Random thoughts from a mom whose blessings are overflowing.
Last week I made about 2 dozen dish scratchers in assorted colors. They are awesome for doing dishes and they look pretty, too. I learned to make scratchers years ago from my grandma. She used to make a bunch every year for Christmas gifts, and they were always well-received. My grandma always used a needle and [...]
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Are you like me and have a big box full of fabric scraps lying around? Well, today I have a project for you that uses scrap fabrics and is very simple. This scrap fabric tutu is made with elastic and strips of fabric. It can even be no-sew if you use hot glue or a safety [...]
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Do you like to make collages for your blog, Facebook, or just for fun? I do! While there are some online photo editing sites (like PicMonkey) that work well for creating collages, I like to use Photoshop. So, when I recently wanted to make a two photo collage I decided to make a template that [...]
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Ever since we got our new baby chicks I have been thinking about having our own eggs again. I remember when we used to raise chickens and sell their eggs, people would tell me there was such a difference between farm fresh eggs and store bought eggs. They were totally right. Even though our chickens aren’t [...]
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Last month I posted about the Minnie Mouse dress that I made for my niece for her birthday. I decided that I should make a dress for Janna’s birthday, too. This time I was determined to make it by myself instead of forcing having my mom spend several hours helping me. While I did succeed [...]
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What’s New I thought I better get back to writing my weekly review and link post since it has been 3 weeks since I wrote the last one. We have had a pretty eventful couple of weeks, so I think I will try to just give you the condensed highlight reel version. My husband took [...]
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Last Saturday, after about a month of planning, we pulled off a surprise birthday party for my mom. My dad and I had spent a lot of time scanning in pictures to make a slideshow, and we also worked hard to come up with exactly how we were going to get my mom to her [...]
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Back in December I shared my mom’s sugar cookie recipe and a fun idea for making a cookie dough gift set. Well, today I wanted to show you a way to enjoy sugar cookies without all of the work of rolling out the dough and using cookie cutters. When our refrigerator quit last week I [...]
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A few months ago we decided that we wanted to get some baby chicks, pullets to be exact. So, we started making plans and two weeks ago we got serious. We cleaned out a shed, put up a fence, and did some other work to get ready for the chicks. As you can see, the [...]
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Yesterday my baby girl turned two years old. The time has seemed to just fly by since I first told you about her. Anyway, we had a party for Janna and I decided to make cupcakes that were red with brown spots because her birthday theme was going to be ladybugs and the color yellow [...]
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Have you ever been in a situation when you really wanted to give someone a piece of your mind, yet you kept silent? This happens to me all of the time which may be hard for some people to believe because I do often share my opinion, even if it isn’t requested. While I do [...]
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I hope you had a great week and a blessed Easter. I took last week off from blogging to enjoy time with my family since my husband used some of his vacation days to be home with us. We had a wonderful time together, with the exception of Joshua having a stomach bug all day [...]
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