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The day-in, day-out tasks of young motherhood, which were all-consuming ten years ago, are no longer my reality as I look at becoming an "empty-nester" with my husband in the next few years. With this new name and the coming blog redesign, you will see a clearer focus on my real loves -- the things that make a house a home: • None DIY Tutorials that will hopefully inspire you to put some blood, sweat and tears into your own homes like we have ours. Years ago, as a newlywed with a design degree burning a hole in my pocket, I dreamed of one day owning a home that I could turn into a real showstopper. I also hope y'all will come back again and again and that you'll find this little online home as warm and welcoming as we try to make our real-life home.

*insert eye rolls from teenagers here* But cereal-sly (hee hee), the one food my family asks for more than any other is cold cereal. I designed this printable invitation in a 5x7 inch size that fits two to a page or as a 3.75x 5 inch which fits four to a page if you’re planning on inviting a crowd. I put my cereal in glass jars with metal scoops – mainly because that’s how we always store our cereal here, but also because it looks super cute. The recipe prints, round labels, and milk tags are all available in my Cereal Valentine Party Pack here .

I decided to play The Price is Right to make sure they had an idea about how much common things actually cost. They were shown a product and a price and had to decide if the actual price of that item was higher or lower than the price shown. The entire Price is Right game actually only took about 30 minutes of our evening, so we also played this awesome game idea from Mormon Activity Days and called it The Game of Life in keeping with our theme for the evening. The girls had a really fun time and were totally engaged THE WHOLE TIME, which is straight-up miraculous.

With just a few inexpensive materials and a simple $10 staple gun, I made my own chunky wood farmhouse framed signs and YOU CAN, TOO! ! ! Attach the wood pieces to the canvas by applying a bead of construction adhesive down the side of the canvas, butting the wood right up against it, and securing with several staples in the back as shown. Place your canvas on top of a book or something solid that is just thick enough to make the back of the wood canvas frame sit flush with the 1x3 wood piece while you staple. Next measure across the top of your picture from outside edge of the wood piece to outside edge of the opposite wood piece.