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Welcome back to the Home Matters Party. We enjoyed our two weeks off to celebrate the holidays with our families and friends, and hope you did the same. We also want to wish you all a very happy, healthy, and blessed New Year!

Let's party hearty in 2016!

Lorelai at Life With Lorelai:

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Melissa is a wife, mom of 3 teenage girls and tons of fur babies who loves hunting for freebies and deals, crafting, and sharing her experiences.

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Hannah shares 3 Goals You Should Never Set

Delicious Taco Stuffed Peppers from Wendy

Jeanne show us How-To Start Your First Vegetable Garden

It's a Cookie Swap - Cinnamon Oatmeal from Stephanie

Sahana shows us How-To Make Personalized Candy Bars

Check out this Minion Box Upcycled with Cardboard Tube from Shravya

Audrey shares her recipe for Black Bean Pesto Crackers

Read about Jamie's personal journey with Epilepsy

Crystal shares some tips on Making Money From Home

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We are starting the New Year off with some fabulous DIY projects for your home and fashion, along with some really scrumptious recipes. Enjoy!

Melt in Your Mouth Prime Rib Recipe from Darcey @ Foodie & Wine

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DIY Barn Wood Serving Tray from Shonee @ Hawthorne & Main

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Mexican Cocoa - A Spicy Hot Chocolate Recipe from Alea @ Premeditated Leftovers

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Easy DIY Way to Revive an Old Lamp Shade from Manuela @ A Cultivated Nest

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Vintage-Inspired Armwarmers from Bethany @ Whistle & Ivy

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We hit 500 Links in last week's party, so...

Orange Cream Mimosa Mocktail from Christine @ A Sprinkle of This and That

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Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle from Gina @ Kleinworth & Co

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Make your own Christmas Star

In this post, let's see how to make simple Christmas star.

Supplies needed:

• Color sheets of paper
• Scissors
• Scale
• Marker
• Glue gun (optional)

 First cut the paper in square shape if it wasn't in square shape before.

Now, follow the order mentioned in the figure above.
Step 1: Fold the paper in middle
Step 2: Fold the paper in such a way that bottom right corner coincides with upper side of the square
Step 3: Now, remove that previous fold and now fold it in such a way that upper right corner coincides with bottom side of the square.
Step 4: Step 2 and step 3 leaves a cross mark. Now fold it such that bottom left corner of the paper meets the center of the cross mark formed by step 2 and 3.

Step 5: Fold it in middle as in above pic
Step 6: Fold the remaining part such that it coincides with the folded part of step 5
Step 7: Fold it in middle again as in above pic
Step 8: Crease the ends properly.

Now, mark a point at around 1.5cm from the end or more if you need more steepness for star. Mark a line as shown above and cut along the marked line.

Fold the alternative edges formed and crease them properly. That's it Christmas star is ready. Isn't it so simple. Give it a try.!!
You can also stick two stars using glue gun to form two-sided 3D star.

 Thank you for dropping by. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.!!

DIY. Decorative lights

Who doesn't like to decorate one's place uniquely yet beautifully!! Let's see DIY decorative lights for this festive season.

Supplies needed

• Thick thread or colored yarn
• Fevicol
• Scissors
• One big bowl
• Small Balloons
• Lights
• Colors of your choice (optional)
• Balloon pump (optional)

Blow all the balloons and tie the moth of balloons tightly to not leak any air (This is very important as it may leave your yarn balls distorted).

Now mix fevicol and water in the ratio of 3:1 in a big bowl. Mix 2 to 3 droplets of color of your choice in the mixture of fevicol and water if you're not using colored thread/yarn. 

Drop thread/yarn into the mixture we prepared out of fevicol and water. Place a cardboard sheet below (to not spoil the floor) and roll thread/yarn dipped in fevicol mixture around balloons as shown below.

This is how it looks once you have rolled thread around balloons.

Leave them for a complete day  to dry.

Once they are dried, prick the balloons using needle and slowly remove them out of the yarn balls. This is how it looks after removing balloons.

Insert lights into it carefully and hung them. Tada.!! its done.

Thank you for dropping by.