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Because I’ve already found the perfect sugar cookie recipe, making creative cookies for every holiday/party/birthday really just comes down to food coloring and how you pipe the icing out. You can go to town creating all sorts of holidayish cookies {like the awesome acorn cookies I’ll show you how to make today} and be the Read More >>
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Check out this email Trixi from North Vancouver sent in: Hi Mavis, I want to share some of my harvest photos from this year. We had bumper crops of everything and I am almost glad it is winter and we can get a break. Just finishing putting the garden to bed this weekend, I’ll take Read More >>
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The holidays always seem to cause a hemorrhage in the money department. There are tons of ways to keep up with the spirit of giving without breaking the bank, though. Here’s 10 easy ways to slash your Christmas spending without really even noticing: Christmas Wrap. Expensive Christmas wrapping is completely unnecessary. There are tons of creative ways to Read More >>
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It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my 2013 garden tally so I thought I would share with you what’s been happening in our backyard lately. In a nutshell, not much. 😉 Besides the occasional salad harvest here and there, we are still in maintenance mode. Or lazy mode, I’m not Read More >>
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It’s hard to believe that in just a few more weeks all the leaves will be gone and we’ll just be left with evergreens. 🙁 I can never decide which season I like best, spring for fall but I know one thing, I LOVE this time of year! ♥ Mavis Amazon Gold Box Deal of Read More >>
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A few years ago I tried some corn bread at a restaurant. It had jalapenos in it that gave it a little kick, and I knew I wanted to try to make a version of it myself when I got home. I got distracted and never got around to it. Until today. Let me tell Read More >>
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We had an extra 2 hours to spare yesterday before we had to catch our flight home from Virginia, so we decided to drive to James Madison’s Montpelier estate. I was driving and The Girl was navigating. And somehow, we ended up at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello instead. 😉 I think it was meant to be. Read More >>
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I found these cool Pilgrim Hat treats on Our Best Bites the other day and thought they would make awesome treats for a Thanksgiving party at school. They are ridiculously easy to put together and super cute. What more could you ask for? Ingredients 1 Bag Regular sized marshmallows 1 Bag Chocolate Chips 1 Tbsp. Read More >>
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