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Big Sale on Better Homes & Gardens Magazine

Karen Weideman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:30:09 +0000

Free year, free cookbook, and free decorating tips!

Better Homes and Gardens is having a pretty good sale right now. Order now and get one free year of Better Homes and Gardens magazine and two free gifts. You’ll get two full years (24 issues) for the one year rate of $22. Plus, you’ll get their All Time Favorites cookbook and a free digital copy of Quick & Easy Decorating. If you’re thinking about getting this deal, don’t hesitate too long. I’m not sure how long it will last.

Each Better Homes and Gardens issue is packed full of recipes, housekeeping, and gardening tips and ideas. There are also loads of colorful pictures and examples of decorating tips from others.

Do you subscribe to Better Homes and Gardens magazine?

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24 Creative Cakes for Your Kids

Karen Weideman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:26:27 +0000

Alligator girl turned six this month and Cuddlebug is turning four tomorrow. I’m not a skilled cake decorator so I’ve been looking online for something cute yet easy that I could make for their birthdays. I just spotted some cute and creative cake ideas from Better Homes & Gardens.

These fun flower cupcakes caught my eye. They are so adorable! You simply use pipe cleaners for the flower stems. Instead of using flower shaped silicone cupcake holders it would be less expensive to cut out construction paper flowers to put under the cupcakes. I think this would create a very similar look.

Some other ideas include:

birds nest cake
sunflower cake
ladybug cake
tic-tac-toe cake
flip-flop cake
peanut butter monkey cake
all star sports cake
fruity roll-ups

As you can see, these are cute cakes that most anyone can make. This is definitely worth bookmarking for later.

Do you have any cake ideas you’d like to share?

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Reinvent Your Favorite Scrapbook Pages

Karen Weideman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:06:24 +0000

Looking for a one-of-a-kind picture for your walls? Try these cute ideas from Better Homes & Gardens. Some ideas include displaying your favorite pictures and some examples are simply using colorful pieces of scrapbooking paper. What a cute and unique way to decorate your walls. Enjoy!

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Reinvent Your Lampshade

Karen Weideman — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:26:49 +0000

Do you have a tired looking lampshade? Do you want to change your color scheme but your lampshades don’t match?

Check out these fresh ideas from Better Homes & Gardens. BHG has several different ideas for giving your lampshade a new look. Some of them are easy, such as gluing on some paper or embellishments, and some of them involve sewing. Choose the style that works for you.

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