Simple Gifts

Aimee is the winner of the Criss Cross Coasters! I hope she enjoys them as much as I enjoyed making them!

It's time for the " Fall Y'all" Bloggy Giveaway hosted by Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer . This time I'll be giving aw...

I've been tagged by Kim ! Here's what you're supposed to do: “Devise a list of 5-10 courses you would take to fix your life. It’...

I found the tutorial for these coasters sometime last Spring. I made several sets for gifts because they are easily made and mailed. This ...

We have a Christmas cactus that I received as a gift almost five years ago. It was just a tiny thing back then. Rick "adopted" i...

My girls LOVE biscuits! Well, Rick loves them too. Personally, I don't like the biscuits from a can. Bisquick has always been my prefere...

Here's a recipe for a great cream to keep on hand (literally!) for dry skin. I don't know about you, but once we turn the heat on in...

I've signed up for two craft fairs in December and have been furiously working on items every chance I get. My main project has been cra...

Miss Katie and I did our monthly grocery shopping trip today. The weather is finally cooling off and feeling more like autumn is here to sta...

I made up this recipe for "Thin Mint Brownies" using things I had on hand. They are so moist and chocolaty, not to mention EASY! T...

Around 9:00 Saturday night I decided to make dresses for the girls to wear to church on Sunday. Yes, it was 9:00 in the evening! Rick just l...

My Frugal Friday post is the one I just wrote about You Can Make This. The website has a free section where you can give some of their pat...

You Can Make This is one of my favorite places to go for patterns for a lot of things I sew. If you sew, you'd like to sew; or if you c...

Katie and her daddy doing the dishes. I love this photo. There's nothing else to say.

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Katie and I made a dash into Wal-Mart this afternoon. Once we picked out our grapes and hamburger, we were greeted by a bubbly and enthusias...

I have my Etsy shop open for business! Like eBay, once you get going, the listings are fairly fast and easy. I made an Etsy button for my si...

I've been working on listing hairbows and headbands on eBay. Check them out here! (Our eBay id is "peppermintstreetboutique" ...