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Fall Simmer Pot
This smells aaahhhmazing! It’s good for 3 days on the wood stove too! Perfect for a windy fall day. Here is what you will need: - the peel of one orange - one cut up apple - 2 large cinnamon sticks -...
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Fresh Simmer Pot
I have this going on my wood stove today and it smells so nice and clean in here! I even bought myself a pot from the flea market just for boils, the smells just make me so happy. Fill a pot 2/3 full...
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Citrus Simmer Pot
My wood stove is simmering away with citrus today and it’s awesome. Throw: Peel from 1 lemon Peel from 1 orange 2 bay leaves 3 cinnamon sticks 2 TBS whole cloves into a pot of water about 2/3 full and...
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Orange Dream Simmer Pot
It’s time to switch out my simmer pot, but I’ve run myself out of cinnamon sticks and whole cloves. So, I sliced up an orange and dropped some vanilla extract in and off we go! I’m hoping it will smell...
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Guest House Kitchen
We’ve been working away at getting our guest house ready for the holidays and we’ve finally finished the kitchen. We’ll probably make some more changes, but it’s done for now. We painted the cabinets...
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Scrapbook Display
I’ve had all my scrapbooks tucked away for years, but I finally found a way to display them. I found this on Pinterest with no directions, but after some searching I found plate racks on amazon:...
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No Soliciting Sign
We have politicians come by and have had overly entitled Jehovah’s witnesses (they let themselves in and left pamphlets on the table) among other neighborhood issues (aka our meth addicted neighbor...
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Apple Pie Simmer Pot
I’ve got this going on my wood stove today, awesome! Throw 2 apples, quartered, 3 cinnamon sticks and 2 Tablespoons whole cloves into a pot 2/3 full of water. Place on your stove and add water as needed.
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From Seed to Pie
We planted 2 pumpkin plants a little late this year and got some sugar pie pumpkins. We weren’t sure we’d have enough time since we planted them in June, so we put them in containers in our raised...
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Christmas Simmer Pot
We’re having a guest tonight, so I’m setting this out on the wood stove at the guest house. Throw 2 sliced oranges, 1 cup cranberries, 3 cinnamon sticks and 1 Tablespoon cloves in a pot filled 2/3 full...
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Sunshine in a Jar
The holidays and winter always bring me down. I’m hoping that keeping this jar of positive things over the year and looking over them around New Years will help. I have a ton of these gallon jars, so I...
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Wedding Arrangement Vases
We bought over 100 of these gallon jars off Craigslist a couple years ago, so I decided to decorate them and make them vases for our flower arrangements for our wedding. I bought some coordinating...
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Chalk Lettered Wedding Signs
These are so much fun, I’m going to have to make more. I got the silver trays for $7 and the wine glasses for $1 at the thrift store. After a thorough cleaning, I taped the spots I didn’t want paint...
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Purple Elk Plates
My mom gave me these plates for Christmas. I thought they were too pretty to use, so I hung them up with plate hangers.
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More Chalkboard Signs
I made more of these using the same supplies and process as these http://accordingtoleanne.com/2014/01/21/chalk-lettered-wedding-signs/ Cake stand Sign for cake table Our reception Menu Guestbook Sign
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DIY Rustic Guest Book
I saw this on etsy for $60 and I knew I could make my own for cheaper. You’ll need to get a slice of wood, Amazon and Walmart both have them between $10-15. I bought a black and a brown marker, but I...
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Grown From Garden Scraps
I can’t believe this worked. Just plop a sprouted garlic clove in some dirt in a cup and water it. For the celery, just leave the leaves in the middle and stick it in some dirt. I’m going to try green...
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Smoked Summer Sausage
We’ve been working our way through the meat from last year and have been playing with different kits. We’ve tried 4 flavors of jerky, pepperoni snack sticks, bratwurst and now summer sausage. All have...
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Soda Bottle Planters
I thought these were adorable: I didn’t have any proper paint, but I mixed some of our leftover exterior paints to make colors for our kitties. I planted some green onions I grew from kitchen scraps...
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DIY Litter Box
Hootie has had this habit of peeing all over the side of his litter box since I’ve had him. I think it’s because of the genetics involved being a Bengal, but it sucks. At least he keeps his spraying in...
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