Tiered Tray Decorations Some of the items you see here are from the Dollar Store. I didn’t take before pictures. I have got to learn to do that! I love to paint with acrylics, so I sanded down any glitter that was on the items, then I painted a base […]
The Sewing Room
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Red Scrappy Sampler Quilt
I have been sewing since I was a little girl. In fact, for as long as I can remember, I have been doing needlework. I was taught to embroider, to cross stitch, and of course how to sew on a machine. My dad bought me my first sewing machine. I […]
Arts and Crafts
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A Christmas Gnome
My daughter, Kris, has a very best friend, Chelsy. Chelsy wanted a gnome in the shape of a Christmas tree. She asked Kris, if she knew anyone that could make her one. Kris responded, “Of course! My mom can make it for you! Kris custom ordered the gnome and gave […]
Arts and Crafts
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Valentines Day Craft
I am not the first person to make a flower out of tissue paper, and I am certainly not the first person to glue tissue paper flowers to cardboard. However, when my daughter, Kris, #bubblyandgrace, asked me to teach a craft night for her friends. She graciously agreed to host […]
The Orchards
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Yet more from the orchard
Save that lemon juice to brighten recipes, make lemonade, add to teas…
The Orchards
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From the Orchard
Blood Oranges On our property we have many, many citrus trees. One of my absolute favorites is the blood orange. Not only is it a beautiful fruit but also delicious. The season for these oranges is over for us. What to do? It’s time to freeze the juice. You can […]
The Kitchen
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Too Many Roosters
Since the pandemic, it has become increasing more difficult and more expensive to purchase chickens on-line. The benefits to purchasing on line is that you can buy sex-linked birds and assure that you are getting hens. We want hens because they lay the eggs! What to do? Well sometimes we […]
Arts and Crafts
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Fall Decorations
Tiered Tray Decorations for Fall Some of the items you see here are from the Dollar Store. I didn’t take before pictures. I have got to learn to do that! I love to paint with acrylics, so I sanded down any glitter that was on the items, then I painted […]
Arts and Crafts
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Yard Decorations
I am sure that we all have our favorite childhood memories, movies, books, characters, etc. Well, for my husband it is the Grinch, from the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Last year our oldest daughter bought a new house in a neighborhood that just loves to decorate for Christmas. […]
The Sewing Room
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Hexagon Pillow
I love scrappy quilts. I love hexagons. What to do? I made hexagons from scraps left over from a tree skirt that I made. I love that it matches, but at the same time, it stands alone. Many of the fabrics aren’t necessarily Christmas prints, but the colors and prints […]