I love fall and recently spent a little time adding a few fall touches to my front porch. If you follow our blog, then you know that one of my go to craft projects is hand painting numbers on just about anything. I have done it on the back door of our previous house: On
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This weekend, my daughter helped me with a fun little project of painting house numbers on the mailbox of the Jersey shore house – a small detail but when viewed together with other small details, they begin to make a big impact. We showed how to do this simply and inexpensively in an earlier post here.
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A while ago, Debra and I were asked to come up with a craft that could be made by a group of women from our church to be given to local nursing home residents. We came up with the idea for these fabric bouquets. We felt that this sweet little bouquet would be just the
We enjoyed our time earlier this week teaching a workshop on how to make flower pins out of old sweaters at “Leisure Week”. Leisure Week is a family-oriented Christian retreat held annually at the Tuscarora Conference Center in Mount Bethel, PA. It was nice to see some gals from last year as well as meet
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Debra and I always grow these wheat grass centerpieces around Easter time. We think they’re adorable with the little bunny peeps nestled inside. But, they’re also great for a simple, more modern looking centerpiece for your home or for weddings. They couldn’t be more cost-effective or simple! Here’s how: Supplies: Wheat berry seeds: We
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We love to read other blogs for inspiration. One blog that we’ve enjoyed recently is Sutton Place Designs. Since Debra and I both sew, we’ve paid particular attention to Ann’s beautiful sewing projects. Her lavender sachets caught our attention. Due to our frequent thrifting excursions, we both have a fair amount of material stashed away.
I was all set to work on our weekly blog post last week but ended up coming down with Walking Pneumonia. I’m not sure how I managed to stay healthy all winter but come down with Pneumonia right as the weather gets beautiful but that’s what happened! Fortunately, I have a great business partner who
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After reviewing my May calendar, I realize that Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away! May is always a crazy-end-of-school-wrap-up month for me so now’s my chance to start thinking about a thoughtful gift for mom. This month I get the opportunity to lead the craft at the Mother/Daughter retreat a Tuscarora Inn and
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My mom made this crocheted coverlet in the 70’s. Over time, parts of it have started to disintegrate but I hated to throw it out – just too much sentimental value! Rather than having it just sit in my closet, I decided to cut out the good parts and make decorative throw pillows. Using pillow
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We had a great time at the Tuscarora women’s retreat this past weekend. We did a couple of craft workshops, showing the women how to make these fabulous flower pins using old sweaters. For the zinnia type flower, any sweater will work ….wool, cotton, polyester, etc. Icut a 1 1/2 inch wide strip, 16 inches
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