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Natural Accents Book Review – #makeithappenbloghop

August 2, 2015 By Lauren

*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Today is the next installment of the Make It Happen Blog Hop! Each month, a group of bloggers tackle a new shared challenge while growing friendships and getting to know other bloggers. Last month's Make It Happen Blog Hop challenge was cooking, where I shared my snickerdoodles recipe! This month we will all review a favorite book we've read. Since I just adore reading books by other bloggers, and books about home decor, I am reviewing Natural Accents by Stacy Risenmay of Not Just a Housewife. Stacy's Not Just a Housewife is one of the Continue reading...

Love the Home Your Have Giveaway

April 28, 2015 By Lauren

*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Hey, everyone! I want to share with you a really special book that I've had the opportunity to read Love the Home You Have by Melissa Michaels. Melissa is the woman behind the blog, The Inspired Room, one of my favorite blogs! She is one of my role models! Her book teaches regular homeowners like myself how to "Love the Home You Have" by making it the best it can be for you. My favorite part of the book is the "31 Day Love Your Home Challenge" (#loveyourhomechallenge) where she encourages readers to take small daily steps to create a home that's Continue reading...

The Selection – A Great Read for Moms and Tweens

April 16, 2015 By Lauren

*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My tween daughters and I are HUGE readers. We read just about anything we can get our hands on, and are big fans of young adult (YA) fiction. My tweens are great about sharing what they are reading with me, so I can't wait to share my latest read, The Selection Series by New York Times bestseller, Kiera Cass, with them! At first, I wasn't sure if I was going to like The Selection, since it's based on a contest to win the love of the prince of Illéa, a post-war American nation. The first book in The Selection series centers on the growing Continue reading...

Celebrate National Reading Month with the Kindle e-reader

March 25, 2015 By Lauren

*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Did you know that March is National Reading Month? My kids and I are really excited about National Reading Month because we are all big readers! My husband, kids and I read traditional (paper) books from the library, but we really love to read on our Kindle e-reader and on our Kindle Fire HDs! We love Kindles so much that there are multiple Kindles in our house! Kindle e-reader, retails for $79 on Amazon.com The Kindle e-reader and Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Lately, my family and I have been in love with our new Kindle e-reader and Amazon Continue reading...

Build Your Blog: Blogging Ebook Offer!

November 16, 2014 By Lauren

*This post contains affiliate links for the Building a Framework ebook. I will earn a commission if you purchase this book, and you will be happy you got the book! Hi, everyone! Being a blogger is sometimes like wandering through a forest in the dark, not knowing where to go or how to get there. At least, that's how I felt when I first started blogging! That's why I am so excited to share the blogging ebook, Building a Framebook, by Abby Lawson of Just a Girl and Her Blog. Even though I have been blogging for more than two years, I purchased the blogging ebook a few months ago, and Continue reading...

Book Review: From K-Pop to Kimchi

October 26, 2014 By Lauren

Korean food and music have become popular in American culture. Kids are dancing to "Gangnam Style" by Korean pop artist, Psy, and folks from Los Angeles to the New Jersey shore are enjoying spicy-sweet, Mexican-Korean fusion food concoctions known as Korean Tacos. The explosion of Korean culture on the American scene has been fun for my family, as my husband and my kids share a Korean heritage -- my husband's parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1960s. So when Tuttle Publishing, which offers books on Asian culture, gave me the chance to review some of their books, I jumped at the chance. A Continue reading...

How to Start a Blog: ebook Review

June 30, 2014 By Lauren

Hey, everyone! If you’ve been here at Mom Home Guide, you might have noticed some subtle changes to the blog. At least I hope you noticed! Mom Home Guide’s photos now have fun Pin It buttons, and there are new Related Posts images/links at the bottom of each post. I was able to add these features from what I've learned by reading Abby from Just a Girl and Her Blog’s new ebook on how to start a blog, Building a Framework: Everything I Learned My First Year of Blogging. It’s a great book! I read it in one evening and made helpful changes to my blog the very same night! How Continue reading...

Brother P-Touch Label Maker and Ebook Giveaway

April 9, 2014 By Lauren

This year has been an exciting one! My friend, Cristin Frank, has published her ebook, "Rooms Repurposed."Mom Home Guide is featured in the book! To celebrate her official ebook launch, she is giving away a Brother P-touch label maker and a copy of her ebook. Of course, I LOVE the book -- one of the rooms featured in the ebook is my friend Christine's gorgeous black and white craft room! To get in the running for the labeler and the ebook, just enter the Rafflecopter form below. The giveaway ends May 1. Frank's book is full of great ideas for making the spaces in Continue reading...

“Rooms Repurposed” — Making Your Home Work for You

February 23, 2014 By Lauren

A few months ago, I shared with you my friend Christine's awesome black and white craft room. Christine converted what might have been only a lightly used space in her home -- an area that would normally be a dining room -- and converted it into a striking craft room, complete with hand-crafted black and white decor, a card catalog for fabric storage and a highly functional sewing table. I am so excited because that room is now one of the inspiring spaces featured in Cristin Frank's new book, Rooms Repurposed: A Purposeful Home, A Purposeful Life, available on Amazon.com! What Continue reading...

Creating Photo Books at a Discount

January 6, 2014 By Lauren

© Pbclub | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images My husband is an avid photographer, so whenever we go anywhere, he takes lots and LOTS of pictures. Which is great, because I love preserving memories of my kids and all the fun things we do together. One way I do that is by creating custom photo books by designing photo books online and then having them printed and shipped to me, which is a really quick and easy way to preserve photo memories! One place I like to create my photo books is at York Photo. Photo Mementos When my husband and I have photos of events we've shared with Continue reading...

Heart-Warming Good Reads

January 3, 2014 By Lauren

My! Is it chilly here! It is supposed to get to -4 degrees (that's NEGATIVE 4 - YIKES!) here in New Jersey tonight! I can’t remember another time EVER when it’s been that cold outside here! Weather like this just makes me want to snuggle under a throw on the couch and read a good book! I used to be strictly a fiction nut, but lately, I’ve been hooked on biographies and autobiographies. I guess it’s because I am always looking for lessons on how people traveled through life and found their successes. These are a few interesting ones I’ve read recently, if you are looking for a good Continue reading...