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Podcast Shownotes: Creative Solutions for Decluttering
Creative Storage Solutions
How I Used My A.D.D. To Get Organized
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Podcast Shownotes: 4 Steps to getting unstuck
Make your Coping Cards
In a recent podcast , I talked about how I use Coping cards to get myself passed some impulse...
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Fiber Challenge
Fiber Challenges are the best way to cut through my stash. I set a goal to get through the Bags and bags of fiber that are...
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Take a Sweet Deviation…
A sweet deviation....
We are thrilled that everyone who shops at our Farm Store knows they are getting a locally crafted,...
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Sock Workshop
Learn to
Socks
Learn to knit socks to fit everyone on your Christmas list.
This...
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September Craft Club
Join us Friday nights in September for our monthly craft club
Every month we explore different crafting mediums including...
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A Handcrafted Christmas
Knit your way to the Holidays
It's September and the weather feels like we are in for another hot month.
This might...
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Craft Club
Craft Club
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Grand Opening
Plantersville Events- The Sweet Deviation Farm Store is scheduled to open for official business on May 25, 2019.
Mark...
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Hand Spun Delta Dawn Shawl
A Hand Spun and Hand Woven Shawl
This hand spun shawl was made from our cria Delta Dawn (cria means baby alpaca 🙂 We shear...
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Product Launch is Coming Soon!!!
Launch Date is scheduled for August 28th, 2017. Subscribers will be the first to get the Live Announcement, so be sure you...
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Upcoming Events
April events include the long awaited Shearing. I am so excited to get this fiber off of the alpacas. Almost as excited...
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Marching into Spring….Or Springing into March.
Either way I look at it, the reality is that March is generally a very busy month for me. The warmer and longer days insist...
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More Gourd Crafts Ideas
Chicken gourd crafts...
My harvest of gourds has been setting on the porch for months and I finally mustered the energy to...
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Gearing up in the Garden
I have been so pleasantly surprised with the results I am seeing since adding Alpaca poo to my garden! I started all my...
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Farm Tours and Events
Alpaca Picnic and Farm Tour
$10/person
Pack a picnic and enjoy a tour of Alpacas, goats and chickens.
Play...
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Lonestar 1st Saturday Farmer’s Market
We will be making our debut at the Lonestar 1st Saturday Farmer's Market on March 4th. Come and Experience Montgomery with...
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Mud Flinging- 30 Day Challenge
Day 1:
I finally got my pottery wheel and I am posting daily pictures of my progress for the first month. I have no...
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Prepare for the Alpaca…Lips!!!
Alpacas...at long last!
My dream of having alpacas is finally coming to fruition. I used to teach a class we called...
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5 Essential Farmsteading skills you can learn now!
Okay, calling it a Farmstead is a stretch when you are really not self-sufficient and rely far too much on the outside for...
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Home Grown Oyster Mushrooms
Hello there! I'm really excited to share my successful experiment! A few months ago, while going through my seed catalog,...
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Wishing Well (week 7)
Hello there Wish Masters!
I am alive and well despite the terrible weather and resulting flooding that has hit the ol'...
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Wishing Well (week 6)
Oh, hey there...I am back! It's been super busy on the ol' farm (we're gonna call it a farm now, okay?) Yeah so, I've been...
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Well, Hot damn!
This is almost too much to describe here. After losing Sasha and all of my laying hens, my computer decided to make an...
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Hello Spring!
Can you imagine what it must have been like to endure the harsh winters without modern conveniences? I bet people were...
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Life and loss on the homestead…
Well, I didn't expect that I would be writing about another loss so soon after Sasha, but we lost our laying hen, Cosmos,...
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Good night My Sasha….
It is with a very heavy heart that I write regarding the death of our beloved Sasha.
You may remember her when she first...
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Dollar General Crafternoon
Hello there!
I've been busy crafting and just couldn't wait to post this! My college bestie, Chris, was in from Colorado...
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Parcel Place
Parcel Place
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Wishing Wednesday (Week 5)
This week of wishing begins with a moment of reflection. I can get caught up in the stuff that isn't happening and focus...
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Wishing Wednesday (week 4)
Hello there! Wishing Well Wednesday is here again and I am so glad to be at this point. The last few weeks were devoted to...
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Wishing Wednesday (week 3)
Hello Again! This is week three of the Wishing Wednesday series. Last week, I wrote about simple things we can do to get...
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Wishing Wednesday (Week 2)
Welcome to week 2 of this Wishing Wednesday series. [In case you missed it, you can find week 1 here.]
This week is...
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Wishing Wednesdays
Wishing Wednesdays and other Wish Crafts
A few years ago I came across a couple of books by author Barbara Sher She has a...
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Christmas recycle Craft
Just a little something I have been working on...
Saving to open the shop is really making me have to get creative here...
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Bathroom redo
The results are in and not a bit disappointing! Our redesign on a dime bathroom really surpassed our expectations.
We...
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In the woods…
Next steps in our plan to open our shop are in play. We have been surveying our place and find that the easiest way to get to...
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UFOs and other life lessons
UFOs- UnFinished Objects
I can't lie....I am kind of ready to say goodbye to 2015. It has been a difficult year for a...
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More kitchen updates….
I am really excited about how our Farmhouse kitchen is coming together. The fact is, some of the items are original to the...
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Redemption Fairy
Redemption from the Graphics Fairy...
After the major failure I had over the weekend, I needed to have a success. That...
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Kitchen Redon’t
The original title for this post was Kitchen Redo, but as you have guessed, it was a major bust.
First, let me say that the...
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It’s my Beeswax
It's not exactly My Beeswax, but I am using what I have available to make a few very easy and inexpensive salves and...
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Chicken Tractor
Our Chicken tractor is finally complete. We've been working on it in the evenings after work. We found the plans here. ...
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Accidental Garden
What is an Accidental Garden, You ask?
Well it begins with leaving most of your seed collection outside on a rainy day....
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Finally Fall
Finally Fall on our little Farm
The crisp and cool weather is a most welcome guest on our little slice of heaven. The...
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Great Dollar Store finds!
Decor on the CHEAP!
Don't judge...please. With two kids in college and a new house to renovate, my crafting and decorating...
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Simple Burlap Wreath (Autumn and Christmas Update)
For tutorial on making the basic wreath look here
I added a couple floral stems for a more Autumnal look. I wanted it...
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Predators in the mist….
Okay, maybe that's an overly dramatic post title, but, the drama seen around here lately warrants some real attention.
A...
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Living my Legend
Losing a Legend
Just got an email about a Life coach that I follow with interest. His emails always full of encouragement and...
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Fall Wreath in 15 Minutes
Make this simple burlap wreath in just minutes. Use coordinating fabric to change the look as often as you...
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3 Steps to Like-New Sofas
(No painting involved)
As part of my Ely Room Vacation Decor project, I decided it would be best to salvage the couches...
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