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Make It : Valentine Florals from Kelsey Garrity Riley

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Today’s guest post comes from Kelsey Garrity Riley. Kelsey is an illustrator Europe who now lives and works out of Savannah, Georgia. She loves working on all kinds of creative projects (especially when flowers are involved!) and is currently working on her first illustrated children’s book that is set to come out in 2014. You …

Make It : Photo Valentines

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In our February issue we  crafted with some of our favorite photos in order to add a personal touch to valentine gifts, cards and even a little decor.  These projects are quite easy to do.   We had a great time looking through our photos to find the right ones – I am sure you …

Make It : Assembly Line Valentines Gifts!

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Many years ago my friend, Page Marchese Norman, and I started a tradition of hand making Valentines gifts for our coworkers. I think we had originally meant for them to be holiday gifts but with the December craziness, Valentines seemed like a more reasonable deadline! Since we needed to make around 200 gifts, we came up …

Make It : Popup Letter

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I could never understand how some people managed to get it all done during the holidays – cards, letters, presents, and dinners (when did they sleep??) – while I could barely get the tree dressed in time for Santa, so it was such a relief to read Jodi’s post a few years ago. These days …

Inspiration Board : update white shirts

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A classic, crisp white shirt is a no brainer when trying to figure out what to wear in the morning … it’s pretty much appropriate for all times and situations. But sometimes you may just want that little bit extra, the surprise effect within that proper attire. So I thought of a few ideas with …

Make It : Office Party Good Things!

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We’ve written quite a few posts about how we celebrate our birthdays here at the office (here, here, here, and here are just a few of them) In this month’s Good Things we share a few easy ideas for feting your coworker, using mostly office supplies. These file folder birthday cards (top and above) are …

Make It : DIY Industrial Furniture

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  In our January issue I worked on a furniture story that was based on a piece (above) that I made  about 10 years ago.  Because space is such an issue in most New York apartments I wanted a shelving/organizing unit that I could customize and also afford.  I bought the bins and magazine files …

Make It : Organizing Crafts

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For those of you who have “being more organized” on your list of New Year’s Resolutions, the Good Things section Living is often filled with great ideas to get you on the right track to achieving this goal. On page 43 of the January issue of Living, Blake turned an ordinary bamboo steamer into a …