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DIY Jewelry Organizer

June 6, 2012 By Lauren

I've seen a lot of do-it-yourself picture frame jewelry organizers on Pinterest and on other blogs, and I love them. So, when I was at the dollar store the other day and saw the materials I needed to make one of my own, I snapped them up. First, I picked up a simple $1 black document frame with silver trim. Then, I found some silver thumbtacks, also for $1. I figured that the thumbtacks would add a little bling to my DIY picture frame jewelry hanger. Putting It Together Later that day, while catching some TV with one of my daughters, I decided to get started on my picture frame Continue reading...

Teavana tea set

A Gift for Tea Lovers

May 30, 2012 By Lauren

Teavana tea set

The other day, I did some shopping with my spouse and kids. We stopped at Teavana, a delightful shop filled with teas of all sorts, adorable teapots and handy teapot warmers. I meant only to try the delicious tea samples that the shop had on hand, but before I knew it, my husband was offering to buy me a teapot and teapot warmer, since I am constantly reheating my tea in the microwave daily. Some tea flavors that I love are chai tea, green tea and Oolong tea. Republic Chai® Red Tea Bags The store has a variety of teapots for sale that go with Teavana’s teapot warmers. The Continue reading...

shoe bag used for storage in a linen closet

Organizing With Shoe Bags

May 20, 2012 By Lauren

shoe bag used for storage in a linen closet

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I’ve been pinning a fair amount on Pinterest lately, and I’ve been finding a lot of creative uses for hanging shoe bags – and I mean doing much more than organizing shoes! I’ve seen shoe bags used as office and craft supply organizers and by adding some potting soil, even as hanging planters. I’ve been thinking of maybe trying the hanging planter idea – I’d like to find something to add interest to my yard’s chain link fence. Organizing This and That A hanging shoe organizer can also be a great central organizing area Continue reading...

MomHomeGuide Is Getting a New Look

May 18, 2012 By Lauren

MomHomeGuide has been live for just over three months now, and we are about to try something new! When you visit MomHomeGuide in the next few days, we will have a new appearance, thanks to Kimberly of Kimberly Johnson Public Relations. We've been making do with this design for a while, which I, a writer/editor, and not a webpage designer, designed myself, so I am really looking forward to rolling out the new look! When you do see the new design, let me know what you think! I can't wait to show it off! Until then, I hope everyone has a great weekend!  -- Lauren Continue reading...

rose bushes

Coming Up Roses

May 17, 2012 By Lauren

rose bushes

It's been raining buckets lately here in New Jersey, which has been both a good and a bad thing. It's been great for the gardens that my daughters and I have planted -- in the gardens, our peas, sunflowers, lettuce and cucumbers have sprouted, and the basil, oregano and tomatoes I've planted are doing well. Also, the yellow roses in my front yard have started to bloom, so I'm happy about that! Weeds and More Weeds What has not been so great is that all the rain has encouraged the weeds to grow in the planting bed in my home's front yard -- I am sure our neighbors hate our weeds! We're Continue reading...

Vote for MomHomeGuide.com

May 15, 2012 By Lauren

Just for fun, MomHomeGuide.com has entered the Circle of Moms Top 25 Home Design Moms - 2012 contest. The contest will spotlight the best 25 mom bloggers who blog about home design and ways to create a stylish home for moms and kids. Today is the last day to vote, so we'd appreciate your vote! (At last look, MomHomeGuide was #54.) MomHomeGuide.com is new to the blog arena, but if you've been enjoying this blog, I'd appreciate it if you cast you vote for MomHomeGuide.com at Circle of Moms (MomHomeGuide.com is #99 among the entries). Voters can vote once per blog every 24 hours. Thanks Continue reading...

MomHomeGuide is Growing!

May 14, 2012 By Lauren

MomHomeGuide.com was created in February 2012, and it’s already starting to take off! These are the Google Analytic details for April 2012: 16,212 visits 16,256 unique visitors 28, 294 page views 1.75  pages a visit Currently, I can offer month-to-month advertising on the website’s right sidebar. (The same sidebar appears on all of MomHomeGuide.com’s pages.) MomHomeGuide would also be interested in partnering with you to do giveaways -- topics regularly covered on MomHomeGuide include home decor, crafts, kids and gardening. To advertise or for moreinformation please Continue reading...

