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DIY Growth Chart Board

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DIY Growth Chart Board

I have been wanting to make a growth chart board for my family for awhile now and finally got to it.  We have been using just a plain piece of wood for the past several years and my oldest got too tall for it, so it was time to get another one.  I noticed that all of the ones in the stores only seemed to go to 5 feet, which would give us the same problem as our plain board.  So I decided that I needed to make one for our family, it was super easy to make and I love how it turned out.  I love the simplicity of the white with the gray vinyl.  I’m excited to track my kids’ growth on this board :).

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DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer

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DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer

We live in the state of Washington and they just made it mandatory to wear masks in public, so I needed some way to keep our face masks organized and displayed so we won’t forget them as we leave to go out.  I had them in the little green basket on our shoe storage, but that was a big mess and people were grabbing the wrong masks that didn’t fit them.  So I went out looking for a way to hold the masks and separate them so everyone could find their masks easily.  This is what I came up with and I love how it turned out!

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2020 Funny Tees with SVG Cut Files

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2020 Funny Tees with SVG Cut Files

2020 has been the quite the year, hasn’t it.  It just seems like every month brings new challenges and craziness.  Sometimes I feel like I am going to just wake up from a very bad dream and that every thing will get back to normal, but then reality sets in.  To lighten my mood and to laugh about the craziness of the year, I have made a few shirts that sum up 2020 pretty well.  These are my go to shirts right now because they just make me laugh and feel a little bit better about the year.  There are SVG cut files for each of these shirt designs, so you can make your own if you want :).

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4th of July Tie Dye Shirts

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4th of July Tie Dye Shirts

Every year we make 4th of July shirts and I let my kids make their own.  It’s been a fun thing to do every year, the kids look forward to making the red, white and blue shirts and then wearing their own creations.  This year we decided that it would be fun to do tie dye 4th of July shirts since tie dye is so trendy right now.  We had fun making them!

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Tips and Tricks on How to Tie Dye Shirts

Tips and Tricks on How to Tie Dye Shirts Tie dye is back in style and I am so excited about this!!  I LOVED tie dye shirts in the 90’s and had several.  I had one special one (I actually still have it) that I wore to almost every single meet that I went to…

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Best Fitting Face Masks {Tips on how to Make Face Masks}

Best Fitting Face Masks {Tips on how to Make Face Masks} Face masks, are you sick of this topic yet?  I’m sure you have seen lots and lots of different styles and face mask patterns and takes on the best face masks to make.  I figured that face masks aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, so…

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Things to Do in Southeast Washington

Things to Do in Southeast Washington We have lived in Washington for 6 years and this year we made a goal to explore the great state of Washington more.  We live in the southeast corner of Washington, so we started exploring there.  There is so much to do in southeastern Washington, we have loved getting…

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DIY Medal Holder Board

DIY Medal Holder Board This past year I made a goal to get healthy despite my health issues, you can read all about it here.  Well in doing so, I did a lot of races.  For fun, we did several races as a family and so all of my kids have medals.  They needed a…

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Sidewalk Chalk Mosaic Art with Words and Shapes

Sidewalk Chalk Mosaic Art with Words and Shapes I’m sure right now everyone is going stir crazy and getting sick of being in their house.  This quarantine stuff is not easy, that’s for sure.  One activity that has been really good for my family is doing mosaic art with sidewalk chalk.  My kids love it…

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Family Reunions Shirts with Numbers

Family Reunions Shirts with Numbers and Different Colored Shirts This past summer we had a big family reunion for my Dad’s 80th birthday party.  We have a large family, I am the youngest of 9 kids, and so trying to get everyone together is a huge deal.  I have always wanted to have a picture…

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