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  • Winter Warmth Challenge Week 5
    January 23, 2019

    Winter Warmth Challenge Week 5

    There's nothing like popcorn and a good movie!

    Pop it up in your air popper, stove pot, open flame, whatever it takes as long as it's not the microwave :). There's nothing like the warm crackle and creak they make as they settle in the bowl. Salty fingers and maybe a slightly melted m&m or two if you're feeling adventurous. Popcorn makes a night in supremely better.

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  • Winter Warmth Challenge Week 4
    January 20, 2019

    Winter Warmth Challenge Week 4

    We believe it's a human desire to commune with others. Be it with food or not. To get to get together and share stories, recipes and laughter is a fundamental desire we all need filled on the regular. During a time of cold weather, loneliness can creep in and take over. Fight back those feelings with friends!
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  • Winter Warmth Challenge: Week #3
    January 16, 2019

    Winter Warmth Challenge: Week #3

    Just because there's snow inside doesn't mean it will feel cold!

    When we opened our retail shop in 2017 we didn't have a ton of money to decorate the space for Christmas so Bryson grabbed a bunch of printer paper and started cutting paper snowflakes like Buddy the Elf. Before you knew it, the place looked like a winter wonderland strung up with paper snowflakes! 

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  • Meal Planning on a Budget but Remaining Healthy Somehow
    January 16, 2019

    Meal Planning on a Budget but Remaining Healthy Somehow

    Meal planning. As much as a moan and complain about having to do it each week, it really does save our family money and time during the week. We started meal planning a while back when we realized we would head to the grocery and spend almost $200 and have "nothing" to eat for dinners.
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  • Asheville Favorites from Our Recent Vacation
    January 3, 2019

    Asheville Favorites from Our Recent Vacation

    We have made it a tradition the past couple of years to go on vacation right after the holidays as our gift. Being in retail and makers, from October - December is a rat race trying to get to the finish line. Not to say that we are ungrateful for this busy season, it can be a bit exhausting. So, time away is the perfect thing for our family to reset and recharge before the New Year! 
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  • Our Favorite Books Right Now
    November 26, 2018

    Our Favorite Books Right Now

    Tis the season to cozy up with a good book and a quilt! We've got a few favorites we've been reading and we think you'd absolutely love them too! 
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