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There are a few things I have run across while building my house that I have fallen in love with.  One of those things was the address plaque I bought from T Michael Studios. Along with address plaques he makes TONS of other stuff!!!!! Let me tell you – I couldn’t BELIEVE his price for his handcrafted piece of history and art!  Most of the slate he uses has been reclaimed from Historical buildings and barns throughout the heartland. Every piece that leaves his studio has a history of its own. Once he receive it, he sculpt it and mold it into a new form. I looked long and hard for a unique well made address plaque and didn’t find anything close to this guys quality and price. Anyway, I liked it so much that I contacted him and said “I'd love to promote you and ummmm.....would you be willing to do a giveaway for my readers to your shop?!”  He said he would!!  Let’s just say it’s a thank you to all my blog readers for helping me win my $250.00 American Clay co...

I have to admit, I am a little crazy and regarding this post I am SO GLAD my husband doesn’t read my blog!! I fell completely in love with these Wayfair front entry lights at $149 each (that’s a LOT for me!!!) but they weren’t the exact color I wished they were.  I looked for others and I just didn’t see anything I wanted !  (the fact that they had to be Energy Star rated made it even harder)  (Mine aren’t that large – they’re slightly smaller) I decided that I would spray paint them to change them to the color I needed.  (it sounds so simple doesn’t it!)  Well it was simple.  A few light swipes of the paint (really, I didn’t have to change it THAT much) and it was PERFECT!  Are you sure you guys want to keep following me??  LOL! No really, I have seen other lights that one (less popular?) finish would be  30-50% off.  If you decided to be crazy like me, you could just paint them the shade you wanted and...

Nothing says the holidays better than EGGNOG for me!  I LOVE the taste but I don't really enjoy reading the back of all the eggnog containers seeing all kinds of sugars (high fructose corn syrup etc) and words I can't pronounce.  Why is it so hard to produce a healthy store bought eggnog??  It's all OK though because I found a great solution!!! I asked my friend Amy from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free to “show me how it’s done”!  She created the BEST eggnog recipe for me without the sugar or preservatives.  You won’t believe it, homemade eggnog is SIMPLE to make and my kids LOVE it!  Healthy (or at least healthier!) Eggnog 4 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon agave nectar 3 1/2 cups low-fat milk 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia plus 15 – 20 drops to taste 3 whole cloves 1/2 cup half & half Whisk together egg yolks and agave in a heavy bottom medium sized sauce pan.  Slowly whis...

This is our first year in our   New Home and it's been so fun to decorate for Christmas.  You can see photos of my Christmas decor  too but this is my very good friends house and she let me take tons of photos to put up on the blog :-) Get ready to be inspired by a Christmas tree filled with birds! Is that STUNNING or what!!!!  And she always puts on an amazing prime rib meal – here is her table all decked out with my daughter anxiously awaiting the prime rib dinner! Would you believe it if I told you 10 children are invited to this lavish party! I know, I have one amazing friend!!  (we only broke 2 goblets and 3 ornaments)  No, the children are angels....... OK, maybe not angels but we do provide live Christmas music for them in return  ( Me and my kids playing some Christmas carols. ) If you want to see the new house we built just stop on over :-)  After 5 years of ren...

I am really excited to show you guys this next project because it was SO easy and cheap.  It's a great gift idea too! First off, call up your local big cabinet companies and ask if they have an outlet or reject store.  I called up Huntwood cabinets and just down the street from their facility was their outlet store. (it was called BargainHunt or something like that)  You can also get a door front from Habitat for Humanity recycled store too. (although, it was nice to get a brand new door verses a used one) I picked up a few door fronts for $2.00 a piece (they had TONS of cupboards and door fronts!)  I actually got that particular cabinet door for free because my daughter was with me and they guy said, “Have your daughter pick out a few for herself to do a craft on”  OK, will do! As I was thinking what to do with her cupboard door I thought about drawing in a silhouette of my daughter in the center.  Then the light bulb went off and...

I got invited to a cookie exchange and my immediate thought was “Oh man, do I really want to make 6 DOZEN cookies and do I have a recipe that is good enough???” Then I remembered a cookie exchange last year where my friend Kira brought her Andes Mint Cookies and I decided a cookie exchange might be a fun idea after all.  (-;   It’s an easy cookie to make BUT, it tastes amazing and has a pretty look.  (you know these cookie exchanges can be tough, the invitation said NO chocolate chip cookies!!) On Kira’s recipe she never mentioned how many dozen cookies it makes so I thought I’d be on the safe side and triple the recipe.  Let me tell you, I had enough to make nearly 200 cookies !!!   My 10 year old daughter was like, “Mom, WHAT were you thinking making this much cookie dough??”  I told her we were preparing for Year 2012 and now we have a lot in the freezer to make for future cookie urges ANDES MINT COOKIES Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter 1 1...

I usually plan every post and schedule it, but this one is “as is” right now!!! Winter has officially begun and the snow is HERE! They have been out there all morning  (with occasional visits inside for hot chocolate.) Over on this side of the mountain, our winter begins!!! ENJOY THE SEASON!  ~Selina