Katie Moore

Guest Post: Readying a Newborn’s Nursery

May 9, 2012 By Lauren

Katie Moore

Before my newborn arrived, I had to make a great many choices as an expectant mother about the future care of my child, as any new mother does. A mom-to-be must make decisions about how best to immunize her child, how to save money for his or her future, whether or not to take advantage of umbilical cord blood banking, and countless other important decisions. Baby Decor One important and probably the most fun task of becoming a mother-to-be for me was equipping and designing my baby’s nursery. In the abstract, designing a nursery seems to consist of little more than setting up a crib and a Continue reading...

Maurice Sendak, Writer of “Where the Wild Things Are,” Dies

May 8, 2012 By Lauren

google.com, pub-8542454030902343, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0google.com, pub-8542454030902343, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0google.com, pub-8542454030902343, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0When I was growing up, one of my favorite books was Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." So I was saddened today to learn that Sendak has passed away today at the age of 83. As a child, I loved the intricate illustrations in the book. I enjoyed how Max, the little boy in the story, used his imagination to transform his room into a wild world filled with interesting monsters of all sorts when his mom sent him Continue reading...

Petunia Blossom Resuable tote from InkGarden.com

Free Grocery Tote Bag

May 7, 2012 By Lauren

Petunia Blossom Resuable tote from InkGarden.com

Just in time for Mother’s Day, InkGarden.com is offering a free customizable grocery bag – the only cost to you is $4.99 for shipping.  To get the free bag, be sure to use the code FREEBAG when checking out. The website has several reusable totes that you can custom design by uploading your own photos and adding text of your own choosing. The bags are 100% recyclable and can decompose in a landfill, according to InkGarden.com. The bags are said to be able to hold up to 30 pounds of groceries each – which is great, because I’ve had my toes smashed in the past from large cans that that have Continue reading...

Beautifying the Backyard

May 4, 2012 By Lauren

With all the rain that was in the forecast this week for my home’s Central New Jersey area, I decided to take advantage of the wet weather and get some planting done, so my newly planted greenery could soak up the moisture. First up was planting some impatiens in shades of pink and violet in the planting bed that sits before a row of skip laurel bushes at the back of my home’s backyard. I recently put up a fencescreenon the chain link fence that separates my yard from a playground, so now that my backyard’s view ends at a planting bed filled with the skip laurels, I wanted to add a splash Continue reading...

roof of two-story home

Saving on Handyman Bills

May 1, 2012 By Lauren

roof of two-story home

I live on a cul-de-sac where all 11 of the homes were built by the same builder. While our homes are great for the most part, our houses seem to share the same flaws, minor problems for which it can be quite difficult to find a handyman who's willing to do the small job. So, when recent winds took off a long piece of metal at the peaks of our home's roofs, none of us were sure how to get it fixed. Our homes all are two stories high and are quite tall at the roofs' peaks, so the fix, while minor, is a bit tricky. So, I recently called my handyman, and scheduled him to come out and fix my Continue reading...

DVDs in binder

Kids DVDS – Organized!

April 30, 2012 By Lauren

DVDs in binder

My kids’ DVD collection of animated films is quite extensive, thanks to a doting dad who buys them many of the newest DVD the day it comes out. We have lots of the latest animated DVDs, like “Despicable Me” and “Tangled.” I have a small storage ottoman that once kept all our kid movies in one place, but now, sad, to say, those DVDs are bursting out of their storage container – now, it’s impossible to close the box in which the DVDs are stored, and many of the movies are often spilled out on the floor. So, I’ve purchased a big binder that comes with sleeves for holding the DVDs. It will Continue reading...

paper tags

Easy Wine Glass Charms

April 26, 2012 By Lauren

paper tags

Earlier, I blogged about crafty wine glass charms that I created by picking up some cute dangling charms and some earring hoops/findings from my local craft store. The charms were simple to make and will be great to use at my next party! When I found some paper tags (the kind that are sometimes used as tags to identify house keys), I decided to make some more wine-glass charms, so I could have more charms for guests once I have another get-together. So, using the paper tags, I added some cute three-dimensional scrapbooking flowers I had on hand and some glitter glue. The tags are cute Continue reading...

