It was another glorious and exhausting BHM! I was making products until the last minute. We loaded things up in the humid warmth. And we packed up and went home in the heat. But everything in between? Like I said, glorious! ;) Evan was such a champ the day before. With his help, we got everything into the ballroom and set up in just a couple of…
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I created a national holiday, y'all! Me! I proposed my idea, made its case, paid the processing fee, and waited. It was so exciting to hear back from them, that from now on, the first Saturday in April will always be National Handmade Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because our time, sewing, pouring, sanding, making, our love, mixing, formulating, quilting, soldering, dreaming, our dedication, and our blood, sweat, and tears all needs to be…
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This happened quickly! I was planning a full weekend in the College Station area. We were hoping that our camper would be finished. I had made reservations at Lake Somerville. We were spending all day Saturday at the Museum of the American GI, for their Living History Weekend. I had found a cute restaurant to try. And then I came across this gorgeous home/body/gift shop! I looked all over…
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We collected eggs for a week. We bathed the hens. We packed our chicken show supply bag. And we were off. The club pulled together another great show! In addition to the usual raffle, chicken competition, egg competition, fun games, and showmanship contest... we also had a concession stand up and running and we got to play a couple rounds of chicken poop bingo. ;) …
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I was warned that the spring Diva Night is never as well attended as the fall is. But, boy am I glad we didn't listen... and participated anyways! First off, Diva Night is quite expensive for little, old, handmade, don't-have-much-merchandise-to-actually-sell me. I'll be honest, $200 is very difficult for me to scrape up, just to be listed as a participating business and be put on the map. And then the…
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So excited to snag a few more guest blog posts before our next anniversary and annual model search! And this one comes to us from our very own Boerne Convention & Visitors Bureau! Near and dear to all of us shops and restaurants here in town... because their passion is talking about and promoting everything that makes our town amazing (including us)! "Take A Break FROM Spring Break…
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One of the coolest magazines in the state, in one of the biggest issues of the year! Our products are on PAGE ONE of Texas Highways Magazine's wildflowers edition!!! With a photo of the three products they're selling in their online store and a write-up about me and the business.... I am so excited about this!!!!!!!!!! Want more on Texas Highways Magazine? Website Facebook…
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The other day, our entire Boerne retailers group was asked to list a few of our favorite LOCAL lifestyle, food, fashion, travel, style, and influential instagram accounts and bloggers. I was surprised that no one listed me 😉….. But I came up with a pretty long list of my favorites! So I thought I’d take some time to actually pull together a blog post, to introduce you to some accounts…
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The broiler project for the Jr. Livestock Show has certainly been an experience! Over the last five years, we've raised the chickens indoors (in the garage) and outdoors. In handmade buildings and in our water trough (that has been used as our pool during the rest of the year). ;) We've had a year when we lost several of them to the cold or bad health. We…
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This was our third Christmas without gifts, our third Christmas to celebrate experiences and our family. Two years ago was Galveston and Moody Gardens. Last year was Waco, Cameron Park Zoo, and the Magnolia Silos. This year was something that fit the bill for the animal-lover, photographer, and military-obsessed genes in all of us. Our first day of vacation was actually spent trying to take care of all of the…
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