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	<description>Home/ec, Babble’s newest home style and family living blog, is for the time-crunched family with an eye for design, DIY, and doing things their way — all while staying within budget. Whether you fancy yourself the next Martha or tend to store your toddler’s clothes in an old laundry basket, you’ll find great ideas for your household on finance, organizing, green living, and more. Look out for features on weekend projects around the house, making the most of small spaces, and new ways to display your child’s art. If you thought just having kids was the fun part, find out alongside our Home/Ec bloggers how rewarding it is to make a home with them.</description>
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		<title>15 Outdoor Summer Activities!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you keep the kids busy this summer? With awesome backyard summer activities! I&#8217;ve rounded up 15 great articles for you &#8212; from water games and water parks to backyard bowling and mud pie kitchens! Check them all out after the break! Do you have any Summer activities that you love doing with your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Ways to Save Money with Foursquare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Receipt Storage from Shoeboxed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ve just never found a good solution for receipt storage &#8212; until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Instagram Beanbags and Sachets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love my Instagram photos! We turned them into little cedar sachets for my husband&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day present&#8230;.but wouldn&#8217;t they make great little hostess gifts too? View more after the jump! Other ideas: fill them with beans or barley to make recognition toys for toddlers or fill with sand to make a heavy paperweight! So many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty Parties: Host a Margarita Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 Fun Summer Activities for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer break is upon us! Here is a a fun roundup of summer activities for the kids. View the activities after the jump! READ MORE OF ASHLEY&#8217;S WRITING AT LIL BLUE BOO. DON&#8217;T MISS A POST! FOLLOW ASHLEY ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. Tweet 0 Pin It]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Get Fancy With Feathers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ve found some really great projects to do just that. There&#8217;s spray painting, like the photo above from the girls at The Letter 4. There are also a [...]]]></description>
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