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Thursday, May 31, 2012

around the shop

Just another day around the shop.Thought you might like to peek in...

My mind is still working away from last Saturday and the conversation of monetizing blogs. It's a hot topic and there are a lot of varying opinions out there. For the evening read, here are two posts I really like that I think pose two unique views: Is your Blog the Show or the Commercial and On Privilege and "Selling Out". At BlogPodium Nicole's keynote talk was perfect - it gave a great insight into the different ways that a blogger can make some money from blogging. What I really loved was that Nicole...

If your like most of my mom friend's you just can't wait for school to end so your children can follow you around the house and beg you for snacks, drive them somewhere, "when does the pool open?", "can I (fill in the blank), "do we have any popsicles?", "I'm bored", etc....Good times.If your like most of my mom friend's you just can't wait for school to end so your children can follow you around the house and beg you for snacks, drive them somewhere, "when does the pool open?", "can I (fill in the blank), "do we have any popsicles?", "I'm bored",...

STOP PRESS!!The house featured for sale here, is available to rent from 25th August to 2 September 2012, and during the last two weeks of October.If you are interested, then email the owner here for further deta...

How charming are these pictures of a 18th century home, restored and decorated to create a comfortable family home. What I especially love is the way that so many old pieces of furniture and objects are used, effortlessly.The sort of items I love to buy in my local brocante fairs and flea markets. Living proof that it's not because it is old, it can't find a place in a family home today.The chair above is just like the pair I found in local market last week, in fact I think I may use this idea of toile de jouy to recover the seat.I...

Aubrey took down the upper cabinets! We posted the cabinets on Craigslist and found someone that just wanted to buy the uppers. So much better than seeing them go to the dump. Baby ste...

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This is a guest post written by meg duerksen from whatever.when Clorox® asked me to write about making messes with my kids and cleaning them up i said, "YES! we are GREAT at making messes and coincidentally . . . CloroxClean-Up® is my favorite cleaning product!" they directed me to the Clorox Clean-Up Recipes for Fun--Where Mess Doesn't Matter!have you been there?it is FULL of ideas for crafts or cooking or even science experiments to get messy with kids!i make crafts with my kids quite often and i LOVE to see them get really into their project...