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DtsArt Patriotic Files

These svg files came at just the right time for scrapbooking my 4th of July pictures from last year.  Hey, I’m only a year behind–that’s really good, right? I used 3 of the files but there are more in the set.  I loved that there were words I could use for my title that were …

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Simple Patriotic Table

Happy 4th of July!Here are a couple of quick snapshots of my super simple decor for the holiday weekend. These are the paper starbursts I saw at FunkyVintageLovely  (and used a tip from SugarBeeCrafts and just assembled them with hot glue) Then for the table I made a runner with two plastic tablecloths, sprinkled vanilla, …

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Make Your Own Sand Table

One of my kids’ favorite thing to do at the OMSI is play in the sand box in the Science Playground.  I’ve thought they’d love one at home too, but I didn’t really want their pockets full of sand as they came back inside, and I certainly didn’t want to provide the neighborhood cats with …

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DtsArt Growing Petal Album

This was such a cool file to work with.  A whole album with 12 pages, plus a cover, each one adding a little petal around the outside. I decided to make a colors book for my kids, but especially for my 2-year old, as he’s learning colors now.  The girls both know their colors really …

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It looked better in my head

I wanted to hang something “subtly” related to the 4th of July, and though it would be fun to use this picture frame (which had already been spray painted white) with some clearance Christmas ribbon and left over blue tissue paper.  I made pom poms and hung them from the frame.  It came together in …

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