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Our Plan to Support You During the Pandemic and Recession – A Message from Home Ever After
Hi friends! This is a letter from me, Danelle Ice, the creator of Home Ever After. I want to talk about how we’re planning to support you during the novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 (covid-19). We’re making some big changes and ramping up to give you the things you need most. Read on for the deets! Where We’ve Been – Learning From Our Experience in the Great Recession In 2008, I started Home Ever After as a way to help others and share my specialties in organizing, saving money, and all kinds of home systems to make family life run smoothly. It was the recession. The country was in turmoil.…
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Overwhelmed by Christmas? How to Buy Your Gifts, Send Your Cards, and Put up the Tree in Just 7 Days
I'm here to share with you my best methods for getting the holiday musts done in just one week so you can have the rest of the month to relax!
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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Book Hotel Stays!
What does this mean to travelers like us who are trying to save money on the overall cost of our family vacations? It means now is a GREAT time to book your hotel stays for the next year! Uncertainty is always a good time to ask for discounts, especially in businesses that have a lot of discretion about how much they charge, like hotels.
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Retro Homemaker: Homemaker’s War Guide (1941)
Looking at the Homemaker’s War Guide poster, we can see that housewives were encouraged to support the war effort by making specific changes at home.
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How to Be a Disney Princess Makeover for Halloween
On Saturday, I took Prynne and Seven to the #DisneyBeauties Walmart Sleeping Beauty Retailtainment event at Walmart for their princess Halloween costumes shopping spree. They had a wonderful time and loaded our cart up with enough costumes and accessories to transform into Aurora and Snow White in an epic Halloween princess makeover! They drew attention all through the store since they were both dressed as Sleeping Beauty to promote the release of the Sleeping Beauty DVD diamond edition. I grabbed the movie set right away: Seven and Prynne stuck together and waved to the shoppers: The craziness of the shopping spree started when they hit the toys section and spotted…
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DIY Doc McStuffins DocMobile out of a Red Wagon to Go With Halloween Costume
Halloween is coming up and Disney Junior’s characters are on the hot list for costumes this year! My girls and I went crazy when we saw the Disney Junior Doc McStuffins Halloween costume display in the toys section at Walmart. The Doc McStuffins costume is amazing and I grabbed two for Seven and Prynne. If you love the Doc Mobile pictured above, keep reading for step by step instructions on how to make a DIY Doc McStuffins DocMobile out of a red wagon! They also had all the accessories you could want to go with your Doc McStuffins Halloween costume: the pink and purple doctor kit bag with all of…
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Yes or No: Are You Dressing Up for Halloween?
Are you dressing up for Halloween this year? I’m a huge planner for Halloween – everything from the décor to the creepy Halloween food has to be just right. The one thing that falls by the wayside every year for me – mostly because I run out of time or can’t decide – is my Halloween costume. I spend so much time getting all the kids ready for the Halloween harvest carnival in their costumes that I run out of time. I’m lucky if I can pull together a quick Halloween makeup look and hairstyle (with no costume) before we leave the house for trick or treating. Do you have…
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Staying Open to New Ideas
Staying open to new ideas can be a lot harder than it sounds. There are some simple mind hacks that can enhance your ability to enjoy trying new things and looking at life in a whole new way. Let’s focus on a few simple tips that make it easy to stay open to new ideas.
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Playing Myself in The Sims 4 – Latest in The Sims Series!
The SIMS™ 4 is waiting for you at Walmart and I’ve been glued to the game since I brought it home from the store! The newest installment in the Sims series is packed with new features, smarter stories, and ultimate customizations that will make it hard to tear yourself away from your Sims. You can see me with my Sim at the in-store Walmart display above. I named my Sim Alice Ellis, and she looks just like me, all the way down to my signature pink leather jacket and white pants with beige high heels. It’s too bad I didn’t wear my matching outfit to the The SIMS™ 4 in-store…
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Afternoon Fuel for the (Busy) Mom Moments
At 5:30am, the alarm signals the start of a long day for me. It’s a good life as much as it is a busy one. From the opening bell all the way to dinner, I wanted to capture a typical day in the life of a busy mom with kids. I volunteered to have the cameras follow me around for an entire day, capturing the essence of moms everywhere who want to take good care of themselves but not sacrifice family time. There are lots of smart food and drink choices that work into your on-the-go schedule to help you keep up with your kids’ never-ending energy. The people at…
