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The 99 Cent Wedding Garter…a FREE Knitted Wedding Garter Pattern

I’m a knitter. I’ll admit it. I love it. It is such a great outlet for me because I don’t read books, so I need things to keep my fingers busy. By far, my favorite part about knitting is my group of...

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The $1.98 Wedding Garter…A FREE Crochet Wedding Garter Pattern

I can’t discriminate against my friends who crochet. Last week, I did this knitted wedding garter pattern. so, to keep this an equal opportunity blog, here is a free crochet wedding garter pattern....

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free knitting pattern…burberry inspired cowl neck scarf

a slight twist on garter girl style today…this summer i was looking through instyle magazine and saw an awesome cowl neck scarf from burberry, but was in sticker shock over the price…$750. before i...

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The Garter Girl Blog’s Key Words

A while ago I saw this post on the think splendid blog about how to know if you were using the right buzz words in your blog text. The advice was to go to wordle.net to see what the automatic word...

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How to Gain More Attention for Your Business

As some of you know, or not, in my former life I worked in politics and PR in Washington, DC. It was a wild ride to say the least. But, after I had my baby girl I gave it up to stay home. I couldn’t be...

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DIY Public Relations for Small Businesses

My life is one big do it yourself project. Be it raising my family or designing my wedding garters or cooking dinner, I’m always looking for ways to do things myself. I never usually hire someone to...

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DIY Cocktail Napkins

I’ve often said, I’m not a party planner. I’m much more of a party go-er! When it came time to put the little touches on my new wedding garter collection launch party, I was at a loss. Good thing that...

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DIY Personalized Hanger Cover

This summer, I entered a wedding blog contest hosted by Elizabeth Anne Designs and The Sweetest Occasion. I did a stylish bridal lingerie photo shoot and one of the elements that I put together for the...

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DIY Crochet Wedding Necklace & Garter

This summer I entered a  few stylish bridal lingerie looks into a contest and I really wanted to incorporate DIY elements into the shoot. Around the time I was gathering ideas for the shoot, Crochet...

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Calligraphy Stamp

I have terrible hand writing. If you have ever been on the receiving end of anything hand written by me, you know this to be true. This is why I don’t hand write a little “thank you” note in each...

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DIY Cocktail Napkins

I’ve often said, I’m not a party planner. I’m much more of a party go-er! When it came time to put the little touches on my new wedding garter collection launch party, I was at a loss. Good thing that...

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DIY Personalized Hanger Cover

This summer, I entered a wedding blog contest hosted by Elizabeth Anne Designs and The Sweetest Occasion. I did a stylish bridal lingerie photo shoot and one of the elements that I put together for the...

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DIY Crochet Wedding Necklace & Garter

This summer I entered a  few stylish bridal lingerie looks into a contest and I really wanted to incorporate DIY elements into the shoot. Around the time I was gathering ideas for the shoot, Crochet...

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Calligraphy Stamp

I have terrible hand writing. If you have ever been on the receiving end of anything hand written by me, you know this to be true. This is why I don’t hand write a little “thank you” note in each...

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Homemade Halloween Costumes E-Book

Do you remember my little strawberry?? A few years ago, I made my daughter a super simple strawberry costume for Halloween. It was just included in a new e-book full of easy Halloween costumes for...

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DIY Kids Bubble Gum Machine Halloween Costume

How did I not share this last year around Halloween time!? Who knows! Better late than never, I guess!? If you are looking for an easy Halloween costume idea for your kids, check out what I made for my...

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10 Tips for Painting Stripes on a Bathroom Wall

This has nothing to do with wedding garters, so let’s just file this blog post into the category of things I do when I’m not sewing and running after my kiddos! I recently painted my first floor powder...

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DIY Wedding Embroidery: Featured on Snippet & Ink

I can’t believe I haven’t shared this DIY tutorial until now. I’m embarrassed, really. Back in the spring, I did a DIY post for the awesome wedding blog, Snippet & Ink, about how to embroider for...

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Hand Made Wedding Pillows

Did you use fabric at your wedding, maybe on the escort card table, and are now wondering what to do with it now that the wedding is over? Make pillows! I had the honor of hand making pillows for a...

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Auction Item for My Child’s School

This has absolutely nothing and I mean nothing to do with wedding garters, BUT it is sort of DIY and wedding related! (Plus, I had to create a web link for it, so I thought I’d do a blog post about it...

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