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Tips for using Baking Soda in the Laundry

I have lots of posts that talk about how to use vinegar to boost your laundry but today I’m going to be sharing lots of ways to use Arm & Hammer Baking Soda in the laundry! Whiter WhitesTo get whiter whites brighter brights add 1/2 cup baking soda for a natural way of boosting your detergent and brightening your clothes! Fabric SoftenerTo save money, and get softer clothes, add 1/2 baking soda to the rinse cycle of your washing machine, which allows the baking soda to act as a natural fabric softener. Remove OdorsIf you’ve got a load of stinky… Read More

A Yellow Front Door {Makeover}

I recently had the privilege of painting my friend’s front door to spruce up the front of their house. It started out bland and white and when we were done it was a beautiful bright yellow front door that greets their guests with happiness! For this project we followed this tutorial for how to paint a door like a pro and we used Sunflower yellow by Old Village Paint, from their Colours de Provence collection. It’s a beautiful color and it went on smoothly, without flaw. When you paint a front door using high quality paint will give you beautiful… Read More

Quick Breakfast Ideas

School starts for us this week! In order to organize our early, busy school mornings I’ve come up with a few quick breakfast ideas that I can pre-make and grab on our way out the door. After mentioning my English muffin sandwiches and hash brown stacks in this post I had a bunch of you ask me for the recipe so today I’m going to share them with you and one other recipe for a hearty, healthy breakfast loaf. English Muffin SandwichesIngredients 12 English muffins6 Pieces of bacon (or turkey bacon)12 Slices of cheese (your choice, I use cheddar or… Read More

First Day of School Pictures {round-up}

Last year I had great intentions for getting priceless first day of school pictures. I don’t remember why I didn’t get around to doing what I wanted to do but on the morning of Malea’s first day of Pre-K I was rushing around trying to think of something cute to do and this was all I got. A last minute, thrown together picture of her on the couch. I did catch this picture too but never did anything fun with it. So this year I am determined to get a cute, memorable and priceless picture of her on… Read More

Organize Back to School Mornings

I can hardly believe the summer is almost over and we are having to think about those early school mornings again! Today I’m sharing a few tips for how to organize your mornings to help them run quickly and smoothly, without any kiddo (or mommy) meltdowns. My trick for having a organized school mornings is planning ahead. Here are three ways I’m planning ahead this year! Pre-made BreakfastsTo help ease the rush, but still be able to have a hearty and nutritional breakfast, I pre-made a few things and put them in the freezer. The first thing I made were… Read More

Unique Front Door Colors with Chalk Paint

We have successfully moved into our new house! The move was quick and easy but now that I’m here I’m a little overwhelmed with the amount of projects that face me in the upcoming months (probably years). One of the first things I couldn’t live with was our awful mauve front door. It’s red on the outside, which looks great but years ago someone decided it would be a good idea to paint it 80’s mauve. I was in such a hurry to cover it up that I didn’t get a great before picture but here’s a picture from the… Read More

Sneak peak of our new home!

Our first picture in front of our new house! We are all moved in at our new house and right now I feel like I’m surrounded by chaos! Half the rooms are empty because we need to buy more furniture and there are a handful of boxes that still need to be unpacked. For the most part we are all unpacked but we are also trying to figure out where we want things to go since the space is so different and so much bigger than our last home. This house is our other house PLUS 2,000 square feet, CRAZY!!!… Read More

Moving and Packing Tips

One of my least favorite things about moving and packing, is having to write on all the boxes because I get so tired of writing the same thing over and over again. If you’ve ever moved you know what I mean! For this move I decided I would print out bright colored labels to identify each of the boxes, which would make it easy for my friends to know where the boxes go, and it would save me from having to write on all the boxes! I bought these shipping labels from Office Depot and I love them because they… Read More