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How To Do Halloween On A Budget
On the JJ Barnes Blog, I check out top tips from interior design experts at Porcelain Superstore for how to do Halloween on a budget, but still get the most fun from your home this spooky season. My children absolutely love everything about Halloween, from the pumpkin carving to the spooky movies to the excessive allowance of sweet treats, in our house Halloween is all about creativity and having fun. With circumstances as they are, we want to try and keep the costs down on celebrating, but still make sure our kids have the best time possible. Luckily, you don’t need to spend a fortune to achieve a spooky and…
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Encouraging My Children With Their Creative Passions
On the JJ Barnes Blog, I share my experiences of being creative parents raising creative children, and how we are trying to encourage and support their creative passions. Creative Parents When Jon and I met in November 2014, one of the first things we bonded over was our love of creativity. He is a passionate and astoundingly talented musician, I have always loved everything to do with art and crafting, and we were both working on writing books. Over the course of our relationship, we have spent more hours than I can possibly imagine talking about and working on our creative pursuits. Since our first novels came out in 2016,…