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Barker Family Blog: DYI Spanish Moss Topiary
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Monday, May 21, 2012. DYI Spanish Moss Topiary. I have wanted some nice topiaries for my dining room for awhile and when I looked at the price tag on most pre-made ones I decided I could make some for a much more reasonable price. I bought all of my materials from Michael's except for the bamboo sticks and the thinner branches, which came from my yard. Here are my finished topiaries. Here is a step by step tutorial. Hot glue gun and glue sticks. Love, that ...
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Barker Family Blog: Art Party---for our 6 Year Old!!!
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Saturday, December 03, 2011. Art Party- -for our 6 Year Old! And, thanks to the help of Crissy Ward at Created By You. Everything on my end was pretty stress free as well! So before further ado.here are pictures. Yes, it was a bit tedious to make 6 different colors of icing for such a little amount used, but it was totally worth it for my girl! The artist with her cake. :). Kane with Papa Dog. Mara Kate with sweet cousins Grant and Olivia. I loved them all!
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Barker Family Blog: "Special Dates" Painted Pillow
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Monday, April 16, 2012. Special Dates" Painted Pillow. I've been wanting to revamp/update/freshen up the throw pillows on the couch for awhile. I think I'm finally happy with what I have, especially the newest addition which I worked on yesterday and today. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. I used random numbers to map out my spacing/measurements. It really helped that almost all of the numbers were on cards the exact same height and width as...
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Barker Family Blog: Dear, Evelyn.
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Monday, June 04, 2012. Happy 2nd Birthday to our precious daughter, Evelyn. This morning as I washed your blond curls during your bath I was taken back to the day you were born. The first thing that struck me the first time I laid eyes on you was your blond hair. When your cousin Grant saw the first picture of you he said you had golden hair.and you did. You were beautiful on that day and your beauty remains. Evie, you need to know that God answered all our...
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Barker Family Blog: World of Pinterest
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. A while back I got an invitation to join the website Pinterest. Pinterest is basically a site where you can have your own virtual "pin boards" to keep track of online ideas you see or other items that you like or that inspire you. Once I decided on which tutorial I wanted to follow, I bought the supplies and got to work. Foam wreath form wrapped with strips of fabric and secured with a bit of hot glue. My dear husband always makes...
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Barker Family Blog: Cow Appreciation Day--2012
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Friday, July 13, 2012. Cow Appreciation Day- 2012. Something we participate in every year is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. Basically, if you dress up like a cow and go to Chick-Fil-A on their designated Cow Appreciation Day, you can get your food (chicken) for free! It's a great deal and a lot of fun! Kane said, "I'm all done being a cow". She said, "Daddy be a cow later." Yep- he will- next year! Chick-Fil-A in the food court at the mall had a deal ...
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Barker Family Blog: Tuie's Asian Green Beans
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Happenings and Thoughts from our Life and Home. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Tuie's Asian Green Beans. I made these Asian style green beans last night for the first time and they turned out great. They were really easy to make and very tasty. I plan to make them frequently in the future so I decided to share the recipe. This is my mother in law's "recipe". Tuie, they were delicious! 1) Steam your beans, either on the stove top or in the microwave. Easy Simple. Yummy. Enjoy! Sure going to try that!