HANDMADE STATIONERY AND BESPOKE PRINT-ON-DEMAND SHOP
My Mr. Grill King makes Bacon Infused Baked Beans to accompany his ultimate grilled pork chops. This has to be summer grilling’s best side ever! My very own Grill King doctored up a recipe for this fusion of bacon and bean goodness. I was busy finishing up work for the day in my basement…
Feeling guilt? Here’s your permission. Mama, butter your bread. Sweep the floor. Because, contrary to the popular poem, baby will keep and be better for the structure. There’s so much pressure when you’re a parent. So much propaganda out there about what’s good for baby and what you should never do and the stuff…
‘Ink Re-Cap 134. Sketches, scribbles and inklings about life. Saturday Sleepover with the g’littles and a new print to tape to your mirror for next week. This was a busy week. We’d take a couple of boxes out to the mailbox and think we could relax. Then two more orders for Bible School kits…
God’s Creation Story Day Four: God created the Sun, Moon and Stars. Day 4, Day 4, sun and moon and stars galore! Children’s Bible Lesson Printable with crafts included. There was light before the fourth day of Creation, but it was not the bright light of the sun. On Day 4 God created the…
Today we’re going to paint a Watercolor Butterflywith a black resist outline.Black resist can be done with oil pastel, crayon or black glue.We’ll show you how. So this weekend the g’little girls want to come for Saturday sleepover. Grampa bought a game to play with them. Kim is planning something, I’m not sure what it…
Today’s post is a Queen Bee muslin Kitchen Towel DIY using the easiest transfer method you’ll ever try. My penance project. Sigh. But your gain. So a couple of weeks ago our little church-school had “playday” and all the parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles get together for hours of fun topped…
What did or didn’t the doctor know about the effects of placental calcification and why didn’t she share with us? Kim’s Story, Chapter Three. As we shared in the previous chapter of Kim’s birth story, Kim’s birth was successfully uneventful, and other than induction and low birth weight, we never received any inkling that…
Do you know why a Newlyweds Bucket List is super important in your first year of marriage? It’s intentionally and purposefully living your dream life. Getting married isn’t easy. Well, let me qualify that. Getting married is actually quite easy. All you need is a marriage license and an officiant. But staying married, happily…
‘Ink Re-Cap 133. More sketches and scribbles and inklings about life. Plus an inspiring quote to download AND prints to make summer shelf sitters. (These aren’t available on the blog!) This was truly a fascinating week. We ran the whole gamut of products through our design shop, from birth announcements and keepsake calendars,…
Keeping a heart garden means having a daily God attitude. There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting. That can be your cultivated heart. My brush swooshed back and forth back and forth laying fresh paint on an old building situated on the main street of a small town. The sun shone and a small…
My heart smiles as I recall the dad-isms and random inventions my father came up with over the 90+ years of his life. I do this memory thing every June when we get close to the day to celebrate Fathers. We lost our precious Father 3 years ago. All my adult life I’ve lived 2000…
Ever use a kitchen gadget beyond what it was made for, and surprise, surprise, the hacks work as good as or better than the original purpose? Yup, that happens quite often around here. Either we don’t have the right gadget so we improvise, or it’s the tool we have in hand already and don’t…