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Christmas Hymn Cards

This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the beautiful hymns written about the occasion of Christ’s first coming. Christmas hymns are full of…
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KJV Printable Scripture Magnets

I came across a sheet of adhesive magnets and decided to make refrigerator magnets with them. I used some of my favorite clip art and favorite scriptures and quotes to make these printable KJV scripture magnets. You can make them into magnets or use them for bookmarks. They include some of my favorite encouraging verses. Since the cards are small…
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Homemade Dried Apples

Since I was a little girl, fall was the time of apples drying on our wood stove, if we had one, or in the oven set on low with the door propped open with a canning jar ring. The drying apples filled the house with the sweet smell of warm apples. My mom would dry cookie sheet after cookie sheet…
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Oh grave, where is thy victory?

What if God put butterflies on this world because we’re slow to comprehend the new life awaiting His children in heaven? Maybe they are to show us a glimpse of how our bodies will one day be changed– from corruptible to incorruptible… from mortal to immortality. Maybe as we look at caterpillars, we are to be reminded of how our…
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Queen Anne’s Lace Prints Journal Pages

After we raised Swallowtail butterflies, we decided to make journal pages showing the swallowtail’s life cycle. I had seen the idea of using pressed Queen Anne’s Lace to make prints and thought it would make a lovely base for a journal page. Before we go on, here’s a photo of our beautiful Black Swallowtail that we raised. First, we gathered…
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Raising Swallowtail Butterflies

Raising swallowtail butterflies is such an amazing experience. Swallowtail butterflies are usually hesitant to remain in one place when I’m around, so raising the caterpillars is one way to get an up-close look. We found our swallowtail caterpillars on our dill and Queen Anne’s Lace around our home. We kept them in jars covered with paper napkins that we had…
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