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We, Americans, are in different places of reopening all over the 50 states. I live in Oklahoma, we are in the 2nd phase of reopening our state. I believe we are the 3rd freest states in the country behind South Dakota and Wyoming. With this being said, my family and I went on our first [...]
We decided to DIY our Farm Table for our dining area. By DIY I mean we decided to sand, stain and paint a picnic table and bring it inside our house and you tell me if you would have thought it was a picnic table or a farm table at first glance. We absolutely love [...]
I made over 300 sales in masks on Etsy in the month of April. These sales could be a quantity of 1 or a quantity up to 10. I would say I conservatively made to order about 500 masks in less than 30 days. I am going to speak honestly here, I have had a [...]
This week my husband came in from mowing the lawn yelling at me to smell what he had in his hands. Fresh and wild chives. So the next question was well what do we make with these? My father in law suggested Egg Salad with our fresh eggs. Which is an excellent idea. But the [...]
The Value of a Dozen Eggs Eggs are something we eat every single day. Either I cook eggs for breakfast or I use eggs in something I am baking. When we lived in a big town in Colorado we bought 2 packs of 18 eggs probably every two weeks. This is how many eggs we [...]
Today I am sharing a picture of women who volunteered to gather and sew masks for the Red Cross 1917 to 1918 timeframe. Amazingly, we are in a position in the United States where we, who can sew, need to rally and sew masks for our Healthcare workers again. I have been in [...]
I had this original post ready to go live the week that Covid-19 took America by storm. I didn't post it. I reclused and observed all forms of social media but did not contribute to it. I watched and observed. Now on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 I realize how irrelevant this original post is for [...]
I love this Spring Bunny Crochet Blanket. It is so simple and yet so effective which I do believe is quickly becoming my catch phrase on this website! This blanket is easy enough for a beginner and stimulating enough for an experienced blanket maker. Materials and Directions are below 🙂 Materials Needed: Worsted Weight Yarn [...]
This granny square is the perfect square to use on a blanket you would like to apply appliqué to. You can either sew on or glue your appliqué to this granny square easily while still having a clean back to your square. Watch me crochet this Blank Canvas Granny Square on my YouTube Channel at [...]
Sky in The Deep Adrienne Young Sky in the Deep is a YA to New Adult historical fiction book based in a fantastically positive outlook on how the vikings could have lived. The daily interactions of these vikings are expressed in a much different way than the typical barbaric and mysterious way we commonly read [...]