A look back at a year of new experiences, achievements, losses, & failed goals… As the New Year approaches, we all tend to reflect on the accomplishments and failings of the waning year. I am no different. I started a new journey in 2022. The journey of being a blogger. I thought that it would…
Mountain folk did not have the luxury of going out and buying new ornaments. They also didn’t make a habit of wasting anything. Appalachians “up-cycled” almost everything, including paper bags and wild found treasures. Today I am going to talk about three Appalachian Christmas Crafts: paper bag angels, paper bag ornaments, and painted pine cones.
If you like sweet potato pie, then you are in for a treat with these tasty sweet potato scones. This delightful treat can be made the day before so that you wake up to a flavorful breakfast to kick off your Thanksgiving day festivities.
When I planted my small garden, I had two goals in mind. I longed for a return to gardening as a hobby, and I knew that it was also going to be a source for blog posts. My backyard garden harvest was well worth the work that I put into it. It helped me to…
I read a humorous post that made fun of crafters by saying that our first hobby is crafting, and our second hobby is buying more supplies than we could use up in a lifetime. Though it made me chuckle, I didn’t show it to my husband. I knew that he would agree with the comic, and who could blame him, our basement looks like a store room for a craft supply store. Short of intervention, my craft supplies were going nowhere. Still, even I knew that I had to find a way to organize my stockpile. The solution to my dilemma was an upcycling project using old furniture.
Today’s high-tech world offers many work-from-home and online learning opportunities. The problem is wading through countless sites in order to find those that are legitimate. I have listed sites that may be the answer that you are looking for.
The possibilities for designing unique and personalized home décor are endless. One of my favorite decorative items to make is large wooden wall and door hangers. Door hangers make great gifts and are affordable to create. The monogram door hanger, featured in the header, is one of the first that I designed. I wanted a…