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House Mix

Offbeat ideas on family, decor, and organizing for moms on a budget

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White and gray living room with board and batten wall

Blank wall transformed with bench and plants

White bedroom with black nightstands and capiz pendant light

Master bedroom

home office design - small home office

Girl’s room

boys shared room with peacock green board and batten wall and bunkbeds

Boy’s room

SINNERLIG bamboo pendant and KVIKNE wardrobe closet from ikea in guest bedroom

Guest room

Big kid playroom - chalkboard walls, book wall, foosball table, movie projector and lots of shelves

Cheap home movie theater - favorite movie projector

Playroom

Back lanai

world market capiz pendant light

Lighting

Hardware

Big picture window in kitchen with bistro set

Making the most of small living spaces

Guest house

kitchen organization ideas - drawer dividers — Kitchen organization

Organization

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Hi! I’m Kate.

Hi! I’m Kate — child of God, wife, mother to three, creative type, who thinks too much. I blog to inspire and help with all things decorating, organizing, budgeting, family and faith. I keep things real and am not afraid to show you my mess and shortcomings.

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Look what’s going down in the playroom today! ... or up, I guess technically. 😆 Either way, you can see how bad I am at mixing wallpaper paste over in stories today. I’m only sorry that I missed the video of an entire piece peeling off the wall onto my head! #professional But it’s up! 🙌🌴

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My new bible study ✨Thought Life 30-Day Challenge✨is live! It’s all about replacing anxiety with gratitude, fear with hope and negativity with joy. Our thought life is so very important because everything we do, small or big, bad or good, starts with a thought. You are NOT a hostage to your thoughts! You can learn to control them.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BOOK:
- Devotional for each day of the month with meditation verse
- Daily thought challenges to expose negativity and find joy
- Printable 30-day challenge calendar
- Thought Journal to record your exercise experience
- Grateful Journal to remember what God has done for you
- Link and to printable PDF version
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➡️ Swipe to see several sample pages.
➡️ To buy the ebook, visit the Amazon Kindle link or Etsy link in my bio.
➡️ I’m talking about it and showing more in stories today as well!
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🍁I’m going to start this 30-day Thought Life Challenge November 1 and I’d love for you to join me! I’ll be sharing and asking how you’re doing in stories each day. We’re saying goodbye negativity and hello joy!
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🍂 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. — Philippians 4:8

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I said this in my last post, but maybe my photo wasn’t dynamic enough or post time not optimal or whatever Instagram wants from us 🤷‍♀️😜, so I’m just going to say it again because I truly want to support what my friends are doing! 🎉
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The other day I was sitting with a group of women discussing side hobbies they day dream would turn into side jobs. They weren’t sure anyone would be interested, what price would be appropriate or if it would be worth it. I said, you don’t know unless you TRY!
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Personally on Etsy, I’ve had dozens of failed products! I had high hopes for prints and designs I spent time curating, but they flopped. And that’s ok! It’s a problem if you keep pushing your time and money into something that just doesn’t work, but when you learn from it, it will give you the information to create your next big thing.
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After trial and error with products and prices, I found that digital planners work well for me instead of photos and posters. And now I have made 400 sales since last year. I’ve written a Thought Life Challenge devotional and workbook I plan to release Monday on Amazon. I don’t know how it will be received. Yeah, I’m a little nervous about it, but I won’t know if I don’t press publish!
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Is there something you have been thinking about trying? Just do it! Try it! Make a business plan, research similar products, and put yourself out there. .
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You don’t even have to tell people about it if you don’t want to. I don’t know what it is about my personality that gets an idea and puts it together before I even tell anyone. Maybe I don’t want opinions or doubt to stand in my way? When I’m done, I ask trusted friends for their thoughts, but not usually in the creative stage. Sometimes too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the dish. Too many voices can lead to indecision. Trust your gut and start creating! TODAY!
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Do you sell something you make yourself on Etsy or Amazon? Share your handle and product, below, and I’d love to highlight you in my stories!

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In case you missed my last blog post, I’m sharing my favorite Amazon home finds from the past year! .
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Here are a few things (with links)on the blog post ➡️: ◾️Buffalo check pillow covers ($12 for 2) ◾️Black and white pillow covers ($15 for 4!) ◾️Disco ball, $15
Macramé plant hangers, ($9 for 2) ◾️Lantern string lights ($13)
Accordion rack, $11 ◾️Small white floating shelves, $25 ◾️Self-adhesive toilet roll holder ($12)

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My husband and I started a family eight years ago and this is what I can tell you: it is worth it to be present and keep doing your best, even when it doesn’t seem to matter. In the early years of having three kids in four years, we went though times of self identity loss, tickle fights, wild anger, intense love, survival mode, a reason for life, hopelessness and the complete range of parenthood. Now that my boys are getting older I see it!!! It’s in there — the explaining, the lessons, the love we showed them all those years. Sometimes you don’t see it start to emerge until they’re six or seven! Keep teaching them empathy and love and kindness to others. Keep explaining the lessons of life you know to be true even if you think they’re too little to get it. You don’t know what will stick. And if the Holy Spirit is in one of those tiny bodies, look out! It will come into play when you least expect it. Keep fighting the good fight, keep putting in the time and the love. You’ll never regret it. 💗

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Best-selling planner

I’m so excited to share my best-selling Ultimate Clean House Planner with you! It’s a 12-page printable with my favorite DIY cleaner recipes, the best cleaning hacks, a deep clean calendar and home maintenance checklist.

Lightroom Preset

My Tropical Sunkiss preset makes it so you can edit photos right on your phone with a click of a button! This preset elevates phone shots to look professionally edited, with crisp, sharpened details. Even gives you a little suntan!

GET IT ($5) HERE >>

Thought Life Challenge

I’ve created a 30-day thought life challenge, one exercise a day — first working to identify negativity and weed it out, and secondly to find joy through gratitude. Included: challenge calendar, daily devotional and verse, thought and gratitude journal

GET IT ON AMAZON OR ETSY ($2.99)>>

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