outfit of the day: metallic

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 Metallic sheens are taking the day time fashion world over. It’s a bold and daring look that’s made it’s way into wearable closets and won’t be leaving us soon. A metallic top like this is perfect to wear just chillin’ out, or amp it up with a high waisted skirt and some killer stilettos for [Read More]

Big bow tutorial

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Hey ya’ll ALIDA  here, Today I’m going to show you how to make this big beautiful bow! This is Bow tutorial is pretty straight forward so I’ll try to let the pictures do the talking, if you have any questions at all please let me know! You will need: Fabric Glue gun Clip of choice You [Read More]

Spinach Pesto Pizza with Mixed Greens recipe

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  Hello Love Stitched readers! This is Mandy again from Baking with Blondie – happily ready to share with you a little piece of our summertime repertoire: Pizza.  We eat pizza all the time, but almost none of it was from a take-out location… we make it ourselves! I’m sure plenty of you do this [Read More]

Free printable : floral gift tags

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I love printables especially when they are free! I also love creating them because they add a fun touch to gifts.  These floral gift tags can be used for many different options!  You could use these as part of a gift, scrapbooking and so many other ways!  With Mother’s Day coming up, I wanted to [Read More]

DIY floral pockets

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Hey y’all!  It’s me again!  Alida from Alida Makes showing you a fun fashion DIY!  Today I have fun project that is sure to get you in the mood for Summer.  DIY floral pocket jorts!    Wondering what JORTS are? JEAN -SHORTS ;) he he although this would work just as well on a pair [Read More]

photography 101 – color balance

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I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I first started photography. I thought the only thing I needed to learn was how to compose a great picture. I didn’t realize all of the technical stuff that went into it as well! ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and what the heck was color [Read More]

White Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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Hello everyone! I am Mandy from Baking with Blondie. With what I’ve come to believe as my maiden voyage (or first recipe post on this blog), I thought I’d share one of my favorite things to make: dessert.  This was kind of a last-minute cake – my friend needed a surprise baby shower (for a [Read More]

free printable pennant banner download

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Since Spring is finally here, I like to start to get into baking yummy treats and decorating with lighter and brighter colors.  I recently set out to make a cake from scratch because I have always wanted to try this.  Ambitious, right?  Especially since its SO much easier to buy a cake mix and make [Read More]

Dyed denim jacket tutorial

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Hey y’all!  It’s Alida again from Alida Makes, with another denim tutorial.  Last time I shared how to bleach and stud a jacket, this time I’m taking it a step further and dying the bleached jacket.  Here was my Pinspiration: And here is my creation: I wanted it blotchy and not too “perfect” and this [Read More]