When you know how to crochet you can give heirloom items that actually cost very little to make. I made these bonnets for our favorite twins for their baptism. You never regret learning how to make something. Learn How to Crochet
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When I think back on all of the years of Christmas shopping, years of spending WAY TOO MUCH and even going into debt to make sure the kids had a "good Christmas", I want to kick myself! Foolish? Yes! Do I regret it? Yes! I think of all of the things that I bought that were so temporal, many things
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The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. ~Vince Lombardi I love this quote! It's all about diligence!!! ~~~~ It's OK to fail, it's not OK to quit!
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I received this picture yesterday of this sweet cake that a 12 year old made after watching our Basic Cake Decorating DVD. If this is what her first cake looks like, just imagine what the rest will look like after some practice! Thank you Amy Hall for sharing this picture of your daughter's cak
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I can't even choose just ONE thing, there are so many things! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days, it causes you to purposefully be thankful, rather than think on the things that bring us down. Yesterday Emma and I were out and about all day. There just seemed to be an excitement in the air a
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Here is a GREAT SITE for napkin folding. This is the design we'll be using tomorrow, during our outdoor feast with friends.
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I just finished listening to this broadcast by Kevin Swanson. You HAVE GOT TO GO LISTEN!!! It's only about 25 minutes long. Sullen, Ungrateful, Slothful Teens He talks about homeschool kids a lot, but this applies to EVERYONE! I'd love to hear your feedback.
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From a Loyal Reader: Hi Kathy. I just had to tell you Thank You SO SO much for the video. I knew that when it came out that I had to have it and I love it!!! I wish I would have had it when I was working on my first quilt just here recently. I now know what I did wrong and why it took me ext
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I love to look through homemaking magazines to get decorating ideas; but I've come to realize that a home full of PEOPLE and PRODUCTIVITY will NOT look like a Better Homes and Garden home, any more than I will look like a woman on the cover of a magazine. It's just not reality!
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Here is a clip from our Southern Ball we hosted last weekend. Special THANK YOU to JoAnn and Arabella Norris for helping set up and to the wonderfully, talented Ferrill Family for the music and leading the dances! What a grand time we had. We met a lot of new friends. This was a room filled with
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Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving? If you homeschool this is the craziest time of the year as we struggle to balance holiday festivities and book work. My advice is to chill out and make the most of it. Between Thanksgiving and News Years is a great time for a break from th
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Integrity is not a gift. It is a reward of discipline, honesty, consistency and doing what is right no matter the cost. ~Unknown How true this is!!! Integrity doesn't just happen. Integrity only happens as we make choices each day, choices to be: honest kind to everyone -
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To say that this is is crazy busy around here would be putting it mildly! We are hosting a Southern Ball (1860's style) Friday night (if you live locally you are invited!) and the introductory sale of our newest video just ended last night so we have been packing and shipping orders as if it
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A while back we watched Frontier House, a PBS series about 3 families that go back in time to 1883 Montana. Most of the people in this series were not equipped skill wise to live off the grid and on the land. I wish I could find a video clip of the teen daughters when they wer
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I love having breakfast for supper! These are so good they don't even need any syrup on them! Use any pancake recipe. Mine is a whole wheat recipe that I have no exact measurements for, I just throw it in until it looks right. So just choose a recipe. &nbs
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I saw this story over the weekend about a man that actually stabbed himself to get out of going to work (see video clip here)! How incredibly sad that someone would go to such great pain to avoid work! It made me think of when I was a kid and would pretend to be sick to avoid going to sch
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Would you like to learn how to make beautiful heirlooms from scraps of fabric? How about creating special, one of a kind gifts? WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP HERE *All it takes is learning a few quilting techniques, some basic quilting tools, some practice and o
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A job that my hubby just finished. It's a playhouse, complete with a loft inside! He took the pictures... just wish he would have had the windows and door open.
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Many of you may not quite get the love for quilts that some people have. People love quilts for different reasons, perhaps their grandmother quilted, or someone gave them a special gift of a quilt one time; whatever the reason may be, once a quilt holds a special place in your heart, you hav
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A great way to get you or your kiddos some sewing practice and not spend a bunch of money on fabric would be to use what you have around the house; perhaps some old sheets or skirts that are not being used anymore. Or even better yet, how about using up those old jeans and denim shirts that
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This month's FREE audio book download from Christian Audio Download is JJohn Piper's Desiring God Go here and get your free copy! I loaded it to my Walkman that my sweet daughter gave me for my birthday. I started listening to it last night and I am really enjoying i
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Our family's choice:
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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