My DIY Batik-Inspired Desk

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Do you want a new look for your children’s work stations? This simple, DIY Batik-inspired design will inspire you to liven up their workspaces! All you need are leftover paint, school supplies, a steady hand and a little creativity. Personalizing their own desks and allowing them to give design input will encourage them to get excited to use their “new” desks this coming schoolyear!

How To Manage Multiple-Aged Kids Learning From Home

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Art teacher and mom, Karlin, gives us a sneak peek into her home and describes how setting the tone and cultivating a culture of love and respect help her “survive” teaching her own brood of three multi-aged kids.

DIY 5-Ingredient Veggie Dip

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A simple 5-ingredient vegetable dip you can try at home. All you need are mayo, salt and pepper, vinegar and minced garlic. Enjoy a creamy, savory pairing for your Crudité of carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, or any raw vegetable of your choice.

DIY Wooden Cat. For kids by kids.

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Simple DIY kids’ activities to do at home. Thinking of an easy do-it-yourself project your child can do this summer? Why not come up with their own DIY tutorial using what’s at hand?

Generation X: A Brief Photo Essay

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Generation X, the middle generation (hence the X) born between Baby Boomers and Millennials, teetered on the fence between the analog and digital eras. Growing up mostly without internet and social media, this generation can still remember the days when cassette mix tapes, boom boxes and the Walkman were the height of tech! So, if […]

DIY Paper Cup Popsicles

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Create a healthy summer dessert using everyday kitchen items and good-for-you breakfast ingredients with this simple DIY dessert

Flimsy Fortress

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The dining room was a mess. Three little girls had decided that this was going to be the location of their fort and they were running around the house excitedly grabbing items to make their little place “homey”. Two bedsheets ended up over the table and provided the giggling, enthusiastic trio with their “walls” while […]

HOW TO WEAR: The Mutton Sleeve

Flashes of old-school Disney princesses come to mind whenever a pic of this playful trend pops up on my feed. (That and my sister’s prom dress in the 80s.) As they say, it all just goes around and here we are in the year 2021 and the dramatic puff sleeve, formally known as the Leg-of-Mutton sleeve, has exploded onto the arms and shoulders of influencers on FB and IG feeds.

DIY Memory Box

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We all have them…travel souvenirs, graduation knickknacks, baby mementos, hotel keycards, dog-eared maps, leftover change from around the world and other nostalgic touchstones we can’t seem to get rid off.

A fun project to finally clear out those cluttered drawers and organize those priceless memories to create an art gallery of memoirs worthy of the Louvre…well, in our eyes anyway.

Relive those amazing family vacations and enjoy your trip down memory lane…we’ll all soon be booking flights to exotic destinations soon!

HOW TO WEAR: Tie-Dye (When You’re Over 40)

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Whoever said you can’t have fun with fashion in your 40s? It’s all about balance and fit…go crazy with pattern but balance it out with a classic neutral piece or go for volume (top or bottom) but weigh it down with something streamlined. In our first “style how-to”, we tackle tie-dye (yes, it’s baaaack) and how we can wear this trend and still look pulled together.