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let's talk about one if my favorite hobbies, planners! Last year I ended up with too many planners all on the way to finding the one that I like the best and works best for me. I decided to go back to a classic size happy planner. As I am looking back on these photos, I just want to say, I was using my journal by the pool, under a red umbrella, which gave all these pictures a red tinge. This was the second time I took these pictures, the first time they turned out too dark, so red it is! I have stuck with my one planner for the year, one of the reasons that I really like the Happy Planner is the fact that I can add pages and customize my planner how I want. I am so happy with my set up, I have trackers and my reading journals and my daily planning all in one place. The one thing is, it's so bulky, I can't bring it anywhere so I decided to make a smaller planner, notebook that I can bring with me, to work or on vacation. One thing that I really wanted, was to find everything...

I was looking back at my garden posts from years past and I noticed that I always post my garden setup and I always have the best intentions to post some updates but never follow through with it. This year I waited so long to post my garden setup so I thought I would post the update at the same time. This was my early summer setup. This year we planted sweet peas, 3 varieties of tomatoes, carrots, beets, basil and our strawberry plant. One thing that I do every year is over plant my tomatoes, I always think I need more plants, forgetting how fast they grow and we end up with so many tomatoes, luckily I have a tomato monster at home! Part of my summer garden setup this year was giving a my rain moose a make over. I bought this little moose for my dad the first Father's Day after Little Man was born. My dad kept the moose at his cottage for years, when we sold the cottage I took the moose home for my garden. He has lost his umbrella which helped the rain fall into the beaker and he h...

Little Miss turned 9 this year! Each year the kids choose theor theme and I run with it! This year she asked for a minecraft party, so far, minecraft is the only theme that my kids have shared. So I wanted to think up some activities that were different than Little Man had at his birthday. We decided to go for a real life minecraft adventure. We thought it would be fun to paint boxes to look like grass blocks and have the kids build their own houses etc.  I also had big plans of the kids making their own masks and weapons. We did that for Little Man's minecraft birthday party a few years ago but this time I got too caught up with painting boxes, oh so many boxes! Instead of making them, I found these inflatable minecraft weapons, so each kid had one as well as a choice of felt masks to create their character. If I were to do this again, I would make more creepers. We only had one and the kids at the birthday party all wanted to play with it. This would be a good activity for summer...

Here it is, I know you've been waiting for it...my new bookcase reveal! Our old bookcases have lasted many years and been through several moves, it's a wonder they have held up but it was time for a refresh.  The original plan was to replace only the tall bookcase but having all three bookcases match feels very polished and like an adult lives here, but I decorated them with ghosts so there goes that idea.  We moved the old bookcases to the basement to organize the kids books and toys so they get to have a new purpose and my basement gets some much needed organization. I spent a lot of time researching my perfect bookcase. I would have loved a bookcase with a ladder but unfortunately I don't have room for that in my library, so not realistic right now but I found a style that made me just as happy! The bookcases I chose have this metal X detal on either side of each shelf. It really helps to lighten up the room. Once the bookcases were built and filled with books, with room...

June 22 is officially summerween, according to Geavity Falls. We have loved decorating and celebrating summerween for a few years. This year my summerween decorating theme is haunted forest. This is my first summerween craft of the season.  I ordered a knock-off ghost mirror from Amazon. The original ghost mirror is beautiful but not necessarily worth $500.00. I opted for this $25.00 version instead. I was expecting the frame to be plastic and flimsy, I really wasn't expecting too much. The frame is wood and pretty sturdy. The problem was the mirror portion, it was so wavy that it was hard to look at. When you turn on the light, the ghost is the exact look I was hoping for. My solution was to add a stick-on film to the mirror. I found this vine print window cling that hides the wavy mirror but keeps the ghost. I am so happy with the final result is very abandoned haunted castle in the forest.  Happy Summerween and happy crafting!

In my last post I spoke about wanting to make a miniature library for my new bookcase. Well, after a few months of constructing it, designing it and then changing everything. It is finally done...for now, until I add or change something else.   I was very generously gifted a miniature kit from a friend. She made beautiful miniatures and I wanted to use the kit from her and make her proud. The kit I was given was for a larger miniature, I didn't have room for a bigger scene on my bookcase so I bought a smaller box from Michael's and tailored the scene to the smaller space. Most of the accessories worked for the smaller space. The original scene had an upper floor but I didn't have to room to do that so I added the railings and stairs to give the illusion of an upper storey. I also added my own wallpaper, which I did after I glued everything into place and then decided I didn't like the white walls! The last addition was the overhead lamp, which I didn't think I wante...

  I recently bought a new bookcase, it is beautiful and wider than my last one, which gives me more room for books... and decorations! I now have enough room to add a miniature library in a book. As I was looking up ideas for my mini library I came across the idea for a miniature reading nook in a jar. Since I wasn't sure that I wanted to tackle a full library for my first miniature project I tried this and it turned out so cute and cozy and it was fun to make. What you need: A mason jar, it can be big or small depending on what you have. Mini furniture and accessories: chair, table, books, mini coffee cup etc.  Battery powered tea light Tacky glue and glue gun Paper, stickers etc. For the "floor" and background. I used a white wood sticker sheet for the floor and a book page for the background. What to do: Attaching the light to the lid: 1. Decide the placement of the light on the inside of the lid. Keep in mind that if you are using a smaller jar like I did you want to ...