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Ridiculously Cute Baby Gift on a Budget

Here’s my philosophy when it comes to buying baby presents- stick with the registry for the first baby, but for additional babies (or to add a little something to the gift bag), buy them some cute clothes and accessories! One of my hobbies is to go on eBay and try to find trendy, cute baby items for a super good deal!

Here are my favorite finds for a baby gift or cute items for your own little one:

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1. Baby Moccasins- I’ve mentioned this before, but you can get baby moccasins for less than $4 on eBay (no longer available). That is an insanely cheap price- usually they are $45! They are perfect for pre-crawlers and will fit for at least 6 months. Don had a pair of gray ones and wore them at least half the time. They are easy to put on and they stay on. I’m obsessed with these and they come in a ton of great colors for boys and girls. I give a whole review and sizing guide for these moccs here.

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At Home for Less

Hi Friends. It’s a SUPER exciting day today- it’s the launch of my ebook At Home for Less!!! I wanted to back up and tell you all about it (since I have been keep all of this a secret for far too long!). If February I came up with the idea of writing an ebook on how to decorate on a budget. I had just recently started decorating my house after becoming debt free and thought that I could share what I’d learned. I woke up early and went to bed late and used every nap time to write it. This book has definitely been a labor of love! The software I was writing on crashed right before I was first ready to launch and I had to start over again.
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How to add Interest to your Gallery Wall

Hello! Today I am going to share the afters of my hall travel themed gallery wall. It’s been a bit since I have shared home decor things. I have been busy behind the scenes with my ebook that launches this Friday, July 15th! I am so excited for this book to finally get to you guys. There are so many tips and tricks on how to decorate on a budget packed into the book. If you want to sample one of the chapters, just go here and the chapter will automatically be emailed to you.

Ok, back to the hall! The last time you saw it, it looked like this (If you want to check out all of my hall posts, click here):

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Free Printables that will make you Smile

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Today, I have some free printables for you! When I was creating my ebook, I bought tons of art from my favorite artist. I thought you guys would like some prints illustrated with her adorable art! And I mean, cute and free art for your home? You can’t beat that! Here they are:

baking printable

I think this one is perfect for a kitchen. For that baking lover in your life. Or the girl who wishes she had a blue Kitchen aid (oh wait, that’s me).

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Debt Overview

I’ve written a few times about my journey to being debt free-. As a quick recap, we owed $43,000 in debt and paid it off in 3 years. It was not easy, but now that we are done I can see how much stress the debt was causing us. When I decided that my husband and I should be debt free, I read everything I could on the subject and then came to my husband with a grand plan of how we were going to do it.

The plan involved drastically cutting our budget- something that I am sure you can guess he wasn’t super happy about. We got in a big argument about it and I told him- let’s just try it out for 3 months and if it isn’t working, we can go back to how things were. So if you can’t get your partner on the same page- try that! It worked for us. He started seeing the progress and we worked hard on our goal until we paid the last student loan payment in January 2016.

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How to Remove Wallpaper

before- with wallpaper

Back in September of 2015 I started this blog and the first thing I did was do a tour of my house. My bedroom was made over in 2009- crown molding, wallpaper, drapes. We loved it!

As time has gone on, I’ve gotten sick of the wallpaper. It was a labor of love to put it up (my mom helped me do it one day), but I avoid taking pictures of this room because it is so dark. We added the settee a few years ago and everything feels so grey- too grey!

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Living Room on a Budget- updates

Hi Friends! So right now I am all about decorating, but I don’t have a ton of money to do it. Is anyone else in the same boat? You want a pretty home but you don’t want to spend a fortune. That’s me! Awhile ago I wrote a super popular post on how I decorated my home on a budget. Today I am back with a few living room on a budget updates!
Lighting on a Budget- I have been wanting sconces (a sconce is a lamp that attaches to the wall) for behind the sofa for years, but haven’t found the perfect pair that are in my budget. Our living room doesn’t have a great lighting situation, so some ambient lighting is definitely needed. A month or so I saw on a blog that my favorite Target lamp comes in a sconce (no longer available)!

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Travel Nursery- Budget Ship Lap Wall

Hello! If you remember, a few weeks ago I told you about the travel themed nursery I am helping my sister decorate for her baby boy who arrives this month! This week they installed a budget ship lap wall and I thought I would share all of the details. To refresh your memory, here’s the mood board:

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First of all they painted the walls a “Dancing Mist” from Lowes. My sister wanted a fresh and airy look and I think this helped calm the room down a bit.

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How to DIY with Kids

Since Don was born (he is now 15 months old!), I have done my fair share of DIY projects around the house. My husband and I have opposite days off, so it is usually me in charge of the baby trying to take care of him and get some projects done. I LOVE redoing my house, so I make time for it. I have learned some tips and tricks along the way for how to DIY with kids that I thought I would share. If you don’t have kids, I have some tips for you too!

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baking printable

before- with wallpaper

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