Category: Homemaking
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Planning a Christmas dining table
This year we are hosting Christmas dinner in our home and I’m really looking forward to it. We’ve hosted Christmas dinner at our house before, but the first year we did it I was so concerned about the food and drinks that I completely forgot to make any plans for the table. I managed to…
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My tips on preparing well for Christmas
A few weeks ago, a friend asked me what my tips were for getting organised for Christmas. It was an interesting question as I haven’t ever considered that I have any particular tips or routines to follow each year. However as I thought about it further, I realised that I do have a few habits…
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30 minute up-cycling project: embroidery thread chair
I spied this chair on Pinterest recently and immediately loved it. I think it would be quite easy to replicate if you have a chair in need of some tender loving care. I don’t at the moment but am keeping an eye out for a similar chair to this just so that I can try…
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How to up-cycle a side table (the easy way!)
Hello there! How have things been with you? I’ve been looking forward to sharing this post with you and so am glad we are finally here. As many of you know, I work full time outside the home as well as curating this little corner of the internet here at Celebrate Creation. As a busy…
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Sunday night feeling
Hello there my friends, how are you? I hope you’ve had a good weekend. I haven’t done much this weekend to be honest! We’ve had a really busy few weeks and T’s job is intense at the moment, so we decided to make absolutely zero plans and just see what we felt like doing on…
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Three easy ways to style your home for Easter
Easter Sunday is very nearly upon us. Time seems to have run away from me again as usual, but I’ve been able to decorate a spot or two of our home this year in order to mark the season. If you’re finding that Easter has crept up on you too, here are three quick ways…
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Ideas for the weekend
A regular post I enjoy reading is ‘5 positive things to do this week’, written by Lisa over at Mathilde Heart Manech. Every week, Lisa posts 5 simple ideas that you might like to try in order to inject some positivity into your life. The ideas help you savour the ‘everyday’ in life and are not usually budget dependent. Inspired…
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Getting organised for Christmas
For today’s Friday links I thought that I would share a few organising tips, tricks and freebie check lists that I’ve seen on some of my regular blog reads this week. I’ve pinned all of these and have started to use some of them already. It’s helped me to get the never ending ‘to do’ lists…
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DIY upcycled foot stool
Originally posted on Claire Parkin Interior Design: I’ve been working on this project for a little while and am glad to finally be able to share it tonight. My neighbour had her kitchen renewed recently and as she was clearing out her home, she offered me this foot stool as she no longer wanted it.…
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A new series: Educate
A few weeks ago I talked about starting a new board on Pinterest called educate. I tend to post articles and blog posts where I’m learning something new to this board. After pinning a few new items today so that I can read them later, I thought that it might be a good idea to…
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