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Christmas Craft: Clear Travel Ornaments

By Mercedes Santana on November 26, 2020

I saved some save or pebbles from beach trips because I knew I wanted to make these. I also usually keep tickets and other memories for scrapbooking so I had items for some of the other countries. Maybe I’ll start collecting real ornaments when travel opens again, but for now these match my pink tree. […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Past Papers: Quarantine Scrapbook Pages

By Mercedes Santana on October 4, 2020

One silver-lining of quarantine has been that I have more time to craft and I’m okay with that. It also gave me time to reorganize my craft supplies, I love my improved little craft corner. I also finished all my pages from our trip to Greece and France last year! To view those European pages, […]

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Lifestyle | Recipes

Recipe: Weeknight Kielbasa Skillet

By Mercedes Santana on June 5, 2020

This weekend kielbasa skillet is another recipe that tends to get a lot of DMs anytime I post it on my Instagram stories. So I finally put it to a poll vote last time I made it and it was a 100% “Yes” you all wanted this recipe. Again, like most recipes, I adapted it […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Inside my Scrapbook: 2019 Greece & France

By Mercedes Santana on April 5, 2020

Well here I am writing from couch at the end of week 3 of self-isolation due to COVID-19. I have to say, despite the fact that the world feels a little scary right now I’m really enjoying my time at home. I am getting work projects done that I always put on the back burner, […]

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Lifestyle | Recipes

Recipe: Easy Fancy Quiche

By Mercedes Santana on March 20, 2020

Most of you reading this now (March 2020) are more than likely self-quarantined at home due to the coronavirus outbreak. But, it’s not all bad, I like to think of the positive in this. It’s giving us time to rest, recharge, and get to that long list of things we always want to do but […]

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Home & Garden | Lifestyle

Hosting a Pinterest Perfect Party

By Mercedes Santana on March 2, 2020

A sprinkle themed birthday brunch party!

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Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Joshua Tree Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on August 4, 2019

I finally got around to sitting at my crafting table to actually craft. Half the time I sit here to work from home, so it was nice to change it up. For whatever reason, I am an extremely slow scrapper. I print the photos and then I tend to take too long to choose a […]

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Home & Garden | Lifestyle

DIY Gift Wrap Hack: Desk Upgrade

By Mercedes Santana on April 14, 2019

So I thought I would take my DIY (do-it-yourself for my readers that live under rocks) beyond just scrapbooks. I just hit my two year anniversary at my job (here is where you clap) and though my desk is actually a really nice space I wanted to spruce it up. We have an “open concept” […]

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Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Past Papers: Real Simple Magazine Feature Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on February 10, 2019
Real Simple Scrapbook Mercedes Santana

I have a degree in journalism and always thought I would be a magazine writer, but times have changed. I still love magazine and maybe one day I will work full-time for a publication, but now I can write when and what I want and freelance when I can. As my blog is coming up […]

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Past Papers: HWY 1 Road Trip Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on February 2, 2019
Highway 1 Road Trip

I finally picked some photos from our summer road trip up Pacific Coast Highway to highlight in this California scrapbook page. The drive up was slightly gloomy, but still breathtaking. Though the sky looked slightly dull in my photos the colors from the ocean and hills were still bright. So I knew that the paper […]

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