Category Archives: Random Craziness

The 7 most common mistakes of hanging artwork that can make you look like a doofus

May 10th, 2013 | 21 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Interior Design, Random Craziness

7 mistakes of hanging art and how to correct them

Sweet mother of goat milk. Don’t feel bad. I did it too. I was once a doofus. It’s okay to be a doofus. Be weird. Normal is the new boring. You + Me = doofus squared. I have a wee …

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$100 Home Depot Gift Card Giveaway. Maybe. With your vote.

April 19th, 2013 | 64 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Our Home, Random Craziness

Come vote for this kitchen on lynneknowlton.com for a chance to win a $100 Home Depot Gift Card !

Did you know that there is a Home and Garden contest going on right now? Right now. Now. In this moment. A contest !! And I’m losing. I’d hate to say that I am a sore loser. I am …

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Come meet Colin & Justin at the Cottage Life Show today !! Whoop whoop !!

April 6th, 2013 | 43 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Interior Design, Random Craziness

Colin and Justin at the Cottage Life Show- Toronto

Guess what happened ? Go on. Come on. Guess it ! Hurry up. That’s it. Time’s up. I can’t stand to wait another moment. I waited long enough. I’m spillin’ it. Spill = Colin and Justin will be at the …

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36 Ways To Tell If You Had An Epic Childhood

March 6th, 2013 | 58 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Random Craziness

1. You knew how to smoke a Popeye cigarette 2. You wore tin foil on your teeth & pretended it was braces. 3. You stuck your tongue on a frozen metal post to test if …

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Share your story…

February 28th, 2013 | 41 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness, Travelogue

I’m in Las Vegas. Enough about me. Where are you? Who are you? Tell me about you. What’s your story? I want a parking pass into a snippet of your life. Dish it. STAT. Do you love to …

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Best Homemade Bread Recipe … for the Soul

February 25th, 2013 | 17 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness, Recipes

Have you ever baked homemade bread ? It’s therapy. It’s comfort. It feels good. It is so simple to do. It gets in your heart. It can feed your soul. I bake bread when I am going through a tough …

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How to add text to your photographs. The EASY way!

February 21st, 2013 | 32 Comments | Posted in BLOGGING, Random Craziness

How to add text to a photo feature photo

Photography and blogging should be listed as one of the seven wonders of the world. It is a mystery. Adding text and graphics on to photography is a guarded secret. Like the crown jewels. A baffling perplexity. What-up-wit-dat?! Enough already. …

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Hilarious !! : Does it make you uncomfortable when I use the word DONGLE?

February 19th, 2013 | 26 Comments | Posted in Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

I don’t know about you, but when a television commercial airs on the tube …. I usually dart outta the room so fast, it makes the roadrunner look like a slow poke. There are exceptions to every rule. Like the …

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How to BLOG. How to LOVE. How to SLAY a Dragon.

February 14th, 2013 | 57 Comments | Posted in BLOGGING, How to be a better blogger, Random Craziness

Sending out LOVE on Valentines Day and every day thereafter

HOW TO BLOG : Blogging = yelling words into cyberspace so loud that even Helen Keller can hear you. Social media = slaying dragons with fiery breath while wearing a paper bag. Sometimes it is scary. Sometimes you feel vulnerable. …

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How to Turn your Photos into Paintings with an Epic photo app

February 8th, 2013 | 23 Comments | Posted in My Favourite Apps, Random Craziness

How to turn your photos into paintings with the Glaze photo app. Learn more here : lynneknowlton.com

~ Glaze is a FREE photo app that converts a photo into a painting. ~ Hard to believe, isn’t it ?! Well the proof is in the puddin’ and here comes the proof : What the what what ?? How epic …

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Happy New Year !! The Best Is Yet To Come

January 1st, 2013 | 37 Comments | Posted in How to be a better blogger, Random Craziness

Design the Life You Want to Live - a blog of new beginnings

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 2013 Alicia Bock said it best with her gorgeous photography and handwritten fonts. {All photos today are Alicia’s photos.} Her blog will have you googlie eyed and gobsmacked. The photography may make you drool. She even …

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HOLIDAY SHOPPING: The FUN Do’s and Don’ts for CHRISTMAS !

