Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

menu plan monday ~ november 6, 2017

November 6, 2017 – 2:44 pm

We had a busy weekend of Christmas decorating and baking! Genny is almost done with the chalkboard Christmas tree. I can’t wait to show you the whole thing! The theme is Christmas Mice. I’ll have pictures when it’s done. One of the treats I made is an Open House favorite – Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles. […]

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Christmas card shadow boxes

November 3, 2017 – 2:23 pm

I had a customer request for more Christmas card shadow boxes and spent some time this week working on new ones to list in my Etsy shop. They are always fun to make! Here are the ones I’ve finished in the past few days. Santa delivers the goods… The decorations include a bottle brush tree […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 30, 2017

October 30, 2017 – 12:44 pm

This is a busy time of year for us. We are deep into Christmas prep. Because our annual Open House is the first Sunday in December, we need to have all our Christmas decorating done before that weekend. And, if you know anything about me at all, you know I love Christmas and, therefore, we […]

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teal and brown autumn putz house

October 27, 2017 – 5:11 pm

This autumn Putz house is pretty in teal and brown. I found this lovely autumn-themed greeting card in my collection of cards I’ve been gifted with by so many of my friends. It made the perfect base for my autumn Putz house. Thanks to everyone who has donated their used greeting and Christmas cards to […]

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double-decker autumn putz house

October 24, 2017 – 2:23 pm

This little house is one of my original designs. I drew the pattern in 2012 and it remains one of my favorites. I decided this one would be an autumn Putz and found a card I could use for the base. I drew inspiration from the colors of the card for the paint I used […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 23, 2017

October 23, 2017 – 1:41 pm

This past weekend, I and my sisters and our sister-in-law got together for Sisters’ Weekend at our Dad’s house and made 197 dozen Christmas cookies and candies. We had the excellent help of our great-niece who loves to bake and loves to help. Our two brothers take platters of Christmas goodies to their customers each […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 16, 2017

October 18, 2017 – 6:15 pm

A few days late, but here’s the menu for the week. It was a busy week last week and it’s a busy, busy week this week, too, so the menu reflects that. Easy. Not much cook time involved. We enjoyed a five day visit from our Younger Son this past week. He and the cats […]

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instant pot lemon garlic chicken

October 10, 2017 – 9:48 pm

I found this recipe on the blog Living Locurto. I revised it just a bit. Today was the first time I made it and I was very happy with the way the chicken turned out. I used it to make Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup. Instant Pot Lemon Garlic Chicken 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 9, 2017

October 9, 2017 – 6:05 am

After a weekend of Christmas prep, I am ready to tackle the coming week. I have a new custom-order Putz church to finish, I need to continue the work of decluttering and organizing my craft room (a long-term project), and I also need to keep checking items off in my Christmas Notebook which contains my […]

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links for my putz house tutorials

October 5, 2017 – 8:35 pm

I decided to put all my Putz construction posts into one post for easy reference. . Building a Putz house This tutorial was written in October of 2009. Early in my career as a Putzer! I have fine-tuned my techniques since then and acquired a few helpful tools, too. I now have a funnel tray […]

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