I am such a geek when it comes to craft kits. Seriously, I love them all, even if the craft in question is something I never in a million years would have thought to take up on my own, like Justin Bieber paint-by-number. (Think I made that up? Think...

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Talk about a happy accident: I was at the craft store yesterday picking up a few blocks of polymer clay, and someone had mistakenly shelved a package of Premo Sculpey in Alizarin Crimson Hue behind the Burnt Umber. I didn’t notice until I got home, and after my initial...

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This weekend, I made a batch of almond macarons filled with lemon curd for a friend’s birthday, and I was reminded of how much I love making them! There’s something so satisfying about piping out little rounds of macaron batter and seeing them turn into perfect little cookies in...

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See pictures of the final stages of the dollhouse construction, and read about my upcoming plans for the Nutmegs as I prepare to write my first storybook!

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I’ve been a dollhouse-building maniac this weekend, and the house is nearly finished. I did have to make one more hardware store run for a different type of glue appropriate for shingling, which brings us to our final cost tally: amount from last tally: 119.90 another bottle of craft...

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See as my dollhouse comes together with the addition of the front porch and the roof. Over the weekend, I'll be tackling the shingles and other exterior details, so the house project may be finished sooner than I thought!

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The dollhouse project is moving right along, and I would guesstimate that I’ll be done with the entire thing within the next two weeks. And “done” as in, all the exterior details will be completed, but I’ll still have the interior decorating to do, but that’s the fun part,...

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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that a new scheduling technique is helping me get far more things done each day without feeling overloaded and super stressed. One of the projects that has been benefiting from this surge in productivity is the dollhouse, and it’s really satisfying to watch it...

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Learn how to stain shingles with dollhouse shingle dye, which can be purchased at most hobby stores or from RealGoodToys.com.

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