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freshen up your home | glade expressions

October 5, 2012
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There is nothing I love more than candles, sprays, oils, plugins–if it smells good, I want it. As my family and I traveled around the world for the past 6 years, the first thing I did when we touched down and got settled in to our new home was find something sweet to freshen up [...]

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kitchen remodel | open shelves

September 18, 2012
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When it comes to home decor, one of my latest obsessions is open storage shelving in the kitchen. While the thought of having to keep my stored dinnerware in order is a bit intimidating, I love that it is completely exposed. While living abroad in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, I have come to [...]

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simple and modern baby bassinet :: ninna-nanna bassinet

August 14, 2012
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With my first daughter, I used your basic baby bassinet that sat on its stand with rollers next to the bed. It had the single ruffle around the sides, with the vibrating and lullaby control, said to “soothe” her to sleep. With my second daughter, I used my Moses basket, and loved that I could [...]

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outdoor summer entertaining | what makes the difference?

June 13, 2012
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Summer is the perfect time to be living outdoors and eating al fresco. After a long day at work all I can think about is coming home to enjoy some quality time unraveling from day-to-day stresses on my porch. We have the perfect little nook off our kitchen that has just enough room for a [...]

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quick and easy homemade cleaning product recipes

June 7, 2012
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Are you sick of spending endless dollars on home products you go through like water? There are endless amounts of recipes where you can create cleaning products for your home that are less chemically-enhanced and easier on your wallet. These are three recipes that I can’t live without. After receiving these concoctions from BFF’s and [...]

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organized jewelry box | simple fixes

May 25, 2012
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There is something to be said about an organized jewelry box. After your shower, an outfit is carefully (or not so carefully sometimes) chosen, you put on your makeup and turn to your jewelry box for the finishing touches. Skimming through your many options of babbles accessories can be a tough task. I’m pretty sure [...]

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one simple way to save money & energy, take a load off and start today!

April 12, 2012
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Go green, eat organic, save the environment…these are all common words and phrases that have become hot topics and obsessive trends over the past decade. While I have always been supportive of these efforts and often eager to be a part of the positive initiatives, I have to admit that I have also been overwhelmed, [...]

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easter table settings and decor

April 7, 2012
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Happy Easter to all of our Happy Hour Moms! With beautiful pastels paired with vibrant colors, Easter table-settings are always full of inspiration. Here are some fabulous ideas found across the web to help you get creative for your Easter celebrations. I am loving the gorgeous Martha Stewart tree and details seen above, and couldn’t [...]

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afghan inspired nursery

February 20, 2012
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There is inspiration EVERYWHERE! Look up, down, and all around to notice the littlest details in the color distortion of an old brick wall or the brightness of the spices seen in a souk. After living all across the world it is hard NOT to find inspiration. While living in Dubai we seemed to always [...]

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valentine’s day inspired decor

February 14, 2012
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Happy Valentine’s Day to our Happy Hour Moms! In light of this day of love, we thought we’d share some of our favorite be mine-inspired looks for home and office. I love the room pictured above (photography by donna griffith), that was featured on Nursery Notations, and designed by Jennifer Brouwer. Originally featured on Coco & Kelly, this room is [...]

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usa-inspired products

January 23, 2012
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These items are perfect for the world traveler. If you are living abroad, or moving, these items will be a pleasant reminder of home. Whether you want a modern print to add to your new walls, or a clever cutting board in the shape of your hometown, it will be just enough to make you [...]

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WINNER :: ideapaint giveaway, turn any surface into a dry erase board!

January 6, 2012
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Congrats to Nicole V., you are the winner of the IdeaPaint Home Kit! Please check the email you registered with for verification and details.This is a giveaway we were truly excited about and we can’t wait to see where you put your IdeaPaint! To those of you who didn’t win, don’t forget to use the [...]

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ideapaint giveaway, turn any surface into a dry erase board!

December 18, 2011
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I recently stumbled across IdeaPaint, the incredible product that allows you to turn any paintable, smooth surface into a dry-erase board. After publishing our recent article “The Classy Way to Write on Your Walls,” we started receiving email after email from moms wanting to know more about IdeaPaint, and find out how they could make [...]

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ideapaint, the classy way to write on your walls

December 8, 2011
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While on the hunt for the best holiday gifts for 2011, Happy Hour Mom stumbled across one of our favorite products thus far. Yes IdeaPaint was launched in 2008, but it is better late than never, and we just had to include this super fab product in our Holiday Gift Guide with great gift ideas [...]

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giveaway | the perfect holiday gift: butch & harold peel and stick re-usable frames and decor

November 17, 2011
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Happy Hour Mom has long been a fan of BUTCH + harold. After all, what is not to love about peel and stick art that you can move from wall to wall and room to room? As a traveling mama, I love my BUTCH & harold Stickr Frames because I can take them around the [...]

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transform a milk jug into a watering can with sprout

September 20, 2011
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As I browsed through some of my favorite blogs this morning, I found some great new books, awesome deals, and innovative products. Design*Sponge in particular, shared a new product that really caught my attention. I think it is the simplicity and pure creative genius, all wrapped into one environmentally-friendly piece of plastic, that intrigued me. Sprout, the [...]

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how to grow rainbow vegetables

March 8, 2011
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  how to grow rainbow vegetables… Spring is right around the corner. It’s time to get your kids out of the house, in the fresh outdoors and doing something productive. What is better than a project that is fun, educational, great for the environment and tastes good? Not much these days. I recently ran across [...]

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reduce reuse recycle in style with hhm recycle tags

August 8, 2010

Keeping up on household chores, planning ahead, making sure you make it to every event and finding time for yourself is quite difficult in itself. Staying calm, organized and finding time for your happy hour is the only way to go. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, yet completely unrealistic, to have your whole house in complete [...]

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