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  • Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring

    Cottage Living – Home Projects -adding in the charm. Our ‘Winter Kitchen-Dining Room-Home Project‘ is still progressing…and almost complete, well for now anyway, and most of the work is on my end at this point ~ so it’s a good… Continue reading

    Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring
  • Crazy Noodles, or is it Crazy Me?

    Have you ever just looked at something and thought, ‘well why not‘? Well, that was me staring into a Delish Cookbook (found here), page 159 to be exact. The recipe shown was Pizza Rigatoni Pie, with crazy ‘stand-em-up’ noodles. ‘Well,… Continue reading

    Crazy Noodles, or is it Crazy Me?
  • It Smells Good in Here

    Our Cottage Home is filled with all things Cottage….our decor, our food, our gardens, our living …..and even the way our home is filled with cottage like scents. When our visitors say ‘it smells goooooood in here!’ ….well, that just… Continue reading

    It Smells Good in Here
  • A ‘Cookie Keeper’ thru ToleTown

    As a Designer for ToleTown (found here~ a fun painting subscription) ~ for the month of May the creative theme for each project is ‘color outside the lines’ ~ mmmm, what fun could we come up with? Continue reading

    A ‘Cookie Keeper’ thru ToleTown
  • Snips, Clips & Pics

    Chicken Snips, Baking Clips & Spring Pics that is Chicken Snips My favorite Chicken Shredder from Pampered Chef; after many years of devoted service,….just wasn’t up to the task any longer ~ and as every home maker does ‘now-a days’… Continue reading

    Snips, Clips &  Pics
  • Easter Table ~ Part 3 ~ Setting the Table, Serving Brunch

    Happy Easter We’re Creating an Easter Table Celebration ~the first week found us dying eggs (read here), last week we enjoyed a pretty place setting gift (here) and today finds us with more Easter Creativity ~ we’ll be setting the… Continue reading

    Easter Table ~ Part 3 ~ Setting the Table, Serving Brunch
  • Easter Table ~ part 1 ~ Easter Traditions, Dying Eggs

    Happy Easter Lets Create an Easter Table Celebration over the next few weeks ~ from dying eggs to a table setting to pretty place setting gifts to a delicious brunch idea. Sharing ideas from our home to yours, Easter Traditions.… Continue reading

    Easter Table ~ part 1 ~ Easter Traditions, Dying Eggs
  • The Hallway

    Just an observation of a place that seems so insignificant ~ but holds many memories, The Hallway. I never really thought about how significant ‘The Hallway‘ was in our small ranch-style home where I grew up, until I heard my… Continue reading

    The Hallway
  • Inspired Creative Living ~ Winter 2023

    I love Winter….unlike most folks I love cooler temps and the time to cozy up at home with all kinds of projects, and I must say that getting dark earlier has me lingering longer in a good book or just… Continue reading

    Inspired Creative Living ~ Winter 2023
  • Smash Burgers, Smash Potatoes, Smash Cookies

    We’ve spent years perfecting the perfectly plump burger and the cake like cookie and along comes a new trend in baking and cooking…..just smash everything ~ paper thin is in, who knew? Finding myself curious….’well if Martha is doing it,… Continue reading

    Smash Burgers, Smash Potatoes, Smash Cookies