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Candle Making for Beginners – Easy DIY Instructions

June 10, 2019 by Dagmar Bleasdale 16 Comments

Candle making is so much easier than you think — and they make wonderful, inexpensive, handmade gifts!

In this post I’ll tell you how I started to make my own candles, even sold them in stores, and how I find pretty vintage cups and containers for them for less.

DIY Candle Making

I love the shabby chic decorating style and find myself drawn to vintage china in thrift stores or at tag sales all the time. I have quite the collection.

Years ago I saw candles in vintage teacups and wanted to make them myself. [Read more…]

Country Cottage Decorating Ideas With White & Brown Accents

June 8, 2019 by Dagmar Bleasdale 23 Comments

Are you wondering about the country cottage decorating style? I decorate in the farmhouse/cottage decor style in our Blue Cottage all the time. Read below for more information!

Country Cottage Decorating With White and Brown

I could look at pretty pictures of country cottage decor and farmhouse decor on Pinterest all day.

I recently noticed how much I pin pictures of white rooms with wood accents.

There is just something soothing about a mostly white or off-white room and brown accents from furniture, wood beams, or home decor items.

Here are a few of those pictures of cottage decor with white and brown accents. Let’s start with a super-cute cottage:

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This whole living room is perfection, so bright and inviting. [Read more…]

Popsicle Recipe: Carrot Apple Almond Milk Ice Pops

June 6, 2019 by Dagmar Bleasdale 4 Comments

Carrot Apple Almond Milk Popsicle

What is your favorite way to keep cool in the summer?

We all love ice cream, but I was so done spending $3 for one ice cream from the ice cream truck every other day.

We were going broke in the summer just buying ice cream – and we were putting on the pounds.

Landon loves a popsicle as much as ice cream, and since I bought ice pop molds, we now make them all the time at home.

Advantages of making your own popsicle:

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