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Please excuse our lack of posting lately.   L I F E has completely gotten in the way! : ) Kids.  The end of school.  Work and then more work. You know..... the fun LIFE stuff. Until things become a little more clear and well rounded for the both of us, P E P P E R M I N T P L U M will be on a slight break ! Thank you to our always-loyal readers ...we know you understand the reasons for this small interruption in crafty goodness ! We will return as soon as possible. T H A N K Y O U ~ Tammy + Annie ~

I thought I'd show you a few changes I've been making to my front room. First of all, I replaced the curtains. I was more than tired of the red regal tassled beauties (circa 2002) , and searched patiently for something a little less attention-grabbing at a great price. After a couple months, I found these new panels on clearance at curtainworks.com for a really great price... $20 for both with free shipping . I then found the rod on clearance at Jo-Ann for $10 . So for just $30 I transformed the room! The height of the new panels really makes the room feel bigger and more to scale with the vaulted ceilings. I also love the slight lustrous finish and the dark green color. Here is the rest of the room: I moved the ironwork art from above the window to above the candle table/temple picture to give the display some much-needed height. I've collected various candlestick holders from thrift stores and department store clearance aisles, in a variety of shapes and sizes, and I s

It's Garage Sale Season ! Here are my finds from this past weekend: This red coral pillow was $1. It still had the original price tag on it for $19. It smelled fresh and clean and came from what I could tell was an immaculate home, so I snatched it up. It looks great on my wooden rocker. I'm a bookworm. I love decorating with books. Especially beautiful old books. So when I found these delightful 1952 children's U.S. history books at 3 for a quarter, I didn't even think twice. Bonus: My 9-year-old  son thinks they look great and can't wait to read them! I spotted this cute teapot from the road and knew it was going to be mine...that is, if it was less than 5 dollars. Lucky for me it was only $2! I love it. I'm always on the lookout for these memo boards to use for hair bow storage. We have a lot of bows at our house. You'd think I had a dozen daughters, but I have only two.  My girls have never gone a day in their lives without a bow in their hair (you t

I have always loved me a TWIX bar. I may or may not have eaten one every day for lunch in 7th grade. So...when I came upon a few different recipes for homemade TWIX bars I knew I had to try them out! I have since made these many times and have tweaked the recipe to my liking. They really do taste like the real thing... maybe possibly even a little better ! { TWIX BARS } 48 Club Crackers (a few more than one sleeve) 1 c. graham cracker crumbs (one sleeve) 1/3 c. sugar 3/4 c. brown sugar 1/3 c. milk 1/2 c. butter Topping*: 1 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 c. vanilla baking chips * Most recipes call for milk chocolate chips. I have tried milk and semi and I thought both were good....but one day all I had was 1/2 a bag of semi, so I decided to add vanilla chips to them, and it turned out to be the perfect combination for my taste buds! I do it this way every time now. Place one layer of Club Crackers in a lightly greased 13×9 casserole dish. Use your food processor or blender to

Looking for a quick and easy Mother's Day gift? Well, look no further... I found this unfinished frame at Michael's for $1.00. I spray painted it glossy black, hot glued a few simple rosette blossoms made from fabric scraps (see a great tutorial here ) and some loose pearls , and inserted a quote that will have meaning to our mom. One of her favorite songs is " I Often Go Walking ," a song we often sang as children at church around Mother's Day. Annie used her mad skillz to turn the last line of the song into art , so I printed it out and framed it. I then used some fabric scraps to hang the frame from. I think our mom is gonna love it! (I told her not to read our blog this week, so shhhhh....) --Tammy * * * * * * * * * Here's the quote image if you'd like to print/use it for yourself: