Extreme Makeover Vacation Edition

We have returned from vacation and oh did we ever have fun! We swam and shopped just a bit. We cooked hot dogs on the grill and read ( I finished three books!). It was one of the best vacations. In fact we were having so much fun, we decided to [...]

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Website of the Week – Natural Beauty Workshop

I want to share this website. Naturalbeautyworkshop is a blog sponsored by from Nature with Love. From Nature was founded by Kibby and Jay. They first became aware of natural and organic ingredients in skin care when their daughter was diagnosed with eczema. They share their knowledge through the blog and [...]

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Lucky Magzine – Cool Finds!

I love the fall and spring fashion issues of magazines. I love to see what’s on the runways. I am usually looking for colors, styles, etc. This information can be helpful when making jewelry. Recently, I discovered Lucky Magazine. The good folks at Lucky are all about the clothes, shoes, [...]

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A Great Bargain, A New Love, and Warm Hats

My husband and I were out and about this weekend. I thought I’d share some of our more fun and interesting finds. After getting married I discovered that my husband doesn’t go to sleep without either music playing or a sound machine turned on. The thunderstorm and rain buttons are his favorites. [...]

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Bath Bomb How To

Craftzine is a regular read for me. There are so many wonderful, creative ideas and craftzine brings them all together in one place. Recently, I found this link to a tutorial on instructables about making bath bombs. It looks pretty easy and has found its way onto my list of projects to [...]

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Press On Eye Shadow

“Would you use press on eye shadow?” This question was posed by Retrodiva on her blog, daily dose of coffee. I was intrigued. It seems a rather unusual and I’m not at all sure it will work, but I’d admit I’m curious. I thought perhaps some of you might be curious [...]

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Dress like an Icon/Website of Week

I have long been an admirer of Audrey Hepburn and her sense of style. There are others from Hollywood past that are considered Icons of Style. We often look at these men and women and wonder how they did it. Of course they had access to professionals that you and I don’t [...]

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Island Inspired

I’ve noticed the girls on some on my fave beauty blogs playing with new eye shadows in bright summer colors and was inspired. I decided to go for something with an island feel. I love the blues and greens of the ocean. I used Maybelline duo eye shadow called Sea of Glass [...]

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1950’s Audrey Hepburn Make-Up

I found this and thought it was quite cool.  I’ve tried a few times and it worked beautifully.  I was quite pleased with the results.

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