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  • Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

    Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

    Our family loves chocolate cake.  Agreeing with Mr. Biddle, Disney’s “Happiest Millionaire”, “Chocolate cake is the perfect food”. This Sour Cream Chocolate Cake truly is a family favorite. There is never very much left after a family party.  In fact,…

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  • New Items in Our Etsy Store

    New Items in Our Etsy Store

    We have been super busy shopping, that is never hard to do, and doing the things we love, sewing, designing, quilting, embroidering…the list goes on. Trying to make sure that we have enough great Halloween, Thanksgiving  and Christmas seasonal items…

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  • Renew & Brighten Old Chairs

    Renew & Brighten Old Chairs

        My husband and I love to visit garage sales, antique stores and the occasional auction. We love to renew, brighten and /or remake the old things that we find. Several years ago we, on a whim,  attended a…

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  • Iowa Salad

    Iowa Salad

    Many years ago my sister-in-law introduced Iowa Salad to our family and it quickly became a favorite. After I was married and started my own family it got forgotten. (My husband was not a big jello fan).  Just a few…

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  • Savory Focaccia

    Savory Focaccia

    Savory Focaccia Bread The simple truth is we love bread. We love making different kinds of bread and of course we like playing around with recipes as well. Here is our “Savory Focaccia”. I forgot to mention we also love…

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