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Decorate: Simple, No-Stress Holiday Projects

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Many of us are trying our best to simplify, spend less and scale back, especially when we decorate. Instead of creating MORE work for ourselves around the holidays, wouldn’t we all like to do less, but enjoy it more? I’m Melissa from The Inspired Room and I love finding simple, easy and affordable ideas to [...]

How To Guide: An Interesting Holiday Mantel

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Learning how to decorate a gorgeous holiday mantel is easier than you think! Today’s how to guide is a all about creating a interesting holiday mantel.  Here are the top 10 tips on how to decorate a gorgeous holiday mantel and centerpiece of your family room. There’s no wrong when it comes to prettying up [...]

Design in all places, going beyond the keyboard {Design}

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Emily and Kyrsten, my fellow Sissies, introduced some stellar discussion and tips on Making clipart look custom, Using typography the right way, and Working with color to find inspiration.  Now we get to continue the series with: Inspiration for design is found everywhere!  My very favorite part of designing is allowing inspiration from every day [...]

4 Tips to Upgrade Your Laundry Room

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Hi!  I’m Laurie with TipJunkie.com with an easy upgrade from Downy.  Today’s tip is how to upgrade your laundry room! It doesn’t matter if you have an entire room or a small closet.  You’ll be able to use these 4 tips to help transform any space that holds your washer and dryer into a beautiful [...]

Empty Frames Wall Decor ~ NO Holes!

Empty Frames Wall Decor ~ NO Holes!

I’m a bit obsessed with decorating walls with empty frames.  Yep, I just adore how you can cover an entire wall and give it some chic personality for under $30 bucks! {evil laugh} Today I’m going to show you how easy it is to decorate walls with empty frames without putting holes in your wall.  How fabulous [...]

14 Fun Things To Make For Halloween

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Today I am featuring 14 fun things to make for Halloween.  You can use these amazing tutorials for Halloween party food, as home decor, or just for fun activities for kids!  Be sure to check out the Tip Junkie Halloween site for hundreds of free Halloween tutorials and costume ideas. I have to admit, Halloween has [...]

15 Great Throw Pillow Tutorials

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Wondering how to make a pillow?  One of the easiest ways to spruce up a room is by adding a fun new throw pillow!  The possibilities are endless with different fabrics, textures, and embellishments.  Here are 15 Tutorials on how to sew a pillow to get your creative mind thinking! How To Make A Pillow [...]

How To Spray Paint Furniture! {in 5 easy steps}

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The pros to spray paint is that there is hardly any clean up, it will stick to nearly anything, and the dry time is much faster than latex paint. The cons are that there are limited colors and it can be a little more pricey if you have a large project. Sometimes the convenience is worth [...]

5 Ways to Install Molding to Upgrade Your Home

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This may just be a personal thing, but I love to install molding! I just LOVE the look of moldings- shout it from the highest mountain!  What about you?  When it comes to giving your home architectural interest, the easiest way to do it is add moldings  For those of us that live in a cookie cutter [...]

Beth from Home Stories A to Z {Master Class}

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Promoting creative women is the #1 goal of Tip Junkie. Today, Beth from A to Z Stories is sharing her 5 Tips for Successful Blogging . She is sharing how she has found success and fulfillment through blogging. In an effort to empower you, our readers and fellow creative souls, we would like to welcome you [...]

Home Design: 5 Steps to Use Photos to Create Your Look

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Find the perfect bedroom in a magazine and want to recreate the look?  Today we’re talking about home design with 5 easy steps to use photos you love to create your look!  Let’s train your eye to properly discern these picture-perfect images. Shall we? I still have drawers of inspiration images… But now that we [...]