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Let's get this party started! Time to link up and share your fantastic craft and DIY projects, recipes, tutorials, and ideas! I can't wait to see what you have in store for us this week. 

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Lisa from Condo Blues chose

Floating Bathroom Shelves from Turtles and Tails

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home chose

German Potato Pancakes from All That's Jas

Amy at A Day of Small Things chose

Matcha Cheesecake from Kiku Corner

Maisy at Becoming Alice chose Cold Kicking Shower Melts from Busy Being Jennifer

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky chose

Barbacoa Recipe from To Simply Inspire

 

Penny at Penny's Passion chose How to Make Relaxing Lavender Bath Salts from Happy Mothering

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Lisa from Condo Blues chose How to Install a Beadboard Kitchen Backsplash from Artful Homemaking

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home chose

DIY Kitchen Conversion Chart Tutorial from Live Craft Love

Amy at A Day of Small Things chose

Antique Key Art from Not in Jersey

Maisy at Becoming Alice chose Traditional Irish Soda Bread Recipe from 5 Minutes For Mom

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky chose

Chalk Paint vs. Milk Paint from Repurpose and Upcycle

Penny at Penny's Passion chose Cherry-Pineapple Dump Cake in a Jar from Home Cooking Memories

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 I added a new Lost Bobby Pin Trinket Tray to my store LNWCreativeGifts to help you keep track of and organize your bobby pins, hair ties, and little daily bits. Check it out!

It makes a great gift too!

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Jerri at Simply Sweet Home chose

Gender Neutral Nursery from Health, Home, & Heart

Maisy at Becoming Alice chose

How to Make Fire Water: Natural Cold and Flu Remedy from Artful Homemaking

Amy at A Day of Small Things chose

Banana Split Brownie Pizza from Poinsettia Drive

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky  and Lisa at Condo Blues chose 

Craft Room Organization from The Country Chic Cottage

Penny at Penny's Passion chose DIY Coffee Sleeves from The Country Chic Cottage

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Friday Favorites Linky Party 411

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How to Make a Hanging Mittens, Gloves, and Hat Closet Organizer – Winter Gear Storage Made Simple!

My coat closet is a big, hot, disorganized mess! Hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves play hide and seek way too often. I can’t tell you how many times I took Lacey outside wearing non matching gloves because I couldn’t find a pair in the hall closet.

Disorganized coat closet BEFORE

I am not proud of this

I resisted organizing our hats and gloves using a hanging shoe organizer on the back of the closet door for many years because the pockets aren’t large enough to store scarves (hand knitted courtesy of my mother in law. Thanks Mom!) and they rip easily with heavy use.

The solution was to sew my own custom hanging closet winter hat, glove, and mitten organizer. If you can sew a straight line, you can make this project. It only looks complicated but it is not. I promise!

How to Sew a Closet Door Pocket Organizer

Friday Favorites Linky Party 407

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6 Ways to Insulate a Drafty Sliding Glass Door

I walked from my toasty warm home office to the kitchen downstairs. It was so cold I almost felt like someone left a window open in the dead of winter. 

I found and sealed the interior air leaks around my windows, water pipes, and front and back doors years ago and mulled over what could be wrong when the cold air hit me.

I didn’t weatherize, weather strip, or check the sliding glass door for air leaks when I did the rest of the house.

I didn’t need to light a candle or stick of incense and run it along the patio door to find warm escaping because the air leak was so big and blatant it almost smacked me right in the face. There is absolutely no weather stripping between the stationary and sliding glass doors. Take a look!

There’s yer problem!

Sliding doors can be tricky to weather-strip and seal to prevent drafts and leaking air if you need to use the door during the winter but it is not impossible.

6 Ideas for Winterizing a Sliding Patio Door

Friday Favorites Linky Party 406

Welcome to our first creative roundup  of the new year! 

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How to Make Wine Cork Gnomes

 Danish nisse are gnomes who secretly live in your attic, or barn if you live on a farm, and help take care of the animals at night when you are asleep. They also protect your family from harm.

All these helpful creatures ask for is respect and a bowl of porridge with a pat of butter on top on Christmas Eve, otherwise they will get even by playing tricks on you. Can’t find your car keys the next day? A group of insulted nisser probably hid them!

Many Danish home decorate for Christmas with nisse (also called tomte) or as we call them in the United States, gnomes.The plural of nisse is nisser and they are pretty darn cute as well as helpful!

Let’s make some Christmas gnome decorations from recycled wine corks! Tomte like it when we recycle.

Reycled Wine Cork Craft Idea: Christmas Gnomes!

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How to Make a Christmas Tree Topper Angel

I like to mix up our Christmas decorations from year to year to get a new look from ornaments and decorations I already have and love. I figure it is time for our Christmas tree angel to grace the top of the tree after several years of big fluffy  bows.

 Here's the BEFORE. Keep reading to see the AFTER!

Girlfriend is in some sad shape! Her wings are chipped and broken, her bust looks weirdly chesty, and she has always been too tall to sit properly on the top of our tree.

I hit the shops to drool over Christmas tree decorations find an elegant angel wearing a sumptuous brocade dress. I must be the Goldilocks of Christmas tree angels because I couldn’t find one that was Just Right.

I noticed that almost every angel in the store has  the same face as the Christmas angel I already own. Since I honed my sewing skills as a kid making doll clothes,  I knew I could satisfy my inner tree topper Goldilocks by repairing and making over our current Christmas tree angel into something elegant and fantastic!

Extreme Makeover Christmas Tree Angel Edition