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Marshmallow Popcorn Balls

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Hey! Its Meghan from Cupcakes with Sprinkles! I hope everyone had a wonderful new year! I have been looking for ideas for my daughter’s Cinderella birthday party and popcorn is my favorite snack. So I found this idea and thought I would try them. It was a success! But I think I'll add a little blue food coloring for her birthday. They are sweet, not too gooey, and taste like caramel. Sweet and ... [ Read More ]

NEW BLOG NAME! Whaaaa?!

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New Year? WHY NOT IMPULSIVELY ROLL OUT A NEW BLOG DESIGN?! Just kidding… this whole rebranding and web design process has been a LONG time in the making. We’re changing our blog name from Sawdust and Embryos to Reality Daydream. So if you’re wondering if you have come to the right place… you have! Nobody hacked my website, and I’m not punking you. It’s me Beth! Same ridiculous ... [ Read More ]

Once upon a December

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Does anybody recognize the movie quote I used as the title to this post? Anybody? Beuller? JK, it’s not Ferris Beuller. I thought I should take some time to chat about all the happenings that went on for us throughout the month of December! My blog post traffic is always low around the holidays (people got better things to do!), and since we make most of our Christmas gifts… our time becomes ... [ Read More ]

Looking back at 2015

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My people. My dear DEAR people. Did you survive the holidays? Do you have even more family Christmas gatherings to attend? I feel that it would be in my best interest (and everyone elses?) to take a 2-day nap, followed by stripping the house of all Christmas décor, and finding a ‘home’ for every single new item acquired over the holidays. THE CLUTTER. It’s taking over my life. And my marriage. ... [ Read More ]

If a door closes…

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There’s been a photo circulating on Facebook the past few days. While I can really appreciate the color and patina of those doors (pretty similar to this treatment I did… FAVE!), I’m having a hard time with this quote. Let’s chat about it shall we? I love a good encouraging quote. And I know that this one is meant to be inspirational… but if I had settled for ‘it not being my door’ …I wouldn’t ... [ Read More ]

Winter Wonderland Christmas Vignette

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Christmas is pretty much the only holiday I decorate for, and I love to go all out. But the past few years...once we're finished decorating the tree with twin toddlers, I just don’t have it in me to do much more throughout the house. A Christmas tragedy. Things have calmed down now that the girls are 4 (until Cypress starts walking ANY DAY). So the other day the girls and I were making ... [ Read More ]

The tree has been acquired

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Confession… I totally wanted to put up our Christmas tree before Thanksgiving this year. Some years I’m just feeling the holiday spirit earlier than others… WHAT CAN I SAY! But since it’s a tradition for us to cut down a live tree each year, Nick convinced me that getting one too early could cause it to dry up all crispy-like and be a fire hazard by the time Christmas actually gets here. PLEASE ... [ Read More ]

Salted Caramels!

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Hey! Its Meghan from Cupcakes with Sprinkles! All of our Christmas decorations are up, Christmas music is playing, and I've been shopping online for presents! I've also been trying to figure out what treats to give my neighbors for Christmas and I came up with this. They are sweet, creamy, and have a dash of salt that makes it so rich. They are the perfect Christmas treat! Lets get what we ... [ Read More ]

12 Unique Gift Ideas by Talented Artisans

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Ahem… tap tap … IS THIS THING ON? Oh yeah! I have a blog that I should tend to! I have a really good excuse for being MIA, but that’s another story for another day. I’m guessing you’ve been spending time with family, chowing down on turkey and cranberry sauce, and watching football… so you probably didn’t even notice my absence. In which case: CARRY ON. I meant to get this post up in time for ... [ Read More ]

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