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  • Peanut Butter Cookie Goodness

    ….with no peanut butter. You all know what a huge fan I am of trying new recipes, collecting recipe books, watching Foodies thru Discovery streaming, and pinning recipes on Pinterest. And upon finding a favorite recipe, it doesn’t take long… Continue reading

    Peanut Butter Cookie Goodness
  • We didn’t forget Christmas

    Christmas still happened, whether we were prepared for it or not. And with a series of events in our own lives ~ from sickness, to jury duty, to Church responsibilities, to burning a candle at both ends on the biz…..I’ve… Continue reading

    We didn’t forget Christmas
  • ‘Christmas Pantry’ ~ Keepsake Journal Event!

    ‘Christmas Pantry‘ Will you be joining us for the November Creative Christmas Keepsake Journal Event? Continue reading

    ‘Christmas Pantry’ ~ Keepsake Journal Event!
  • ‘Root Beer Float Popsicles’ for ToleTown

    What I love about creating for ToleTown (found here) (a membership painting group) is it stretches my already over-active imagination! You see, Lorrie of ToleTown provides a topic for each month of the year ~ and then Decorative Art Designers… Continue reading

    ‘Root Beer Float Popsicles’ for ToleTown
  • Daily Dose

    With my recent departure from Social Media (read here), ~ it has left me missing the sharing of ‘all the in-between moments’ and everyday happenings of a creative life here at ‘Classic Amy Joanne‘ And it goes without saying it… Continue reading

    Daily Dose
  • 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?
  • Tell a Friend, ol’ style social media

    ‘Here are your wings to fly’ I heard those words 5 years back when I lost my ‘day’ job ~ I first heard ‘the sky is falling!!’ and then my whole-mind tuned out all the folks in the office that… Continue reading

    Tell a Friend, ol’ style social media
  • 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