
  • Roll of Twine
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Patience 😉

**I had the majority of the supplies for this project already on hand, so there wasn’t really an added expense for me.

How To:

  1. Using your stencils, decide how big you want your pieces of Burlap to be.
  2. Cut Burlap squares/rectangles (however many you need based on the word you decide to use)
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DIY Door Decoration

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Here is another craft that I have been wanting to do for quite awhile. I have seen several similar door decorations and have always wanted to have one. Somehow no matter how many times I went to Hobby Lobby and how many different ones I went to, they never had an ‘F’. I could hardly contain myself from doing a little dance when I finally found my ‘F’.

This project is probably one of the easiest crafts that I have ever seen or made myself.

Supplies Needed: 

  • Large Initial Letter
  • Spray Paint in any color of your choice
  • Wide Ribbon (I am a fan of the burlap ribbons)
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Twine to use to hang the letter
  • Staple Gun
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Eco-Friendly Activities at Home Together With Your Kids

Every parent will tell you that catering to their kids can often be rather expensive; trying to get them the latest toys and games can absolutely destroy your budget for the month. That’s why a lot of parents have taken to creating their own activities at home for the kids, fun little events and games that are easy on the bank account and more importantly, ensure that you’re being eco-friendly.

pic3These activities can involve anything from learning about recyclable items through fun games and songs to something like competitions and prizes for finding the most recyclable items in the house. The types of games you can play can involve giving the kids a list of recyclables on a card with each card containing a different item inside it. You can then give them a small prize for whoever manages to fill in their card the fastest.

Another could involve having the kids arrange recyclables outside in the garden, these kinds of games work great as an alternative pastime activity at the garden as it encourages the kids to go outside and interact more with the environment.

A great benefit of these games being eco-friendly is that it teaches the kids the importance of looking after the environment, behavior that they’ll practice every day before eventually passing onto their own kids in the future.

Outside of games some parents have even started turning to arts and crafts with their kids using recyclable materials to show that junk that they would normally throw away can be turned into beautiful works of art. Some have even made a small profit out of turning their recycling activities with their kids into a small business.
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Things to Consider When Renovating Your Home

Renovating your home to meet your family’s needs is a great idea. Home renovation can be as simple as replacing sewage pumps with new ones, or as complex as adding a whole floor to the house. Undertaking a major home renovation project is a complex process, and homeowners have a lot to consider before breaking down existing walls or even shelling out a dime.

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If you find yourself in need of a change to your house’s structure for any reason, think about the following things first.

What are your expectations?

Your goals and inspirations for doing home renovation will guide you through the rest of the building process. For instance, you want to create a workspace for your home office. You should be able to envision it and have some expectation for what you need in such a space, so you can have a clear direction on the renovation project you’ll be undertaking.

Is your budget enough?

Can you afford having renovation work done according to your specifications? Many homeowners with a limited budget opt to do DIY renovation projects; if you feel confident in this area, then do so. However, remember not to compromise structural integrity. Consult contractors and request for job quotations, if possible. Communicate to them what you want to do and the budget that you have so you can have a better idea of what you can achieve considering your resources. It’s important to find the right contractor who understands your goals and vision while being trustworthy where expenses are concerned.

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Rejuvenate the interior of your kid’s bedroom using kids’ wall stickers

If a parent wish to decorate their baby’s room and spice up its look but left with a limited budget, no need to worry about the same, as there are plenty of wall decals specially designed for  kids are available at a lesser cost. Depending upon the season they can gear up the decoration in kids’ bedroom using kids’ wall stickers that costs at lesser price but awesome choices to décor. Most of the kids prefer to have a changeover in their appearance of room frequently with changes in the characters they desire. So, in order to fulfill the desire of the occupant of the room, parents always wish to revamp their space without spending too much cost and effort. Kids’ wall stickers usually include cute animals since you know animals are always the best friends of the children.

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Fits within the budget

There are awesome children room picks that are of cost effective nature and a great decorating solution for kids’ room. These kids’ wall stickers are repositionable, removable and reusable, one can apply without requesting service from professionally skilled persons. Based upon the seasonal needs, they can change the theme time after time without any mess that may happen in case of another sort of designing techniques such as painting, which can be too costly and time-consuming task. So, these hassle-free mannered wall decals also don’t require professional labor input as it is extremely simple and easy to make use of.

