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Make Your Own Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Treats

Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Treats are the perfect way to reward your four legged friend. Wayfair challenged me to create a healthy, homemade dog treat using their dog-themed cookie cutters and have sponsored this post.
Recipes are few and far between around here, but one thing I don’t shy away from are dog related DIYs! Most people know I’m pretty obsessed with my pup Barkley; so much so that I had to give him his own Instagram account! I’ve been showing him lots of love lately as we had a couple of scares from him over the past couple months.

Make your own DIY dog treats! Recipe for peanut butter pumpkin dog treats.…

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Kitchen Updates on a Budget

This post is sponsored by Groupon.

We are smack dab in the middle of a kitchen remodel. It’s been a long time coming; my mom has been planning to update the kitchen in her house since I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. We decided to dive in this week and do some updates, but we are on a tight budget. It’d be great to gut the entire kitchen and put in brand new appliances and cabinets, but that would cost way too much. Here are 5 ways to do kitchen updates on a budget.

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How To Make Your Backyard An Oasis

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CraftYourCool #CollectiveBias

I’ve shared a lot lately about our backyard and all the improvements we’ve made since moving in. We’ve done some pretty large scale DIYs like building a farmhouse table that can seat 12, fixing the rainwater drainage issue around our patio, and adding patio stones to extend our patio and make it look much nicer. Your home can be your escape from the world and you want your backyard to be a peaceful and relaxing place. I’m sharing five ways to do just that!

5 Ways To Make Your Backyard An Oasis

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Backyard Update: DIY Outdoor Couch (An inexpensive pallet project!)

Our backyard has come a LONG way! We are finally to the fun decorating stage of our backyard makeover; which brings us to this pallet project tutorial for our DIY outdoor couch! We had to take care of a few necessary/required projects like fixing our rainwater drainage problems and adding patio pavers around the patio, and now we were able to focus on making the patio more comfortable and fun! We built an inexpensive DIY outdoor couch out of pallets with an AWESOME money saving hack.

Backyard Update: DIY Outdoor Couch (An inexpensive pallet project!)
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Closet Ideas: DIY Cedar Lined Closet

This post is sponsored by Cedar Safe. If you shop from my blog, I may be compensated for clicks or purchases that you make. Thank you for your support! Please refer to my disclaimer page for more information.

I feel like my to-do list is never ending. (Most people can probably relate!) I actually have multiple to-do list going at once. I have my everyday to do’s and I also have a long list of home to do’s. This project let me check an item off my super long home to-do list – we gave our linen closet a makeover! When looking for closet ideas, I kept coming across cedar planks and was reminded of the cedar chest my mom had growing up. I met the folks at Cedar Safe last summer and we teamed up to show you how easy it is to do your own DIY cedar lined closet! The only tools needed are a miter saw and a finishing nailer.

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DecoArt Projects Roundup + A GIVEAWAY!

I became part of the DecoArt blogger program last year, but I’d used their products long before that! I’m so glad I get to work with brands I already love. If you’ve never heard of DecoArt, they are most well known for their PAINT! DecoArt is the manufacturer of Americana®, the number one acrylic paint trusted by artists, crafters, and DIYers. If you’ve ever purchased acrylic paints for a craft or DIY- chances are you used DecoArt! I’ve used their paints in a number of projects:

Kate Spade Inspired Placemats

with Americana AcrylicsDIY Kate Spade Inspired Placemats by Amber Oliver (Photo by Think Elysian)

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The BEST Chocolate Cupcakes EVER

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Coca-Cola® and Dollar General. All opinions about these amazing chocolate cupcakes are 100% mine.

Did that title get your attention? What if I told you these cupcakes were also the easiest recipe you’ve ever seen? I didn’t come up with this recipe, it’s actually a classic! You only need TWO ingredients to make these super yummy, soft and fluffy, chocolate cupcakes. One box of chocolate cake mix and one 12 oz can of Coca-Cola®! The BEST chocolate cupcakes use only 2 ingredients!…

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Holiday Prosecco Punch

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This past weekend I was thrown a Christmas themed birthday party since Eric and I will be in China on Christmas. I love my birthday but love Christmas even more, so I was bummed to be missing the magic of the holidays. The party came together flawlessly and one of my favorite details was the Holiday Prosecco Punch I put together! Mionetto sent me some delicious Prosecco that I added a few simple ingredients to and came up with a tasty holiday drink! I was even able to serve on my DIY serving tray.

Holiday Prosecco Punch - yummy 3 ingredient punch using Mionetto Prosecco! #ad…

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Friendsgiving – What Friendship Means During the Holidays

This post is written in collaboration with my friend Libby, co-author of Lessons In Our (early) 30s and this post contains affiliate links.

My whole life, Thanksgiving was about family. We still go home and visit family and eat turkey, but this time of year has a lot more meaning as we grow older. I’ve heard the phrase “friends are the family you choose” and that can’t be any more true! In 2012 we moved to Houston and we’re now 7+ hours away from our family. We’ve spent a few of the less “important” holidays away from home (we even did a non traditional Christmas in Mexico last year) and this year we will be in China. Friendships become more and more important because they sometimes fill in for family and friendsgiving is now a regular event for us….

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