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Using Meaningful Places to Celebrate Your Marriage

From our marriage & parenting contributor, Mary Carver. My husband and I are in the process of selling our first home and buying a new one. It’s not the first place we lived together; we actually lived in five different apartments in the first four years we were married. But it is the first home we […]

How to Make a Succulent Terrarium ($50 Walmart Gift Card Giveaway!)

This post is sponsored by EcoScraps. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help support our site!  As regular readers know, I have a black thumb. I have never been successful at growing anything and my lawn can prove it. When I discovered succulents though, my world finally got a little greener. Succulents are my kind of […]

Sundays With Writers: Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan

I love how book clubs can stretch me into books or genres of books that I might not have ever explored on my own. This month our local book club read Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan. It was such an incredible read that I knew I had to share it with you. When preparing […]

It’s the 3 Little Things: Perfect Petite T-Shirt, Laughs, & More Laughs

What a special week to know that one of my favorite childhood author’s turned 100! Happy birthday to Beverly Cleary.  If you haven’t dug into the Ramona books with your little girl, it is one of those moments you will always treasure. There were a lot of articles about Beverly Cleary this week, but my […]

How to Make a Pom-Pom Flower Bouquet

As Mother’s Day approaches, I thought it would be fun to revisit one of my favorite crafts that I did with my daughter (a fellow expert pom-pom maker!). What a great way to use up scraps of yarn! xo   What could be a better gift for Mother’s Day than a bouquet of pom pom […]

Amy’s Notebook 04.13.16

Source: Left In Knots How cute would this bag be to take to the farmer’s market? My book list gets longer (be sure to check out those comments!) DIY hard lemonade looks like a great summer treat. Free pattern to make your own crochet buntings. Avoid those spring spending traps! Spring capsule wardrobe inspiration! I’m […]

Butter Chicken

I am the queen of adapting takeout food at home. From lo mein noodles to restaurant-worthy steaks to fish tacos, there is little that I haven’t been willing to try to save money. When I visited my friends in Colorado we enjoyed  a delicious night of Indian takeout and I fell in love with Butter […]

It’s the 3 Little Things: Werewolves, Trips to Spain, & Forensics

I hope you are having a wonderful week. It is Spring Break in Indiana and my daughter and I went on a trip to see our BFF’s out in Colorado. We managed to squeeze in plenty of deer sightings, a trip to Garden of the Gods, antiquing, a day in Vail, and an afternoon in […]

How to Make Quinoa in the Rice Cooker

Using a rice cooker to make quinoa is a game-changer- it’s such an easy way to make this healthy food and have it ready for delicious meals like Greek Quinoa Salad, Pizza Quinoa Mushrooms, or Quinoa-Berry Breakfast Bowls! Originally published in 2012, this remains one of our most-pinned and searched recipes. I have discovered a […]

Amy’s Notebook 04.06.13

Source: A Subtle Revelry   A playhouse made from pallets- WOW! A real struggle with living in excess- oh, how I can relate. No More Sandwiches! 20 non-sandwich lunch recipes. Joanna Goddard’s mother shares her beauty uniform & it is perfect. The best pinners to follow- lots of eye candy in these pin boards! 50 […]