Just Call Me Homegirl

My eBay journey started over 20 years ago in college when our campus bookstore would get the newly released Beanie Babies. Then I would purchase them for around $4 and sell them for up to $90. For a freshman in college that was pretty good money and I got bit by the selling bug. Over the years I have sold…
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I love to add natural elements to my home decor! So I had an idea to create a simple Valentines centerpiece for our dining room table using only branches I scoured from outside and really simple cut out hearts! I used my Cricut Explore Air 2 and simple used the “heart” shape button to create 2 different sizes of hearts….
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When we moved in to our home, the wood stove brick surround was RED. Just like the room..So when we painted the room it’s first color I wanted to tone down the red in the brick by white washing it. I thought it looked great and it was really easy. You can see how I did it here. While I…
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I have dreamed about adding built-ins to our downstairs family room since we moved in. I feel like room has been a work in progress because I was always wanting built-ins. When we had a contractor in our home when we first moved in he said that built-ins would be around $5k+ not really something I wanted to pay. So…
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The last two years I have really fallen in love with my Christmas Decor. I think I have found my Christmas “look”! Of course it’s not far off from my everyday look… I really love decorating with natural elements so this year I did many projects with driftwood, greenery just a lot of simple natural decor. So here is my…
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When we get a significant snow fall here we usually eyeball how much snow has fallen by looking on our deck rails. Not anymore! I created a fun way to “measure” our snowfalls from now on. The best part it’s extremely easy, customizable and makes a cute gift as well! Plus I had leftover wood stakes from making my adorable…
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Since I tore down my back splash and painted it a dark color I fell in love with my kitchen a little more and wanted to create a few little projects to help declutter and make it my own. I raided my stash of scrap wood and came up with two little beginner projects that anyone can do and they…
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