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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
