Here’s some fun packaging of treats for a friend’s birthday! We made cake pops and tucked them into cute, treat boxes. These boxes came from Sweet Lulu. I tucked the cake pops into little muffin liners and settled them inside the box. This treat box is clear coated onside, so it protects the cardboard against […]
In Which a Vine Grows and Gourds are Harvested
Once upon a time in a sandy Kansas garden, some pumpkin and some gourd seeds were placed gently in the ground and the seeds sprouted and the plants and vines grew green against the dusky dirt. But the deer didn’t know the plants weren’t for them and the bunnies crept close and the leaves were […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 42}
Wardrobe day~ Super simple. Favorite Necklace. Tee. Jeans. This is Renae’s favorite color and I really like the color on her. The walls of her room are very near this shade. Her Love Always necklace is from Wired Boutique. She makes beautiful jewelry from Scrabble tiles and dominoes. She also has some beautiful pieces with […]
Baby, Baby Board Book Giveaway
{affiliate links included} Morty is so happy to announce to us that today we have an absolutely adorable giveaway! It’s a board book for babies and it’s about babies!! Can you really get cuter? Baby, Baby! Let’s open the pages and take a peek inside…………….. It rhymes. {that’s always a score to me.} It shows the […]
Yarn Along {New Books}
Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ {affiliate links included} Present Over Perfect ~ still reading! It’s a good wake-up call to evaluate what we’re packing our lives with. I’m on the launch team for Listen, Love, Repeat by Karen Ehman and started reading the e-book last week. She co-wrote Hoodwinked. I have a post about it over here. […]
Five Favorite Things I Did This Summer and Five Favorite Things I’m Looking Forward to this Fall
Five Things Plus Five Things Equals……….. Ten on Tuesday! We’re splitting our lists right down the middle this week. Linking up with Carole ~ FIRST…………………….. {in no particular order} Five of the best things I did this summer and then……… Five things I’m looking forward to doing this fall! One ~ Getting to have my family […]
Do You Know You’re Already Amazing Giveaway
{affiliate links} Today’s the day! It is release day for Do You Know You’re Already Amazing? 30 Truths to Set Your Heart Free! I talked about this little devotional last week at Yarn Along. I’m talking about it again today because………..it’s AVAILABLE!!! If you pre-ordered, yours should be shipping soon. Want to know why else […]
In the Farmhouse Kitchen ~ Peanut Butter Pie
When my sister and her family were here, we celebrated my middle niece’s birthday. She chose peanut butter pie and peach crisp for her dessert. I had pie crusts in the freezer, so it wasn’t too hard to make a gluten-free peanut butter pie and a regular crust peanut butter pie. I took a few […]
Praying Over Our Pressures ~ Fervent Prayer
{affiliate links included} I checked Fervent out of our library back in March. The message and encouragement and call to fervent prayer resonated deeply with me and I found myself purchasing my own copy. Then, sometime in May, I saw Priscilla Shirer mention that she was hosting Fervent Fridays on her blog, Going Beyond. I […]
We Chisel
The days are creeping away. We have been fertilizing and it’s time to think about wheat drilling. Here I am posting pictures of working ground and chiseling from earlier this summer. I think I still have harvest pictures I wanted to post. Though, it might be fun to look at dusty, hot harvest pictures […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 41}
Linking up at The Modest Mom and My Faith Tree ~ I pulled out a light sweatshirt on Tuesday morning. It felt good! {comfy everyday!! hooray} I talk about my love for summer and never quite wanting to let it go, but I **think** my all-time favorite weather, has to be when you can wear a […]
Giveaway For a Print From Grace Laced
We have a giveaway today that has me really, really happy! There’s also a giveaway hop with lots of other giveaways to browse through and enter. Have fun! Our giveaway is graciously sponsored by Grace Laced. Thank-you so much, Ruth! Find Grace Laced on Instagram here. You’ll be glad you did! Her artwork is amazing […]
Yarn Along {Do You Know You’re Already Amazing?}
Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ {affiliate links included} Happy books and yarn day! See the little devotional in the middle of the picture up above? {If I could I’d draw a squiggly, wiggly arrow pointing to it, just for fun!} 🙂 I’m on the launch team for this new devotional from Holley Gerth. […]
Ten Favorite Foods and Snacks For Watching Football
Linking up with Carole ~ for today’s ten! What snacks do you like best to munch on while watching a good ole football game? Hmmmmm. 1. Pretty hard to beat chips and queso cheese dip! Do you read Jon Acuff? He has a thing for queso and chips. Recently he posted a t-shirt on Instagram […]
Recipe Round-up
It’s a recipe roundup! Here are a few recipes that have been cooking in the farmhouse kitchen or have been coming to mind recently. I added a recipe for Jalapeno Poppers to my Tuesday post from last week. I’ve made them several times. I find myself going in cycles with foods and recipes. I’ll get […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 40}
{affiliate links included} Linking up at The Modest Mom ~ We took these pictures clear back at the beginning of June. They’ve been waiting around for their turn in a Wardrobe post. On Wednesday, at Yarn Along, I shared that I started the Bible study, Breathe, this week. It made me think of these pictures […]