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You’ve Been Served: DIY Serving Tray

by Claudya Martinez May 7, 2013
DIY Serving Tray

Brought to you by Lowe’s Pop quiz! What is the birthstone for May? Emerald. What is the Pantone color of the year? Emerald. Oh wait, one more…Who was born in May and has been a fan of emerald since she learned it was her birthstone? Me! When I found out that emerald is the Pantone [...]

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DIY Home Office: No Space, No Problem

by Claudya Martinez April 30, 2013
DIY home office with little space

Brought to you by Lowe’s   How do you create an office space when you have no space for an office? You have to get creative. I work full-time from home and sitting on the sofa or at the kitchen table is not conducive to productivity. I knew I had to set myself up for [...]

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Coffee Filter Flowers

by Claudya Martinez March 26, 2013
Coffee filter flowers

When my friends at Lowe’s provided me with a gift card and said, “Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to bring spring indoors”, I accepted. The very first thing I did was to get some bromeliads because I love them and they make me feel like it’s spring even when it isn’t. [...]

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Google Reader Export: How to Export Your Reader Feeds

by Claudya Martinez March 13, 2013
Google Reader Discontinued

Google is at it again. They have announced that come July 1, 2013 Google Reader will be discontinued. Google, why do you giveth and then taketh away so often? I am so over it. I also know that once Google has decided to taketh away, taketh away it will no matter how much I complain. [...]

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Free Valentine’s Day Cards (Printable)

by Claudya Martinez February 5, 2013
Free-Valentine

Last year, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I created social media conversation hearts. This year, I turned those hearts into free printable Valentine’s Day cards. I made them with my online valentines in mind (yes, you). I get a lot of love from folks on the internet and since I’m unlikely to mail each and [...]

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Melted Crayon Art

by Claudya Martinez January 29, 2013
Melted Crayon Art

I’m a sucker for love. Always have been, always will be. On my last visit to Lowe’s, I found a box of Tumbled Marble 4”x4” tiles at a steal. I decided to bring it home and turn it into some melted crayon art. Being that it is so close to Valentine’s Day, I guess you [...]

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Free Fonts

by Claudya Martinez January 16, 2013
Font with dots

Do you fall in love with fonts? I do. Sometimes it’s love at first sight, sometimes a font slowly grows on me and becomes a favorite. I’ve had a crush on the above font for quite sometime, but I didn’t know its name. I’d google “font with dots inside of letters”, but I’d find a [...]

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Toilet Paper Roll Craft: DIY Wreath (Tutorial)

by Claudya Martinez December 18, 2012
DIY Wreath

I’ve seen all kinds of crafts made out of toilet paper rolls. Toilet paper rolls are easy to come by and in abundance in my home. Armed with a glue gun and a stash of 21 toilet paper rolls and 2 paper towel rolls (I don’t discriminate) I made a wreath and I like it, [...]

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Bringing in the New Year and Lowe’s $75 Gift Card #Giveaway

by Claudya Martinez December 17, 2012
Bringing in the New Year

How will you be bringing in the New Year? Myself, I’ll be at home with my family. I may not even stay awake until midnight. That doesn’t mean I won’t celebrate. I just keep it mellow nowadays. This is the first year ever that I put up decorations specifically for New Year’s Eve. As a [...]

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DIY Kids’ Table with Chalkboard Paint

by Claudya Martinez November 21, 2012
DIY-Kids-Chalkboard-Table

The holidays are amongst us and we’re having company for dinner. We realized we don’t have enough chairs (or space) for everyone at our table. At least not enough grown-up sized chairs, but we do have enough space for everyone if we bring in a $20 kids’ table and chair set normally used for crafts. [...]

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