Extremely easy to use

One needs to just peel the backside of the sticker which is generally a glue tape and can apply it in the room wherever they prefer to have. Using these baby boy’s products, parents can surely add attractive choices of an ample set of colors, fun, depth and individuality to their child’s space and can upgrade the appearance of their kids’ room within few minutes. Among the distinct choices of kids wall stickers that are coming up at lesser cost, few of them are most preferred and high in demand in the market, so picking such high in demand choices will help a parent to improve the attractiveness of their kids room in an easy way even such choices will easily fulfill most common considerations that they have in their mind.

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Considering kid’s choice is recommended

Depending upon the age of the child, it is best to opt for wall decals. If a parent is planning to apply nursery wall decals, then they are left with full freedom to choose their desired themes, quotations, colors and style between themselves. Still, if the child it toddler or higher in age than that, it is recommended for parents to have a word with the child while choosing the wall decals for their room as they have their own preferred choice of images and color scheme to have in their room.

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Air Wick Familiar Favorites

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I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Air Wick. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

We humans are an odd bunch. Our memories can be triggered by just about anything from an image of a person, to a food, or even a familiar smell. Our past is an open book of memories just waiting for the right trigger to bring us back to a previous page or ‘better time’.  Smells do this best, baking cookies, fresh laundry, baby powder all are known scents that remind us of something or someone special.  Along this line of thought we are looking or rather smelling a few of the new scents from Air Wick’s Familiar Favorites line of products.

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The we are giving a try are Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll, Snuggle Fresh Linen, Baby Magic Clean Baby. All of which are great scents and do a wonderful job of bringing a new smell to a room in no time. Of the three everyone in our house has a different favorite. Dad likes Snuggle Fresh Linen because it brings the smell of fresh laundry to the room and is prefect after a big cleanup the house day. With the light scent of fresh vacuum behind it the perfect way to put an end to a long day. Mom likes Baby Fresh because it reminds her of when Little Man was much more little. When he was little more then a crawling cuddly bundle of joy. Little Man likes Cinnabon because it reminds him of breakfast on Christmas morning after ripping through presents. It is a tradition of opening presents and making cinnamon rolls while the little guy opens his gifts.
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Head To Kohl’s To Update Your Summer Wardrobe

Disclosure: The below was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

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I don’t like to spend a lot of time going from store to store to get what I need.  As a busy working wife and mother, I have a lot of hats I wear on a daily basis, and any way I can trim time I spend doing those “must do” activities is a bonus for me. That’s one of the many reasons I love shopping at Kohl’s- whether you shop in stores or online, it’s a one stop shopping experience that you don’t need to spend tons of time and energy on.  Bonus?  The prices are great- you can catch amazing deals, get rewarded just for shopping and buying what you need to (with Kohl’s Cash, good for anything in the store) AND they constantly mail out money saving coupons in the weekly mailers, snail mail, and the best ones come via email when you sign up to receive promotions.  Really, you should- there is not a reason in the world not to.  They only send you deals and updates, Kohl’s is not one of those places that bombard you with useless emails 300 times a week.

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While I usually enjoy shopping for me, shopping for my husband and son can be a less then fun experience, and one I prefer to either do alone or online.  My son is OK if he’s with me, but if daddy is also with us, he turns into a whine machine.  I don’t know why that is, but the quickness and ease of shopping at Kohl’s and getting what I need to for everyone in the family with no fuss is VERY appreciated by this mommy, let me tell you.  Maybe it’s a guy thing- but they just don’t make shopping fun, and it’s great to go in with a list, sizes, and be done with it.  Shopping online at 2 am is another great standby.  No one annoys me then, and since they are both dudes?  They don’t care what I buy them as long as it fits, and for the kiddo maybe has an Angry Bird or two involved, haha.
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Gain Laundromat Takeover

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Gain. I received a promotional item as a thank-you for participating.

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Gain laundry detergent can do a wonderful job of cleaning your clothes and linens.  Personally we recently gave the new Gain Flings Moonlight Breeze a try.  With Oxi Boost and Febreze, this detergent is a winner.  We of course had high expectations and Gain exceeded those expectations with a wonderful scent and an even more powerful detergent which scrubbed all the clothes to sparkling clean.

Gain is also bringing a bit of culture and entertainment to some local laundromats.  They are doing this by bringing community created art displays to laundromats around the Bronx, Spanish Harlem, and Washington Heights.

The locations of these beautified laundromats are:
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