Author: Paula
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Redoing the Bins in our Side Table
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Spicing up the little side table that I moved under our stairs was a multi-faceted project. If you recall, the table looked like this when it first was placed under the stairs: I’d bought the bins specifically for the table in it’s new home, but I found their overly-matchy nature…
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Featured on Eisy Morgan and Bella Before & After
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As you guys know, I like doing crafty things around the house to make our home look a little more like us 🙂 I’m trying to find the balance of what I talk about here, amongst the retreat leading, the baby, and the home. Honestly, all of these things inspire…
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Zoom Friday: ‘Crawling’ and ‘Dancing’
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Zoom has been quite busy working on some new skills. Over the past few weeks he’s learned to “army crawl.” In the last week he’s gotten quite quick and made his way into the kitchen. One of the funnier moments was when he started yelling at the refrigerator. I fed…
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And there’s this to contend with…
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This just in. Zoom is now able to pull himself up and stand unassisted. In other news, he is also wearing pants sized 24 months that clearly are a tripping hazard. Bad combo, mom, bad combo.
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Easy Dwell Studios Inspired Accent Art
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Last week I revealed the little re-do I did under our stairs, and I made reference to an easy art project I did to lighten up the space. A couple of years ago, I found a triptych style frame at Pier One in the clearance bin. It was scratched up,…
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Stations of the Cross: Remember Also Those of Ill Will
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At our “Living Joy to the Fullest” retreat, we took part of the afternoon to walk the stations of the cross. San Damiano’s stations are set in a gorgeous outdoor oak grove. Growing up, I never walked the Stations. I don’t know if it’s just not Lutheran (the whole no…
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Old Table Re-do: A Media Stand Becomes an Entry Way Table
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We had an media stand that worked well in our old apartment. It was exactly the width of the space that held our TV. When we moved, we found that the TV seemed perched rather precariously on it. Add a baby to the mix and I knew we needed to…
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Gluten Free Recipe: Delicious Coffee Cake
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I’ve passed the two and a half year mark in being gluten free and I’m just now experimenting with recipes. It’s taken awhile to get comfortable with the basics … but recently I wanted to make a coffee cake. A moist, delicious, insane coffee cake. Guess what!? It worked. At…
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Zoom Friday: Weekend Fun, Lemons and a Music Festival
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This last weekend, we had time at home for a lot of family fun. Saturday afternoon was lazy. We hung out in the dining room and backyard, and picked our first lemon from our dwarf Ponderosa tree. For some reason, there wasn’t a lot of juice in the lemon, but…