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A DIY Valentine {Don’t go to the store!}

by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade

We have made these Valentines every year for one child or another since my oldest began school. This year is no different with two of my kids deciding they wanted to make these simple hearts to give to classmates; I needed nearly 50 of them! I am always happy to make...

Dinners Around the World – December

by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade

  December! We are at the finish line friends! We have cooked around the world for one full year! I think it is fair to recount where we have been… January – Italy February – India March – Israel April – Thailand May – Vietnam June – Germany July – China...

Dinners Around the World – November

by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade

In 1986, at the very grown-up age of 14, I was proud to be chosen as part of the 4-H International Youth Exchange with Japan. For several weeks we lived with a family, learned about Japanese culture and then participated alongside our 4-H/Labo counterparts at camp. I...

My Recipe for a Happy Halloween (Beware, You Might Not Like It)

by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade

Creepy, crawly, horror, scary, gross, and an excuse for an inappropriate Halloween? Nope. No thank you. That’s not for me. I think I actually turned that literal corner back when I was a third grader crawling through a friend’s ‘haunted house’...

Dinners Around the World – October

by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade, Life

Friends, we have been cooking together for nine months! Nine months of homemade kitchen discoveries and ultimate cuisine disaster. It has been fun, right? My kids look forward to each month and just what I will surprise them with (sometimes to their horror). All in...

How to Beat the Lunch Box Blues

by Stephanie | Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade

The Lunch Box. It is compared, critiqued and cherished. Here is my sister posing for her first day of school in 1976 and making certain that her beloved Winnie the Pooh lunch box was ALSO present in the picture. What is so funny is that there are a few more of these...
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