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17 Easy Homemade Valentine Decorations For You to Make
Valentines is a fun time of year and a really simple one to decorate for. Homemade Valentine decorations don’t have to be complicated or take a lot of time. Some paper and some ideas go a long way! While I am not the craftiest person I have found some great and easy ideas that you…

My Favorite DIY Christmas Cookie Ornaments Tutorial
When I was young Christmas cookie ornaments were one of my favorite traditions. Not only are they fun to make, but they were also fun to eat! We would make big batches of cookies and sit together and decorate the cookies. Some of them would be made into Christmas cookie ornaments and others would be…

5 Signs You’re Stressed About Money and How to De Stress
This is a sponsored conversation on how to de stress is written by me on behalf of SunTrust. The opinions and text are all mine. Money is one of the highest reasons for stress, anxiety and fighting in a marriage. Knowing how to de-stress is something you have to be very aware of and…




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