Every year I purpose to write down all my favorite family recipes. You know the ones that make you think of Grandma, or Mom or other special people. I even associate certain food to special events in my life, like the witches brew my Mom made at my sisters November birthday when I was 10. {Read More…}
Most of you know we are a household of FIVE daughters! Doesn’t this cute vanity look like it would belong in a house with five little ladies? Well, that’s what I thought! Boy! Was I WRONG!!! The girls never sat in front of this cute vanity to fuss over their long beautiful locks, they never kept their hair brush {Read More…}
I have absolutely LOVED spending time in my garden this summer! I found myself wishing I had taken some notes last year so I would know a wee bit more about the different plants this year. So . . . . I decided to make a garden journal. A place to store extra seeds and write a {Read More…}
I saw a really cute idea on pinterest and have wanted to make it for a long time. The end of the school year rolled around and I was looking for something to make for the elementary teachers . . . Ah ha! the perfect opportunity to try making that cute idea I saw! {Read More…}
Hello Everyone! I have discovered something new! Well, new to me . . . please pardon my slowness if you already know about this, but look at the difference!! I am absolutely not being paid to share this information and I am not affiliated with this site in any way, I am just so inspired {Read More…}
Oh! The fun adventures we have . . . Last night one of the girls had an itch to do something creative. It was one of those nights I was NOT going to be OK with a big mess! The creative itch was satisfied with a simple fun project that really took no time {Read More…}
I am not going to claim to be a fabulous photographer, but I will confess to wanting to learn more about taking great pictures! I see all these beautiful photos with mouth watering desserts and dinners that make me want to . . . well, EAT! What’s the secret? Here is a photo I took {Read More…}
Have you ever seen beautiful cookies almost too pretty to eat? Then, after being mesmerized by the detail and beauty (and insane amount of work) of the cookies, had that small little thought . . . HOW DID THEY DO THAT???? Royal Icing. Yep. That’s the secret and here’s the skinny on royal icing! If {Read More…}
So I’ve had this darling monkey pattern for months and have wanted to make it but had never found the time . . . my little niece had her first birthday and it was the perfect opportunity to make one! I am so pleased with how it turned out. In fact it was really hard {Read More…}
There is something really American about a big red barn . . . We have been traveling in the midwest recently and it has been very refreshing to see just some basic down home real American sights! When I spotted the green tractor and the red barn on the back drop of blue skies and {Read More…}
