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Congratulations, Christina! You won the book! (comment #13) Email me at bonnie.rush@gmail (dot) com to claim your prize! ;)

Last January, when I went to AltSummit, I was so thrilled to be able to take a class with Amanda Brown on making a lampshade (that’s mine above!).  She provided the materials and took us through, step-by-step, how to make it.  It was definitely my kind of project.  There’s something really exciting to me about ...

On Instagram today, I posted this picture of us making classic Christmas cinnamon ornaments.  Did you make these when you were a kid?  I did.  I haven’t seen them around since I was a kid.  We made them at my childhood home in the 80s, at church groups around the holidays, and we saw them ...

1. It’s a Wonderful Life You guys, have you ordered your Christmas cards yet?  Yeah, me neither. I am getting really close to pressing the order button but I need your advice.  I totally can’t decide which style I like?! I have been a customer of Minted for almost a year now.  I started with my business ...

Hi Friends! I so excited to be in the top 5 for the Handmade Charlotte Family Craft Contest!  I don’t normal enter these kinds of things but I have a soft spot for great blogs and wonderful people like its owner, Rachel Faucett.  For the contest, each contestant submitted an original project using Rachel’s new stencils ...

This post should be titled “I Love Heirlooms and Heather Ross” but that would only make sense to me and that’s of no help to you guys.  It is a true statement though and the beginning of the story to these shorts. I have a box of lace that was collected by my Grandma and passed ...

When I have a party, I want everything to be beautiful but simple.  I was so excited to team up with Minted for Faith’s birthday this year because they totally fulfill both of those requirements in their party decorations.  I love seeing new companies make party-planning easier, true, but making the decorating the way I ...

(Instagram iphone photo.  Follow our Modern Buttercream fun on Instagram here: @agoldenafternoon) Faith is loving everything about cooking and baking.  I’ve spent years training and teaching kitchen skills and I’m so excited to see the results!! We have a lot of fun together and I can ask her to do most things we do every day ...

Ed has been working so hard on this chicken coop!  Check out my first post here about this amazing news!  We are still gathering and soaking in as much information as possible.  Over the last few Saturdays, Ed dug trenches (with a little help from those hard-working guys outside of Home Depot), installed framing, cement ...

Backyard chickens are all the rage right now and laundry detergent is totally next on he list, in my opinion.  I see it being made left and right.  I attempted to use some a few years ago and it was a failure in my mind then.  It didn’t clean the clothes the way I wanted, ...