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Giveaway Winner and a New Nephew!

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Today’s first matter of business is to announce the winner of our Royal Design Stencil GIVEAWAY! The winner is:                Brittneyponce24 …who proclaimed her love for the Vase and Pearl Stencil that she’d like to use on the wall behind her bed. Brittney, I’ll be emailing you asap! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In EVEN MORE exciting news, my little bro (Tim) and his wife (Carrie) birthed a sweet ... [ Read More ]

TUTORIAL~ Paint an old chandy the RIGHT WAY!

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OK, there are painted chandeliers everywhere these days. And y’all have to admit that a bright pop of color can bring an old brassy ‘typical’ chandelier into the 21st century, and seriously brighten up any space! So when Molly asked us to brighten up a couple chandy’s for her new photography studio, we thought this would be a great opportunity to throw down a tutorial! When you’re planning ... [ Read More ]

Better Than Pumpkin Pie Cake

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First Wednesday of the month... you know what that means! Our girl Meghan from Cupcakes with Sprinkles is here to throw down another AMAZING and holiday-appropriate dessert for us all to drool over (and drop everything to make because the craving is overwhelming). Without further ado... take it away Meghan! Do you love pumpkin pie? I love pumpkin pie and I've found a better way to have it. You ... [ Read More ]

Better Than Pumpkin Pie Bars

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Do you love pumpkin pie? I love pumpkin pie and I've found a better way to have it. Better than Pumpkin Pie Bars! I admit, I made it skeptically because its made with a box cake mix for the crust and the crumble on top. But I was so surprised and its totally worth making. The taste of the cake with the pumpkin pie filling, makes it so much better than just the pie! Are you ready, cause we are ... [ Read More ]

Stencil GIVEAWAY! Yayayayay!

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This giveaway is now CLOSED… but you should totally still go check out their AMAZING products and hook yourself up! Howdy hey! And Happy Election Day to you as well! Do yourself a favor and VOTE VOTE VOTE! Today I’m super excited about our STENCIL GIVEAWAY! The generous (and creative!) folks at Royal Design Studios have offered to giveaway a stencil ($50 or less) to one lucky Sawdust and Embryos ... [ Read More ]

Barn-Boards ~ Thoughtful DIY Gift Ideas!

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Hey, so I’m back to show you the outcome of our project using our distressed wood from our DIY Barn-Board Tutorial. (If you haven’t checked that out… you should. SO… EASY! . The hubs affixed my distressed ‘barn boards’ to a 1/4” slab of plywood for me, so it’s one solid piece using 1/4" staples... but you could use screws too, as long as they aren't longer than the thickness of the boards. You ... [ Read More ]

Spontaneous once again!

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I know it’s cray-cray that I’m blogging in the evening, but I have good reason… we’ve been driving for the last 8 hours. We took an impromptu trip to southern Missouri to visit Nick’s ma and his sister & fam. It was my very first time being down in his old stomping grounds, and I got to see the scene of a lot of old ornery (and often illegal) memories. And when I say ‘impromptu trip’ this is ... [ Read More ]

16 Months

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This last month of parenthood hasn’t been my finest. I may have the least patience in the history of ever. (Nick is reading this at work, and nodding his head in agreement). I mean, does this come naturally to ANYONE? You’d think 8 years of nannying would give me a one-up. I’ve said some things I never thought I’d say… “get out of the toilet!” … “don’t eat your boogers!” … “get your finger out of ... [ Read More ]

Wedding Weekend Extravaganza

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So last weekend, we voyaged to the Wisconsin Dells to celebrate my little brother’s wedding. You know, the one that proposed in Spain all romantic-like? It was a wild and chaos-filled weekend for those that have two children under the age of two. But all things considered, the girls handled the weekend like champs. It didn’t hurt that there were so many family members around to entertain them and ... [ Read More ]

Royal Design Stencil Review!

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Top of the mornin’ to ya! I’m excited to FINALLY show you a finished project today… one of the things I’ve been slaving away at in the evenings when Nick is away at work. Based on my love of stenciling, you can imagine my excitement when Royal Design Studios offered to send me one of their stencils FOR FREE to review! Pure awesomeness! I got to choose any stencil from their wide selection. I ... [ Read More ]

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