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Archives for July 2012

Make Your Own Stamps

July 27, 2012 by Rachel 28 Comments

Make Your Own Stamps

After posting all of those wonderful DIY stamp ideas, I had to try a few of my own. These stamps are really a combination of a few of the others, but are closest to this herringbone stamp from A Beautiful Mess. I was a little worried that using craft foam sheets wouldn’t work very well, but it really did. It was so easy, and I know I’m going to make

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Easy Ombre Earrings

July 23, 2012 by Rachel 12 Comments

Easy Ombre Earrings

I’ve been on a little ombre spree lately. Plus with working on opening an Etsy shop, I’ve been on a huge jewelry spree lately too. Here is one of the simple earrings I came up with. They don’t take very long to make and are great for beginning jewelry makers. The hardest part is finding the right sizes and shades of beads (and not leaving the store with 100 different

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Make Your Own Stamps (8 DIY Ideas)

July 21, 2012 by Rachel 3 Comments

Make Your Own Stamps (8 DIY Ideas)

I’ve always been a little disappointed with the selection of stamps at the craft store. There are always a couple that are cute, but for whatever reason, I never seem to find what I’m looking for. Plus, isn’t it more fun to make your own anyway? Here are a few awesome tutorials for making your own stamps. I’m going to try a few of these techniques this week and share

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How to Paint an Ombre Accent Wall

July 18, 2012 by Rachel 34 Comments

How to Paint an Ombre Accent Wall

(find the dandelion stencil here) As many of you know, we just moved back into the townhouse where Grant and I first lived after we got married, and where we were living when Benjamin and Lyla were born. When Lyla was only 2 months old, we loaded up a little truck with a little bit of our stuff and moved across town to live with and help take care of

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Vacation

July 9, 2012 by Rachel 2 Comments

Vacation

I hope you’ve all been having a wonderful summer. Things have been really crazy here. First, we moved across town. There’s actually still a lot of work to be done. Then Grant and I went on a short trip to the Bahamas. Of course we managed to not get a single picture of the two of us together, haha. Meanwhile, my cousin and I have been working on starting up

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