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How to Wear Bright Accessories
Blouse: Forever 21 | Denim: Elle | Wedges: Relativity | Bag: Francesca’s | Sunnies: Urban Outfitters | Nails: Essie’s Mint Candy Apple Bright accessories can be the best thing to happen to your...
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Pallet Shelves as Home Decor
I am excited to be joining Not Quite Amish as a regular contributor writing about DIY projects, repurposing, and frugal ways to add beauty and meaning to your home. My husband and I have been...
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What Good is a Garden?
While relaxing on a friend’s back porch over a spicy vegetarian stew and homemade bread, the conversation turned, naturally, to food. Everyone around the table expressed concern over how much junk...
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Glitter Powder and Amish Values
Writing about the Amish brings them to the front of my mind nearly every day. How they dress, how they look, how they live. When I can’t find anything to wear I think, “If I were Amish, it would be a...
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Can You Get One More Year Out of It?
Seven years ago my husband and I took a dreamy trip to Kona, Hawaii, to celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. I had almost no summer clothing, so I saved and made what seemed like an...
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Closer to Nature
Five years ago we moved from the large metropolitan area of Dallas to a small town in central Texas. My husband was ready to retire, I had many years of teaching left, and we decided a small town...
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How to Be More Like the Amish
Is your life crazy? Do you want things to slow down? Here’s a few ways to be more Amish. Give up your smart phone . . . or at least wait an hour before you check it in the morning. Spend a few quiet...
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Gardens and Trowels and Seeds, Oh My!
Have you noticed the new lifestyle trend where everyone wants to grow some veggies? It’s now considered more IN to have heirloom tomatoes growing in a planter on your apartment balcony than to own the...
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How to Keep Your Jewelry from Tarnishing
You buy a cute ring (on sale, no less), only to find out after a day of wearing it that it’s turned your finger green and the metal coating has begun to tarnish. To prevent this from happening, all...
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Live Like You’re Moving
Last Sunday my son and I went to help a friend move out of her house. Mostly I just kept moving around trying to look busy because I’m really bad at packing. (How is it that some people have this gift...
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Share Your Family Values in Your Home Decor
My DIY husbandand I have discovered the art of repurposing and recreating to express beauty and creativity in our home. Last month I gave you some tips on using pallet shelves as home decor. This...
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How to Make Your Own Mocha or Latte
Looking to save some cash this month? Trying hitting up Starbucks less and your kitchen more! Making your own mocha (or latte) is really simple. This is a Saeco espresso machine. French press coffee...
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Getting Dirty with Jesus
It’s summer, and once again my fingernails are a wreck. I’ve got a quarter-inch gash hanging slanted off my pointer finger cuticle, like a bloody Q sign. My left thumb looks like it got into a fight...
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My Favorite Thrift Store Purchase
I love shopping at thrift stores for a variety of reasons. It is the ultimate recycling, taking something that has already been made and putting it to use again. It’s also fun for me to find a super...
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Repurposing Old Items In Order To Save Money and Reduce Debt | Guest Post by...
As we go throughout our daily lives, we tend to acquire things. A few new outfits here, new electronic devices, maybe even some new furniture and these things clutter up our homes and cause us to spend...
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How to Help Your Kids Keep Their Cool
Having a hot summer out where you are? Here, too! <click to tweet> I saw this crazy cool (pun intended) idea on Pinterest and figured I’d have to give it a try when my granddaughters visited. Our...
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Think About Winter Now
I live in northwest Montana, only an hour’s drive from the Canadian border, so summer for us is a quick guest that leaves before we know it. By October I’ll be pulling out the plastic bins so I can...
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Conserving
One of the new buzz words in our culture is “conservation.” But that idea isn’t a new one. The Amish have been conserving for years, and our grandparents did too. One way we conserve is WATER. Living...
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Record Your Family Memories with Project Life
Are you a busy, stressed-out mom? Do you have little ones always at your feet, begging you for more time, energy, or food? Or are you carting around teenagers all over town? Maybe your kids are grown...
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A Garden Interview with Nancy Sleeth
Nancy, you have been an advocate for backyard gardens. How did you get into gardening? I didn’t always love gardening. I grew up in the suburbs, and every spring my dad had a load of steaming mulch...
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