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I love the theme, and it's very well executed... but does it bug anyone else that "marshmallows" is misspelled?

This makes me think... if you painted a wall with magnetic paint, you could attach the magnets to the back of the frames and then just sandwich the art between the frame and the wall. AND you could switch the layout of the frames all the time without adding more holes in the wall.

Awesome!! Thank you thank you for this post! I'm planning a Harry Potter theme party for my son's upcoming 6th birthday. You're right though-there's so much coolness in these books it's hard to choose what to focus on. I really love the idea of having the kids travel around to different classes and complete fun little tasks-6 year old boys definitely need to have something to occupy them for part of the time or everything resorts to a big sword (wand?) fight. :) Thanks for the awesome inspiration!

Holiday05, The tension rod thing is genius!! Thanks!

Thank you, Nellymom! Took the words right out of my mouth.
Can't we all just get along? :)

Also, if you're with a group of adults, several breweries give pretty cool tours. The one in Boston (I think it's Sam Adams??) gives an awesome tour where you can see them bottling the beer and at the end you get to try tons of different beers and even the really rare ones (like the triple bock). I'm not a beer person, but my husband and I went with some out of town friends and we all enjoyed it.

HAHAHAH! The lumberjack costume is awesome!! I love the facial hair, hilarious!

OH, and my oldest used to love this Melissa and Doug latches board, too. Although I think it may have helped him learn to undo all of our childproof locks. :)
http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Deluxe-Latches-Board/dp/B000NVBE1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1310495254&sr=1-1

This child is ridiculously adorable!

I've used baking soda to get urine smell out of my couch (due to a potty training toddler), and it worked very well. I just COATED the couch in baking soda before bed and in the morning used the vacuum attachment to clean it off. I was surprised at how all of the baking soda came out cleanly, I thought it would stick in the fibers. It completely took the smell away and made the couch look cleaner, too. For a really "vintage-y" smell, you may want to leave the baking soda on longer, or do two rounds. And make sure to get it in every nook and cranny. The good thing is that it is totally safe for kids/pets (safe to eat even, obviously), so if you do accidentally leave some on there, it isn't dangerous in a baby's room. Good luck with your awesome find! Go, Craigslist!!

And P.S. I did a little online research about Febreze b/c I was wondering about it's chemical usage and found that it (supposedly) contains VOCs: Take this info for what it;s worth, knowing that not everything on the net is true :)
"Febreze, along with most other commercial air fresheners are in no way environmentally friendly or "green". They contain volatile organic compounds (VOC's) called 1,4 dichlorobenzene(1,4 DCB) which cause soil, groundwater, as well as air pollution. Scariest of all, this 1,4 DCB was found to be a carcinogen, which is something that causes cancer, and being around this product too much can also cause lung damage. So not only is it bad for the environment, it is also bad for your health.

Read more: http://greenanswers.com/q/173265/pollution-toxins/air-pollution/febreze-bad-environment#ixzz1Oogqfpoh