A Visit From FOLK {Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Pancakes}

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Pancakes By: FOLK Magazine {Ben Ashby + Rikki Snyder}  Good morning! As you enjoy your morning coffee let me introduce myself. I’m Ben, the Editor-in-Chief of FOLK Magazine. It is a true pleasure for me to be the guest blogger today. I want to share one of my favorite recipes from our [...]

5 days of hand-made gift ideas

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Welcome to day 5 of Holiday hand-made gift ideas. Don’t forget TOMORROW is the BIG DAY!!!  be sure to visit http://folklifestyle.com where I will be hosting the super-mega hand crafted GIVEAWAY!! Pin It

Craveable crasin raisin oatmeal cookies

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While I don’t have the nursery done. I did accomplish warming the couch cushion today. I’ve been feeling all to pregnant this past week and haven’t been doing much of anything. Surely, someone out there can relate. It’s pretty bad when my husband says, ” I need a vacation. ” and I respond with, ” [...]

lunch time! (practiceing photography)

I’ve been trying to make it a point to photograph regular food that I eat on an everyday basis. Purely to sharpen my photography experience. Just when I think a picture is perfect , time goes by, I look at it again only to realize it was a horrible picture! I sometimes get frustrated and [...]

I need your help again- You will be rewarded for your great-ness!

These are just a few of the family fun , down home, comfort food recipes you will find in my column in FOLK magazine: edible birds nest recipe poor mans donut recipe iced coffee recipe will be in issue V – coming soon! Only one problem. My column doesn’t have a name. That’s where you [...]

Easter edible birds nest recipe

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I showed you a photo of some edible birds nest that I was making and you wanted the recipe . So, here it is. I hope you enjoy your yummy treats! 3 CUPS large or mini marshmallows 3 TBSP unsalted butter 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 TBS peanut butter 4  c. dry chow mein noodles Reese’s [...]

Crock-pot apple butter

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Yesterday I shared, celebrating the first day of Fall, that I was making crock-pot apple butter. I found a really simple recipe at Oh My , Sugar High. She supplied lots of pictures and made it look super easy and it was!  Using my handy dandy apple corer/ slicer , the job went really quick. [...]

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It’s time to go to the grocery store. The cheapest family in America. Have you seen these people?  No that’s not my family! My family is going to write a book called ”Above our raisin’” {laugh} I need to buy the CFIA and learn a thing or two about a thing or two ’cause I spend their [...]

Broken promises

No reveal today. Instead I’m going shopping!! School is coming up a bit quicker than I ever anticipated. Of course I wont be able to pass up all the antique malls along the way (tee-hee) I’m getting the evil eye from the Mr. hubs , I better get out the door! Before I go… I [...]

Teresa! You’re making me hungry!

I {luckily} found Blooming on Bainbridge . How cute is she?! I thoroughly enjoy reading her blog. But!! She’s killing me with all her food posts lately. What’s on the agenda today? Lovely painting a piece of furniture Making a much needed slip cover for a extremely ugly couch Cleaning the house Weeding my flower garden [...]