December 24th, 2012 | 19 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Random Craziness

‘Tis the season to make lists. Looooooong lists. Longer than your arm. Longer than a trip to the North Pole. LONG. Do you ever just ADD something on a list purely for the pleasure of scratching it off the list? Oh hells …

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When CANCER takes the LIFE of someone you LOVE

November 26th, 2012 | 59 Comments | Posted in Cancer Sux, Random Craziness

How do I type the words? How do I say it out loud? When cancer steals the life of someone you love, there are no words. NOTHING. Simple words don’t do an entire LIFETIME justice. Nothing can explain why cancer …

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Breathe it all in. Love it all out.

November 17th, 2012 | 12 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Our Home, Photo Albums, Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

Dear Karma, oh dear dear Karma...hahaaaa....

Are you celebrating THANKSGIVING this week? What is your Thanksgiving THANKFULNESS ?? That is a mouth full. Geesh… I am thankful for shorter words. I am thankful for the weekend. I am thankful for elastic waistbands during Thanksgiving dinner. …

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Deliciously Simple Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe

November 16th, 2012 | 19 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Random Craziness, Recipes

#Delicious Cranberry Sauce #Recipe for #Thanksgiving

Guess what ? I have a DELISH cranberry sauce recipe for you made with maple syrup. The real deal stuff. None of that Aunt Jemima crap. I’m calling bullshit on Aunt Jemima. Bullshit. Don’t eat that sugar syrup. That’s gross. …

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Goodbye Feedburner. Hello MailChimp. I LOVE YOU.

November 7th, 2012 | 14 Comments | Posted in How to be a better blogger, Random Craziness

If you are an email subscriber to DESIGN THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE you may have received an email update recently from Feedburner stating that the blog feed has moved or is obsolete. Whaaaaaaat?!! Caaaaahrazzzy. Weird. Have no fear. …

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Unleash the Power Within : TONY ROBBINS freakin’ rocks!!!

October 30th, 2012 | 22 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness, Travelogue, Twitter

Tony Robbins Unleash the Power within , Anthony Robbins

LIFE DOESN’T COME WITH A ROAD MAP ~ But if you ever need someone to wake you up and get you driving along the right path in life Tony Robbins is your man. Want to join me VIRTUALLY on a …

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Dear Stress, Let’s Break Up

September 3rd, 2012 | 40 Comments | Posted in Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

Interesting how we CELEBRATE labor day by not working. That is an impossible task to ask, don’tcha think ??!! “If stressed burned calories, I’d be a super model.” In celebration of LABOR DAY today…. I thought it would be great …

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The cure for anything is SALT WATER and VODKA

August 8th, 2012 | 28 Comments | Posted in Beach, Holidays, Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

And an island. Living on an island would surely cure everything too. Well, and the vodka would help to enhance the experience. Summer is coming to a grand slam CLOSE and my heart is going to give up the ghost. …

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How to get a ROCK STAR to sleep in your treehouse.

July 31st, 2012 | 11 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness

1. Build a tree-house. 2. Meet a Rock Star 3. Become a groupie. It is (embarrassingly mind-blowingly…. FUN) DESIGN THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE ?! Oh yeah….recently…. I want to live the life of a groupie. Just for kicks. Why …

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Take the road less traveled..with gal pals!!

July 12th, 2012 | 24 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness, Travelogue

Have you ever veered off course, and avoided the beaten path ? Traveled down the bumpy road ? Did you find out that the road less traveled led you to AMAZE-NESS?! OR Maybe the road led NOWHERE, but it was …

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Treehouse + Squirrel = Trouble * CAPITAL T * Trouble.

June 8th, 2012 | 58 Comments | Posted in Our Treehouse, Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

I had a wee problem this winter in the tree-house. Actually it is was a monster problem. A problematic problem with freakin’ monster squirrel teeth. This ‘problem’ almost resulted in the death of a squirrel. I lie. Does it count …

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DIY Kitchen Pantry Doors. CHALK it up to Childhood.

May 20th, 2012 | 24 Comments | Posted in Random Craziness

Kitchen pantry doors with chalkboard paint

Do you ever wish you had a chalkboard eraser for your brain? I do. Then I would erase all of my awkward childhood memories. The embarrassing ones. The ones where I visited the principals office. The ones where I visited …

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‘Making Memories’ this Easter with Cupcakes. Yup. Cupcakes.

April 9th, 2012 | 13 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Random Craziness

How was your holiday weekend ? Where did it go? It went by soooo fast. Like whiplash fast. It sped by like a speeding bullet. That speeding bullet landed in a whole lotta food. And cupcakes. I look like …

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