Classic Amy Joanne

All Things Art & Home

It’s always a feel good moment when you receive a compliment on your homemade recipes ~ shared by anyone, but specifically when ‘your people‘ give you a compliment….ya pay attention (…and try not to gasp, lol). One of my Jr High School Teachers who happens to be my Neighbor, my Husband’s Sister ~ my Sister-in-law, …

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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 create Art, Patterns and Video Lessons for each month and each topic for our Members …

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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?

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’ I searched Amazon for a quick solution until I can order a new Pampered Chef …

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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 table and enjoying a delicious brunch casserole. Sharing ideas from our home to yours, Easter …

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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, it gotta be good’. I decided to be the ‘smash test dummy‘ ~ taking one …

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Are you ready for a ‘Soup’er Bowl‘ Party this coming weekend? It has been tradition at my Sister’s house to host a ‘Superbowl’ Party along with our favorite Soups and fixin’s. With Mom, my 2 Sisters and my Sister-in-law, my Niece and myself ~ we’ve got the makings for a delicious meal, each bringing our …

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If you haven’t heard of ‘Jerry’s Snack Mix‘ you can read a little bit about it (here). At home we simply call it ‘Jerry Mix‘ ~ it is a combination of pretzels, crackers, snacks, sweet treats and such. Jerry (my hubby), after 30 years of taking baggies of pretzels to work for lunch….said ‘I’m bored …

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As we head into the New Year…. and just like every other ‘new’ year ~ I feel the need to refresh, renew, and begin again (alongside of organizing, cleaning, and planning) and hoping this year I can say…. ‘I really got it right this time‘ The optimist in me, ‘the dreamer‘, says “Yes, this year …

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