Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Some exciting news!

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 Well, it is exciting to me, anyway.  My brand-new Etsy shop, A New Hampshire Attic , is open for business! I'm still in the process...
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Saturday, February 03, 2018

My January Rudolph Day

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I was unable to celebrate the day on January 25, just having too many other things going on.  So I opted for the 26th instead, and most o...
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

A lovely poem from a Christmas card

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I have seen this on several of the vintage cards I've recently found, but it's a really nice poem I hadn't seen before.  It s...
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Friday, January 05, 2018

A finished ornament

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At long last, I have finished my cardinal cross-stitch ornament.  Excuse the shadow at the ornament's lower right.  I took five pictu...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

A winter memory jar

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I just posted a couple of photos of this project on Instagram, so thought I would quickly describe how it's put together.  This huge ...
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Saturday, December 30, 2017

A new page in my Christmas notebook

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I really can't believe I never thought of doing this before, but it occurred to me this week to make a new page for my My Christmas n...
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Friday, December 29, 2017

Classic no-bake cookies with a festive variation

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Knowing that our granddaughters would be with us for our Christmas Eve supper, I decided to make some classic chocolate no-bake cookies. ...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

The actual 2017 baking list

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Remember this?  It's the baking list I posted a few weeks ago.  I always like to revisit each year's baking list and see what I a...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

A thoughtful gift

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My friend Rhonda brought me the most lovely gift as a thank-you for hosting last week's cookie swap at my home.  Yes, that is it abov...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

December 26

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It was a quiet day for the most part.  I did laundry, put away a lot of the wrappings and cards.  We did get 2 more cards from folks toda...
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Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas!

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Image courtesy of Gooseberry Patch A very merry Christmas to all of my blog readers and friends! I hope that each of you has had a trul...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Another of my newly discovered vintage cards

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It's been a busy but happy Christmas Eve day.  No time for a long post but here is one of my newly discovered finds.  This scene just...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

A day in the kitchen

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 Well, mostly.  I also did some cleaning -- especially scrubbing the tub.  I got a new shower curtain (which I am ridiculously pleased abo...
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Mulled Cranberry=Orange Juice

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Here's a warm, delicious holiday beverage!  I just made this again for our simple cookie swap on Tuesday evening.  As you might guess...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Just for fun

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I so enjoy the look of Christmas trees atop vehicles that I have an entire Pinterest board titled " Bringing Home the Tree ."  ...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A simple cookie swap

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As readers may remember from previous years, our church usually plans a Christmas fellowship for ladies each year.  It has looked differe...
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Another vintage card

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Just popping in very quickly this morning as I didn't get here yesterday.  I was occupied with things in the real Christmas kitchen s...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

Does your Christmas season look different this year?

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I've been thinking this week about people whose Christmas season is looking a bit different this year.    Maybe it's differe...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

A very vintage card

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Here is a very quick post tonight, just to share a very vintage card that I recently found.  Although it looks as if someone set a coffee...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

A wonderful little kitchen gift!

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Oh, my, do I have a great kitchen gift idea for you!  This Hot Chocolate Mug Cake from Denise at RefreshHer is one of the best things I...
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