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Natural Scents Hot Pot

December 17, 2015 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

I love natural scents, but great quality candles are kind of costly to burn daily. I discovered that I can fill all of the rooms of my little home with delicious natural scents for pennies a day. Here’s how… First, I send my kids into the yard to gather anything that smells good: sprigs of…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Gift Ideas, Health and Natural Remedies, Herbs From Your Yard, Herbs In Your Kitchen, Home Beautiful

The First Box Under My Christmas Tree Saves My Sanity

December 10, 2015 By Gwen Brown 6 Comments

The first box under my tree is my SANITY box- peek inside for my best Christmas organizing tips!

The first box under my Christmas tree is my SANITY box. It’s one of the first boxes out of the attic, and I honestly don’t know how I lived without it. The idea for this struck me a couple of years ago as I was rushing around looking for the special hooks for the stockings…where…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Organizing Ideas

My Tea Box

September 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 5 Comments

I promised a friend that I’d post about my tea box. I can’t remember how we got onto the conversation of storing teas, but this is my fun solution for saving space while storing and easily accessing all of my bagged teas. Meet my tea box. The front of the box is a plaque that I helped…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Organizing Ideas

Thrift Store Tip: Tracing Lids

September 4, 2015 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

I like a good thrift store tip from time to time. If you saw this tip on washing vintage bottles, you may know that I have a thing for old glass- I love finding cool glass jars and vintage kitchen stuff. Like this incredible deco glass mayonnaise lid that my sister found for me. I love it! But it was…

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Filed Under: Creative Home, Vintage & Thrift Finds

Organizing Kids Stuff With Color

August 14, 2015 By Gwen Brown 7 Comments

Organizing kids stuff is a must in families with more than one kid. Teaching kids to keep up with their stuff is NOT easy, and I cannot keep track of everybody’s everythings around here. I’ve got four kids, and we do school at home, so we’ve got a ton of *stuff*…notebooks, pencil boxes, scissors, rulers,…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas

Clean Your Room!

August 7, 2015 By Gwen Brown 9 Comments

This week has kicked my bottom. We started school, on my oldest daughter’s 16th birthday. Aaaannnnd she started her first job. At 8 A.M. that morning. Aaannnnddd I had to be at a grocery co-op at 8 A.M. that morning. And birthday dinner that night. So. I’m one tired Mama. I survived! We’ve had a…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas

DIY Block Crayons

July 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 15 Comments

YES! Block crayons (from Waldorf schools) that you can DIY for *cheap!!!* Perfect for my preschooler!

Last year, block crayons crossed my radar as I was gathering supplies for my preschooler.  I’m a *sucker* for the beautiful, natural inspired Waldorf toys, and these crayons are what they use in Waldorf Kindergartens. Block crayons are great for small hands, and the children are encouraged to cover the whole paper with color. I…

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Filed Under: Baby & Todder, Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Kids & Learning

Washing Vintage Bottles

May 1, 2015 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

Get vintage bottles *really* clean with these simple tricks & common tools.

Lately, I’ve had this obsession with vintage bottles. It started when I found this beauty at a thrift store, and wanted to use it for a photo shoot (here). The problem with most vintage bottles that you find is that they were considered about as special as a tin can back in the day.   My…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Vintage & Thrift Finds

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