Author: Jennie Moraitis
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Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
When I was a little girl, we made chocolate cake mix cookies. My mom would buy a box of cake mix, and we girls would mix up a batch. Because there is only one ingredient to measure, they are easy to make and are difficult to mess up. Even now I love their crinkly tops…
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5 Ways to Spark Creativity
Life is busy, isn’t it? I felt like that when I was single and even more so now that I’m married and have a toddler. Being a creative person, it kills me to not be working on a project, but there are only so many hours in the day. This is a pretty common problem…
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How to Make a Watercolor Leaf Card
When I was visiting my parents recently, I had the chance to read through my mom’s stack of magazines and new-to-me cookbooks. You read cookbooks too, don’t you? I made notes on a scrap piece of paper as I read in hopes that I would come back and actually make some of the things that…
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Make a Silhouette of Baby
Learn how to make a silhouette of baby with this extremely simple tutorial! No crazy cutting skills or perfect babies (who stay still) required! I have wanted to make a silhouette of my baby daughter since she was tiny but it is not so easy to get a baby to hold their head just so…
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Give to Your Heart — She Reads Truth
Have you heard of She Reads Truth? I love this site and want to share it with you! My aim for Wednesday’s posts is to give you some gift ideas–books and treats I’ve found around the web that I thought you might like. Today’s post looks a little different in terms of you can’t exactly…
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God’s Grandeur
(one of my favorite poems for this beautiful Saturday) The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And…
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Book Review: I Will Rejoice!
I love Psalm 118:24 which says, This is the day the LORD has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it. Makes me happy. And it also has a way of reeling me back into reality when I’m having a bummer of a day. I’ve sung the old chorus, “This is the Day” more…
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Make a Counting Book for Baby
My daughter is suddenly into counting so I thought I’d make a little book for her. There are hundreds of counting books out there, but it is always sweet to make something for your little one. If you don’t have a munchkin, this would be a unique baby shower gift. Making a counting book turned…
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A Fun Name Game for Baby
One afternoon my daughter and I were reading through a book about a cat. I pointed out the cat and the fish and the rainbow like I had done so many times before, but then on a whim, I asked her where the cat was. She lifted her chubby little finger and it landed right…
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Make a Love Notes Book
There are gifts that you receive and love and then there are gifts that keep on giving. This love notes book definitely falls into the second category. One of the best gifts my husband and I received came from my husband’s aunt right after we were married. She gave us a spiral-bound sketch book with…