Okay everybody, I have found us an easy peasy project.
You probably have all the items in your own home, and it can be completed in less than 15 minutes. My kind of craft!
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Happy New Years?
Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a fun night last night and that you are not paying for it too much today.
Wanna hear how exciting my night was? Well, Topher had to finish end-of-year things at the office and didn’t get home until really late. So, I got to sit at home with our unnamed teenager, who was violently ill with the flu. While I’m sitting with her on the couch with a bucket on her lap, Gracie our pup, jumps up on the couch and starts vomiting too. Sympathy puking?
Super fun night for me! I just pray this nasty bug passes me by.
My daughter was pretty bummed she was spending New Year’s Eve at home with her mom, and with the condition she was in, I wasn’t too excited about spending too much time with her either. So today I am going around the house disinfecting everything in sight.
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Restoration Redoux’s Top Ten Projects of the Year!!!!!
Since we are about to start off a new year, I thought I would reflect on this year’s favorite posts.
When I first started reading other DIY blogs, I have to admit I was a bit intimidated. Every project they did looked so perfect. When there was a tutorial, a lot of them used terms or techniques I wasn’t familiar with, and so I would never try them.
I was searching for a blog that brought it down to a beginner’s level. I wanted one that would say “Hey, I’m no expert, but this is what did or didn’t work for me.” I didn’t just want to see perfect houses with their perfect lives. I wanted the “Hey, my husband’s been out of town, my house flooded, the kid is sick, and the house is a wreck … but here’s this easy project I completed in the middle of it all.” I wanted real life. I wanted someone to tell me that not every project they do turns out perfect, or that they had to do a technique 3 times before they got it right, and I wanted to learn from their experiences.
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Felt Wreath Tutorial
While in between projects yesterday, I decided to put my crafty skills to use. I wanted to make a wreath for my door for Christmas, but time got away from me, and it just never happened. I decided to make one that I could use the rest of the winter.
This wreath is definitely at a beginner level, it just takes a little time.
Here is what you need: 2 yards of felt material I used white, but you could use any color. I got mine at Hancock Fabric and uploaded their 50 % off coupon onto my phone to use. A foam wreath (you could use any size but I used a 14 inch) — this cost about 7.99 at Michaels, but I used the 50% off coupon in Sunday’s paper, so it wasn’t too bad.
Merry Christmas from Restoration Redoux!!!
Merry Christmas from Restoration Redoux! I hope all of you are having a wonderful day!
This year, with all of my big projects all due by Christmas Eve, I didn’t get around to getting any Christmas cards sent out. Therefore, I thought I would share with you last year’s Christmas card.
Now trying to get a teenager and three dogs all looking at the camera at the same time was a bit challenging. One hundred, forty four camera clicks later, this was the winner.
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Christmas Top 10
Since Christmas is literally right around the corner, I thought I would share my top ten favorite things about Christmas:
1. Christmas Music … from Thanksgiving day to the last hour possible on Christmas day. Of course this makes Topher and the unnamed child insane, but they just have to suck it up.
2. Willams Sonoma Salted Carmel Hot Chocolate, with their fantastic marshmallows. This is my dessert each night around Christmas time.