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Clothespin Snowflakes

It’s Christmas time!!! Ya!!

Even though The Carpenter won’t let me put up the Christmas tree until after Thanksgiving (He believes in one holiday at a time) it is time to start making paper snowflakes for the windows and wooden snowflakes to decorate around the house….

New Product and Upcoming 24hr Black Friday sale

It has been crazy busy around here lately. I haven’t had a chance to post much due to working on a Big Project for Lady and the Carpenter.  Almost time for the launch….

Clothespin Trivet

I have really enjoyed making crafts with our new Clothespin Halves. Not only did I have to make the craft to create the tutorial but now I have two gorgeous trivets to display on my table.

Already I have had several people mention how wonderful they look. No one can resist touching them when I show them that they change shape.

 I love their simple beauty and diversity….

My Favorite Soup: Rustic Potato and Kale Soup

It has been rainy here and getting colder. My summer meal planning includes more outdoor cooking but when Fall comes we switch to soups about once a week. They are a yummy, simple meal. I will make cornbread or serve soup with some kind of bread

One of my favorite soups is Rustic Potato and Kale Soup. It is absolutely scrumptious. It is also easy and quick to make. I LOVE this soup. It never gets neglected as a leftover and in fact I double the recipe so I can have lots of leftovers. It’s right up on the top of my list of comfort foods. 

Family Applesauce Making with Variations

A couple years ago I started canning. It began with a simple longing to preserve some fruit to use through the year and a longing to save money.

This is our second year canning large quantities of applesauce. For the last several years we have had access to several apple trees. Due to this free supply of apples, ( free in cost, not time or labor) our first year of canning about broke even with the cost of store bought applesauce. Of course homemade applesauce is much better.  I had found an amazing deal on a large canner (holds 9 quarts) and a conical sieve at  a garage sale a couple years prior and so our expenses for that first year included: jars (with lids and rings), sugar, cinnamon and the energy to process the jars.

Apples, Apples, and more Apples

Clothespin Creation: How to Build a Clothespin

People are quite curious about how we make clothespins. When we share with people what we make most people look at the pins with a confused look and ask “You made this?”

Here are the basic steps to building our clothespins.

Beautiful Pictures

This late summer and early fall has been very busy with school starting, an abundance of pears and apples being picked and processed, green beans to gather, a new family dog and soccer.

I wanted to share some of my favorite picts of the last month or so. A picture speaks a thousand words, so I will only add a few words.