Merry Christmas. New holiday baking collection on my cooking page @cooking_with_mikstang

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New video on my YouTube channel featuring my festive earrings. Click the link in bio. #tjmaxxfinds #earrings #youtuber #mikstangliving

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Happy Tuesday, check out what I found at W1SH beauty supply. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe. @nickaknewyork @lacolorscosmetics @w1shbeautyatl.Link in the bio

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Happy Founders Day to my lovely Eastern Star sistars. May God continue to let our light shine and be a blessing to whomever paths that we may cross. #PHA #light been shining since 2007.

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New Video posted on YouTube. Link in bio. #thanksgiving #diy #blackbloggers #blackcrafters

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HAPPY MONDAY!!!! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and there is so much to do. But have no fear, I am here to give you some inspiration for your Thanksgiving table decor. Here is the best part, we are decorating on a budget. So, let's get started. Alright, so most of the decor was from the dollar tree, but you wouldn't know that unless I told you. The brown table runner, clear candle holders, festive bowl fillers were all purchased at the dollar. So for the table runner, I purchased I purchased these glitter stickers from Tuesday morning item number is (2137435 Thicker Heart of Home $ $2.49). I used E6000 to glue the stickers to the table runner and it turned out fabulous. The wood Thankful sign was also purchased at Tuesday morning for $2.29 (MM word Pine Word Thankful 2131779). The thankful sign came unfinished, so I decided to paint the sign bronze with some paint that I purchased at Hobby Lobby on clearance for $1.49. ( Testors Craft Precious Metals Bronze). The drinking glasses was purchased at Burlington 2 years ago, but I 'm quite sure you can find these anywhere or you can DIY them yourself. I purchased the charger plate at Hobby Lobby for a whole $ .29. The pumpkins on the napkins as well as the decoration on the charger were purchased at Hobby Lobby for $6.49 (Org $12.99). The napkins were made by me, I used a 0.50 yard of fabric purchased at Joann Fabrics and Crafts .( Burgundy Dots Metallic 9.99yd) The fabric was on sale for 50% off and Joann gives military discounts of 10 percent. So there you have it all, everything that I used for this amazing table. I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving with family and friends.

New video on my YouTube channel Mikstang Living. Click the link in the bio

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Finally my YouTube channel is up, go on over and Subscribe. Mikstang Living

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Hello World, I know that it has been a minute, but I am back at it again. Thank you all for coming back. I am excited to introduce my Youtube Channel Mikstang Living. I have wanting to do this for a while, so I hope you all are just as excited as I am for all the great things to come. So, I want you all to head over to my Youtube Channel and show my channel some love. Stay tuned for weekly content on my Youtube channel and weekly pictures on my Instagram. Talk with you all soon!!!!  

Happy Sunday. You already know what time it is. So, today what's on the menu is Red beans and rice with conecuh sausage. Check out my other recipes on @cooking_with_mikstang #soulfood #southernfood #portcity

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Luck of the Irish 2019

Top of the world people. Wow, it has been sometime since I posted. But I am here today to share a this quick and easy St. Patrick Day inspiration. Let me let you in on a small secret. Promise that you will not tell anyone. This is the exact decorations from last year. I just switched some things around. I love DIY projects because I can mix and match old projects. I had to purchase NOTHING for this DIY. Mostly everything that was purchased last year, came from the dollar tree. (boa, flowers, coins, candy dish, pillars and foam shamrocks. I made the table runner last year from fabric purchased at Joann Fabrics. As well as the clear Thankful containers that I purchased several years ago from Joann's it was a part of their Thanksgiving collection. The gold ball fillers were purchased 2 years ago from Hobby Lobby during their Christmas clearance, But the great thing is that they keep these fillers year round. So, as always I hope that I inspired someone to get their creative juices flowing. Talk with you in my next post. Happy St. Patrick's Day and be safe.

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LASSIEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER!!!!

 Top of the World and Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!!! For those of you that are not Mobile AL or New Orleans, LA natives it means " Let the Good Times Roll!!!" FYI, Mardi Gras was started in my hometown  Mobile, AL. So I know that many of you will be attending Mardi Gras Balls and Festivities. So here is a quick and easy DIY project. Many of the things used are from last year Mardi Gras 2018 centerpiece. I purchased the feather boa from Dollar Tree. The fabric was purchased from Joann's fabric. Many of these trinkets are from a Mardi Gras balls that I attended a few years ago, which makes excellent centerpieces. The thankful jars are actually from Thanksgiving which I filled with purple marbles. There is no particular way to decortae for  Mardi Gras, just have fun!!!! So I hope that I gave you a little inspiration to get you started. Lassiez Bon Temps Rouler, have fun and be safe.


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EASY DIY PERFUME DISPLAY

 Top of the world people and Happy Saturday!!!! I am back with another quick and easy DIY. So, if you are like me and have a lot of perfume and nowhere to put it. So... I decided to make my own.  Plus Valentine Day is around the corner so here a few suggestions of my favorite perfumes displayed. So, for this DIY, you will need 2 crystal handle holders that can be purchased at the (dollar tree), 2 gold platters that were gifted to me but can be purchased at the (dollar tree) fine loose glitter(Joann Fabrics), foam paint brush , mod podge and E6000  which can be purchased at any craft store. Step 1: Mix glitter and mod podge and cover candle holders. Let them dry overnight and repeat the previous step. Step 2: glue the two candle holders on top of one another. Let them dry for a couple of hours. Step 3: Glue one plate on top and the bottom, make sure that your plates are level( evenly). Finally display with your favorite perfumes. I hope that you all enjoyed this fun and easy DIY!!!! See you in the next post.

WALMART JEWELRY HAUL!!!!

 Top of the World!!!! I know it has been a long time, but I am back with a clearance Walmart Jewelry Haul. I have found some great gems at Walmart for a bargain. I am getting ready for all my Spring and Summer looks and who can forget about great accessories. So, while roaming through the jewelry departments, I found chokers that were regularly priced at $4.00 for $1.00 as well as earrings that were regularly $4.00 & $2.88 for $1.00. So, what are you all waiting for, go ahead and head over to your local Walmart and let me know what bargains that find. I will be posting pictures soon of how I plan to style these accessories. Holla Mikstang Living.