Category Archives: Crafts

How to make flowers using coffee filters

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Samantha Dellinger

Want to learn how to make this bouquet? This craft is super easy, so the whole family can join in the fun. Other ideas for the flowers: • These flowers also make pretty centerpieces for your dining room table or … Continue reading →

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Enjoy winter: Get inspired for a home makeover

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Sarah Chain

Around this time each year, I start getting antsy for spring. I want to clear out clutter and re-organize my closets and sew slipcovers for my throw pillows and buy a new comforter. The beginning of a new season always … Continue reading →

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These bowls spin me right round

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Abby Rhoad

If you’re like me, you walk into Pier One or Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel and want one of everything. And if you’re like me, you can only afford one thing — period. Just one. And something relatively cheap … Continue reading →

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Airville Volunteer Fire Company mud sale
features variety of food, sale items

Posted on February 29, 2012 by April Trotter

Eleven years ago, the Airville Volunteer Fire Company held the first mud sale in York County. What started as a consignment sale in an Amish barn with about 500 bidders has grown into an event that brought in around 3,500 … Continue reading →

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Follow us on Pinterest

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Kara Eberle

Do you love Pinterest? Yeah, so do we. Follow Smart Magazine on Pinterest. We would love to see your pins!

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Enjoy winter: Preserve those Valentine’s flowers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Sarah Chain

If you were lucky enough to receive a big bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s Day last week, they might be looking a little droopy — mine always did after about a week. But that doesn’t mean you have to toss … Continue reading →

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Show your love all year long

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Courtney Cashour

Just so you know, the stomach flu that is going around stinks.  Yes, I got the stomach flu.  It put a major dent in all the things that I needed to get done.  How was I supposed to get homemade … Continue reading →

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Apartment DIY: Redecorating a bedroom on the cheap

Posted on February 15, 2012 by April Trotter

I’ve lived in my boyfriend’s former bachelor pad for almost eight months now. He was kind and didn’t fight me (too much) when I took over 90 percent of the decorating in the two-bedroom apartment, but our one sticking point … Continue reading →

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Dance the night away with your valentine next weekend

Posted on February 1, 2012 by April Trotter

Calendar check: It’s less than two weeks until Valentine’s Day. For some, that means scouring Pinterest for heart-shaped crafts to make the special someone in their life. For others, that means waiting exactly 12 more days before ordering something featuring … Continue reading →

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Repurposing with the help of Pinterest

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Andrea Albert-Merovich

Pinterest… I am a little obsessed with you. I have 20 boards on which I’ve “pinned” so many little bits of inspiration. Factor into that the new house, a blank canvas in terms of design ideas. All of our possessions … Continue reading →

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