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Christmas is for the birds, but not in a bah-humbug way

12/14/201204/24/2015 Kristina Ackerman 13 Comments gifts, the great outdoors

Sprinkle the gift of birdseed ornaments around your neighborhood, making the trees and birds both merry. Oh, and here’s a window into my neurotic creative process.

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To the Nines: Christmastime 2012

12/07/201209/18/2013 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comments christmas, decorating, holiday, holidays

With just a few weeks to go before we achieve critical holiday mass, I’ve rounded up my nine current

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Instant Artichokes

11/29/201211/30/2012 Kristina Ackerman 8 Comments

These artichokes are easy to make out of fabric scraps pinned to a ball. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Gangbusters treasury contest!

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Gangbusters Treasury Contest

11/23/201211/28/2012 Kristina Ackerman 7 Comments etsy treasuries, Gangbusters, jewelry, prizes

Curate the best treasury and win a $25 Etsy gift certificate!

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Farewell Halloween, Hello Harvest: The Quickchange Holiday Vignette

11/01/201210/07/2014 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comments decorating, fall, Halloween, holidays, home

Presto chango! See how we transformed our Halloween display into an homage to the harvest season without buying anything new.

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Spooky skeleton necklace

10/20/201210/07/2014 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments budget, diy, Halloween, holiday, jewelry

In under ten minutes, you can make this fun skeleton necklace for Halloween out of a little decoration from the dollar store.

Spiked pie milkshakes: Apple, Banana Cream and Pumpkin

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Have your pie and drink it too: Spiked Pieshakes

10/10/201201/24/2017 Kristina Ackerman 8 Comments apple, banana, booze, fall, milkshakes, pumpkin

In the southern U.S., as well as most of the lower hemisphere and places like Sudan and Malaysia (I’d imagine),

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To the Nines: Halloween roundup 2012

10/01/201201/23/2017 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comments Halloween

Leaping lasers, you guys, it’s October. What?! I’m pretty sure it was mid-March when I went to bed last night.

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Super-Soldier Serum

07/02/201201/24/2017 Kristina Ackerman 6 Comments

For Independence Day this year, we’re having punch. Very red, very American punch that tastes like ambrosia—cherry, marshmallow, and coconut—with sweet little white stars.