by Tiffany | Mar 29, 2010 | Decluttering, Decorating, DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
This past weekend the weather here was pretty iffy; quite chilly and raining off and on…so we decided to tackle a project inside that has been looming over us for years. In fact, it’s been almost two years since we last did any major work in our...
by Tiffany | Jul 18, 2009 | Decorating, Homesteading Life
“Did you know they’re giving away 1 & 2 liter canning jars at your farmer’s market right now?” “Uh no,” we responded to Stefan’s father as we sat enjoying dinner last night. “Yeah, they had a sign up when I was up...
by Ayla the Newfie | Apr 3, 2009 | Decorating, Garden, Homesteading Life
Spring has sprung in Germany and the weather this week has simply been GLORIOUS! We’ve had highs in the 60’s and 70’s…and this weekend it’s supposed to be up to 80F. Hard to imagine that spring is truly here after our -18C winter –...
by Tiffany | Dec 26, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Expat Life
So my MIL & FIL were standing outside our house the other day and an older lady was walking by. She stopped to chat and mentioned that the decorations on the house looked really nice, “although they are a bit American. Not that that is a bad thing.” We...
by Tiffany | Dec 23, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining
My mom and I went to find some pre-Christmas decorating bargains at the local home improvement store yesterday which already has all their holiday stuff marked down 50%. We don’t have too many Christmas-sy things around our house since those sorts of things are...
by Tiffany | Dec 17, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Homesteading Life
We went out Sunday to Hirzbacher Höfe in a little town called Hammersbach. It is one of the few places around here that seems to cut their own trees from their own lot. You can even go into the forest and cut a tree fresh if you don’t like anything in their...