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Building the Perfect Sleep Environment, From Lighting to Bedtime Habits

Building the Perfect Sleep Environment, From Lighting to Bedtime Habits

by Uncustomary | Jul 10, 2026 | How To

Quality sleep depends as much on the bedroom environment as it does on bedtime habits. Even a solid nightly routine can be undermined by streetlights creeping through the curtains, a bedroom that runs too warm, or noise that never quite fades into the background....
How to Plan a Respectful Cremation on a Realistic Budget in Manitoba

How to Plan a Respectful Cremation on a Realistic Budget in Manitoba

by Uncustomary | Jul 10, 2026 | How To

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The Essential Guide to Combining At-Home Skincare With Professional Treatments

by Uncustomary | Jul 10, 2026 | How To

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Why Tri-Agonist Peptides Are Gaining Attention in Preclinical Research

by Uncustomary | Jul 7, 2026 | How To

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by Uncustomary | Jul 7, 2026 | How To

There is a particular kind of magic in opening a package you genuinely thought about before buying. Not the dopamine flicker of a midnight impulse order, but the quieter satisfaction of something chosen with care, from a maker you vetted, for a reason you could...
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🎃 I made you a Halloween Resource Guide! There's 🎃 I made you a Halloween Resource Guide!

There's a ton of ideas for activities and 👑 last minute costumes that you can make for cheap or free ✂️ (plus, they're cute + colorful).

📺 Movies, TV episodes, and music to watch + listen to 🎶

🔮  Decorations, Pinterest Board, + houses to visit 🏠 (in Maryland)

🍭  Kindness missions, dancing, photoshoots

Reminders that Halloween is for all ages🧙 

I sent it out to everyone on the Absurdian 📨 , but you can also find it at the 🔗 

#HalloweenResources #HalloweenIdeas #MerrimentMaking #HalloweenActivities #HalloweenGuide
🌈 Rainbows don't choose their favorite color or tr 🌈 Rainbows don't choose their favorite color or try to put themselves in a box. You don't have to either. 🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

#rainbow #crayola #baltimorestreetart #merrimentmakint #maximalist
I've been driving around to scout out the most fab I've been driving around to scout out the most fabulous Halloween House Decorations in Maryland and surrounding states for over a decade. 🚗👀

I have found some pretty incredible ones. There are so many angles, themes, and levels of meticulousness the creators can take. 🎃

So when I say I found the most interesting one, I mean it. 💀

It's called the Restless Souls Cemetery, located in Pasadena, MD. 🪦

I found this one using Fright Maps 🗺️ (a wonderful app for finding Halloween decor and attractions). @frightmaps

The whole backyard is transformed into smaller experiences. 🏠 He uses different sheds to create different themed houses. 

And the level of innovating with each piece is incredible. ❣️ He handmade so many of the pieces, but he also altered many. Skeleton spinning a basketball on his bony finger? 🏀Don't see that anywhere else!

Afterwards, I told the creator, Dan (who is the sweetest man), I could see the influence of the Disney Haunted Mansion. 🔮 He was so happy to hear how much I noticed and how much I enjoyed all the details.

They hand out candy and do a while hootenanny on Halloween. 🍬

The location is down a side street and parking can be tricky, but it's absolutely worth it. 🅿️

They're only open again on Halloween Weekend, so look into the hours before you go. 🗓️

🙏 Thanks to all the Merriment Makers out there, doing beautiful and silly things from their own money and kindness of their Halloween Hearts. 🧡💜

📍 237 Ullman Road, Pasadena, MD 21122

#halloweenmaryland #halloweendecorations #merrimentmaking #pasadenamd #frightmaps
🎀 decorate temporary spaces 🍽️ use the good stuff 🎀 decorate temporary spaces 🍽️ use the good stuff 🎈 celebrate the ordinary

DM me "happy" for more fun ideas 

#celebratetheordinary #enjoyyourlife #merrimentmaking #seizetheday #carpediem
💀 I got this big hot pink skeleton on clearance la 💀 I got this big hot pink skeleton on clearance last year and brought it to Nick's to decorate. But he needed a sign. 🪧 

I told his daughter she could name it. 💗 So meet Pinky. 

Pinky wants you to know that existential questioning doesn't end in the after life. 🌠

#uncustomarycelebrations #merrimentmaking #existential #halloweendecorations #pinkhalloweendecor
There are many reasons to enjoy trivia at Heavy Se There are many reasons to enjoy trivia at Heavy Seas. 🍻 @heavyseasbeer

🕺 One of them is the staff. 

Shake it like a polaroid pictchaaaaa 📸🎶

#dancelikenooneiswatching #merrimentmaking #heavyseasbeer #keepitweird
when I was 15, I asked my then (and coincidentally when I was 15, I asked my then (and coincidentally also current) boyfriend to pull the car over on the side of the road so we could make out in the rain. 🌧️ 💋 

make out bucket list on my website.
where's the weirdest place you've kissed?⤵️
🕊️ a bird flew into my friend's window and he text 🕊️ a bird flew into my friend's window and he texted the group chat. 

⚰️ so i made rememberance cards and hosted a memorial in the bar parking lot during trivia halftime.

keep it weird. ✌️
�#merrimentmaking #uncustomaryperformance #absurdity #birdfuneral #keepitweird
it's incredible how reviews pile up over the years it's incredible how reviews pile up over the years. especially when you save everything.
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