Make your own DIY Fairy Crowns or Tiaras A DIY fairy crown is a sure sign of Spring, especially for Mayday. Little girls are so adorable in all things feminine, pinks, whites, lavenders, lace, linens, florals, sparkles and frills, so these little crowns come alive when played with.d k I grew up an only girl and then the mother of…
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Have you seen art that’s masculine antlers paired with feminine flowers? You may have seen the pretty You and Me Antler Art at weddings, but how about adding one to a little girl’s room? Nature has so many feminine aspects starting with Mother Nature , and then flowers, female animals, the soft green of new leaves, and those wonderful sweet…
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Refurbish Flower Pots to Match Are you constantly refreshing and redoing your home? I certainly do. I have a bad habit of constantly updating and changing my home. As a teenager and young woman, I would rearrange all the furniture three or four times a year. These days I am not physically able to move china cabinets and beds by…
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Last year I planted all my flowers and then my daughter in law Shannon showed me Gerbera daisies. Love at first sight, I waited until this spring to buy some plants. I have a brown thumb, every year I manage to kill my container plants at least once. Two years ago I lost my diamond ring planting flowers, in panicked…
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All Natural Raspberry Cordial My grandmothers all natural Raspberry Cordial recipe is one of my favorite childhood recipes. Every summer my grandparents let me come visit it was better than Christmas. I never wanted to return home, I treasure every day I shared with Grama and Grampa. Grama had raspberry canes in her garden and I would go and pick…
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Hummingbird Cake a Classic Southern Recipe This traditional hummingbird cake recipe is the base for these super moist hummingbird cakes in a jar. The mashed bananas make it so moist and the option Skor topping adds texture. You can even freeze them and place them in your cooler to keep other foods cold and thaw on the way to your picnic….
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Hummingbird Cake a Classic Southern Recipe As we are a family of two most of the time, instead of dealing with preserving a whole cake, I layered the cake into 8 mason jars and froze it in single portions. I admit rather large single portionsbut Herman’s not complaining. Cake Recipe Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 13 by 9 inch…
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Before I decided to blog, I would get up with visions of coffee and then wake up to enjoy Pinterest for the first half hour of the day. Empty nesting has some advantages. I still get up longing for that first cup, but now I sit down to write my blog post. I never quite know what I am going…
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