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Category: The Good Life

Big News to Share!

Posted on: July 3, 2017 Last updated on: March 11, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Y’all, I have been sitting on some major changes over here. And FINALLY I get to share what I’ve been working on for the last three years. With my business partner Meredith, I’ve started a subscription box company that specializes…
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Tiny Tomato

Year of Pleasures: Tiny Tomatoes

Posted on: August 26, 2015 Last updated on: March 24, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
My garden is going crazy this summer. I still haven’t had much success starting from seeds, but I’m not too shabby at the rest of it. I went out this morning to check on things and my little cherry tomato…
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Outdoor Slipcover

Outdoor Slipcovers

Posted on: August 21, 2015 Last updated on: March 24, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
This is one of those awesome Summer projects I’ve been talking about forever. And it was so massive to put together all the different photos and videos and instructions that it sat on my harddrive for my whole year of…
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Tide Pods

Year of Pleasures: Tide Pods

Posted on: February 26, 2014 Last updated on: May 21, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
I know because this is such a naked recommendation this might seem like a commercial, but I promise, nobody is paying me or has even asked me to say this: Tide Pods may have changed my life. I saw the…
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Galentines Cards

Year of Pleasures: Creative Friends

Posted on: February 19, 2014 Last updated on: May 21, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
My friend Elisabeth got a bunch of our friends together to do a Galentine’s Card exchange, and the results have been trickling in all week. These friends are all connected by enjoying the Maximum Fun universe. Most of us have…
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Dreamhouse

Year of Pleasures: Dreamhouse

Posted on: February 4, 2014 Last updated on: May 21, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
I tried to take a short cut home from Atti’s school the other day and ended up getting lost. But around here that just means getting to take an unexpected drive through the country. I passed by this house and…
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Thanksgiving at the beach

Weekend of Adventure!

Posted on: December 3, 2013 Last updated on: June 6, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Bear’s extended family owns a beach house down in LA, so every Thanksgiving, this is my view. It’s pretty heavenly snapping green beans to the sound of waves, but since Thanksgiving was so late this year we had to jam…
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Freckle Face

Year of Pleasures: Freckle Face

Posted on: November 26, 2013 Last updated on: June 8, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Those four little freckles just kill me.
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Hot Glue Flower

Year of Pleasures: Hot Glue Flower

Posted on: November 19, 2013 Last updated on: June 8, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Whenever I smell a hot glue gun, I think of Christmas. That seems to be when I have it out the most and that smell has imprinted on my brain next to poinsettias and tinsel. Working on my Christmas projects…
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Dehydrating Bananas

Project Put Together: Food Dehydrator

Posted on: November 14, 2013 Last updated on: June 8, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Trying to reduce my gluten intake means I need to find all new snack foods. I love snacking. Dangit, I love it SO MUCH! But I have to let go of the crackers and find something else to eat. When…
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