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How do you keep the kids busy this summer? With awesome backyard summer activities!
I’ve rounded up 15 great articles for you — from water games and water parks to backyard bowling and mud pie kitchens! Check them all out after the break!
When Foursquare first came out, I was hesitant. Do I really want people to know where I am all the time? When I finally joined in, it was only because one of my favorite restaurants offered a discount for a Foursquare check-in!
Eventually, I was checking in on Foursquare almost everywhere I went, and I quickly learned there was more than one way to save money with Foursquare.
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I have piles of receipts tucked in my purse. More on my desk. And, yet another pile stacked on the file cabinet, just waiting to be properly stored. We have to save receipts for insurance reimbursement, Girl Scout reporting, and tax deductible expenses.
I’ve just never found a good solution for receipt storage — until now.
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Love my Instagram photos! We turned them into little cedar sachets for my husband’s Father’s Day present….but wouldn’t they make great little hostess gifts too?
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This weekend marks the fifth annual margarita party that I host every year with my mom at her house on the lake. The tradition began as an itch to throw a little fiesta and has grown into an event that friends and family look forward to all year long. We do up a huge make-your-own taco bar, mix up pitchers of fresh margaritas and litter the yard with lawn games of all varieties. (For ideas, check out my favorite lawn games!) Trust me when I say, this is the perfect party for kids and those kids at heart. Want to plan a fiesta of your own? Here’s my guide for throwing an awesome margarita party!
Summer break is upon us! Here is a a fun roundup of summer activities for the kids.
View the activities after the jump!
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From boas to hair clips, feathers are a perfect way to spice things up. Just as Steven Tyler! Everyone needs a little feather in their life, right?!
I’ve found some really great projects to do just that. There’s spray painting, like the photo above from the girls at The Letter 4. There are also a few fun ideas for fabric feathers and feathers made out of string.
See all the fun ways to make feathers fancy:
Cyd Converse 
Heather Sokol 
Susan Peterson 
Marie LeBaron 
Jennifer Hadfield 
Amy Anderson 
Natalie Holbrook 
Ashley Hackshaw 
Jacinda Boneau 
Melanie Blodgett 
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