Pillows

Mom and I went to the fabric store today while we were out shopping and found these lovely fabric scraps in a clearance bin.  I had been wanting to make pillows for the front porch for a while and found myself in a sewing mood when we got home so I decided to whip them right up.  I am really happy with how they turned out and they make the porch look ever so much more homey.

Hopefully I can post some pictures of the kitchen and dining room soon so you all can see the progress we have made over the past few months.

Blessings~ Nancy

Snow

We had a little dusting of snow this past weekend!  It was the first and probably the last snow of the year but I am so happy we got even a little bit.  Christina and I had a fun but cold photo shoot in the beautiful snow and I thought I would share some of the pictures we got.

 

 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7

Blessings~ Nancy

House Work

  Hey y'all here is the promised post of what we've been up to with the house.  Right now we are working on stripping the kitchen and as you can see in the second photo when I say we are stripping it I mean everything right down to the studs and floor joists.

One really cool thing we have discovered is that all of the original walls and ceilings in the house are finished with six inch tongue and groove pine paneling.  We have to take all of it down so we can properly insulate the walls, but we are hoping to be able to put a lot of it back up because we just love the way it looks and plus it will preserve some of the historical aspects of the house.

The last two pictures are some of our "finds" in the house.  I just love the old glass door knobs though we were a little sad it was the only old knob left in the house.  The last picture is of some of the old wall paper they found in the dining room.  I really love the print and color of the paper.  If it hadn't been so disintegrated  I would have saved it for raping paper or some other project.

I will try to keep you all more updated with what is going on around here.

 Blessings~ Nancy

Fall

So I thought I would just share some pics that my amazing sister took this weekend of the fall beauty at the new home. Sorry I haven't been blogging as of late, I will hopefully have some more posts coming soon about all the projects going on in the new/old house.  Hope you all enjoy!

Blessings~ Nancy

New Babies

Hi all sorry it has been so long since I posted.  I just wanted to share some pictures of our new baby goats Robbin Hood and Lady Marian as well as our three baby ducks.  I am really excited about the ducks as they are supposed to eat fire ants!  If you all have never had fire ants count yourself very blessed, they really do sting like fire when they bite you.

Hope you all are doing well.  Here is a verse that really encouraged me this morning.

Psalm 9:9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you

Blessings~ Nancy

Surprise

Yesterday some of the girls from my church along with my sister and I threw a surprise party for my dear friend Sarah who is moving to Germany this month.  It turned out really well and we all had such a wonderful time with Sarah.  I think the best part of the party was the water balloon fight we had!  It was so much fun to be crazy and child like having a water balloon fight not to mention it felt really nice in our 100+ degree weather!

We love you so much Sarah!  You have been a huge blessing and encouragement in all our lives!  We will all miss you tremendously dearest friend!

Blessings~ Nancy 

French Chevre

Hi all!  I thought I would share some pictures from cheese making this week.

 The first cheese I seasoned with Herbs De Provence.The last one is our old time favorite seasoning for cheese and contains a mixture of garlic, onion, paprika, worcestershire sauce, and seasoned salt.

Hope y'all are having a fantastic summer!

Blessings~ Nancy