Handmade notebooks, journals, cards and cool stuff.
The Great British Baking Showing is my jam (ha!). Well, day two of making Christmas cards is at least feeling a little more festive. Snow has a way of doing that. I won't bring out the balsam candles and candy canes just yet (let's get through next week, shall we? I will be setting up …
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We've had a pretty sad month over here at the 43Cards house. We had to say goodbye to Miss Thora at the beginning of October. She was in a lot of pain and the medicines just weren't cutting it anymore. We loved her very much, and every day with her was just perfect. Just yesterday, …
I get it. Insurance companies are betting on a risk to reward ratio. I get it, our house currently looks a little too heavy on the risk front. But, we have a plan! Unfortunately, our timeline is not the same as our insurance company's. So, we asked friends and family to help us out with …
Ah, summer. The time of year families make a little more of an effort to come together. In NH, that's probably because it's the only season that you can guarantee you can actually get somewhere -- until, of course, you get stuck in all the road repairs. Some of my most favorite growing up memories …
It's been brutally hot here these past few weeks, but now we're having some relief. And with that relief has come a creative flash! I even organized my stamped images, a great excuse to use my label maker! I know I've shared this before, but I love using and matching up scraps and bits to …
Wow, what a crazy couple of weeks! We went away for a little bit, and boy, it was tough to come back to real life! I hope we are lucky enough some day to have all our time be our time, you know what I mean? No clocks, no responsibilities, just what you choose to …
Seriously, spring/summer is finally here and I can't get enough. Look! When I have been inside (pretty much only when it's pouring buckets) I have been reading like crazy, and loving it! Here are some recommendations: Akata Witch (Young Adult) by Nnedi Okorafor: "Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with …
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