Is Our Furniture too Fat?

April 21, 2012 By Lauren

I have been on the lookout lately for a simple, small-scale sofa or loveseat to place in my living room. The room is on the small side and quite narrow, so I don’t want a massive coach or sectional that will take up the whole room. My house is about average size, just above 2,100 square feet. So you’d think that finding an appropriately sized sofa or loveseat would be a fairly simple task. But it isn’t. I’ve been to nearly every furniture store in the suburbs where I live – places like Raymour and Flanigan, Ethan Allen, Pottery Barn and La-Z-Boy, only to find that most of the furniture Continue reading...

kitchen with farm-style table

Styling the Kitchen

April 18, 2012 By Lauren

kitchen with farm-style table

The kitchen is literally the heart of my home's open-floor plan, so since moving into our house just over 9 years ago, I've been working to upgrade it's look. We opted for oak cabinets when we moved in, so we purchased a big oak table with Windsor-style dining chairs to match. I know oak cabinets aren't in favor right now, but I like the retro down-home look of our kitchen. For a long time, I had my eye on Broyhill's Attic Heirlooms china hutch, so when a local furniture store had a similar one at a great sale price during a going-out of business sale, I snatched it up. I later Continue reading...

eat-in kitchen

The Best House for Your Family

April 9, 2012 By Lauren

eat-in kitchen

When I purchased my house, I knew nothing about what kind of home would work best for my future family’s needs. I had no kids, and did not fully know what a mom would want in a home. Sure, I knew that my home’s location – on a cul-de-sac and within walking distance of an elementary school – would be great for us once my husband and I had children. I also liked the fact that the park has swings, a slide and a fun sandy play area for children. But I had no clue about what else a mom would want in a home. We chose a new Colonial house with an open floor plan, one in which the living room Continue reading...

mom picks

Pinning for Home Décor

April 9, 2012 By Lauren

mom picks

  Homeowners shopping for home décor have a great new tool available to them. Pinterest, the social media platform that debuted in March 2011, is perfect for home shoppers who are looking for decorating ideas and suggestions, and who need a place to see how those ideas work together. On the site, users can “pin” images that they like from across the Web to visual boards they create. For instance, in MomHomeGuide.com’s Pinterest account, I’ve created a board entitled “Small Living Room.” To that board, I’ve pinned loveseats, accent chairs and other décor that I think would work Continue reading...

clip art heart

MomHomeGuide Needs Your Help

March 29, 2012 By Lauren

clip art heart

Hello! MomHomeGuide has been on the Web for a little over a month now, and it's been fun sharing with you all so far! We hope you've been having fun, too. To help spread the word about MomHomeGuide, we now have accounts at Pinterest (www.pinterest.com/momhomeguide), Twitter (@momhomeguide) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/momhomeguide). To help get the word out about MomHomeGuide, we could use your support. If you like what you are reading, please follow us at Twitter and Pinterest, and "like" our page on Facebook. Is there anything about being a mom homeowner that you'd like to read Continue reading...

Easter garden flag

Crafting an Easter Garden Flag for Less Than $3

March 26, 2012 By Lauren

Easter garden flag

I am always astonished at how much it costs to purchase small decorative garden flags -- most cost at least $10. So recently, I've taken to making my own garden flags. I don't even have to travel to a local craft store to get the fabric -- I've been purchasing fabric for my garden flags from my local Walmart, which has a fabric section. Most recently, I made a leprechaun garden flag. (The fabric from that flag came from Joann.com.) But now that Easter is coming up, I decided to replace that one with one for the Easter upcoming holiday. So, I went to Walmart and found a cute Easter Bunny Continue reading...

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