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  • Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Drizzled with Chocolate Sauce, Topped with Sprinkles | Making it Lovely

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday and Chloe of Boxwood Avenue are hosting another Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at…
    December 12, 2019
  • Coffee Walnut Cookies - Blog Hop Cookie Swap | Making it Lovely

    Coffee Walnut Cookies

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday is hosting a Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at the end of…
    December 3, 2018
  • Review: Indow Window Inserts

    Indow provided two window inserts for review. Most of the windows on the first and second floor are original to…
    February 27, 2017
  • Vintage "ESCAPE" Bag

    And We’re Back

    This week flew by! We were in Wisconsin for a while and got back a few days ago. We had…
    August 6, 2015
  • Cooking on an Antique Stove

    Thoughts on Replacing our Antique Stove

    Thank you for all of your opinions and feedback. I had been pursuing more general sponsored opportunities lately, which is…
    August 4, 2015
  • Tin Ceiling

    Finding the Balance Between Sponsored and Not

    I had something else planned to share today, but in light of recent comments (which were polite and respectful, thank…
    July 30, 2015
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  • Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Drizzled with Chocolate Sauce, Topped with Sprinkles | Making it Lovely

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday and Chloe of Boxwood Avenue are hosting another Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at the end of the post,…

    December 12, 201912 commentsCooking, Kitchen
  • Coffee Walnut Cookies - Blog Hop Cookie Swap | Making it Lovely

    Coffee Walnut Cookies

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday is hosting a Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at the end of the post, and everybody is…

    December 3, 201816 commentsCooking, Kitchen
  • Review: Indow Window Inserts

    Indow provided two window inserts for review. Most of the windows on the first and second floor are original to the house — single pane,…

    February 27, 201723 commentsKitchen, The Victorian House, Upgrades and Maintenance
  • Vintage "ESCAPE" Bag

    And We’re Back

    This week flew by! We were in Wisconsin for a while and got back a few days ago. We had fun! The kids swam in…

    August 6, 201512 commentsAugust's Room, Kitchen, My Life
  • Cooking on an Antique Stove

    Thoughts on Replacing our Antique Stove

    Thank you for all of your opinions and feedback. I had been pursuing more general sponsored opportunities lately, which is where my budget for the…

    August 4, 201571 commentsKitchen
  • Tin Ceiling

    Finding the Balance Between Sponsored and Not

    I had something else planned to share today, but in light of recent comments (which were polite and respectful, thank you), I want to let…

    July 30, 2015334 commentsKitchen, The Blog, The Victorian House
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