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I Adopted a Thing and I Finished a Thing

Bymichelle September 7, 2016August 5, 2022

If you know me from Instagram, you’ve probably seen the oversized puppy we’ve adopted.  I can’t help but take photos of her because she’s often in my face.  I’ll post…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.

Bymichelle December 27, 2014August 3, 2022

Oops.  I hope you all had a great Christmas.  I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas.  As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…

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50mm | diy | garden | homemaking | linkage | new to me

It Only Took 13 Years…

Bymichelle July 10, 2014August 3, 2022

Thirteen years ago, while staying in a cabin outside of San Antonio, I collected native air plants (ball moss, I believe) from a trail to bring home and hang from…

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diy | homemaking

DIY Tufting Comfort Works Slipcovers for my Ikea Sofa

Bymichelle February 27, 2014May 16, 2023

This story ends with an incredible, tufted, velvet mid-century styled sofa.  However, it begins with a giant Ikea scratching post. Remember when I decided, on a whim, to buy an…

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diy | homemaking

Ikea Sofa Slipcover Giveaway

Bymichelle January 28, 2014May 16, 2023

Chances are, you have arrived at this page today because you’re looking up Ikea sofa hacks and followed a link.  See, I pay attention to blog stats.  I have a…

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beekeeping | food | garden | homemaking | phoneography | photography

Lazy Beekeeping

Bymichelle November 19, 2013August 2, 2022

I haven’t been writing very much, but I have potential posts stacking up in my evernotes that need to be set free.  So this one is about our honey harvest…

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50mm | Christianity | family | food | garden | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

We Will Both Thrive

Bymichelle July 3, 2013August 2, 2022

Planting my garden this year was a small act of faith.  I didn’t feel like working in it, haven’t felt like it for a couple of years, but so hoped…

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Christianity | family | homemaking | knitting | parenting | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud

Ramble with Me

Bymichelle March 3, 2013August 1, 2022

I’m just going to be all over the place with this post.  I’ve been laying around, sick with some kind of cold, without a voice, while doing a food/ caffeine…

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50mm | cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | photography

DIY Spring Wreath

Bymichelle January 25, 2013August 1, 2022

This is the more subtle, natural answer to the very shiny, artificial Christmas wreath I made for Christmas. It’s a spring wreath that I made for my grandmother with grapevine…

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animals | family | homemaking | my home | thinking out loud

Goodbye, Mo

Bymichelle December 28, 2012August 1, 2022

Two days ago, we said goodbye to our first dog.  He’s not my first pet to lose but he is the first one I ever felt like I could talk…

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