Welcome to Family Joy Blog Link Up Party #29! I’m off to another flea market today and can’t wait to see what kinds of treasures and projects await. I just love the thrill of the hunt. Â I am also in birthday mode this month. Â My mom, my youngest daughter, my father-in-law and my sister-in-law all Continue reading
C is for Crafts: Vegetable Prints This post may contain affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. If you have spent much time on Ava’s Alphabet, you probably know that I do love a good hand or footprint project. Recently Ava came home from school with an adorable piece of footprint broccoli.  It has been hanging out Continue reading
Welcome to Family Joy Blog Link Up Party #28! How is it possible that it is the last day of July already?!? I have had fun featuring a different blueberry recipe on the blog each week this month. Â I really can’t get enough of fresh blueberries. On to peaches, I guess. It will be apple Continue reading
R is for Recipes: Blueberry Lavender Sauce This post may contain affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. Because July is the peak of blueberry season here in Michigan, I am sharing a new blueberry recipe each week this month.  I love blueberries and have ever since I was a kid.  The last recipe in this series is a new Continue reading
H is for Housekeeping: How to Clean Between the Glass in your Oven Door This post contains affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. I will be the first to admit that this is not the most exciting post I have ever written; however, the results I had from this project were very exciting to me! When Continue reading
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